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Week 2 Session: “Secrets, Servants, and Self-Determination” in Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” – 2 scenes with Septimus – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

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Published January 21, 2025 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our second session, highlights include:

Exploring the intellectual curiosity and wonder in this play

The complex dynamics between Septimus and the other characters

Understanding the nuances of the relationships and their implications

Insights into the historical context and its influence on character development



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Week 1 Session: “Curiosity and Carnal Embrace” in Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” – 2 scenes with Septimus – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published January 14, 2025 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our first session, highlights include:

Exploring the intellectual curiosity and wonder this play

The complex dynamics between Septimus and the other characters

Understanding the nuances of the relationships and their implications

Insights into the historical context and its influence on character development



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Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” in The Rehearsal Room for January 2025 with Geoffrey Wade, Jennifer Le Blanc, James Newcomb, director Brendon Fox and more!

Published January 7, 2025 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

We work on another play for the first time – one of Stoppard’s best!

Our group will be working on the following scenes:
– Act 1, Scene 1 – with Septimus, Thomasina and Jellaby
– Act 2, Scene 6 – with Septimus, Jellaby and Lady Croom.

The Arcadia Team involves artists across the US in CA, NY, and MA!



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Final Session – Shakespeare’s “Richard II” – the king deposed (Act 4, Sc 1) – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

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Published December 24, 2024 | Last Updated December 31, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our third and final week, highlights include:

Exploring the duality and transformation of Richard and Bolingbroke

Delving into the emotional weight of kingship and its consequences

Insights into the intimate versus public nature of Richard’s deposition

Plus, Q&A with the artists!



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Week 2 Session – Shakespeare’s “Richard II” – the king deposed (Act 4, Sc 1) – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published December 17, 2024 | Last Updated December 29, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our second week, highlights include:

Richard’s journey from power to vulnerability

Bolingbroke’s internal conflict and familial ties

Exploring Richard’s private moments with Bolingbroke



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Week 1 Session – Shakespeare’s “Richard II” – the king deposed (Act 4, Sc 1) – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published December 10, 2024 | Last Updated December 29, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our first week, highlights include:

Exploring the intimacy and public display in Richard II’s deposition scene

The power of language and its ability to shift the room’s energy

Understanding the relationship dynamics between Richard and Bolingbroke

Insights into historical context and its influence on performance



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Shakespeare’s “Richard II” in The Rehearsal Room for December 2024 with Jamal Douglas, Nick Cagle, director Will Block and dramaturg Miranda Johnson-Haddad!

Published December 5, 2024 | Last Updated January 7, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

It’ll be our first time diving into this beautiful play, and we start with one of the (many) GREAT scenes in the play. December’s Workshop Our group will be working on the following scene: Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here. Richard II Team – we have artists in LA and Hawaii! REPLAYS (both video […]



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Final Session – Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” – Hermione’s arrest and defense at trial – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

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Published December 3, 2024 | Last Updated December 10, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our final week, highlights include:

The power of acting to explore forbidden emotions and thoughts

Using a word’s actual meaning vs. personal interpretations

Italian run-through rehearsals – the purpose and expectations

A Q&A with the artists!



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Week 3 – Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” – Hermione’s arrest and defense at trial – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

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Published November 26, 2024 | Last Updated December 3, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our third week, highlights include:

Geoffrey’s exercise to help actors connect

Exploring the psychological aspects of jealousy

Transitions from personal to royal plural pronouns



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Week 2 – Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” – Hermione’s arrest and defense at trial – The Rehearsal Room [Video, Audio, and Transcript versions]

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published November 19, 2024 | Last Updated December 3, 2024 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our second week, highlights include:

Deciding on the beats of the scene – what each is “called”

Bringing Leontes back to sanity vs. punishing him

Exploring the meaning of “I’ll keep her in the stables”



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