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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Scene 2.2) featuring Kwana Martinez, with Gigi Bermingham directing

Published December 7, 2021 | Last Updated December 8, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



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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

Published November 2, 2021 | Last Updated November 2, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



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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

Published October 19, 2021 | Last Updated November 1, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

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, […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s King John (Scene 1.1) with Marcelo Tubert, Ross Hellwig and Gigi Bermingham directing

Published September 21, 2021 | Last Updated December 21, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

From our February 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, Scene 1, from Shakespeare’s King John. This is the very opening of the play—where we learn of the conflict over the throne between England and France, and then there is a dispute between two brothers brought before the King. One of the brothers […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Scene 1.2) with Peter Van Norden, Elizabeth Dennehy and Geoffrey Wade directing

Published September 7, 2021 | Last Updated November 1, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

From our February 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, Scene 2, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Cassius, who is envious of Caesar, begins to work on Brutus – sees Brutus is unhappy, reminds him of his ancestors, and that the people are turning this weak man of Caesar into a god. Casca enters […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Scenes 1.3 & 3.2) with Aubrey Saverino, Meaghan Boeing, and Elizabeth Swain directing

Published August 24, 2021 | Last Updated September 7, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

AYLI Jan 2021

From our January 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, Scene 3 and Act 3, Scene 2, from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. We continue rolling out these episodes from the past 12+ months of workshops we’ve been doing. If you’ve missed any presentations thus far, click here to find them all. This […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scene 3.2) with Anne Gee Byrd as Helena and James Newcomb directing

Published August 10, 2021 | Last Updated May 4, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

From our January 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 3, Scene 2, from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We continue rolling out these episodes from the past 12+ months of workshops we’ve been doing. If you’ve missed any presentations thus far, click here to find them all. Past guest Anne Gee Byrd joins […]



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Cast and Creative Team Announced for CHEKHOV in The Rehearsal Room – Fall 2021

Published August 5, 2021 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

In our first ever session focusing on the work of Anton Chekhov, we have selected a scene from Act 2 of UNCLE VANYA! The great joy of these programs is that we get to: We are thrilled to welcome so many new professionals to our group, including Libby, Allison, Alberto, Deidrie, and Jully! Want to […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s King Lear (Scenes 1.4 and 2.4) with Tony Amendola as Lear and Elizabeth Dennehy as Goneril

Published July 27, 2021 | Last Updated May 12, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

From our October 2020 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, scene 4 and Act 2, scene 4 from Shakespeare’s King Lear. We continue rolling out these episodes from the past 12+ months of workshops we’ve been doing. If you’ve missed any presentations thus far, click here to find them all. It was exciting […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Richard III (Scenes 1.1 and 4.4) with Tony Amendola as Richard and Anne Gee Byrd as Margaret

Published July 13, 2021 | Last Updated November 1, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

We have another special episode today from the vault of scene presentations! From our June 2020 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, scene 1 and Act 4, scene 4 from Shakespeare’s Richard III. It’s already been over a year since we started these programs, and it’s so much fun to go back and […]



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