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Discussion with Director Libby Appel – LIVE on Facebook [Watch the Replay]

Published October 1, 2021 | Last Updated November 4, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

Professional director Libby Appel joined us LIVE (September 30, 2021) for a fun Q&A and discussion about her career, theatre, and of course, Chekhov! Libby is currently directing a section of Act 2 in her translation of Uncle Vanya for The Rehearsal Room. She was such a fantastic guest and has so much enthusiasm for […]

Filed Under: Discussion Tagged With: anton chekhov, chekhov, director, facebook, q&a, shakespeare, theatre

Cast and Creative Team Announced for CHEKHOV in The Rehearsal Room – Fall 2021

Published August 5, 2021 | Last Updated September 7, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

In our first ever session focusing on the work of Anton Chekhov, we have selected a scene from Act 2 of UNCLE VANYA! 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 […]

Filed Under: Workshop Tagged With: actors, anton chekhov, chekhov, director, dramaturg, play, rehearsal, rehearsal room, theatre, uncle vanya, voice, voice coach

May 14th: Livestream Reading of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” with an All-Star Cast!

Published May 12, 2020 | Last Updated May 12, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

 Things went very well with our first reading, so welcome to the “Much Ado About Something” series, as we all do our part to fight this pandemic and stay entertained at the same time. Next up is our online reading of William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor with an all-star cast of past […]

Filed Under: Event Tagged With: broadcast, comedy, global, merry wives, much ado, pandemic, reading, shakespeare, staged, theatre, virtual, windsor, youtube

April 2nd: Online Shakespeare Reading of “Much Ado About Nothing” with an All Star Cast!

Published March 31, 2020 | Last Updated May 12, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

In these times of much ado about SOMETHING, you’re invited to an online Shakespeare reading of Much Ado About Nothing with an all-star cast of past podcast guests! The broadcast will be April 2nd at 3 pm Pacific / 6 pm Eastern, and yes, you can WATCH all of this too. Head over here to […]

Filed Under: Event Tagged With: broadcast, comedy, global, much ado, pandemic, reading, shakespeare, staged, theatre, virtual, youtube

Ep #25: Randall Duk Kim and Annie Occhiogrosso (American Players Theatre founders, Shakespeare actors/teachers, Kung Fu Panda, The Matrix, John Wick) on Pursuing Crazy Ideas, Shakespeare’s Clues, and Your Own Discretion

Published February 11, 2020 | Last Updated February 13, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

If you have a dream and you love these plays, don’t let anyone tell you it can’t happen. It will break your back and tear your heart out at times, but if you have that dream, please don’t give up on it because the theatre needs you—we need the people who won’t take “no” for […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: asian, film, first folio, hawaii, new york, producing, regional theatre, repertory, shakespeare, teaching, theatre

Ep #24: Tony-Winner L. Scott Caldwell (Broadway, Regional Theatre, The Fugitive, Lost, A Million Little Things) on Self-Doubt, Pretending vs. Being, and Meeting Your Destiny

Published January 7, 2020 | Last Updated January 13, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Scotty in Gem of the Ocean

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, but if you don’t even know the direction you’re going in, the step you’re taking may be away from your ultimate mission or destiny. — L. Scott Caldwell   If you’re looking for what it takes to be an actor long-term, over the course of […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: auditions, august wilson, awards, broadway, california, chicago, film, los angeles, new york, rejection, theatre, tony award, tv, uta hagen

Ep #23: Simon Vance (1000+ Audiobooks: Millennium series, Sherlock Holmes, Jerusalem, The King’s Speech, The Tao of Pooh) on Feeding the Birds, Pushing Yourself, and Wanting More

Published December 10, 2019 | Last Updated November 22, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

I thought being an actor wasn’t for grown-up people, but it didn’t matter whether I considered it that—I discovered it was essential for my soul that I threw myself into this. — Simon Vance   If you’re looking for what it takes to be an actor long-term, over the course of your LIFE, then you’ve come […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: audiobooks, auditions, awards, bay area, bbc, blind, brighton, california, film, london, los angeles, narrator, radio, san francisco, theatre, tv

Text Work: Threat Matrix with Jeanne Sakata

Published November 19, 2019 | Last Updated November 4, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

Jeanne on Threat Matrix

The following is the text work session taken from the full episode with Jeanne. In this episode, Jeanne discusses a monologue she worked on from the TV show Threat Matrix. She plays a Cambodian woman who recounts her experiences of escaping the Khmer Rouge. I’ve visited Cambodia and seen first-hand some of the atrocities that happened […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Text Work Tagged With: cambodia, dialect, khmer rouge, killing fields, research, text work, theatre, threat matrix, tv

Ep #22: Jeanne Sakata (Actress/Playwright, Hold These Truths, Regional Theatre, Dr. Ken) on the Joy of Discovery, Eagerness, and Redemptive Writing

Published November 12, 2019 | Last Updated December 9, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

What fuels it all for me right now is gratitude, because I’m grateful all these things are happening, and that there are so many more opportunities than there used to be, and when I’m tempted to feel overwhelmed as sometimes I do, I really try to go back to that place of gratitude, and I […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: cambodia, classical, film, internment camps, japanese, los angeles, macbeth, movies, playwright, regional theatre, richard ii, santa cruz, shakespeare, sitcom, theatre, tv, world war ii

Behind the Podcast: Audrey Moore of Audrey Helps Actors (Phase 3 Actor, the Top Acting Podcast, and Top 50 of ALL Performing Arts Podcasts)

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published October 29, 2019 | Last Updated November 11, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Audrey Moore

I wish I could ask actors that are starting out, ‘As hard as you feel like it is now, if I told you the more successful you become, the harder and more competitive it’s going to become—are you still in?’ — Audrey Moore   Today we have another Behind the Podcast episode, with the reigning […]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: actors, auditions, business, energy, explicit, grief, hustle, intention, podcast, self-tape, social media, theatre, time management, value, work

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