The Foundation
Eight weeks to build your acting foundation.
The Foundation is Monnarc's eight-week acting programme, inspired by the work of Stella Adler. Whether you are training for the first time, or have taken courses and want to work in this technique properly, this is where you build a foundation you can rely on.
Who this is for
Whether you're just beginning or beginning again.
The Foundation is designed for people who are ready to invest in learning the craft of acting. Many students continue after completing The Discovery, while others join because they're looking for a structured approach that helps them build or strengthen their foundations. Over eight weeks, you'll train with the same group, developing the skills, confidence and understanding that allow truthful performances to emerge.
What you'll leave with
More than knowledge. A process you can rely on.
By the end of the programme, you'll walk into a scene knowing how to build a character instead of guessing. You'll understand how to prepare your work, make clear acting choices, and create truthful behaviour grounded in imagination, circumstances and action.
Over eight weeks, you'll gradually build each essential part of the craft before bringing everything together through guided scene work and personal feedback. Every concept is introduced individually, then integrated into a complete acting process you can apply with confidence.
You won't leave with a collection of disconnected tips. You'll leave with a repeatable way of working you'll carry into every role, every scene and every rehearsal throughout your acting journey.
Throughout the programme, you'll develop six essential building blocks:
- 01
Imagination
Learn to create a rich inner world that goes beyond your own life experience.
- 02
Given Circumstances
Understand the world of the play and the conditions that shape truthful behaviour.
- 03
Action
Learn to pursue clear, purposeful actions instead of trying to perform emotions.
- 04
Justification
Learn to justify every action so that nothing is random or artificial.
- 05
Characterisation
Learn to bring a character to life through truthful behaviour, movement and the way they interact with the world around them.
- 06
Integration
Bring every element together through scene work and guided feedback.
Inspired by the work of Stella Adler.
Ready to begin?
Seven years of teaching. More than 100 students trained.
Attend the first session. If it's not the right fit, let us know before session two and we'll refund you in full. No obligation for the remaining seven sessions.
Questions before you commit? WhatsApp us.
The workshop venue
CREANieuwe Achtergracht 170
1018 WV Amsterdam
Programme Details
Attend the first session. If it's not the right fit, let us know before session two and we'll refund you in full. No obligation for the remaining seven sessions.
After The Foundation
The Practice
The Practice is where Foundation graduates keep training together, ongoing. We're still shaping exactly what this looks like, based on what our first cohorts actually need. If you're curious, WhatsApp us. We'd genuinely like to hear what you'd want from it.
Questions? WhatsApp us.
By Invitation
The Mastery
For those who are ready to go further.
The Mastery is an invitation-only six-month immersion into serious craft. It is not open to the public. Selection is personal and based on commitment, coachability, and readiness. This is not an application you submit. It is a conversation we have when the time is right.
€4,500
By Invitation Only
Questions? WhatsApp us.