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Week 1 – Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure – Act 2, Scene 2 – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

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Published August 20, 2024 | Last Updated August 21, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

What happened in Week 1? 🏁 In our first week, some highlights include the participants: Watch the Week 1 session! Full transcript included at the bottom of this post. Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! Short on time? ​Check out this 50-second clip of director Stefan Novinski on the status game with […]



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Final Session – Acting the Role: BEATRICE (Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”) – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

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Published August 6, 2024 | Last Updated August 7, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

Watch the Week 4 session! Full transcript included at the bottom of this post. Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! What happened in Week 4? 🏁 In our final session, the group: Plus, what about a web series of Beatrice as a childless cat lady in 2024?! Who’s in? 🙋‍♀️😹 And Erika […]



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Week 3 – Acting the Role: BEATRICE (Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”) – The Rehearsal Room

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Published July 30, 2024 | Last Updated July 31, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

What happened in Week 3? 🏁 This week, the group discussed Beatrice’s emotional state, and the play’s thematic elements like gender roles, public perception, and the use of wit. They also explored the historical and cultural context of the play, and theorized about its inspiration. Watch the Week 3 session! Full transcript included at the […]



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Week 2 – Acting the Role: BEATRICE (Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”) – The Rehearsal Room

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Published July 23, 2024 | Last Updated July 24, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

What happened in Week 2? 🏁 This week, the group watched a few different versions of the opening scene and discussed the various takes on performances by Catherine Tate and David Tennant (Wyndham’s), Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh (Branagh’s film), Danielle Brooks and Grantham Coleman (Public Theatre), and Dame Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens (Zeffirelli’s […]



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Week 1 – Acting the Role: BEATRICE (Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”) – The Rehearsal Room

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Published July 16, 2024 | Last Updated July 24, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

What happened in Week 1? 🏁 We dive into the first week of work on the character BEATRICE: exploring the dynamics between Beatrice and Benedict; the concept of wit as a form of communication; and addressing themes such as gender roles, societal expectations, and love. You’ll see the group analyze key scenes, including the gulling […]



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Final Session – Shakespeare and Stoppard (Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scenes) – The Rehearsal Room

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Published July 2, 2024 | Last Updated July 10, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

Watch the final session! Full transcript included at the bottom of this post. Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And there’s the audio version too – you still get everything from listening! Total Running Time: 2:00:48 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon – get early access to sessions (before they go public […]



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Week 3 – Shakespeare and Stoppard (Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scenes) – The Rehearsal Room

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Published June 25, 2024 | Last Updated July 6, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

Watch the Week 3 session! Full transcript included at the bottom of this post. Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And there’s the audio version too – you still get everything from listening! Total Running Time: 2:02:28 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon – get early access to sessions (before they go […]



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Week 2 – Shakespeare and Stoppard (Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scenes) – The Rehearsal Room

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Published June 18, 2024 | Last Updated June 19, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

Watch the Week 2 session! Full transcript included at the bottom of this post. Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And there’s the audio version too – you still get everything from listening! Total Running Time: 1:51:50 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon – get early access to sessions (before they go […]



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Week 1 – Shakespeare and Stoppard (Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scenes) – The Rehearsal Room

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Published June 11, 2024 | Last Updated June 18, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

As mentioned last week, we’re now posting the FULL weekly sessions of new Rehearsal Room workshops – so let’s kick it off! Watch the Week 1 session! Full transcript included at the bottom of this post. Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And there’s the audio version too – you still get […]



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Acting the Role Discussion: UNCLE VANYA with Tony-winner Reed Birney – play by Anton Chekhov, translation by Annie Baker, at SoHo Rep in 2012

Published November 22, 2022 | Last Updated November 23, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



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