The Actors Center

Company Meeting: Mentorship Program (3/5)
2024-03-05 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
COMPANY EVENT

Company Meeting:
Mentorship & Emerging Artist Program

Video of The Meeting
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8:02 Alex outlines a pilot Mentorship & Emerging Artist program
19:10 Peter Jay Fernandez shares remarks about the proposed program
26:23 Vivienne Benesch shares remarks about the proposed program
30:52 Ron Van Lieu shares remarks about the proposed program
34:32 Company members share responses and ask questions
Dates & Times
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – 5:00pm ET
Launch Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 862 2529 5470
Passcode: [REDACTED]
About the Event
During the pandemic, we began a process of revisiting The Actors Center’s mission, vision, values, and goals. We held a series of Town Hall meetings to reimagine the future of our organization and I challenged us to think more broadly about the scope, inclusivity, and reach of our programming.
Following a strategic review, and conversations with more than 140 company members, board members, teachers, donors, foundation leaders, and industry contacts, I proposed a series of new initiatives that could reposition our organization to be of greater service to our entire field, accessible to more artists, and operate more sustainably.
I’d like to invite you to a Company Meeting on Zoom on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 5:00pm to discuss launching one such initiative: a new Mentorship and Emerging Artist Program.
This unique 8-month program will assist a cohort of young artists in bridging the gap between their training and the profession, while paying forward the accumulated wisdom and opportunities that our Resident Company members have benefited from. Building upon the intergenerational dynamic of our existing company, this program takes what The Actors Center does exceptionally well and extends it to a new demographic.
There are many effective places for young actors to train and take classes, but this program seeks to augment that with mentorship and guidance toward one’s overall growth as an artist. We can support these individuals in finding their artistic voice and holding on to what they uniquely have to offer our profession, amid all of the practical questions of entering the business.
I’ll share more details about the proposed pilot program at the company meeting, as well as in a follow up email for those who cannot attend.
I’d be grateful for your feedback, engagement, and support as we explore this vital next step as an organization.
After 8 years of turning inward to stabilize our organization through two leadership transitions and a pandemic, now is the moment to begin shaping the next generation of our work. I’m excited to discuss it with you.
Yours in the work,
Alex
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Adinah Alexander

Adriana Gaviria

Alex Birnie

Amelia Campbell

Amy Van Nostrand

Angel Desai

Anney Giobbe

Becca Lish

Beth McGuire

Bob Ari

Carole Monferdini

Celeste Arias

Chris McLinden

Christian Coulson

Cindy Cheung

Clark Jackson

David Dean Bottrell

Dominic Comperatore

Elizabeth Shepherd

Emily Kratter

Emma Ramos

Eva Kaminsky

Heidi Armbruster

Jill Larson

Jodie Lynne McClintock

John Rothman

June Ballinger

Kate Abbruzzese

Kathleen Turco-Lyon

Kathy McCafferty

Ken Barnett

Kevin Kilner

Kevin Kilner

Kristin Villanueva

Leland Fowler

Lindsay Brill

Lisa Arrindell

Lucy Martin

Madeline Wise

Maria-Christina Oliveras

Mary Bacon

Mel House

Melanie Rey

Michael Mastro

Monica Wyche

Monica Wyche

Nancy McDoniel

Nathan Darrow

Pamela Dunlap

Patrice Johnson

Patrick Mulryan

Polly Adams

Pun Bandhu

Purva Bedi

Ron Van Lieu

Ronald Peet

Sarah Manton

Timothy Thomas

Tina Chilip

Trish Lindstrom

Vicki Shaghoian

Walker Jones

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Weekly Community Space
2024-03-05 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-27 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-20 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-13 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-06 11:00 - 12:30
Company CoLabs

Community Space
Tuesday Mornings

Dates & Times
Every Tuesday – 11:00am-12:30pm ET

Launch Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 837 0411 7798
Passcode: [REDACTED]
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.
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Fay Simpson: The Art of Layering (3/4-3/25)
2024-03-04 10:00 - 13:00
In-Person Workshop

FAY SIMPSON:
The Art of Layering,
Embodying Text with Complexity
Four Monday Mornings

Dates & Times
Monday, March 4, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Monday, March 11, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Monday, March 18, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Monday, March 25, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Lucid Body House, 230 Lexington Ave (at 34th Street)
Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate observers for this workshop.
About the Workshop

Founder of The Lucid Body and NYU faculty member Fay Simpson returns to The Actors Center to lead a workshop over four Mondays in March. Fay will introduce her unique physical training method for the actor, the Lucid Body, offering tools for character diagnosis and to help participants create differing layers present in a character’s given circumstances. She’ll then guide participants in the art of keeping those layers alive in the body. Every session will start with a robust articulating warm up. Sessions run Monday mornings, 10:00am-1:00pm.

