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In-Person Workshop BETH MCGUIRE: Idiolect 2-Day Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, May 20, 2023 – 12:00pm-4:30pm Sunday, May 21, 2023 – 12:00pm-4:30pm Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 East 30th Street About the Workshop Vocal coach, dialect coach, teacher, and company member, Beth McGuire, returns to The Actors Center with a weekend devoted to Idiolect. From Beth: “For folks who are unfamiliar with the term Idiolect, it is the particular way in which one speaks. In my experience, when an actor is in service to a script there is nearly always a transformation in relation to how they speak. Sometimes it can be quite clear because a dialect is required in relation to where the event takes place. Other considerations can be status, gender, age, and tactical i.e. code shifting.” Over two days, Beth will guide participants in exploring the psycho-physical relationship we have with our own idiolect, as well as looking at questions of how the understanding of this cellular relationship can be liberating in terms of transformation, and encourage a robust embodiment in relation to accent and dialect work. Areas of investigation will include: experiential anatomy, breath and vibration, articulation of phonemes, prosody, vowel and consonant systems and their relationship to each other and finally, the transformation of sound into image as spoken in ‘the word’.  Sessions run Saturday and Sunday 12:00pm-4:30pm. About Beth McGuire Beth McGuire has worked as a vocal and accent/dialect coach both on and off Broadway, in regional theatre, and in film and television for over 30 years. She was on the Yale School of Drama faculty for over 20 years and recently joined the faculty of Juilliard Drama Division. Beth lives in NYC and has a private practice teaching and coaching. Her book, African Accents: A Workbook for Actors, is the first practical comprehensive analysis of the genre.  Some of Beth’s most recent theater projects include, He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box by Adrienne Kennedy, at TFNA, directed by Evan Yionoulis, and Twelfth Night at the YRT, directed by Carl Cofield. One of her favorite projects on Broadway was A Streetcar Named Desire with Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, and Daphne Rubin-Vega, directed by Emily Mann. Some of her most recent media projects include Us directed by Jordan Peele, Marvel’s Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, both directed by Ryan Coogler, and the video game, Marvel’s Avengers: War for Wakanda. Beth also co-teaches a training program for professionals and rising professionals in accent, dialect and phonology coaching with her colleague Jane Guyer Fujita. Beth received her M.F.A....

In-Person Workshop BETH MCGUIRE: Idiolect 2-Day Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, May 20, 2023 – 12:00pm-4:30pm Sunday, May 21, 2023 – 12:00pm-4:30pm Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 East 30th Street About the Workshop Vocal coach, dialect coach, teacher, and company member, Beth McGuire, returns to The Actors Center with a weekend devoted to Idiolect. From Beth: “For folks who are unfamiliar with the term Idiolect, it is the particular way in which one speaks. In my experience, when an actor is in service to a script there is nearly always a transformation in relation to how they speak. Sometimes it can be quite clear because a dialect is required in relation to where the event takes place. Other considerations can be status, gender, age, and tactical i.e. code shifting.” Over two days, Beth will guide participants in exploring the psycho-physical relationship we have with our own idiolect, as well as looking at questions of how the understanding of this cellular relationship can be liberating in terms of transformation, and encourage a robust embodiment in relation to accent and dialect work. Areas of investigation will include: experiential anatomy, breath and vibration, articulation of phonemes, prosody, vowel and consonant systems and their relationship to each other and finally, the transformation of sound into image as spoken in ‘the word’.  Sessions run Saturday and Sunday 12:00pm-4:30pm. About Beth McGuire Beth McGuire has worked as a vocal and accent/dialect coach both on and off Broadway, in regional theatre, and in film and television for over 30 years. She was on the Yale School of Drama faculty for over 20 years and recently joined the faculty of Juilliard Drama Division. Beth lives in NYC and has a private practice teaching and coaching. Her book, African Accents: A Workbook for Actors, is the first practical comprehensive analysis of the genre.  Some of Beth’s most recent theater projects include, He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box by Adrienne Kennedy, at TFNA, directed by Evan Yionoulis, and Twelfth Night at the YRT, directed by Carl Cofield. One of her favorite projects on Broadway was A Streetcar Named Desire with Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, and Daphne Rubin-Vega, directed by Emily Mann. Some of her most recent media projects include Us directed by Jordan Peele, Marvel’s Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, both directed by Ryan Coogler, and the video game, Marvel’s Avengers: War for Wakanda. Beth also co-teaches a training program for professionals and rising professionals in accent, dialect and phonology coaching with her colleague Jane Guyer Fujita. Beth received her M.F.A....

