We had a great time with King Lear this month and now onto To The Lighthouse! Our group will be working on an adaptation of part of the 1927 novel: the end of the first section (“The Window”) and the beginning of the second section (“Time Passes,”) wth Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay’s last conversation, their house […]
King Lear in The Rehearsal Room for June 2023 with Annie Occhiogrosso, Randall Duk Kim, Jeanne Sakata and more!
We had a great time with Henry V last month and now onto King Lear! King Lear Team for Act 2, Sc 4: Get access to watch the REPLAYS of all sessions for only $5 per month! Sessions will be held on Tuesdays: June 6, 13, 20, and 27. Recordings typically available the following day, […]
Henry V in The Rehearsal Room for May 2023 with Elizabeth Dennehy, Kwana Martinez, and more!
We had a great time with The Winter’s Tale last month and now onto Henry V! Get access to watch the REPLAYS of all sessions for only $5 per month! Sessions will be held on Mondays May 8, 15, 22 and Tuesday, May 30. Recordings typically available the following day, for 30 days! Want to […]
The Rehearsal Room is BACK with The Winter’s Tale workshop for April 2023 with Liz Swain, Marcelo Tubert, and more!
What was clear to me during 2020-2022 was how much FUN the workshops scenes were to produce and how much it seemed others enjoyed them too! I was also consistently blown away at the quality of the work in such a short period of time. So I’m bringing the Rehearsal Room workshops back, starting in […]
Acting the Role Discussion: UNCLE VANYA with Tony-winner Reed Birney – play by Anton Chekhov, translation by Annie Baker, at SoHo Rep in 2012
Reed Birney played Uncle Vanya at SoHo Rep in 2012 in a translation by Annie Baker, with a cast that also included Michael Shannon. He joined us in December 2021 to discuss the character in depth. This episode marks our third installment in our Chekhov series as we focus on Reed playing the role of […]
Q&A with director Libby Appel (Five Chekhov Plays, former Artistic Director for Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Indiana Repertory Theatre, and former Dean of Cal Arts Theatre)
Director Libby Appel joined us in October 2021 for a lively Q&A, and now you can listen on the podcast and YouTube! It’s wonderful that we can follow up our Chekhov workshop from last episode with an even deeper discussion with the director! In this chat, you’ll hear Libby and I talk about: what she […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (Act 2) featuring Alberto Isaac, Deidrie Henry, and Jully Lee, with Libby Appel directing
We have our first workshop scene NOT from Shakespeare, and there’s a great reason! From October 2021, we present a deep dive into the first half of Act 2 from Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya with director Libby Appel! What’s particularly special about this one is that we’re working from Libby’s translation of the play; when she […]
Acting the Role Discussion: Geoffrey Wade on DOGBERRY from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (Amherst College and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park)
Professional actor Geoffrey Wade joined us in October 2021 to discuss the character of Dogberry in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Geoffrey has played Dogberry twice, at very different times in his life, and finds it’s a fascinating character to dissect. He first performed it as a student at Amherst College and then again at […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Scene 3.5) featuring James Newcomb, Erika Rolfsrud and Meaghan Boeing, with Elizabeth Dennehy directing
From our May 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 3, Scene 5, from Shakespeare’s As You Like it. We have another “all pro” group—all the actors in the scene are professionals, so the work has been so fun and rich! Our dramaturg Philippa said that she found it so mind-blowingly good how fully […]
Ep #30: Veralyn Jones (LA Women’s Shakespeare, Antaeus, A Noise Within, Lower Depth Theatre, Seinfeld) on Feeling Like a Fraud, Circuitous Paths, and Saying Yes
I have to face my fears because even though those things scared the hell out of me, I always said yes. And I think that’s where the opportunities came because I found that when I did say yes, it opened a door and somehow I was able to scale the wall and succeed. ~ Veralyn […]