The Actors Center

Justine Wolf Williams: Play & Clown (4/2-4/11)
2025-04-09 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-11 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
In-Person Workshop

JUSTINE WOLF WILLIAMS:
Play & Clown
Wednesday & Friday Mornings

Dates & Times
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 – 10am-2pm
Friday, April 4, 2025 – 11am-3pm (Note: Different time!)
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 – 10am-2pm
Friday, April 11, 2025 – 10am-2pm
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street, Jefferson Studio
Unfortunately we can not accommodate observers at this workshop.
About the Workshop
Actor-creator, director and Yale faculty member, Justine Williams, returns to The Actors Center for a two week workshop devoted to play and clown. What if acting were just play, and the key to your creative brilliance was a matter of reconnecting to your playful impulses and your pleasure in playing pretend, and sharing those impulses generously and skillfully with, for and through the audience? Over four sessions, working through exercises from play, improvisation and clown, we’ll unleash your brilliance, discovering what is uniquely playful (and funny) about you on stage, and how an actor’s connection to play and pleasure can support them in bringing a character, text or theatrical world to life. Sessions run 10am-2pm on Wednesdays and Fridays, with one session on 4/4 running 11am-3pm.
About Justine Wolf Williams

Justine is a performer and filmmaker, creative convener, teacher, and coach whose work centers on recovery and re-discovery of authentic voice and presence, the value of play and pleasure as creative and social tools, and the power of individual/collective creativity to imagine and bring about other possible selves, stories, and worlds.
Justine’s work is informed by 14+ years as a faculty member and advisor at the Yale School of Drama, guiding learning, collaboration, and storytelling across creative disciplines; and, from over 25+ years of experience collaborating with arts and culture and social impact organizations around the globe.
As a filmmaker, Justine’s work has screened at Maryland Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, New Directors | New Films, and Rotterdam Film Festival, and original work has been supported/presented by The Public Theater, Ars Nova, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Women in Film & Television, Queer|Art, Orchard Project, UNM’s Arts and Media Lab, Lighthouse Film Festival, Abrons Arts, and Dixon Place. She has acted on stages at The Public Theater, NYTW, LaMama, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, and many others, and is an Affiliated Artist and former fellow with New Georges.
Justine holds an MFA from CUNY’s Brooklyn College in Performance and Interactive Media Arts, an MA from The New School in Media and Culture, a BA from Brown University in Theater Studies, and she trained with Augusto Boal’s Center for Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro and at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris.

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Bethany Caputo: Michael Chekhov Technique (4/14-4/28)
2025-04-14 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-21 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-28 11:00 - 15:00
In-Person Workshop

BETHANY CAPUTO:
Michael Chekhov Technique
Three Monday Afternoons

Dates & Times
Monday, April 14, 2025 – 11:00am-3:00pm
Monday, April 21, 2025 – 11:00am-3:00pm
Monday, April 28, 2025 – 11:00am-3:00pm
Anthroposophy NYC, 138 West 15th Street
Unfortunately we can not accommodate observers at this workshop.
About the Workshop
Acting teacher, coach, and Artistic Director of Chekhov Studio NYC, Bethany Caputo, returns to The Actors Center for a workshop focusing on Michael Chekhov’s psychophysical approach to acting. We will work with image, tempo, form, and movement. The technique teaches us to rely on our physicality and our image life to give us insight into our characters, such as physicalizing our objectives so that they don’t remain an intellectual exercise, but instead are an embodied experience. Chekhov believed ‘inherent in every actor is the desire for transformation,’ and he set out a method that is playful, imaginative, safe, healthy, creative, and accessible to anyone truly looking to experience themselves differently. Sessions run over three Monday mornings, 11:00am-3:00pm.
About Bethany Caputo
Bethany Caputo studied at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1997 where she was introduced to the Chekhov Technique. She now teaches the work for the Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA), the Michael Chekhov School of Acting, Terry Knickerbocker Studios, The New York Drama Center, The New School, and a Chekhov Workshop in the grad program at Tisch SOA. Bethany has taught internationally at the University of the Arts in Zurich, Shanghai Theatre Academy in China, Victoria College of the Arts in Australia, and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. Bethany was an actor in the Master Classes DVD series produced by MICHA and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Bethany is now the Artistic Director of Chekhov Studio NYC.
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Weekly Community Space
2025-04-15 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-04-22 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-04-29 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-06 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-13 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-20 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-27 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-03 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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Company CoLab: Singing Space (4/22)
2025-04-22 11:00 - 14:00
COMPANY COLABS

Singing Space
Tuesday Morning

Dates & Times
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – 11:00am-2:00pm
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street, 2nd Floor Ballroom
Hosted by Alison Cimmet & Ka-Ling Cheung
About the CoLab

Company members Ka-Ling Cheung and Alison Cimmet are hosting another edition of Singing Space. Singers of all levels (as well as those who consider themselves non-singers) are welcome! Try out some repertoire, prepare an audition, work on your nerves, or just have fun! Participants will work individually on the song of their choice. An accompanist will be provided. Each participant will choose how to spend their allotted time and if/how they would like feedback from the group. There will be no teacher and facilitators Ka-Ling and Alison will ensure a supportive atmosphere. Observers are welcomed and encouraged!

