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Virtual Shakespeare Workshop Registration opens July 22 at 12 pm PT

Published July 21, 2020 | Last Updated July 21, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Anne Gee Byrd

What if your scene partner were a professional actor? How might that up your game and what might you learn from someone who has been working for decades? Well now you can make that happen. We’re opening up registration on Wednesday, July 22nd at 12 pm PT for a series of Virtual Shakespeare Workshops to […]



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Stay tuned for early access to the workshops!

Published July 20, 2020 | Last Updated July 20, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

On Wednesday July 22nd, general registration will open for our next set of Virtual Shakespeare Workshops, though MEMBERS have the first shot at registering a DAY EARLY on Tuesday, July 21st! Just another one of the perks of being a member here! https://workingactorsjourney.com/virtual-workshops/ There are only 4 spots for actors, and limited space for auditors. […]



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Sit in on a Virtual Workshop of Shakespeare’s Richard III with acting veterans and rookies on June 18th!

Published June 9, 2020 | Last Updated July 20, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Tony Amendola

  I’m excited to invite you to sit in on a NEW online event happening LIVE on Thursday, June 18th: we’re doing an open workshop of Shakespeare’s Richard III, bringing together both veteran and rookie actors! Grab your spot here! First up are a couple of scenes from Shakespeare’s Richard III with Tony Amendola (ep […]



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Our next event: a Virtual Workshop!

Published June 7, 2020 | Last Updated November 22, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Sit in on a Virtual Workshop with both acting veterans and rookies where you can ask your questions! Space will be limited with no replay! WHEN: Thursday, June 18th at 5:00 pm PT. Grab your spot here!  First up are a couple scenes from Shakespeare’s Richard III with Tony Amendola (Utah Shakespeare, Berkeley Rep) as […]



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FULL Production of our LIVE Online Reading of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” with Harry Groener

Published May 26, 2020 | Last Updated December 14, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Harry Groener

Today you’ll hear the FULL production from our recent LIVESTREAM reading of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor (more info and watch the show here). It’s an all-star cast of past guests from the podcast, including Harry Groener, Dawn Didawick, Peter Van Norden, Anne Gee Byrd, Tony Amendola and many more! For this “Merry Wives” […]



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May 14th: Livestream Reading of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” with an All-Star Cast!

Published May 12, 2020 | Last Updated May 12, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

 Things went very well with our first reading, so welcome to the “Much Ado About Something” series, as we all do our part to fight this pandemic and stay entertained at the same time. Next up is our online reading of William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor with an all-star cast of past […]



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Scenes from our LIVE “Much Ado About Nothing” Online Reading with Dakin Matthews

Published April 28, 2020 | Last Updated May 25, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Dakin Matthews

Today you’ll hear some excerpted scenes from our recent LIVESTREAM reading of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (more info here). It’s an all-star cast of past guests from the podcast, including Dakin Matthews, Robert Pine, Geoffrey Wade, Anne Gee Byrd, Alan Mandell and many more! This whole thing came together within about two weeks after […]



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April 2nd: Online Shakespeare Reading of “Much Ado About Nothing” with an All Star Cast!

Published March 31, 2020 | Last Updated May 12, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

In these times of much ado about SOMETHING, you’re invited to an online Shakespeare reading of Much Ado About Nothing with an all-star cast of past podcast guests! The broadcast will be April 2nd at 3 pm Pacific / 6 pm Eastern, and yes, you can WATCH all of this too. Head over here to […]



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Text Work: Hamlet’s “Advice to the Players” with Randall Duk Kim and Annie Occhiogrosso

Published March 10, 2020 | Last Updated November 4, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

Randall as Hamlet

The following is the text work session taken from the full episode with Randall and Annie. In this episode, Randall and Annie share insights into working on Shakespeare through the appropriately chosen piece, Hamlet’s “Advice to the Players”—the one that begins “Speak the speech I pray you”.  You’ll hear Randall and Annie discuss: Some of the […]



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Ep #25: Randall Duk Kim and Annie Occhiogrosso (American Players Theatre founders, Shakespeare actors/teachers, Kung Fu Panda, The Matrix, John Wick) on Pursuing Crazy Ideas, Shakespeare’s Clues, and Your Own Discretion

Published February 11, 2020 | Last Updated February 13, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

If you have a dream and you love these plays, don’t let anyone tell you it can’t happen. It will break your back and tear your heart out at times, but if you have that dream, please don’t give up on it because the theatre needs you—we need the people who won’t take “no” for […]



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