In-Person Workshop JACLYN BACKHAUS: Writing 6-Week Workshop Dates & Times Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, April 25, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, May 2, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, May 16, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, May 23, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Houghton Hall Arts Community 22 East 30th Street About the Workshop Playwright, screenwriter, and teacher Jaclyn Backhaus returns to The Actors Center for a writing workshop over six Tuesdays in April and May. In this 6 week course, we will work to build on ideas and maybe even early pages that we've started of a first-draft full-length play, and learn ways to engage in a long-form writing process. We'll engage in prompt exercises, read each other's work, and learn how to architect a sustainable and joy-making writing process that springs from skillsets we have built in our acting work. Time inside and outside of class will be utilized for the writing process. Come ready to write, read, and delight in playwriting. Sessions run Tuesdays from 10am-1pm. About Jaclyn Backhaus Jaclyn Backhaus (she/her) is a playwright and screenwriter hailing from Phoenix, Arizona. Her plays include Wives, Men on Boats, and India Pale Ale, all of which premiered Off-Broadway. Her screenplay Preeti Popped It was part of 1497's annual South Asian Screenwriters Lab, and she is currently in development on several projects for TV. She resides in Ridgewood, Queens. You can learn more about her work at jaclynbackhaus.com. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 12 participants. Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop DAWN-ELIN FRASER: Breath & Self-Calibration 2-Day Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, June 10, 2023 – 11:00am-1:00pm Sunday, June 11, 2023 – 11:00am-1:00pm Ripley Grier, 520 8th Ave, 16th Floor About the Workshop Voice, speech, and dialect coach, and NYU faculty member Dawn-Elin Fraser returns to The Actors Center for a weekend workshop June 10-11. Based on the work of Ilse Middendorf and Jeffrey Crockett, the goal of this practice is self-calibration. The actor can sense and notice what’s going on in their system in real time, assess where they would like to be in the next moment, and curate a series of exercises to take them there. The first day will be an introduction to some key principles and exercises and the second will be putting them together into different 'recipes' for different contexts. Sessions run 11:00am-1:00pm on Saturday and Sunday. About Dawn-Elin Fraser Since moving to New York to be the founding Head of Spoken Voice and Speech for the New Studio on Broadway at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Drama, Dawn-Elin has worked professionally as a Speech, Dialect, and Text coach on Broadway (Parade, Once on this Island, What the Constitution Means to Me, Waitress), Off-Broadway (Shakespeare in the Park,The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theater), regionally (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, RoundHouse Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, American Repertory Theater) and on national tours. Additionally, she is the creator/director of the Coaches of Color Initiative, a free program to train more BIPOC dialect coaches. She is the North American dialect coach for all companies of Hamilton and is a member of both Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA). Register Now Participants Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop DAWN-ELIN FRASER: Breath & Self-Calibration 2-Day Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, June 10, 2023 – 11:00am-1:00pm Sunday, June 11, 2023 – 11:00am-1:00pm Ripley Grier, 520 8th Ave, 16th Floor About the Workshop Voice, speech, and dialect coach, and NYU faculty member Dawn-Elin Fraser returns to The Actors Center for a weekend workshop June 10-11. Based on the work of Ilse Middendorf and Jeffrey Crockett, the goal of this practice is self-calibration. The actor can sense and notice what’s going on in their system in real time, assess where they would like to be in the next moment, and curate a series of exercises to take them there. The first day will be an introduction to some key principles and exercises and the second will be putting them together into different 'recipes' for different contexts. Sessions run 11:00am-1:00pm on Saturday and Sunday. About Dawn-Elin Fraser Since moving to New York to be the founding Head of Spoken Voice and Speech for the New Studio on Broadway at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Drama, Dawn-Elin has worked professionally as a Speech, Dialect, and Text coach on Broadway (Parade, Once on this Island, What the Constitution Means to Me, Waitress), Off-Broadway (Shakespeare in the Park,The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theater), regionally (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, RoundHouse Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, American Repertory Theater) and on national tours. Additionally, she is the creator/director of the Coaches of Color Initiative, a free program to train more BIPOC dialect coaches. She is the North American dialect coach for all companies of Hamilton and is a member of both Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA). Register Now Participants Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

Company CoLabs Community Space Tuesday Mornings Dates & Times Every Tuesday – 11:00am-12:30pm ET Launch Zoom Link Meeting ID: 837 0411 7798 Passcode: 374737 Hosted by Jodie Lynne McClintock About the CoLab Started three years ago at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown as a way to connect, it has continued weekly as a family of actors navigating the changing landscape of our times. Here you will find a supportive, safe virtual space where artists in our company bring their stories, concerns, questions, recommendations, and inspirations in a free-wheeling but facilitated discussion. With no set agenda, we delve into whatever is of interest or concern in any given week. We explore what it means to be an actor and what place our art holds in the world.  People suggest balm for body and soul while walking hand-in-hand along the actor’s way. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop JUSTINE WILLIAMS: Acting as Play 4 Weekday Mornings Dates & Times Tuesday, September 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 22, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 29, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Alchemical Studios 50 W 17 St, 12th floor, Studio 2 About the Workshop Actor-creator, director and educator Justine Williams returns to The Actors Center for a four day workshop devoted to acting as play. In this workshop, Justine will guide participants through a series of games, play and improvisatory exercises designed to reconnect with our playful impulses. Through these exercises, participants will build a set of tools from the world of play/games to support bringing characters and performance texts magnificently to life. The first week will focus on opening through play and building a shared vocabulary, and in the second week, participants will bring their discoveries and tools to characters and texts that they are excited to explore through the lens of play. Sessions run Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Justine Williams Justine Wolf Williams is an actor-creator, director and educator working across performance and film. Through her creative work, she seeks to evoke (and invoke) a sense of playfulness, pathos and poetic possibility. Her performance work has been developed/presented at venues ranging from seedy backroom bars to NY’s snazziest stages and artistic institutions, and her cinematic work has premiered at New Directors | New Films, Woodstock Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and more. Since 2013, she’s been on faculty at the David Geffen School of Drama (YSD) where she teaches play, creative process and collaborative strategies, and facilitates the development of new plays. She runs a thriving coaching practice, and makes her home between Brooklyn and Paris. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 16 participants Comments/Queries

