An In-Depth Exploration of Scene and Character Study and Rehearsal, using mostly prize winning plays, chosen to expand the students acting techniques, emotional range and self-expression. Over the course of 10 days, students will participate in several exercises, exploring concentration, relaxation, character, text, physical space, objective, stakes and living privately in public. The students will then apply what they have learned through these exercises to scene work presented to the class for feedback. The student will be expected to work on his/her own outside of class. There will be no class session on Sunday, August 22 so that the students have the opportunity to rehearse scenes. In addition, students will also receive instruction in singing, vocal production and song interpretation, and physical acting.
Preparation: Scenes will be assigned in advanced and it is asked that the entire play from which the scenes are taken be read before coming to the workshop. There will be an exercise involving a Shakespearean monologue of the student's choice. The student is expected to have this monologue well-memorized before the intensive begins.