About Fay Simpson

Fay Simpson is the Founder of the Lucid Body, a somatic process for actors which connects a psychophysical awareness of the body with the ancient Hindu wisdom of the chakra energy centers. She is an Associate Arts Professor at NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, and has been the Artistic Director and co-founder of Impact Theatre since its creation in 1990 (D-Train, Degas’ Little Dancer, Marital Bliss of Francis and Maxine, Kurt’s Wife: A Story of Lotte Lenya, Grey Gone, and most recently, SCOTTY).  The Lucid Body House opened in March of 2013, in midtown Manhattan. Fay has taught at The Yale School of Drama, The Studio/NY, The New School, Michael Howard Studios, Marymount Manhattan College, and The Actors Center.
Fay is a coach and movement director for stage, TV, and film. She also co-founded a Theatre for Social Change summer program in Tanzania for Yale Drama students, as well as the Veterans Project in New York. She has a two year teacher training program with Lucid Body teachers now working around the world. The 2nd edition of her book, The Lucid Body; A Guide for the Physical Actor was published in 2020 and hailed by Drama Book Shop as “one of the ten most essential books for the actor.” www.lucidbody.com
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Julian Elijah MartinezParticipant

Perri GaffneyParticipant

Gillian GlascoParticipant

Jess GaborParticipant

Monica WycheParticipant

Sarah MantonParticipant

Patrick MulryanParticipant

Megan LoomisParticipant

Zachary BoothParticipant

Mary BaconParticipant

Emmy HarringtonParticipant

Kathy McCaffertyParticipant

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CoLab: The Artist's Way
2024-03-02 11:00 - 12:15, 2024-02-24 11:00 - 12:15, 2024-02-17 11:00 - 12:15, 2024-02-10 11:00 - 12:15
COMPANY COLABS

The Artist’s Way
Once a Week on Zoom

Dates & Times
Tentative Date: Saturday Mornings – 11:00am ET / 8:00am PT
Beginning February 3, 2024
The day and time is negotiable
Hosted by Jason Butler Harner
About the CoLab
From Jason Butler Harner:

Have you ever thought about doing The Artist’s Way? Or maybe you did it years ago, and could use some hopeful invigoration now? Anyone ever started, not completed, and/or had the books gathering dust on your shelf, in the closet, or under a bed side-eying you? Well I have and I’d like to complete it this time.
Here’s a chance for community support towards completion and inspiration. Let’s go diving for pearls. The key task in the book is the dreaded Morning Pages with a few artist dates alone in the week, and occasional time for introspection.
I’m starting a group, with the solid goal of completing the 13 week cycle. Here’s how it will work:

We meet once a week on Zoom for 60-75 minutes.
We read the short chapter aloud until the ‘Tasks and Check In’ section, followed by a brief discussion.
We also pair or throuple up. These smaller groups will encourage each other throughout the week, however each decides best for that group.
I could potentially record the discussion portion and make it accessible for anyone who can’t join that week, with the set intention of showing up for each other and ourselves.
The day and time is negotiable. Weekend mornings seem optimal currently.