Company CoLabs Community Space Tuesday Mornings Dates & Times Every Tuesday – 11:00am-12:30pm ET Launch Zoom Link Meeting ID: 837 0411 7798 Passcode: 374737 Hosted by Jodie Lynne McClintock About the CoLab Started three years ago at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown as a way to connect, it has continued weekly as a family of actors navigating the changing landscape of our times. Here you will find a supportive, safe virtual space where artists in our company bring their stories, concerns, questions, recommendations, and inspirations in a free-wheeling but facilitated discussion. With no set agenda, we delve into whatever is of interest or concern in any given week. We explore what it means to be an actor and what place our art holds in the world.  People suggest balm for body and soul while walking hand-in-hand along the actor’s way. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS The Writer's CoLab Wednesday Mornings Dates & Times Wednesday, September 20, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, Seahorse Room Wednesday, September 27, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 25, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 8, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 E 30th St, 3rd Floor, The Booth Studio Hosted by Emily Kratter, Lena Kaminsky, and Rebecca Harris About the CoLab The Writer’s CoLab is a space where members can gather to write and share pages. Writing can often be isolating and working from home can be distracting. Our hope is to establish a designated space to work collectively each week, making the writing process more communal, offering accountability, and creating an opportunity to hear work aloud. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to independent work. You are welcome to use that time however you’d like. There will be three prompts offered at the beginning of each session to inspire if needed. The second 90 minutes will be devoted to sharing, and reading. Each week, three people will have the opportunity to sign up for a 30 minute slot to use according to what is most helpful for their process. In most cases, the writer will assign roles for their pages, the pages will be read aloud, and if desired, the writer can ask for a round of feedback based upon their specific questions and needs. If you are not writing, but would like to join for the second half of this gathering to participate or listen to the shared work, you are more than welcome. Sessions run Wednesday mornings from 10am-1pm. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop ERICA FAE: Emotional/Physical Integration 6 Thursday Mornings Dates & Times Thursday, September 21, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, September 28, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 5, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 12, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Studio D – Entrance at 53A Chambers About the Workshop Teacher, director, performer, and writer Erica Fae returns to The Actors Center for a workshop focusing on emotional and physical integration. Over six weeks, participants will investigate the body as a vehicle for deep transformation, a container of emotional experience, and an elegant tool in articulation. Erica will begin with physical training practices based on the work of Jerzy Grotowski to awaken and deepen an already-innate connection to mind, heart, and body integration. Erica will guide participants in expanding their emotional life through full-body training, working with image as a source and tool, and unpacking innate patterns or habits in the body. We will parse out experience, observations, and judgements within the work, seeing how the body can be a roadmap towards specific choices in our work. Sessions run Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Erica Fae Writer, director, performer, and teacher Erica Fae brings radical stories from history to stage and screen. Her first feature To Keep the Light won the Fipresci Prize, among other festival awards, and is currently on Amazon Prime. Her original plays include A Girl Joan, Saved Again and by Him, and Take What Is Yours with Jill A. Samuels. As actor, she's had recurring roles on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Doll & Em, Netflix's Partner Track, and has performed in numerous films and plays. Erica teaches Physical Acting at Yale's David Geffen School of Drama and is in development on her second feature film. Register Now Participants All participants are asked to attend all sessions. Participants must be able to attend the first two sessions, while limited conflicts can be accommodated in subsequent weeks. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop JUSTINE WILLIAMS: Acting as Play 4 Weekday Mornings Dates & Times Tuesday, September 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 22, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 29, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Alchemical Studios 50 W 17 St, 12th floor, Studio 2 About the Workshop Actor-creator, director and educator Justine Williams returns to The Actors Center for a four day workshop devoted to acting as play. In this workshop, Justine will guide participants through a series of games, play and improvisatory exercises designed to reconnect with our playful impulses. Through these exercises, participants will build a set of tools from the world of play/games to support bringing characters and performance texts magnificently to life. The first week will focus on opening through play and building a shared vocabulary, and in the second week, participants will bring their discoveries and tools to characters and texts that they are excited to explore through the lens of play. Sessions run Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Justine Williams Justine Wolf Williams is an actor-creator, director and educator working across performance and film. Through her creative work, she seeks to evoke (and invoke) a sense of playfulness, pathos and poetic possibility. Her performance work has been developed/presented at venues ranging from seedy backroom bars to NY’s snazziest stages and artistic institutions, and her cinematic work has premiered at New Directors | New Films, Woodstock Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and more. Since 2013, she’s been on faculty at the David Geffen School of Drama (YSD) where she teaches play, creative process and collaborative strategies, and facilitates the development of new plays. She runs a thriving coaching practice, and makes her home between Brooklyn and Paris. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 16 participants Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop RASHAAD ERNESTO GREEN: Improvisational Filmmaking Weekend Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, September 23, 2023 – 11:00am-3:30pm Sunday, September 24, 2023 –11:00am-3:30pm 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, Suite #502 About the Workshop Filmmaker, actor, and company member Rashaad Ernesto Green returns to The Actors Center for a weekend workshop devoted to improvisational filmmaking. Rashaad will guide participants through a series of exercises designed to engage a sense of play and provide an entry point to the process of filmmaking. The first day will be geared towards instinctual scene/story creation, where participants will be asked to think on their feet while shooting films within a limited amount of time. The second day will allow participants the option of more prep time as they become more familiar with the available spaces and surrounding areas. Throughout, participants will deepen their understanding of framing and storytelling. We will review the completed exercises and celebrate each other's creations toward the end of each session. Sessions run Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3:30pm. About Rashaad Ernesto Green New York native Rashaad Ernesto Green is a graduate of Dartmouth College, NYU Tisch Graduate Acting Program and NYU Graduate Film School, and winner of Film Independent Spirit’s Someone to Watch Award. His most recent feature, Premature, premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films (www.prematurefilm.com). Rashaad's first feature, Gun Hill Road, also premiered at Sundance and received nationwide distribution (www.gunhillroad.com). His television directing credits include episodes for Marvel, Netflix, Showtime, Hulu, NBC, Fox, Warner Bros, VH1 and BET. He’s been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, Cinereach, Film Independent, IFP, HBO, NBC, Time Warner, Warner Bros, Humanitas New Voices, Jerome Foundation, NALIP and NHFA. Rashad is currently in development with MGM/Amazon on a feature film entitled ’68. Register Now Participants Enrollment is open to 16 company members. All participants are asked to attend both sessions in full. Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop RASHAAD ERNESTO GREEN: Improvisational Filmmaking Weekend Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, September 23, 2023 – 11:00am-3:30pm Sunday, September 24, 2023 –11:00am-3:30pm 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, Suite #502 About the Workshop Filmmaker, actor, and company member Rashaad Ernesto Green returns to The Actors Center for a weekend workshop devoted to improvisational filmmaking. Rashaad will guide participants through a series of exercises designed to engage a sense of play and provide an entry point to the process of filmmaking. The first day will be geared towards instinctual scene/story creation, where participants will be asked to think on their feet while shooting films within a limited amount of time. The second day will allow participants the option of more prep time as they become more familiar with the available spaces and surrounding areas. Throughout, participants will deepen their understanding of framing and storytelling. We will review the completed exercises and celebrate each other's creations toward the end of each session. Sessions run Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3:30pm. About Rashaad Ernesto Green New York native Rashaad Ernesto Green is a graduate of Dartmouth College, NYU Tisch Graduate Acting Program and NYU Graduate Film School, and winner of Film Independent Spirit’s Someone to Watch Award. His most recent feature, Premature, premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films (www.prematurefilm.com). Rashaad's first feature, Gun Hill Road, also premiered at Sundance and received nationwide distribution (www.gunhillroad.com). His television directing credits include episodes for Marvel, Netflix, Showtime, Hulu, NBC, Fox, Warner Bros, VH1 and BET. He’s been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, Cinereach, Film Independent, IFP, HBO, NBC, Time Warner, Warner Bros, Humanitas New Voices, Jerome Foundation, NALIP and NHFA. Rashad is currently in development with MGM/Amazon on a feature film entitled ’68. Register Now Participants Enrollment is open to 16 company members. All participants are asked to attend both sessions in full. Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop JUSTINE WILLIAMS: Acting as Play 4 Weekday Mornings Dates & Times Tuesday, September 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 22, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 29, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Alchemical Studios 50 W 17 St, 12th floor, Studio 2 About the Workshop Actor-creator, director and educator Justine Williams returns to The Actors Center for a four day workshop devoted to acting as play. In this workshop, Justine will guide participants through a series of games, play and improvisatory exercises designed to reconnect with our playful impulses. Through these exercises, participants will build a set of tools from the world of play/games to support bringing characters and performance texts magnificently to life. The first week will focus on opening through play and building a shared vocabulary, and in the second week, participants will bring their discoveries and tools to characters and texts that they are excited to explore through the lens of play. Sessions run Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Justine Williams Justine Wolf Williams is an actor-creator, director and educator working across performance and film. Through her creative work, she seeks to evoke (and invoke) a sense of playfulness, pathos and poetic possibility. Her performance work has been developed/presented at venues ranging from seedy backroom bars to NY’s snazziest stages and artistic institutions, and her cinematic work has premiered at New Directors | New Films, Woodstock Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and more. Since 2013, she’s been on faculty at the David Geffen School of Drama (YSD) where she teaches play, creative process and collaborative strategies, and facilitates the development of new plays. She runs a thriving coaching practice, and makes her home between Brooklyn and Paris. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 16 participants Comments/Queries

Company CoLabs Community Space Tuesday Mornings Dates & Times Every Tuesday – 11:00am-12:30pm ET Launch Zoom Link Meeting ID: 837 0411 7798 Passcode: 374737 Hosted by Jodie Lynne McClintock About the CoLab Started three years ago at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown as a way to connect, it has continued weekly as a family of actors navigating the changing landscape of our times. Here you will find a supportive, safe virtual space where artists in our company bring their stories, concerns, questions, recommendations, and inspirations in a free-wheeling but facilitated discussion. With no set agenda, we delve into whatever is of interest or concern in any given week. We explore what it means to be an actor and what place our art holds in the world.  People suggest balm for body and soul while walking hand-in-hand along the actor’s way. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS The Writer's CoLab Wednesday Mornings Dates & Times Wednesday, September 20, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, Seahorse Room Wednesday, September 27, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 25, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 8, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 E 30th St, 3rd Floor, The Booth Studio Hosted by Emily Kratter, Lena Kaminsky, and Rebecca Harris About the CoLab The Writer’s CoLab is a space where members can gather to write and share pages. Writing can often be isolating and working from home can be distracting. Our hope is to establish a designated space to work collectively each week, making the writing process more communal, offering accountability, and creating an opportunity to hear work aloud. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to independent work. You are welcome to use that time however you’d like. There will be three prompts offered at the beginning of each session to inspire if needed. The second 90 minutes will be devoted to sharing, and reading. Each week, three people will have the opportunity to sign up for a 30 minute slot to use according to what is most helpful for their process. In most cases, the writer will assign roles for their pages, the pages will be read aloud, and if desired, the writer can ask for a round of feedback based upon their specific questions and needs. If you are not writing, but would like to join for the second half of this gathering to participate or listen to the shared work, you are more than welcome. Sessions run Wednesday mornings from 10am-1pm. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop ERICA FAE: Emotional/Physical Integration 6 Thursday Mornings Dates & Times Thursday, September 21, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, September 28, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 5, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 12, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Studio D – Entrance at 53A Chambers About the Workshop Teacher, director, performer, and writer Erica Fae returns to The Actors Center for a workshop focusing on emotional and physical integration. Over six weeks, participants will investigate the body as a vehicle for deep transformation, a container of emotional experience, and an elegant tool in articulation. Erica will begin with physical training practices based on the work of Jerzy Grotowski to awaken and deepen an already-innate connection to mind, heart, and body integration. Erica will guide participants in expanding their emotional life through full-body training, working with image as a source and tool, and unpacking innate patterns or habits in the body. We will parse out experience, observations, and judgements within the work, seeing how the body can be a roadmap towards specific choices in our work. Sessions run Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Erica Fae Writer, director, performer, and teacher Erica Fae brings radical stories from history to stage and screen. Her first feature To Keep the Light won the Fipresci Prize, among other festival awards, and is currently on Amazon Prime. Her original plays include A Girl Joan, Saved Again and by Him, and Take What Is Yours with Jill A. Samuels. As actor, she's had recurring roles on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Doll & Em, Netflix's Partner Track, and has performed in numerous films and plays. Erica teaches Physical Acting at Yale's David Geffen School of Drama and is in development on her second feature film. Register Now Participants All participants are asked to attend all sessions. Participants must be able to attend the first two sessions, while limited conflicts can be accommodated in subsequent weeks. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop JUSTINE WILLIAMS: Acting as Play 4 Weekday Mornings Dates & Times Tuesday, September 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 22, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Friday, September 29, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Alchemical Studios 50 W 17 St, 12th floor, Studio 2 About the Workshop Actor-creator, director and educator Justine Williams returns to The Actors Center for a four day workshop devoted to acting as play. In this workshop, Justine will guide participants through a series of games, play and improvisatory exercises designed to reconnect with our playful impulses. Through these exercises, participants will build a set of tools from the world of play/games to support bringing characters and performance texts magnificently to life. The first week will focus on opening through play and building a shared vocabulary, and in the second week, participants will bring their discoveries and tools to characters and texts that they are excited to explore through the lens of play. Sessions run Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Justine Williams Justine Wolf Williams is an actor-creator, director and educator working across performance and film. Through her creative work, she seeks to evoke (and invoke) a sense of playfulness, pathos and poetic possibility. Her performance work has been developed/presented at venues ranging from seedy backroom bars to NY’s snazziest stages and artistic institutions, and her cinematic work has premiered at New Directors | New Films, Woodstock Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and more. Since 2013, she’s been on faculty at the David Geffen School of Drama (YSD) where she teaches play, creative process and collaborative strategies, and facilitates the development of new plays. She runs a thriving coaching practice, and makes her home between Brooklyn and Paris. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 16 participants Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop MARIBETH FOX: Self Tape Feedback 2 Weekday Mornings Dates & Times Monday, October 2, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, October 3, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop 145 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor This workshop is open to observers. All company members are invited to attend. No RSVP needed to observe. About the Workshop Casting director Maribeth Fox joins The Actors Center for the first time for a series of Self Tape Feedback sessions. Self Taping can feel like acting in a vacuum with so little feedback from casting. Prior to each session, Maribeth will assign 8-10 actors a scene to self tape. We’ll review the tape in the session and she will give you notes from every aspect—from technical improvements to thoughts on scene structure—making your tape stand out from the noise. Sessions run Monday and Tuesday morning from 10am-1pm. About Maribeth Fox Maribeth Fox has worked with Laura Rosenthal Casting for fifteen years and has had the privilege of working alongside major talents like Todd Haynes, Paolo Sorrentino, Oren Moverman, Joachim Trier, Ed Burns, Mindy Kaling, Anton Corbijn, and Lisa Cholodenko as well as up and coming feature directors, Guy Nattiv, Olivia Newman, & Paul Downs Colaizzo. Favorite credits include Olive Kitteridge and Mildred Pierce both for HBO, Jay-Z’s music video for Smile, Wonderstruck with Todd Haynes, A Quiet Place, Modern Love for Amazon and Liz Garbus’ narrative feature debut, Lost Girls. Two of her three films at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival broke sales records, Late Night and Brittany Runs A Marathon. Most recent credits include Sharper for Apple TV, directed by Benjamin Caron, Bottoms, produced by Elizabeth Banks, Murder Mystery 2 with Happy Madison, and the upcoming A Different Man from Killer Films and A24. Register Now Participants Enrollment is open to 16 company members. Participants should endeavor to be there both days in full, but slight conflicts can be accommodated. Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop MARIBETH FOX: Self Tape Feedback 2 Weekday Mornings Dates & Times Monday, October 2, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Tuesday, October 3, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop 145 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor This workshop is open to observers. All company members are invited to attend. No RSVP needed to observe. About the Workshop Casting director Maribeth Fox joins The Actors Center for the first time for a series of Self Tape Feedback sessions. Self Taping can feel like acting in a vacuum with so little feedback from casting. Prior to each session, Maribeth will assign 8-10 actors a scene to self tape. We’ll review the tape in the session and she will give you notes from every aspect—from technical improvements to thoughts on scene structure—making your tape stand out from the noise. Sessions run Monday and Tuesday morning from 10am-1pm. About Maribeth Fox Maribeth Fox has worked with Laura Rosenthal Casting for fifteen years and has had the privilege of working alongside major talents like Todd Haynes, Paolo Sorrentino, Oren Moverman, Joachim Trier, Ed Burns, Mindy Kaling, Anton Corbijn, and Lisa Cholodenko as well as up and coming feature directors, Guy Nattiv, Olivia Newman, & Paul Downs Colaizzo. Favorite credits include Olive Kitteridge and Mildred Pierce both for HBO, Jay-Z’s music video for Smile, Wonderstruck with Todd Haynes, A Quiet Place, Modern Love for Amazon and Liz Garbus’ narrative feature debut, Lost Girls. Two of her three films at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival broke sales records, Late Night and Brittany Runs A Marathon. Most recent credits include Sharper for Apple TV, directed by Benjamin Caron, Bottoms, produced by Elizabeth Banks, Murder Mystery 2 with Happy Madison, and the upcoming A Different Man from Killer Films and A24. Register Now Participants Enrollment is open to 16 company members. Participants should endeavor to be there both days in full, but slight conflicts can be accommodated. Comments/Queries

Company CoLabs Community Space Tuesday Mornings Dates & Times Every Tuesday – 11:00am-12:30pm ET Launch Zoom Link Meeting ID: 837 0411 7798 Passcode: 374737 Hosted by Jodie Lynne McClintock About the CoLab Started three years ago at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown as a way to connect, it has continued weekly as a family of actors navigating the changing landscape of our times. Here you will find a supportive, safe virtual space where artists in our company bring their stories, concerns, questions, recommendations, and inspirations in a free-wheeling but facilitated discussion. With no set agenda, we delve into whatever is of interest or concern in any given week. We explore what it means to be an actor and what place our art holds in the world.  People suggest balm for body and soul while walking hand-in-hand along the actor’s way. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS The Writer's CoLab Wednesday Mornings Dates & Times Wednesday, September 20, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, Seahorse Room Wednesday, September 27, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 25, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 8, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 E 30th St, 3rd Floor, The Booth Studio Hosted by Emily Kratter, Lena Kaminsky, and Rebecca Harris About the CoLab The Writer’s CoLab is a space where members can gather to write and share pages. Writing can often be isolating and working from home can be distracting. Our hope is to establish a designated space to work collectively each week, making the writing process more communal, offering accountability, and creating an opportunity to hear work aloud. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to independent work. You are welcome to use that time however you’d like. There will be three prompts offered at the beginning of each session to inspire if needed. The second 90 minutes will be devoted to sharing, and reading. Each week, three people will have the opportunity to sign up for a 30 minute slot to use according to what is most helpful for their process. In most cases, the writer will assign roles for their pages, the pages will be read aloud, and if desired, the writer can ask for a round of feedback based upon their specific questions and needs. If you are not writing, but would like to join for the second half of this gathering to participate or listen to the shared work, you are more than welcome. Sessions run Wednesday mornings from 10am-1pm. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop ERICA FAE: Emotional/Physical Integration 6 Thursday Mornings Dates & Times Thursday, September 21, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, September 28, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 5, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 12, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Studio D – Entrance at 53A Chambers About the Workshop Teacher, director, performer, and writer Erica Fae returns to The Actors Center for a workshop focusing on emotional and physical integration. Over six weeks, participants will investigate the body as a vehicle for deep transformation, a container of emotional experience, and an elegant tool in articulation. Erica will begin with physical training practices based on the work of Jerzy Grotowski to awaken and deepen an already-innate connection to mind, heart, and body integration. Erica will guide participants in expanding their emotional life through full-body training, working with image as a source and tool, and unpacking innate patterns or habits in the body. We will parse out experience, observations, and judgements within the work, seeing how the body can be a roadmap towards specific choices in our work. Sessions run Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Erica Fae Writer, director, performer, and teacher Erica Fae brings radical stories from history to stage and screen. Her first feature To Keep the Light won the Fipresci Prize, among other festival awards, and is currently on Amazon Prime. Her original plays include A Girl Joan, Saved Again and by Him, and Take What Is Yours with Jill A. Samuels. As actor, she's had recurring roles on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Doll & Em, Netflix's Partner Track, and has performed in numerous films and plays. Erica teaches Physical Acting at Yale's David Geffen School of Drama and is in development on her second feature film. Register Now Participants All participants are asked to attend all sessions. Participants must be able to attend the first two sessions, while limited conflicts can be accommodated in subsequent weeks. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop LEIGH KILTON-SMITH: Scene Study 4 Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, October 6, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 13, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 20, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 27, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop 145 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor This workshop is open to in-person observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of each session. About the Workshop Teacher and acting coach Leigh Kilton-Smith joins The Actors Center for the first time for four consecutive Fridays devoted to scene study. Leigh will work with company members on scenes from any 20th- or 21st century play of their choosing. Every scene will work each week, beginning with a first encounter with the text and a new approach to the memorization process. Throughout, Leigh will offer insights to support actors in being present, listening, trusting connection, and allowing a great story to emerge, with the primary aim that participants leave knowing themselves better as artists. Sessions run 10am-3pm. Enrollment is limited to 14 actors. You can sign up either together with a scene partner or as an individual to be paired with another individual. Participants are strongly encouraged to choose material that is new to them, and neither rehearse nor memorize before the first session. If you prefer, Leigh can assign you material or offer suggestions. Occasional conflicts can be accommodated. If you are looking for a scene partner, you may post in the comments thread, or you can also find contact information for all members in the member directory. About Leigh Kilton-Smith For 35 years, Leigh Kilton-Smith has maintained a balance between classroom work at her studio in Los Angeles, and being an in-demand acting coach on sets around the world. Her work is reflected in dozens of award-winning projects, including Oppenheimer, Elvis, Vengeance, Manchester by the Sea, White Lotus, Burlesque, Anne Boleyn, Murder Mystery, Queen & Slim, Iron Man, Aladdin, White Boy Rick, and the forthcoming True Detective directed by Issa Lopes, Doug Liman's The Instigator, Cary Fukunaga’s Masters of the Air, and Jamie Lloyd's West End revival of Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger. Collaborators include: B.J. Novak, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lukas Gage, Austin Butler, Guy Ritchie, Casey Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, John Leguizamo, Tony Goldwyn, Gabrielle Union, Desi Lydic, Zac Efron, Diane Lane, and Sam Rockwell. Directors and actors alike have sought her input. According to Leigh, ”Any creative who is confident enough in their own craft that they willingly welcome an...

Company CoLabs Community Space Tuesday Mornings Dates & Times Every Tuesday – 11:00am-12:30pm ET Launch Zoom Link Meeting ID: 837 0411 7798 Passcode: 374737 Hosted by Jodie Lynne McClintock About the CoLab Started three years ago at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown as a way to connect, it has continued weekly as a family of actors navigating the changing landscape of our times. Here you will find a supportive, safe virtual space where artists in our company bring their stories, concerns, questions, recommendations, and inspirations in a free-wheeling but facilitated discussion. With no set agenda, we delve into whatever is of interest or concern in any given week. We explore what it means to be an actor and what place our art holds in the world.  People suggest balm for body and soul while walking hand-in-hand along the actor’s way. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS The Writer's CoLab Wednesday Mornings Dates & Times Wednesday, September 20, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, Seahorse Room Wednesday, September 27, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 25, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 8, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 E 30th St, 3rd Floor, The Booth Studio Hosted by Emily Kratter, Lena Kaminsky, and Rebecca Harris About the CoLab The Writer’s CoLab is a space where members can gather to write and share pages. Writing can often be isolating and working from home can be distracting. Our hope is to establish a designated space to work collectively each week, making the writing process more communal, offering accountability, and creating an opportunity to hear work aloud. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to independent work. You are welcome to use that time however you’d like. There will be three prompts offered at the beginning of each session to inspire if needed. The second 90 minutes will be devoted to sharing, and reading. Each week, three people will have the opportunity to sign up for a 30 minute slot to use according to what is most helpful for their process. In most cases, the writer will assign roles for their pages, the pages will be read aloud, and if desired, the writer can ask for a round of feedback based upon their specific questions and needs. If you are not writing, but would like to join for the second half of this gathering to participate or listen to the shared work, you are more than welcome. Sessions run Wednesday mornings from 10am-1pm. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop ERICA FAE: Emotional/Physical Integration 6 Thursday Mornings Dates & Times Thursday, September 21, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, September 28, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 5, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 12, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Studio D – Entrance at 53A Chambers About the Workshop Teacher, director, performer, and writer Erica Fae returns to The Actors Center for a workshop focusing on emotional and physical integration. Over six weeks, participants will investigate the body as a vehicle for deep transformation, a container of emotional experience, and an elegant tool in articulation. Erica will begin with physical training practices based on the work of Jerzy Grotowski to awaken and deepen an already-innate connection to mind, heart, and body integration. Erica will guide participants in expanding their emotional life through full-body training, working with image as a source and tool, and unpacking innate patterns or habits in the body. We will parse out experience, observations, and judgements within the work, seeing how the body can be a roadmap towards specific choices in our work. Sessions run Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Erica Fae Writer, director, performer, and teacher Erica Fae brings radical stories from history to stage and screen. Her first feature To Keep the Light won the Fipresci Prize, among other festival awards, and is currently on Amazon Prime. Her original plays include A Girl Joan, Saved Again and by Him, and Take What Is Yours with Jill A. Samuels. As actor, she's had recurring roles on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Doll & Em, Netflix's Partner Track, and has performed in numerous films and plays. Erica teaches Physical Acting at Yale's David Geffen School of Drama and is in development on her second feature film. Register Now Participants All participants are asked to attend all sessions. Participants must be able to attend the first two sessions, while limited conflicts can be accommodated in subsequent weeks. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop LEIGH KILTON-SMITH: Scene Study 4 Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, October 6, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 13, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 20, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 27, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop 145 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor This workshop is open to in-person observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of each session. About the Workshop Teacher and acting coach Leigh Kilton-Smith joins The Actors Center for the first time for four consecutive Fridays devoted to scene study. Leigh will work with company members on scenes from any 20th- or 21st century play of their choosing. Every scene will work each week, beginning with a first encounter with the text and a new approach to the memorization process. Throughout, Leigh will offer insights to support actors in being present, listening, trusting connection, and allowing a great story to emerge, with the primary aim that participants leave knowing themselves better as artists. Sessions run 10am-3pm. Enrollment is limited to 14 actors. You can sign up either together with a scene partner or as an individual to be paired with another individual. Participants are strongly encouraged to choose material that is new to them, and neither rehearse nor memorize before the first session. If you prefer, Leigh can assign you material or offer suggestions. Occasional conflicts can be accommodated. If you are looking for a scene partner, you may post in the comments thread, or you can also find contact information for all members in the member directory. About Leigh Kilton-Smith For 35 years, Leigh Kilton-Smith has maintained a balance between classroom work at her studio in Los Angeles, and being an in-demand acting coach on sets around the world. Her work is reflected in dozens of award-winning projects, including Oppenheimer, Elvis, Vengeance, Manchester by the Sea, White Lotus, Burlesque, Anne Boleyn, Murder Mystery, Queen & Slim, Iron Man, Aladdin, White Boy Rick, and the forthcoming True Detective directed by Issa Lopes, Doug Liman's The Instigator, Cary Fukunaga’s Masters of the Air, and Jamie Lloyd's West End revival of Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger. Collaborators include: B.J. Novak, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lukas Gage, Austin Butler, Guy Ritchie, Casey Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, John Leguizamo, Tony Goldwyn, Gabrielle Union, Desi Lydic, Zac Efron, Diane Lane, and Sam Rockwell. Directors and actors alike have sought her input. According to Leigh, ”Any creative who is confident enough in their own craft that they willingly welcome an...

