The following is the text work session taken from the full episode with Marcelo. In today’s episode, Marcelo shares how he approaches a voiceover audition for a video game. We look at: what direction and description is initially provided using your instincts to create your own performance avoiding an impersonation. Plus, you’ll hear the actual audition […]
Ep #27: Marcelo Tubert (Star Trek: Picard, Jane the Virgin, BioShock video game, Netflix dubbing) on Trusting Instincts, Living Simply, and Remaining Grateful
So don't be surprised!
“My goal is to be a better actor tomorrow than I am today, that became and still is my credo.“ ~ Marcelo Tubert Today’s guest was born in Argentina, moved to LA at a young age, felt very lost with his career, almost quit after his first TV role, and eventually booked a job that […]
Text Work: Macbeth’s dagger speech with Elizabeth Dennehy
The following is the text work session taken from the full episode with Elizabeth. In today’s episode, Elizabeth shares her approach to working on Shakespeare, which includes: what the number of syllables can tell you the thought igniter exercise the first question to ask, and more Plus we chat about the difference in performing a monologue […]
Ep #26: Elizabeth Dennehy (Star Trek, Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding, Guiding Light, and hundreds of commercials) on Being Natural vs. Casual, Propelling the Story Forward, and Saving Your Money
“I think the biggest mistake people make is playing their given circumstances instead of the characters’ given circumstances. Nick Bottom [in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’] is not trying to do a funny death scene. He thinks he’s going to blow your mind with his tragedy and it’s going to be the most heartbreaking death scene […]
REPERTORY (Part Two) FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Scenes 3.1 and 3.4) featuring Sara Mountjoy-Pepka, Garrett Botts, and Michele Schultz, with Elizabeth Swain directing
For today’s episode, we’re bringing you the second half of the Repertory workshop featuring Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. (Check out Part 1 here!) As I mentioned last episode, this was an immense project: we had a company of 6 actors (half professional and half younger and/or newer) who met twice a week for 7 weeks to […]
REPERTORY (Part One) FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Scenes 1.5 and 2.4) featuring Janet Greaves, Erika Rolfsrud, and Jamal Douglas, with Brendon Fox directing
For today’s episode, as we literally celebrate Twelfth Night this week, what better time than now to release part one of our REPERTORY workshop of this Shakespearean play! This was an even bigger experiment than The Rehearsal Room workshops! With Repertory, we had a company of 6 actors (half professional and half younger and/or newer) […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Richard III (Scene 4.4) featuring Veralyn Jones and Michael Kirby, with Liz Swain directing
From our May 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 4, Scene 4, from Shakespeare’s Richard III. OK, there is a lot going on with this scene, so let’s attempt to summarize! Queen Elizabeth and the Duchess of York (Richard’s mother) are grieving over their children and grandchildren. Former Queen Margaret secretly watches, and […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Scene 2.2) featuring Kwana Martinez, with Gigi Bermingham directing
From our May 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 2, Scene 2, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In this scene, Hamlet’s friends from school, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, have just arrived and the King and Queen ask them to find out what’s going on with Hamlet. A short while later, Hamlet enter reading and is greeted […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (Scene 5.1) with Marcelo Tubert, Aubrey Saverino, Ross Hellwig and Brendon Fox directing
From our May 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 5, Scene 1, from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. This is the final section of the play right to the end. As Bassanio, Gratiano, and Antonio all return home after the trial with Shylock, Portia and Nerissa decide to play one final trick on […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Scene 1.2) with Janet Greaves, Jamal Douglas, Whitney Wakimoto and Geoffrey Wade directing
From our April 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, Scene 2, from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. This is where we first meet Rosalind and Celia, and have only recently learned that Rosalind’s father has been banished by Celia’s father, the Duke. The two women attempt to dissuade Orlando from wrestling Charles, […]