If you’re interested, please kindly RSVP by Friday, January 26th. ​Let’s leap so the net will appear – yet again. Hoping for a nice group.
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.
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This CoLab is now full.
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Study Hall, Winter 2024
2024-03-01 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-02-23 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-02-16 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-02-09 09:00 - 11:00
COMPANY COLABS

Study Hall
Friday Mornings

Dates & Times
Friday, January 12, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, January 19, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, January 26, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, February 2, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, February 9, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, February 16, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, February 23, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, March 1, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, March 8, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
Friday, March 15, 2024 – 9:00am-11:00am ET
On Zoom
Hosted by Heidi Armbruster
About the CoLab
From Host Heidi Armbruster:
Happy New Year! Do you want to jumpstart your writing goals for 2024? Have you been toying with a writing idea but haven’t been able to set aside time to make it happen? Or are you like me—and you sit down with good intentions to do some writing—but then “squirrel!” to something shiny like cleaning toilets or baking emergency banana bread?
Study Hall can help! I’ve found that writing ”alone together” can help to keep me accountable. Sometimes a community of people at work is what I need to start a project, make progress in my writing, or (fingers crossed!) finish something.
Join me and the rest of the Study Hall crew for a 2024 edition. Open to all newcomers and returning Study Hall-ers
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.
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The Writer's CoLab, Winter 2024
2024-02-28 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-21 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-14 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-07 10:00 - 13:00 | Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, NYC, NY, United States
COMPANY COLABS

The Writer’s CoLab
Wednesday Mornings

Dates & Times
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue
Hosted by Emily Kratter, Lena Kaminsky, Rebecca Harris, and Kathleen Turco-Lyon
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 two hours 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 third hour will be devoted to sharing and reading. Each week, two 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 reading portion of this gathering to participate or listen to the shared work, you are more than welcome. Sessions run Wednesday mornings from 10am-1pm from January 24th- February 28th.
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.
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Patrick Mulryan: Presence and Connection (2/5-2/26)
2024-02-26 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-19 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 East 30th Street, New York, NY, 10016, United States
In-Person Workshop

PATRICK MULRYAN:
Presence & Connection
Four Monday Afternoons

Dates & Times
Monday, February 5, 2024 – 3:00pm-5:00pm
Monday, February 12, 2024 – 3:00pm-5:00pm
Monday, February 19, 2024 – 3:00pm-5:00pm
Monday, February 26, 2024 – 3:00pm-5:00pm
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, 2nd Floor, Jefferson Studio
Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate observers for this workshop.
About the Workshop

Actor, teacher, and Juilliard faculty member Patrick Mulryan leads a series of four Monday afternoons devoted to cultivating presence and connection through the Miller Voice Method. We all carry various patterns of tension and habits that prevent us from being fully in the moment and allowing for access to our full expressive potential. In this workshop, participants will begin a conversation with their instrument, finding where they can encourage release so as to deepen the breath and allow fuller access to both their emotional life and clear, energized thinking. This in turn will result in a deeper connection to one’s own experience, one’s scene partner, and the audience. When we truly free our breath, we find our way back to the present moment, able to bring our full humanity to the circumstances, with spontaneity and clear point of view. Participants will learn a progression of exercises that are repeatable and that can serve them for audition prep, in rehearsal, and in performance. Sessions run Mondays from 3:00pm-5:00pm.

About Patrick Mulryan

Patrick Mulryan is a queer director, actor, teacher, and voice and dialect coach based in New York City. He has performed and directed in New York City and internationally. The focus of his work is on expanding one’s expressive palette and sense of self through freeing one’s authentic voice and through that process expanding our capacity for empathy. Patrick recently joined the Voice and Speech faculty at the Juilliard School. He also serves as Dialect Associate for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway. Patrick is a board member of Colored Criticism, an organization that highlights the voices of artists, audiences, and professionals historically sidelined from cultural criticism.

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Enrollment is limited to 16 actors. Participants are expected to attend all sessions.

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Monica WycheParticipant

Nancy LemenagerParticipant

Joanne KellyParticipant

Dwight BacquieParticipant

Andres Santiago PiñaParticipant

Elizabeth MortonParticipant

Ivory AquinoParticipant

Joshua David RobinsonParticipant

Mark CoffinParticipant

Pamela DunlapParticipant

Emma O'DonnellParticipant

Julian Elijah MartinezParticipant

Joel Van LiewParticipant

Maggie BofillParticipant

Alejandro HernandezParticipant

Molly CampParticipant

Mel HouseParticipant

Elizabeth StahlmannParticipant

Julyana SoelistyoWaitlist

James SeolWaitlist

Lisa ArrindellWaitlist

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Jessica Wolf: The Breathing Costume (2/24-2/25)
2024-02-25 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-24 11:00 - 15:00
In-Person Workshop