In-Person Workshop KYLE DONNELLY: Fall with Chekhov 4 Monday Mornings Dates & Times Monday, October 16, 2023 – 11:00am-2:00pm Monday, October 23, 2023 – 11:00am-2:00pm Monday, October 30, 2023 – 11:00am-2:00pm Monday, November 6, 2023 – 11:00am-2:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop 145 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor This workshop is open to in-person observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of each session. No RSVP required to observe. About the Workshop Director and educator Kyle Donnelly joins The Actors Center for the first time for a series of Monday mornings luxuriating in the world of Anton Chekhov. With his plays, Chekhov created such complex characters and relationships. Over four sessions, Kyle will work with participants on short excerpts of Chekhov scenes. With attention to text, and experimenting with interpretation, participants will spend time finding the pathos, deep loneliness and humor of these characters. Each scene will work every week. You can either choose a short scene or Kyle can offer suggested scenes to explore. Any translation is welcome, including the most contemporary, as long as the full script can be shared. Sessions run Mondays from 11am-2pm. Enrollment is limited to 12 actors. You can sign up either together with a scene partner or as an individual to be paired with another individual. Occasional conflicts can be accommodated. If you are looking for a scene partner, you may post in the comments thread, or you can also find contact information for all members in the member directory. About Kyle Donnelly Kyle Donnelly has worked as a freelance director in the American Regional Theatre for over 40 years at such venues as Arena Stage, Goodman, Roundabout, Steppenwolf, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, Huntington Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Old Globe, McCarter, and Williamstown, among others. She was the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award by TCG for directing. She was the Associate Artistic Director at Arena Stage from 1991–1998. She has also been a long time acting teacher, from running her own studio in Chicago for 10 years to Head of the M.F.A. Acting program at UC, San Diego for 18 years. She is currently living in New York City and teaching her own professional studio acting and directing classes. Register Now Participants Comments/Queries

Company CoLabs Community Space Tuesday Mornings Dates & Times Every Tuesday – 11:00am-12:30pm ET Launch Zoom Link Meeting ID: 837 0411 7798 Passcode: 374737 Hosted by Jodie Lynne McClintock About the CoLab Started three years ago at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown as a way to connect, it has continued weekly as a family of actors navigating the changing landscape of our times. Here you will find a supportive, safe virtual space where artists in our company bring their stories, concerns, questions, recommendations, and inspirations in a free-wheeling but facilitated discussion. With no set agenda, we delve into whatever is of interest or concern in any given week. We explore what it means to be an actor and what place our art holds in the world.  People suggest balm for body and soul while walking hand-in-hand along the actor’s way. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop MIDORI NAKAMURA: Voice 3 Tuesday Mornings Dates & Times Tuesday, October 17, 2023 – 2:30pm-5:30pm Tuesday, October 24, 2023 – 2:30pm-5:30pm Tuesday, October 31, 2023 – 2:30pm-5:30pm Alchemical Studios 50 W 17th St 12th floor, Studio 2 About the Workshop Actor and voice teacher Midori Nakamura joins The Actors Center for the first time for a three week voice workshop. Midori will guide participants in practicing and developing a personal and imagistic connection to the voice—encouraging clarity of thought, vocal freedom, and emotional connection in spoken communication. This is explored through the Linklater Voice Progression of exercises, which leads from physical awareness (locating tension and releasing it), to the awareness of natural breathing, the experience of sound in the head and body (building resonance), the releasing of tension, and the development of resonating power. The goal is to develop a voice that is in direct contact with emotional impulse, shaped by the intellect but not restricted by it. Sessions run Tuesdays, 2:30pm-5:30pm. About Midori Nakamura Midori Nakamura is a Brooklyn-based teaching artist and Designated Linklater Voice Teacher. She teaches voice for the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, The Linklater Center in New York, the Maggie Flanigan Studio, and NYU Tisch at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. She has also taught for Columbia University’s Social Impact Fellowship, LAByrinth Theater’s Intensive Ensemble, Molloy/CAP21, New York Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts, and the New York Film Academy, as well as coaching private clients in both acting and voice. As an actor, she has worked in film, TV, on Broadway, Off-Broadway, for Shakespeare in the Park, at the Kennedy Center, at the RSC, and in regional theater—working with George C. Wolfe (three times), Philip Seymour Hoffman (three times), Alec Baldwin (two times). She has also acted alongside Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Stewart, Angela Bassett, Bill Irwin, Keanu Reeves, Michael C. Hall, Liev Schrieber, Karen Allen, Del Close, Kim Cattrall, Jennifer Anniston. Directors she has acted under include Morgan Freeman, Lena Dunham, Barry Levenson, Peter Sellars, Nicholas Hytner, Austin Pendleton, James Lapine, Jerzy Grotowski, Joe Chaikin. Midori co-directed, co-produced, and co-edited T’an Bakhtale, a documentary about the Russian Roma, which received awards from the American Association of Anthropology and the Royal Anthropological Institute. She assisted Karen Allen in her directorial debut, A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud. Register Now Participants Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS The Writer's CoLab Wednesday Mornings Dates & Times Wednesday, September 20, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, Seahorse Room Wednesday, September 27, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, October 25, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 8, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 E 30th St, 3rd Floor, The Booth Studio Hosted by Emily Kratter, Lena Kaminsky, and Rebecca Harris About the CoLab The Writer’s CoLab is a space where members can gather to write and share pages. Writing can often be isolating and working from home can be distracting. Our hope is to establish a designated space to work collectively each week, making the writing process more communal, offering accountability, and creating an opportunity to hear work aloud. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to independent work. You are welcome to use that time however you’d like. There will be three prompts offered at the beginning of each session to inspire if needed. The second 90 minutes will be devoted to sharing, and reading. Each week, three people will have the opportunity to sign up for a 30 minute slot to use according to what is most helpful for their process. In most cases, the writer will assign roles for their pages, the pages will be read aloud, and if desired, the writer can ask for a round of feedback based upon their specific questions and needs. If you are not writing, but would like to join for the second half of this gathering to participate or listen to the shared work, you are more than welcome. Sessions run Wednesday mornings from 10am-1pm. