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George Bernard Shaw’s “Misalliance” in The Rehearsal Room for April 2025 with J. Paul Nicholas, Nathan Agin, Michele Shultz, Dylan La Rocque and director Erika Rolfsrud!

Published April 3, 2025 | Last Updated May 18, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

It’s our first time tackling SHAW!

Our group will be working on the following scenes:
​The opening between Johnny and Bentley

A later exchange with Hypatia and Percival

The Misalliance Team involves artists across the US in CA, NY, and PA!



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Final Session: “The Quest for Knowledge” 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 February 4, 2025 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

🏁 In our third session, highlights include:

The complex relationship between Septimus and Lady Croom

Delving into the intimacy and tension of their exchanges

Unpacking the themes of knowledge and deception as secrets unravel



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Week 3 Session: “The Dance of Discovery” 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 28, 2025 | Last Updated March 29, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

Week 3 Session

🏁 In our third session, highlights include:

The complex relationship between Septimus and Lady Croom

Delving into the intimacy and tension of their exchanges

Unpacking the themes of knowledge and deception as secrets unravel



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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]

explicit language So don't be surprised!

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



Filed Under: Podcast, Workshop Tagged With: actors, arcadia, arcadia-jan25, comedy, director, drama, dramaturg, explicit, rehearsal, rehearsal room, scene work, stoppard, text work, theatre, tom stoppard, virtual, workshop

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!



Filed Under: Updates, Workshop Tagged With: actors, arcadia, arcadia-jan25, comedy, director, dramaturg, rehearsal, rehearsal room, stoppard, theatre, tom stoppard, workshop

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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Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” in The Rehearsal Room for November 2024 with Christopher Guilmet, Shannon Lee Clair, director Geoffrey Wade and more!

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

For November in The Rehearsal Room, we’re pulling an archive session and sharing it publicly on all platforms! November’s Workshop Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 1 and Act 3, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here. The Winter’s Tale Team – bios below: REPLAYS (both video and audio) […]



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Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in The Rehearsal Room for September 2024 with Todd Scofield, Michele Schultz, Corinna Christman and director J. Paul Nicholas!

Published September 14, 2024 | Last Updated May 18, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

Catch the weekly sessions on YouTube and the podcast! The Rehearsal Room is its own weekly “show”, reaching more actors, artists, and theatre lovers who would benefit from: I’d love for you to follow along, so just click below to subscribe to our YouTube channel – and then click the bell icon to get notification […]



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Acting the Role of BEATRICE (Shakespeare’s “Much Ado”) in The Rehearsal Room for July 2024 with director Erika Rolfsrud, dramaturg Cathleen Sheehan and actors Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt and Shannon Lee Clair!

Published July 9, 2024 | Last Updated January 7, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

This month, we’ll focus on the role of BEATRICE in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing as three different actors will work on scenes and speeches from the play. We’ll dive into what makes this character tick and understanding her full arc. Our director Erika Rolfsrud has played the role Off-Broadway and in Cleveland at the […]



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