“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 […]
New Online Workshop, June 2022 – Acting the Role: The Macbeth’s with Susan Angelo and Bo Foxworth
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 […]
Cast Announced for KING LEAR in The Rehearsal Room – April 2022
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 […]
Text Work: Macbeth’s dagger speech with Elizabeth Dennehy
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 […]
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
“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 […]
New Class, April 2022: The Play’s the Thing with APT co-founders/AD’s Randall Duk Kim and Annie Occhiogrosso
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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) […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Richard III (Scene 4.4) featuring Veralyn Jones and Michael Kirby, with Liz Swain directing
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 […]
The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Scene 2.2) featuring Kwana Martinez, with Gigi Bermingham directing
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 […]
