Al Razavi is the founder and artistic director of Dramasports Interactive Theater. His learning-by-doing approach to teaching and training makes his workshops effective, efficient, and fun. In every session, through participatory exercises, he encourages participants to take risks and find out for themselves the dynamics of human interactions. In his small classes, his focus is to make sure that all workshop participants have enough stage time and are making progress toward honing their craft by building skills, learning practical tools, and effective techniques. He has presented innovative performance training, teacher-in-service, organizational communication skills training workshops at national and international conferences including Screen Actors Guild Conservatory/Hollywood, NASAGA, Magnet Schools of America, Applied Improvisation Network, International Schools of Performing Arts, The California Theater Education Association, and the Actors Network. Al believes actors build a solid acting foundation and confidence when they act out what they learn before live audiences. Actors consistently rate him as one of the best acting teachers in their experience. He holds two graduate degrees in the areas of performing arts and creative writing. He has college and secondary credentials from the State of California, U.S. and has taught a wide range of workshops in the areas performing arts, team building, and English/creative writing at college and secondary levels in the US and Europe. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG) and has taught acting at Screen Actors Guild Conservatory in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He organized many youth and adult theater  troupes and produced many successful shows in California.
Contact information: Dramasports Interactive Workshops Tel. USA:  001 951 575 7016 Fax 001 951 672 7817 Email: info@dramasports.org	What do actors, teachers, and corporate people say about Al Razavi I have taken several improvisation classes and have never learned so much about myself and improvisation in such a short amount of time. This class is very informative and the teacher was wonderful. Andie Artino, Actor, Member of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) SAG Conservatory Evaluation - Hollywood, CA Thanks for a superb improvisational workshop! You opened my eyes, ears, brain and heart to new listening techniques and innovative communications skills. Your ability to meet the needs of all students and to give them performance confidence is a testimony to your excellence as an instructor and director. Corinne Williams, Director, Long Beach Playhouse, Long Beach (CA) Theater is the only art form that imitates life and deals with real life issues. Mr. Razavi's invaluable training provides students with an opportunity to develop creativity, self- expression, and performance and communication skills far above anything offered in the past. In this unique workshop, all teachers take on the roles of students and participate in every activity, and so they feel and learn step-by-step how each activity works. This tremendously helps teachers to learn the entire process and encourage them to enthusiastically take the learned tools to their classrooms. Karen Robertson Murrieta Valley Unified School District Instruction and Staff Development Coordinator Thank you for the terrific experience! ...Having worked fifteen years in corporate, I have been to every workshop or seminar you can fathom. In the improv workshop, being a part of the information by participating, brought a new dimension to the learning process. I found that I retained more information than other seminar types, and my listening skills have improved greatly...I discovered new joy in being with people. I look forward meeting my clients and they are no longer just part of my agenda. Carmen Cozby, Millennium Productions, California ...Al has been very innovative in developing effective classes for our community. Program evaluations have been outstanding, and members of Riverside Community College management team still comment on a presentation Al made two years ago. Cyndi Pardee, Riverside Community College, Supervisor Mr. Razavi's teacher-in-service workshops in the areas of teaching performing arts, organizing school-based DRAMASPORTS theater troupes and improv-based creative writing are truly unique. His teacher and student friendly workshops and teaching materials are not only useful in a visual and performing arts setting, but can also easily utilized in conjunction with the core curriculum, as well as Gifted and Talented and at Risk programs. Suzanne Linden, Moreno Valley Unified School District, Academy of the Arts, Site Administrator and Coordinator Thank you for your participation again this year as a workshop presenter in the Temecula Valley International Film Festival's Workshop Series on Filmmaking. You've played a pivotal role in making the workshop series the success that it has become. Thank you for your support from the very beginning! Jean Clement, Workshop Series Chair, Temecula Valley International Film Festival This seminar was incredibly helpful. I'll be able to use the very complete and helpful booklets as a student and as a teacher. I will be using these simple techniques to help my students produce creative works of their own. Cindy Smith, Conference Participant and Coordinator, Educational Theater Association, California I found this class very exciting. It helped me throw away the nervous side of me, and bring out the comedy and inventions in my head. It has been a great stepping stone as I build my way towards an acting career. James McLean, Workshop Participant Temecula Valley International Film Festival I really enjoyed your workshop. You have a great ability for being so naturally human. It was my first improv experience ever and I hope not the last one. Marie Kothera, Workshop Participant, Temecula, California ...a great experience... You gave people a chance to find out who they are, and for that you are commendable. Mike Gilroy, Participant Improvisational Comedy Workshop, Murrieta ...it was so exciting that I wanted to keep going. Why do we have to go home without each other? Mary C. Brown, Workshop Participant, Murrieta, California ...Excellent instructor! High energy, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, well spoken, very encouraging and positive. Mt. San Jacinto College, California Student actor evaluation ...this instructor is the most gifted teacher I've ever had. Mt. San Jacinto College - California Student actor evaluation.
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