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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s King John (Scene 1.1) with Marcelo Tubert, Ross Hellwig and Gigi Bermingham directing

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

From our February 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, Scene 1, from Shakespeare’s King John. This is the very opening of the play—where we learn of the conflict over the throne between England and France, and then there is a dispute between two brothers brought before the King. One of the brothers […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Scene 1.2) with Peter Van Norden, Elizabeth Dennehy and Geoffrey Wade directing

Published September 7, 2021 | Last Updated November 1, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

From our February 2021 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, Scene 2, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Cassius, who is envious of Caesar, begins to work on Brutus – sees Brutus is unhappy, reminds him of his ancestors, and that the people are turning this weak man of Caesar into a god. Casca enters […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s King Lear (Scenes 1.4 and 2.4) with Tony Amendola as Lear and Elizabeth Dennehy as Goneril

Published July 27, 2021 | Last Updated May 12, 2023 Leave your thoughts »

From our October 2020 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, scene 4 and Act 2, scene 4 from Shakespeare’s King Lear. We continue rolling out these episodes from the past 12+ months of workshops we’ve been doing. If you’ve missed any presentations thus far, click here to find them all. It was exciting […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Richard III (Scenes 1.1 and 4.4) with Tony Amendola as Richard and Anne Gee Byrd as Margaret

Published July 13, 2021 | Last Updated November 1, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

We have another special episode today from the vault of scene presentations! From our June 2020 workshop, it’s the final session of Act 1, scene 1 and Act 4, scene 4 from Shakespeare’s Richard III. It’s already been over a year since we started these programs, and it’s so much fun to go back and […]



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The Rehearsal Room FULL Workshop Presentation: Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida (Act 3, Sc 2) “Will you walk in, my lord?” with Marcelo Tubert, Ross Hellwig, Sapna Kumar, and James Newcomb directing

Published March 16, 2021 | Last Updated January 5, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

We have another special episode today from the vault of scene presentations! From our October 2020 workshop, it’s the final evening of “Will you walk in, my lord?” from Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. And if you enjoy this, know that registration is now OPEN for our next workshop series in April 2021! Learn more about […]



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Q&A with Voice Teacher and Coach URSULA MEYER (Head of Graduate Acting UCSD, Idaho/Oregon/Utah Shakespeare)

Published February 2, 2021 | Last Updated September 12, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

Ursula Meyer

Today we have a great discussion with another often overlooked role in the theatre: the voice coach! I’m so grateful Ursula can join us—not only because of her extremely impressive resume and body of work, but also because “voice” was the most requested topic in our fall survey! Similar to a dramaturg, one of the […]



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Q&A with Shakespeare dramaturg GIDEON RAPPAPORT

Published October 20, 2020 | Last Updated December 14, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

Today we have a great discussion with an often overlooked role in the theatre: the dramaturg! And if you’re wondering exactly what that person does, you’re in the right place! Gideon Rappaport joined us for our online readings in the Spring (Much Ado and Merry Wives), and has been part of the workshop series since […]



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Cast and Scenes for October workshop, plus bonuses from the dramaturg!

Published October 8, 2020 | Last Updated October 10, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

We have a fantastic workshop this month! There are TWO scenes happening, from TROILUS AND CRESSIDA and KING LEAR. Such great work being done by all involved, the first week got off with a bang! There’s still time to join as an ATTENDEE until Monday, October 12th (just in time for week #2)—don’t miss your […]



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