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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]

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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]

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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]

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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!



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Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and Stoppard’s “Ros & Guil are Dead” in The Rehearsal Room for June 2024 with Marcelo Tubert, Nick Cagle, Dan Cordova and director Geoffrey Wade!

Published June 1, 2024 | Last Updated January 7, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

For the first time, I’ll be releasing the weekly sessions on YouTube for ALL to enjoy. The goal here is to reach more actors, artists, and theatre lovers who would benefit from: There’s no reason our Rehearsal Room can’t be its own weekly “show”. I’m inspired by all of you willing to come together to […]



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Text Work: Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Geoffrey Wade

Published August 21, 2018 | Last Updated November 19, 2018 Leave your thoughts »

  The following is a re-airing of Geoffrey’s text work session taken from the full episode with him. In this excerpt we discuss performing THE PLAYER from Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.   Geoffrey Wade (@geoffreywade) is an actor, director, teacher, photographer, and acting coach, and he was recently in the national tour of The Curious […]



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Ep #5: Geoffrey Wade (National Tours, Regional Theatre, The BFG) on People vs. Characters and Doing Your Job

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Published January 16, 2018 | Last Updated February 9, 2021 2 Comments - add more!

Absolutely do small theatre projects because you’ll meet people and make connections, but make sure you know why you’re doing it. — Geoffrey Wade I’m thrilled to welcome Geoffrey (@geoffreywade) to the show: a wonderful actor, director, teacher, photographer, and acting coach. In addition to being a student of Geoffrey’s at The Antaeus Company, we’ve also […]



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