Week 1 - Acting the Role: Beatrice - The Rehearsal Room
Release Date: 07/16/2024
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🏁 In this session, highlights include: Exploring the emotional relationship of Lear and his daughters How punctuation in Shakespeare's text informs performance Discussing the importance of spontaneity in portraying characters We dive into the scene where Lear and his two daughters quarrel over what how much of an entourage he needs - Act 2, Scene 4. --- 🛑 SUBSCRIBE to get notified of our next rehearsal session! 🤗 BECOME A PATRON of The Rehearsal Room on Patreon: Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with...
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Week 3: "The Dance of Discovery" - ARCADIA - Tom Stoppard | The Rehearsal Room
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Final Session - Richard II - (Act 4, Sc 1) The king deposed - The Rehearsal Room
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🏁 In our third and final session, highlights include: Exploring the duality and transformation of Richard and Bolingbroke Delving into the emotional weight of kingship and its consequences Insights into the intimate versus public nature of Richard's deposition Plus, Q&A with the artists! --- 🛑 SUBSCRIBE to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 BECOME A PATRON of The Rehearsal Room on Patreon: Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking...
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Week 2 - Richard II - (Act 4, Sc 1) The king deposed - The Rehearsal Room
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🏁 In our second session, highlights include: Richard's journey from power to vulnerability Bolingbroke's internal conflict and familial ties Exploring Richard's private moments with Bolingbroke --- 🛑 SUBSCRIBE to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 BECOME A PATRON of The Rehearsal Room on Patreon: Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more! 🙏 THANK YOU to our patrons at the Co-Star level and...
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Week 1 - Richard II - (Act 4, Sc 1) The king deposed - The Rehearsal Room
The Working Actor's Journey
🏁 In our first session, highlights include: Exploring the intimacy and public display in Richard II's deposition scene The power of language and its ability to shift the room's energy Understanding the relationship dynamics between Richard and Bolingbroke Insights into historical context and its influence on performance --- 🛑 SUBSCRIBE to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 BECOME A PATRON of The Rehearsal Room on Patreon: Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the...
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Final Session - The Winter's Tale - Hermione's arrest/defense - The Rehearsal Room
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info_outline🏁 We dive into the first week of work on the character BEATRICE: exploring the dynamics between Beatrice and Benedict; the concept of wit as a form of communication; and addressing themes such as gender roles, societal expectations, and love. You'll see the group analyze key scenes, including the gulling of Beatrice and Benedict, the wedding scene, and the pivotal confrontation where Beatrice demands Claudio's death.
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
- DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud
-DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan
-And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee Clair
More about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice
😮 THE SCENES
Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing":
-First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143
-Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152
-Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350
Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:
-Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe
-Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK
-William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
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