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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)

Published November 1, 2022 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



Filed Under: Discussion, Podcast Tagged With: auditions, chekhov, director, discussion, facebook, q&a, uv-mar25, workshop

The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (Act 2) featuring Alberto Isaac, Deidrie Henry, and Jully Lee, with Libby Appel directing

Published October 18, 2022 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



Filed Under: Podcast, Workshop Tagged With: chekhov, comedy, drama, russia, scene work, text work, uncle vanya, uv-mar25, virtual, workshop, zoom

Acting the Role Discussion: Geoffrey Wade on DOGBERRY from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (Amherst College and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park)

Published October 4, 2022 | Last Updated November 21, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



Filed Under: Discussion, Podcast Tagged With: character, comedy, facebook, geoffrey wade, much ado, much ado about nothing, q&a, shakespeare

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

Published September 20, 2022 | Last Updated October 4, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



Filed Under: Podcast, Workshop Tagged With: as you like it, comedy, professional, scene work, shakespeare, text work, virtual, workshop, zoom

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

Published July 12, 2022 | Last Updated July 21, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: antaeus, caribbean, classical, failure, fear, film, los angeles, regional theatre, shakespeare, theatre, workshop

Ep #29: Alberto Isaac (East West Players, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, actor/director/playwright) on the Work of Acting, Handling Rejection, and Not Hiding

Published June 14, 2022 | Last Updated July 11, 2022 2 Comments - add more!

Acting is work. I always feel I need to be on my toes, I need to be alert, I need to have my mind open, and be aware of so many things. It’s something enjoyable even though it’s hard to do. That feeling of “yes, I’m doing well” while working has been so rare. ~ […]



Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: antaeus, asian, film, los angeles, philippines, regional theatre, rejection, theatre, workshop

Ep #28: James Newcomb (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre, Shakespeare & Company) on Being Authentic, Career Hang Times, and Readiness

Published May 10, 2022 | Last Updated June 14, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

“I take great pride in the fact that as a profane clergyman in the theater—I think of the theater as a profane church, a place of worship—we honor the human condition, with all of its warts.” ~ James Newcomb Today’s guest started in the theatre at a very young age, felt adrift and wasn’t exactly […]



Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: classical, denver, film, hamlet, new york, regional theatre, richard iii, shakespeare, theatre, workshop

Text Work: Video game voiceover audition with Marcelo Tubert

Published April 26, 2022 | Last Updated April 25, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



Filed Under: Podcast, Text Work Tagged With: acting class, macbeth, text work, video games, voiceover

Ep #27: Marcelo Tubert (Star Trek: Picard, Jane the Virgin, BioShock video game, Netflix dubbing) on Trusting Instincts, Living Simply, and Remaining Grateful

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published April 12, 2022 | Last Updated June 14, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

“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 […]



Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: accents, animation, antaeus, argentina, explicit, film, netflix, television, theatre, video games, voiceover

Text Work: Macbeth’s dagger speech with Elizabeth Dennehy

Published March 29, 2022 | Last Updated March 28, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



Filed Under: Podcast, Text Work Tagged With: auditions, macbeth, shakespeare, text work

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