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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Yasmine Lee: Physical Theater & Devised Ensemble Creation (4/22-4/25)
2025-04-22 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-24 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-25 13:00 - 17:00
In-Person Workshop

Yasmine Lee:
Physical Theater & Devised Ensemble Creation
Three Weekday Afternoons

Dates & Times
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – 1:00pm-5:00pm
Thursday, April 24, 2025 – 1:00pm-5:00pm
Friday, April 25, 2025 – 1:00pm-5:00pm
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street, Jefferson Studio
Unfortunately we cannot accommodate observers at this workshop.
About the Workshop
Movement director and choreographer Yasmine Lee joins The Actors Center for the first time for a three-day workshop devoted to exploring movement as a powerful tool for performance and storytelling. Through dynamic devised physical work, guided exercises, and ensemble-driven creation, participants will explore skills to build narrative through movement. Yasmine offers an inclusive and supportive space to explore, create, and collaborate. No prior movement experience is required—just a willingness to move, play, engage, and discover. Sessions run Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 1:00pm-5:00pm.
About Yasmine Lee

Yasmine Lee is a movement director and choreographer based in New York City, whose work spans theater, film, television, large-scale events, music videos, and concert dance.
As Movement Director and/or Choreographer: The Thing About Jellyfish (Berkeley Rep), Disco Show (Caesar’s directed by Steven Hoggett), SOCIAL! The Social Distance Dance Club collaboration with David Byrne (Park Avenue Armory), Parable Of The Sower Opera (Toshi Reagon and Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon at Lincoln Center), Wild Goose Dreams (The Public Theater), Tender Napalm (U.S. premiere at 59E59), Knives In Hens (59E59), World Expo2020 Opening Ceremony (Dubai), American Horror Story: Delicate (FX), Made For Love (MAX), SNL (Season 42 Finale), Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games (Sochi). She is the Tour Choreographer of A Beautiful Noise and choreographed a physical theater flash mob at the Louvre for Issey Miyake. Yasmine was assistant choreographer on Francis Ford Coppola’s film Megalopolis
As Associate Choreographer and/or Movement Director Yasmine has contributed to the Broadway productions of: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Crucible (2016 revival), ONCE, and RENT. She was the Associate Choreographer for the acclaimed immersive production of Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theatre and Let The Right One In at Berkeley Rep. Up next, Yasmine will movement direct Franklin’s Key for Pig Iron Theater Company this spring.

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Peter Jay Fernandez: Scene Study (4/26-5/4)
2025-04-26 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-27 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-03 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-04 11:00 - 14:00
In-Person Workshop

PETER JAY FERNANDEZ:
Scene Study
Two Weekends

Dates & Times
Saturday, April 26, 2025 – 11:00am-2:00pm
Sunday, April 27, 2025 – 11:00am-2:00pm
Saturday, May 3, 2025 – 11:00am-2:00pm
Sunday, May 4, 2025 – 11:00am-2:00pm
Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor
This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend.
About the Workshop
Actor and Columbia faculty member Peter Jay Fernandez returns to The Actors Center for four days of scene study this spring. Peter Jay will work with company members on scenes of their choice from any 20th- or 21st-century play. Participants are encouraged to bring in new material that intrigues and challenges them, with an emphasis on practicing process as opposed to performance. Sessions meet 11:00am-2:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Peter Jay will work on up to three scenes each day. You can sign up either together with a scene partner or as an individual and you will be paired with another individual. When registering, you may indicate your availability. If desired, you may bring your scene in twice over the four days.
You should be well rehearsed with your material for this workshop. If your schedule does not permit sufficient time to prepare, please sign up for a future workshop instead.
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 Peter Jay Fernandez

