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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 May 11, 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

New Online Workshop, June 2022 – Acting the Role: The Macbeth’s with Susan Angelo and Bo Foxworth

Published April 21, 2022 | Last Updated May 3, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

In their first online workshop together, learn the context, clues, and process for playing The Macbeth duo from two accomplished, professional actors! Details: WHERE: All online, via Zoom WHEN: Mondays, June 6-27, 5-7 pm PT / 8-10 pm ET HOW: Register to be an ACTOR and work on scenes and speeches or be part of […]

Filed Under: Workshop Tagged With: macbeth, regional theatre, scene work, shakespeare, text work, theatre, virtual, workshop

Cast Announced for KING LEAR in The Rehearsal Room – April 2022

Published April 5, 2022 | Last Updated April 5, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

We’ve kicked off The Play’s the Thing with our First Folio investigation of Shakespeare’s King Lear! The great joy of these programs is that we get to: spend SO much time diving deep on a scene and characters bring together lifelong professionals with newer/younger actors cast roles while being totally open to race, gender, and […]

Filed Under: Workshop Tagged With: actors, director, king lear, play, rehearsal, rehearsal room, shakespeare, theatre, voice coach

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

Ep #26: Elizabeth Dennehy (Star Trek, Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding, Guiding Light, and hundreds of commercials) on Being Natural vs. Casual, Propelling the Story Forward, and Saving Your Money

Published March 15, 2022 | Last Updated April 11, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

“I think the biggest mistake people make is playing their given circumstances instead of the characters’ given circumstances. Nick Bottom [in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’] is not trying to do a funny death scene. He thinks he’s going to blow your mind with his tragedy and it’s going to be the most heartbreaking death scene […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: antaeus, father, film, london, macbeth, new york, regional theatre, shakespeare, star trek, teaching, theatre, workshop

New Class, April 2022: The Play’s the Thing with APT co-founders/AD’s Randall Duk Kim and Annie Occhiogrosso

Published March 3, 2022 | Last Updated March 6, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

In their first online workshop, these two masters of the theatre will share their lifetime exploration of Shakespeare with students of all ages! The class will be completely VIRTUAL (anyone can register) and will run on Tuesdays from April 5-26, 2022. You can sign up as an actor (open to any age, race, and gender […]

Filed Under: Workshop Tagged With: first folio, king lear, regional theatre, scene work, shakespeare, text work, theatre, virtual, workshop

REPERTORY (Part Two) FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Scenes 3.1 and 3.4) featuring Sara Mountjoy-Pepka, Garrett Botts, and Michele Schultz, with Elizabeth Swain directing

Published January 18, 2022 | Last Updated January 20, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

For today’s episode, we’re bringing you the second half of the Repertory workshop featuring Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. (Check out Part 1 here!) As I mentioned last episode, this was an immense project: we had a company of 6 actors (half professional and half younger and/or newer) who met twice a week for 7 weeks to […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Workshop Tagged With: comedy, drama, fool, grief, scene work, shakespeare, text work, twelfth night, virtual, workshop, zoom

REPERTORY (Part One) FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Scenes 1.5 and 2.4) featuring Janet Greaves, Erika Rolfsrud, and Jamal Douglas, with Brendon Fox directing

Published January 4, 2022 | Last Updated January 17, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

For today’s episode, as we literally celebrate Twelfth Night this week, what better time than now to release part one of our REPERTORY workshop of this Shakespearean play! This was an even bigger experiment than The Rehearsal Room workshops! With Repertory, we had a company of 6 actors (half professional and half younger and/or newer) […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Workshop Tagged With: comedy, drama, fool, grief, scene work, shakespeare, text work, twelfth night, virtual, workshop, zoom

The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Richard III (Scene 4.4) featuring Veralyn Jones and Michael Kirby, with Liz Swain directing

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

From our May 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 4, Scene 4, from Shakespeare’s Richard III. OK, there is a lot going on with this scene, so let’s attempt to summarize! Queen Elizabeth and the Duchess of York (Richard’s mother) are grieving over their children and grandchildren. Former Queen Margaret secretly watches, and […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Workshop Tagged With: drama, richard iii, scene work, shakespeare, text work, virtual, workshop, zoom

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 […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Workshop Tagged With: drama, hamlet, scene work, shakespeare, text work, virtual, workshop, zoom

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