RIDE HARD
FALL SOFT
FIGHT SAFE!
Staff Classes FIGHT DIRECTOR Contact Photos Scuttlebutt LINKS MASC DEMO TEAM School Programs

Don't try this at home...
Learn the right way to do it at the

Maine Academy of Staged Combat!

As seen on
Maine Hometown News!

Breaking News!
 NEW CLASS BEING OFFERED

Staged Combat Master Class

We don't mean that you have to be a Staged Combat Master to take this class...
This is a class specifically for theatre teachers at the Jr. High School, High School, College and University levels.

Fight Director Mark Bedell will instruct you how to teach:
Basic Empty Hand,  Falls, Rolls, Martial Arts, 
Slapstick, Physical Comedy, Rapier and Broadsword
to theatre students who are inexperienced in staged combat.

30 Hours of instruction!
July 6th through July 10th 2009
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Class requires a minimum of 10 students but is limited to no more than 18 students.   
Depending on your "teacher plan" you can apply for CONTACT HOURS.
We are working on being able to offer CEUs for teacher credit.
Click here for details. 

REGISTER NOW!  Space is limited.
We already have registrations from all over New England!

register@MaineAcademyofStagedCombat.org 
____________________________________________

MASC Currently has no regular weekly classes
except for the Demo Team classes.

If you have, or know of a group (no less than ten and no more than eighteen) who would like to participate in regular classes, contact us.

Our policy is that anyone who puts a group together of 10 students or more can attend class FREE of any charges.

Get some friends together, pick your own days and times and create your own custom class!  YOU can attend for FREE!

Days and times are subject to availability at Acorn Studios.


_________________________________ 

Charlotte Brooks takes a wild swing at Andrew Silver...
 Andrew, try not to get on Charlotte's bad side.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------






Jaclyn Bedell (pictured here without her head)
is demonstrating a flying front snap kick.


Mark Bedell Instructing Students Yonatan Melanaed, 
Alex Brett, Sawyer Hopps and somebody's foot


Ben Robinson and Andrew Silver: Rapier & Dagger


Mark Bedell is currently the Resident Fight Director for: 
Maine State Music Theatre
Port Opera
Portland Stage Co.
Acorn Productions
Heartwood Regional Theatre

 and many High Schools throughout New England.  

He has Fight Directed for:
Framingham State College, MA
Framingham Performing Arts Center, MA
Stranger Than Fiction Comedy Improv Company, NH
Ogunquit Playhouse, ME
Studio Theatre of Bath, ME
Freeport Performing Arts Center, ME
The Academy of Children's Theatre, WA
North West Acting Experience, WA
Up Stage Acting Schools, CA
Mystic Oaks Pirate Stunt Show, CA
Strides Wild West Show, CA
Krackerjack Theatre Co., ME (natl. tours)
Driftwood Players, (regional tours)
Theatre of the Enchanted Forest, ME
Port Star Productions, ME

He has Stunt Coordinated for: 
dozens of award winning independent films, the Sci-fi Channel, Lifetime Network, The History Channel and is past and current Stunt/Weapons Coordinator for Lone Wolf Documentary Group (History Channel/Nova) and is the only Stunt/Fight/Weapons Coordinator recommended by the Maine Film Commission. 


Classes are held at:

  Acorn Studios
90 Bridge St.
Westbrook, ME

NEW PRICE!!!
Cost is only:

$10 per One Hr. Class
$16 per Two Hr. Class 
$20 per Three Hour Class
Minimum Class Size 8
Maximum Class Size 18

PRIVATE LESSONS:
$80 per Two Hr. Class
See "Classes" for more details

Check out some video's of MASC classes:
MASC Videos

Ride Hard, Fall Soft, Fight Safe!

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

Click to join MaineAcademyofStagedCombat

Click to join MaineAcademyofStagedCombat
Web Group

 

If you experience issues with the site contact the Webmaster

Copyright  Mark Bedell 2008