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Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” in The Rehearsal Room for September 2023 with Geoffrey Wade, Christopher Guilmet, Shannon Lee Clair, and more!

Published September 5, 2023 | Last Updated September 5, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

We had a fantastic time with Measure for Measure last month and now onto Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 1 – where Leontes has Hermione arrested for adultery and treason. Scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library here. The Winter’s Tale Team: Get access to watch the REPLAYS […]

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Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” in The Rehearsal Room for August 2023 with Stefan Novinski, J. Paul Nicholas, Charlotte Northeast and more!

Published August 3, 2023 | Last Updated August 29, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

We had a fantastic time with To The Lighthouse last month and now onto Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure! Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life. Measure for Measure Team: Get access to watch the REPLAYS of all […]

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Virginia Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse” in The Rehearsal Room for July 2023 with Brian Nelson, Anne Gee Byrd, Alberto Isaac and more!

Published June 29, 2023 | Last Updated June 29, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

Anne Gee Byrd

We had a great time with King Lear this month and now onto To The Lighthouse! Our group will be working on an adaptation of part of the 1927 novel: the end of the first section (“The Window”) and the beginning of the second section (“Time Passes,”) wth Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay’s last conversation, their house […]

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King Lear in The Rehearsal Room for June 2023 with Annie Occhiogrosso, Randall Duk Kim, Jeanne Sakata and more!

Published June 1, 2023 | Last Updated June 22, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

We had a great time with Henry V last month and now onto King Lear! King Lear Team for Act 2, Sc 4: Get access to watch the REPLAYS of all sessions for only $5 per month! Sessions will be held on Tuesdays: June 6, 13, 20, and 27. Recordings typically available the following day, […]

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Henry V in The Rehearsal Room for May 2023 with Elizabeth Dennehy, Kwana Martinez, and more!

Published May 3, 2023 | Last Updated June 1, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

We had a great time with The Winter’s Tale last month and now onto Henry V! Get access to watch the REPLAYS of all sessions for only $5 per month! Sessions will be held on Mondays May 8, 15, 22 and Tuesday, May 30. Recordings typically available the following day, for 30 days! Want to […]

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The Rehearsal Room is BACK with The Winter’s Tale workshop for April 2023 with Liz Swain, Marcelo Tubert, and more!

Published March 29, 2023 | Last Updated May 3, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

What was clear to me during 2020-2022 was how much FUN the workshops scenes were to produce and how much it seemed others enjoyed them too! I was also consistently blown away at the quality of the work in such a short period of time. So I’m bringing the Rehearsal Room workshops back, starting in […]

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Ep #30: Veralyn Jones (LA Women’s Shakespeare, Antaeus, A Noise Within, Lower Depth Theatre, Seinfeld) on Feeling Like a Fraud, Circuitous Paths, and Saying Yes

Published July 12, 2022 | Last Updated July 21, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

I have to face my fears because even though those things scared the hell out of me, I always said yes. And I think that’s where the opportunities came because I found that when I did say yes, it opened a door and somehow I was able to scale the wall and succeed. ~ Veralyn […]

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Ep #29: Alberto Isaac (East West Players, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, actor/director/playwright) on the Work of Acting, Handling Rejection, and Not Hiding

Published June 14, 2022 | Last Updated July 11, 2022 2 Comments - add more!

Acting is work. I always feel I need to be on my toes, I need to be alert, I need to have my mind open, and be aware of so many things. It’s something enjoyable even though it’s hard to do. That feeling of “yes, I’m doing well” while working has been so rare. ~ […]

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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 June 14, 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

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