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"Mark Bedell is a true theater artist with a solid understanding of how to create realistic fights on stage that are terrifying to watch,
but always in control, so that the audience never feels that actors are in danger of being harmed. He is patient, and he complies
with all of a director's choices, only offering advice to the director when he feels that the advice will make the play come to life more.
My students love him, and always look forward to his arrival on the set."

Kevin O'Leary
Drama Coordinator
Morse High School
Bath, Maine
Artistic Director
Lanyard Theatre Company
Bath, Maine

MASC NEWS!

Well it's been a heck of  a busy spring... I've been traveling all over the country training actors in various forms of combat for film and/or the stage.  Next up: Rapier for the Stage and Screen ends on April 13th.  On April 14th Mark Bedell flies off to Michigan to be a guest teacher at the world renown RING OF STEEL staged combat school.  He will teach two Master Classes covering virtually every area of advanced Staged Combat and an Action Film-making class.   Then back to Missouri by April 18th. There'll be just enough time to pack up the "magic" van and the trailer and head out to Minnesota where he is the Writer, Director, Co-Producer and star of the Wiley West Stunt Show (www.ActionEI.com).  In September Mark will be Stunt Coordinating THE EIGHTEENTH HOUR in Maine, then it's back to St. Louis for a Broadsword Session which will culminate with all the students playing a role in an episode of the award winning web series THE HUNTED (The Hunted.tv).  Believe it or not there's more after that.... but stay tuned.


Pictured above: (left to right)
 
Legendary Stunt Man's Hall of Fam-er Lee Diebold

Hollywood Prop Man and international maker of the replica "WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE" guns Robert Lanthier.

Mark Bedell
Awww you know who he is.

AS FEATURED ON THE T.V. PROGRAM:
SHOW ME ST. LOUIS
01/20/10


SOUNDSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Presents: 
MISSOURI ACADEMY OF STAGED COMBAT
at the Crestwood Court Art Space.

Check out video of our first class here! 

Video of our Broadsword Primer here!

Coming Soon:
Video of our Basic Empty-Hand and Knife Fighting class!

Coming... eventually... video of our Spring 2010
Rapier for the Stage and Screen Class

Mark is available throughout Missouri to theatre companies, universities, high schools and such as a Fight Director, Technical Director and Director and for film/tv/documentary work as Stunt Coordinator, Weapons Master, Practical FX Coordinator and 2nd Unit Director.


The Public Theatre in Lewiston is starting up a very exciting theatre "Conservatory" of sorts and has asked Mark to be their Staged Combat Instructor.  Due to his duties with the WILD WEST SHOW,  he cannot do it; but we've recommended and old friend of Mark's, Angela Bonacasa as a replacement.  Angela Fight Directed Mark back in 1999 in a workshop production of the Macbeth-Macduff fight scene that he has never forgotten.  It was the first time he ever played Macbeth and all subsequent times have been compared to that one.

The summer workshops in Action Film-Making, Advanced Staged Combat and Master Classes are all cancelled... sorry folks.

Mark was booked in Maine for July and August of 2010 for his 5th Staged Combat Workshop for Heartwood Theater.  He has made recommendations for a replacement but no decisions have been made yet.


Video of the 1st ever MISSOURI ACADEMY OF STAGED COMBAT class

You can save time browsing these video links by going directly to the source... click here.

TheHunted.tv
GENERATIONS

TheHunted.tv
GENERATIONS II

MASC Action Film-making Week:
GALACTIC PROTECTORS
Link coming soon!

Other MASC related Videos
More to Come:
MASC Rapier & Dagger Showcase

PORTopera: Romeo et Juliette (rehearsal)

Ned Donovan
Day One of Private Theatrical/Film Firearms Training

PIRATES OF FRAMINGHAM PSA
A Dinner Theatre show I Fight Directed in Massachusetts.

MASC Macbeth (workshop version)

MASC Princess Bride (Workshop)

MASC Julius Caesar (Workshop)

MASC Romeo & Juliet (Workshop)

MASC A Good Man is Hard to Find (Workshop)

MASC Bar Brawl (Workshop)

MASC Buy Something or get out! (Workshop)

MASC Rapier & Dagger Workshop at Heartwood Theater

ROMEO & JULIET
(Double Dagger)
A High School Production that I Fight Directed.
We only got the last few moves of the Tybalt-Mercutio Fight... but stick around for the Tybalt-Romeo Fight.

University of Southern Maine Classes:

Basic Staged Combat
1st Session
HEY THAT'S MY PEN! (twice)

Broadsword: Improvised scene
THE TEACHER
The fight is NOT improvised but the lines and situation are.

Broadsword: Improvised Scene
THE GUARDIAN
The fight is NOT improvised but the lines and situation are...
well... sort of improvised... you'll see what I mean.

 

MISSOURI ACADEMY OF STAGED COMBAT

Check out video from our very exciting 1st ever
MISSOURI ACADEMY OF STAGED COMBAT
 Basic Staged Combat Class!

Check out video from our  
Broadsword Primer

Falmouth High School
FIGHT WEEK 09

Julius Caesar

Rapier Day

Richard III

The HoHo Fight

 


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MISSOURI ACADEMY OF STAGED COMBAT STORE!
For students and fans of MASC
Proudly display to all your Staged Combat Training

MAINE ACADEMY OF STAGED COMBAT STORE!
For students and fans of MASC
Proudly display to all your Staged Combat Training

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