JESSICA WOLF:
The Breathing Costume
Weekend Workshop

Dates & Times
Saturday, February 24, 2024 – 11:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, February 25, 2024 – 11:00am-3:00pm
Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, Studio Y
280 Broadway, Enter at 53A Chambers Street
Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate observers for this workshop.
About the Workshop

Alexander technique and Breath teacher, and longtime Yale faculty member, Jessica Wolf, returns to The Actors Center for a weekend workshop in February. Actors understand that no character is alike in form or quality. Character transformation often occurs through the actor’s attention to their body, movement, and voice. In this workshop, actors will learn to develop character through their breath. Jessica Wolf’s Breathing Costume is a technique with which actors try on different breathing patterns to shape and transform into character from the inside out. This process empowers actors to personalize and individualize their roles in a way that is subtle and organic, leading to a more nuanced performance. Actors are invited to bring in roles they would like to explore with this workshop. Sessions run Saturday and Sunday, 11:00am-3:00pm.

About Jessica Wolf
Jessica Wolf has been teaching the Alexander Technique for 45 years and is a Professor in the Practice of Acting at Yale School of Drama, where she established the first Alexander Training curriculum in 1998. She is also a certified Laban Movement Analyst. Jessica is the founder of Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing, a certification program for Alexander Technique teachers based in her own technique, which integrates principles and procedures developed from her work in respiratory science and education. In 2013, Jessica published the Art of Breathing: Collected Articles and created the first three‐dimensional animated film of the respiratory system, which has since been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and German. She is currently in development of her next book. Jessica coaches performing artists who appear on‐ and off‐Broadway, and in films and television. Her work is recognized internationally and she travels giving workshops to performers, teachers, and healthcare providers.
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Amelia CampbellParticipant

Bob AriParticipant

Maria-Christina OliverasParticipant

Clark JacksonParticipant

Emma O'DonnellParticipant

Megan LoomisParticipant

Julyana SoelistyoParticipant

Mel HouseParticipant

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Welker White: Screen Acting Workshop (1/30-2/16)
2024-02-16 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-13 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-09 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-06 10:00 - 13:00 | Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 East 30th Street, New York, NY, 10016, United States
In-Person Workshop

WELKER WHITE:
Working Fast and Slow,
Screen Acting Workshop
Six Tuesday and Friday Mornings

Dates & Times
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Friday, February 2, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm (Cancelled)
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Friday, February 9, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Friday, February 16, 2024 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, 2nd Floor, Ballroom
This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend.
About the Workshop

Actor, teacher, and founder of The Moving Frame, Welker White, returns to The Actors Center to lead a screen acting workshop over three weeks in February. Participants will have a chance to investigate (Fast) avenues for preparation, alongside (Slow) exploration working with the camera. This is an opportunity to find new avenues for discovery. Working on film scenes, we’ll look to bring greater specificity, ease, and present-moment veracity to your work in front of a camera. We’ll examine specific principles in on-camera storytelling, aim to strengthen a relationship to the camera’s lens, and unpack where you might be getting stuck in your process. Sessions run Tuesday and Friday from 10am-1pm.

About Welker White
Welker White is an actor and educator with deep roots in theater, film and television. Her company, The Moving Frame, is a process-oriented exploration of screen acting designed to offer actors an immersion into the world of cinematic storytelling. Welker has worked with director Martin Scorsese multiple times and can be seen currently in his film, Killers of the Flower Moon, as well as in a leading role in the independent film Crookedfinger. Other select film credits include The 40-Year Old Version, Bad Education, Goodfellas, Eat Pray Love, Dead Poet’s Society, and The Irishman, opposite Al Pacino. She has performed on and off-Broadway, as well as regionally.
Welker has conducted screen acting intensives in some of the most respected universities and training programs across the U.S. and abroad, including: The Actors Center, NYU Grad Acting, Brown/Trinity MFA, Columbia MFA Acting, ACT, FSU/Asolo Conservatory, Syracuse University/ Tepper, SMU MFA Acting, Bowdoin College, The Freeman Studio, Montclair State, Emerson MFA Film, Wesleyan University, The Atlantic Conservatory/Atlantic NYU, Dallas Theater Center acting company, Factory Acting Studio Brisbane, 16th Street Actors Studio in Australia. Additionally, Welker has served on the faculty for the National Alliance of Acting Teachers’ Teacher Development Program. Welker has several published pieces on using the camera in acting training and has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist designation. She is on the MFA Acting faculty at Brooklyn College.
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Chris Henry CoffeyParticipant

