Kennedy is a Los Angeles acting coach who specializes in Physical Acting Techniques and Voice Techniques for actors.
He offers classes, workshops, and private coaching for actors in film, TV and theatre in Los Angeles, Mexico City, Vancouver, Asia, and Europe. His creative and accessible approach allows actors to connect to their roles in a powerful and authentic way -- to discover the life in the performance.
For the past 16 years, Kennedy has been Head of the Physical Acting Program at the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance at CalState University, Fullerton.
He developed his fascination with the power of the body and voice in acting as a young actor studying at New York’s National Shakespeare Conservatory, which had a rigorous program that emphasized Movement, Voice and Text.
His respect for the actor’s process grew during his years as a member of New York’s Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre, an award-winning classical acting company. While there, he performed in a demanding repertoire of classical and contemporary productions by authors as varied as Euripides, Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, Chekov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello and Beckett, among many others.
During this time, Kennedy met Fay Simpson, founder of the Lucid Body Movement Technique, with whom he has collaborated for over 30 years. He also began applying the principles of the Lucid Body to his work as a professional actor and to his teaching and directing work as a faculty member at the Stella Adler Studio in New York.
During this time, Kennedy met Fay Simpson, founder of the Lucid Body Movement Technique, with whom he has collaborated for over 30 years. He also began applying the principles of the Lucid Body to his work as a professional actor and to his teaching and directing work as a faculty member at the Stella Adler Studio in New York.
Today, Kennedy is one of the leading instructors of the Lucid Body. In Los Angeles, he has explored adapting the Technique -- along with other compatible techniques -- to the world of film and TV. He is passionate about bringing the transformational possibilities, as well as the depth and spontaneity that are accessible through this approach, for today’s actors.
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