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop ERICA FAE: Emotional/Physical Integration 6 Thursday Mornings Dates & Times Thursday, September 21, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, September 28, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 5, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 12, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 19, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, October 26, 2023 – 10:00am-1:00pm Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Studio D – Entrance at 53A Chambers About the Workshop Teacher, director, performer, and writer Erica Fae returns to The Actors Center for a workshop focusing on emotional and physical integration. Over six weeks, participants will investigate the body as a vehicle for deep transformation, a container of emotional experience, and an elegant tool in articulation. Erica will begin with physical training practices based on the work of Jerzy Grotowski to awaken and deepen an already-innate connection to mind, heart, and body integration. Erica will guide participants in expanding their emotional life through full-body training, working with image as a source and tool, and unpacking innate patterns or habits in the body. We will parse out experience, observations, and judgements within the work, seeing how the body can be a roadmap towards specific choices in our work. Sessions run Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm. About Erica Fae Writer, director, performer, and teacher Erica Fae brings radical stories from history to stage and screen. Her first feature To Keep the Light won the Fipresci Prize, among other festival awards, and is currently on Amazon Prime. Her original plays include A Girl Joan, Saved Again and by Him, and Take What Is Yours with Jill A. Samuels. As actor, she's had recurring roles on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Doll & Em, Netflix's Partner Track, and has performed in numerous films and plays. Erica teaches Physical Acting at Yale's David Geffen School of Drama and is in development on her second feature film. Register Now Participants All participants are asked to attend all sessions. Participants must be able to attend the first two sessions, while limited conflicts can be accommodated in subsequent weeks. Comments/Queries

COMPANY COLABS Study Hall Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, September 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 22, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, September 29, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 13, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 3, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 10, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, November 17, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 1, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 8, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:00am-11:00am ET On Zoom Hosted by Rebecca Harris About the CoLab Are you feeling that back to school vibe? Do you find yourself buying blank notebooks and 10 packs of rollerball pens? Perhaps you would like to write a play to perform or your add a chapter to your memoir? Maybe you need to apply for a grant for your short film? Or just do some of that onerous paperwork that comes with adulting? Rebecca Harris continues hosting Study Hall, a series of informal gatherings for company members to work on writing projects (or other tasks) you have in development. The idea is to support each other’s progress by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. The group will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am-11:00am. In each of the sessions, there will be a quick (optional) check in at the beginning. You can feel free to share an intention for the time (or not.) And then work, cameras on or off. Then reconvene around 10:45am to report back or check out, which is also optional. Please come and go as you wish and feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. About the Series Company CoLabs are a series at The Actors Center that offer a framework for collaborative explorations and community programming among company members. Company members host or facilitate projects—play reading groups, explorations of new material or approaches, writing labs, devising work, field trips, retreats—in short, anything inspiring to explore among peers. CoLabs offer creative outlets to explore work you might not otherwise have the opportunity for, while continuing to share resources and deepen connections among our Actors Center community. RSVP Now Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop LEIGH KILTON-SMITH: Scene Study 4 Friday Mornings Dates & Times Friday, October 6, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 13, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 20, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Friday, October 27, 2023 – 10:00am-3:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop 145 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor This workshop is open to in-person observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of each session. About the Workshop Teacher and acting coach Leigh Kilton-Smith joins The Actors Center for the first time for four consecutive Fridays devoted to scene study. Leigh will work with company members on scenes from any 20th- or 21st century play of their choosing. Every scene will work each week, beginning with a first encounter with the text and a new approach to the memorization process. Throughout, Leigh will offer insights to support actors in being present, listening, trusting connection, and allowing a great story to emerge, with the primary aim that participants leave knowing themselves better as artists. Sessions run 10am-3pm. Enrollment is limited to 14 actors. You can sign up either together with a scene partner or as an individual to be paired with another individual. Participants are strongly encouraged to choose material that is new to them, and neither rehearse nor memorize before the first session. If you prefer, Leigh can assign you material or offer suggestions. Occasional conflicts can be accommodated. If you are looking for a scene partner, you may post in the comments thread, or you can also find contact information for all members in the member directory. About Leigh Kilton-Smith For 35 years, Leigh Kilton-Smith has maintained a balance between classroom work at her studio in Los Angeles, and being an in-demand acting coach on sets around the world. Her work is reflected in dozens of award-winning projects, including Oppenheimer, Elvis, Vengeance, Manchester by the Sea, White Lotus, Burlesque, Anne Boleyn, Murder Mystery, Queen & Slim, Iron Man, Aladdin, White Boy Rick, and the forthcoming True Detective directed by Issa Lopes, Doug Liman's The Instigator, Cary Fukunaga’s Masters of the Air, and Jamie Lloyd's West End revival of Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger. Collaborators include: B.J. Novak, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lukas Gage, Austin Butler, Guy Ritchie, Casey Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, John Leguizamo, Tony Goldwyn, Gabrielle Union, Desi Lydic, Zac Efron, Diane Lane, and Sam Rockwell. Directors and actors alike have sought her input. According to Leigh, ”Any creative who is confident enough in their own craft that they willingly welcome an...