Lena KaminskyParticipant

Chris McLindenParticipant

Ethan DubinParticipant

Becca LishParticipant

June BallingerParticipant

Joseph KiblerParticipant

Gerardo RodriguezParticipant

John CarianiParticipant

Clark JacksonParticipant

Joanne KellyWaitlist

Gian-Murray GianinoWaitlist

Rebecca HarrisWaitlist

Katie FirthWaitlist

Gillian GlascoWaitlist

Monica WycheWaitlist

Carey CoxWaitlist

Kathleen Turco-LyonWaitlist

Andres Santiago PiñaWaitlist

Magaly ColimonWaitlist

Walker JonesWaitlist

Jesse PenningtonWaitlist

Kate AbbruzzeseWaitlist

James SeolWaitlist

Ben BeckleyWaitlist

Sarah MantonWaitlist

Alejandro HernandezWaitlist

Adinah AlexanderWaitlist

Nancy LemenagerWaitlist

Elizabeth StahlmannWaitlist

MaYaa BoatengWaitlist

Carmen LoBueWaitlist

Purva BediWaitlist

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Peter Francis James: Shakespeare (2/10 & 2/11)
2024-02-11 12:00 - 16:30, 2024-02-10 12:00 - 16:30
In-Person Workshop

PETER FRANCIS JAMES:
Shakespeare
Weekend Workshop

Dates & Times
Saturday, February 10, 2024 – 12:00pm-4:30pm
Sunday, February 11, 2024 – 12:00pm-4:30pm
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, 2nd Floor, Ballroom
This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend.
About the Workshop
Actor and educator Peter Francis James returns to The Actors Center for a weekend Shakespeare workshop, February 10 and 11. Over two afternoons, Peter will guide participants through exploration of text and language, discovering what can be found on the page and how it can be used by the actor. From Peter: “For 30 years, I’ve been trying to find the best way to assist actors and directors (and myself) in understanding, approaching, and delivering Shakespeare as Performance. The core of what I propose, centers on the idea of Tools, Not Rules. We’ll look at several ideas that seem to consistently yield useful results: geography, the iambic, taking a pass, and planting versus plowing. I have been heavily influenced by John Barton, and the students it has been my privilege to learn from. Let’s take a pass.” Sessions run Saturday and Sunday from 12:00pm to 4:30pm.
About Peter Francis James

Peter Francis James recently appeared on Broadway as Flo Ziegfeld in Funny Girl. Other Broadway credits include Barack in Hillary and Clinton, Present Laughter, The Merchant of Venice, On Golden Pond, Drowning Crow, and Judgment at Nuremberg. His many Shakespeare credits include: the title role in Othello (Baltimore Center Stage), Oberon in Sir Peter Hall’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ahmanson), Coriolanus (McCarter), Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park) and Cymbeline (Royal Shakespeare Company and Theatre for a New Audience), among others.
His film and television credits include The Humbling, Song One, The Losers, The Rebound, The Messenger, Bull, Godfather of Harlem, The Code, Boardwalk Empire, The Mysteries of Laura, Oz, Royal Pains, Gossip Girl, Kings, The Rosa Parks Story, Simple Justice, The Ruby Bridges Story, and all three Law & Order series.
Peter taught Shakespeare at the Yale School of Drama for 20 years. He has also taught at BADA at Oxford, The Actors Center, The Public Shakespeare Lab, Fordham University, and Barnard. He has presented master classes at both Peking U, and Shanghai Theater Institute. He is a graduate, and an associate, of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.
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Kate AbbruzzeseParticipant

Ben BeckleyParticipant

James SeolParticipant

John-Andrew MorrisonParticipant

Perri GaffneyParticipant

Becca LishParticipant

Reynaldo PiniellaParticipant

Ato Blankson-WoodParticipant

Lisa ArrindellParticipant

Clark JacksonWaitlist

Neal LernerWaitlist

Adinah AlexanderWaitlist

Celeste AriasWaitlist

Julian Elijah MartinezWaitlist

Joel Van LiewWaitlist

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