Peter Jay Fernandez is co-head of Columbia University’s MFA acting program. He previously served as co-head of acting in the graduate theatre program at The New School and has also taught at Yale School of Drama, Sarah Lawrence College, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, the Black Arts Institute, the Brown University/Trinity Repertory MFA Program, and the Berklee College of Music, among others.
Peter is a two time Audelco winner and has appeared on Broadway in productions of All The Way, Cyrano De Bergerac; Julius Caesar; Henry IV; Jelly’s Last Jam; and The Merchant Of Venice. He originated the role of Caesar in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean at the Goodman Theater, the role of Curtis Lowe in the premiere of Ben Bettenbender’s Bliss at the Rattlestick Theatre Company, and the role of ‘the Oldest Old Man’ in Father Comes Home from the Wars, by Suzan Lori Parks, at the Public Theater. Off-Broadway credits include Macbeth (Theatre for a New Audience), Othello, As You Like It, Coriolanus, The Winter’s Tale, Henry VIII, Spell #7 (Public Theatre), Red Speedo (New York Theatre Workshop), Zooman and the Sign (Signature), Too Much Memory (Fourth St. Theater), The Pain and The Itch (Playwrights Horizons), Thunder Knocking On The Door (Minetta Lane), RICHARD III: Born with Teeth and Widowers’ Houses (Epic Theatre), among many others.
He has worked throughout the United States at regional theatres including Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, Old Globe, Long Wharf Theatre, Hartford Stage, McCarter Theatre, Seattle Rep, Williamstown, Alliance Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Geva, The Wilma, among others. Peter’s film and television credits include Shades of Blue, Luke Cage, Royal Pains, Gotham, Elementary, House of Cards, Fringe, Deception, Damages, Law and Order(s), The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Body of Proof, The Adjustment Bureau, Preaching To The Choir, and Funny Valentines.

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Available DatesPlease indicate all times you are available. If desired, you may bring your scene in twice over the four days.

Sat. 4/26 - 11:00am

Sat. 4/26 - 12:00pm

Sat. 4/26 - 1:00pm

Sun. 4/27 - 11:00am

Sun. 4/27 - 12:00pm

Sun. 4/27 - 1:00pm

Sat. 5/3 - 11:00am

Sat. 5/3 - 12:00pm

Sat. 5/3 - 1:00pm

Sun. 5/4 - 11:00am

Sun. 5/4 - 12:00pm

Sun. 5/4 - 1:00pm
Select AllWhat are you hoping to work on? / Partnering requestsIf you have any particular genre or style of work in mind, please list. Or if open to anything, simply put Any.

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Enrollment is limited to 3 scenes each day.

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Jo Mei

Kathy McCaffertyEd JewettSat. 4/26 - 11:00am

Adinah AlexanderBob AriSat. 4/26 - 12:00pm

Neal LernerMaggie BofillSat. 4/26 - 1:00pm

Ben BeckleyAto Blankson-WoodSun. 4/27 - 11:00am

Andres Santiago PiñaKate AbbruzzeseSun. 4/27 - 12:00pm

Kathleen Turco-LyonJohn RothmanSun. 4/27 - 1:00pm

Alexandra NeilChris McLindenSat. 5/3 - 11:00am

Sarah MantonWaitlist

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Sita Mani: Feldenkrais & Movement (5/14-5/16)
2025-05-14 13:30 - 16:30, 2025-05-15 13:30 - 16:30, 2025-05-16 13:30 - 16:30
In-Person Workshop

SITA MANI:
Meeting & Transforming The Acting Instrument
Three Weekday Afternoons

Dates & Times
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 1:30pm-4:30pm
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – 1:30pm-4:30pm
Friday, May 16, 2025 – 1:30pm-4:30pm
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street, Jefferson Studio, 2nd Floor
Unfortunately we can not accommodate observers at this workshop.
About the Workshop
Movement and Feldenkrais teacher and Head of Movement at Columbia University, Sita Mani, returns to The Actors Center for three weekdays devoted to the body. As actors, the instrument we use is complex. It is regulated by our nervous system, which regulates itself continually in response to shifts in our internal and external environment. Due to how this system functions, oftentimes techniques we previously used effectively to prepare for work, one day no longer work for us, or techniques that seem to be effective for others just never seem to work for us. Based in Feldenkrais principles and practices, this workshop aims to teach us how to most effectively listen to our bodies—using principles that the nervous system understands—in order to bring our human instrument back to its neutral state organically and effectively, and then guide it to readiness and enlivenment for the creative act. Sessions run Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 1:30pm-4:30pm.
About Sita Mani
Sita Mani is Head of Movement for the Graduate Acting Program at Columbia University and a founding faculty member of The Studio New York. She has also taught at The New School, Sarah Lawrence College, Mark Morris Dance School, Feldenkrais Institute, HB Studio, Scott Freeman Studio, and The Drama School Mumbai, as well as privately. Her training includes Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, The School Of Western Dance and Classical Ballet, Michael Howard Studio and The Feldenkrais Institute. She is a scholarship recipient and graduate of The Actors Center Teacher Development Program and The Hagen Teacher Training Lab. Certifications include Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, Shiatsu and Reiki Practitioner. Movement work includes Dance, Contact Improvisation, Tae Kwon Do, Aerial Arts, Yoga, Alexander Technique and Lucid Body.
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Ron Van Lieu: Anton Chekhov (5/17-5/19)
2025-05-17 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-18 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-19 10:00 - 13:00
In-Person Workshop

RON VAN LIEU:
Anton Chekhov
Weekend Workshop

Dates & Times
Saturday, May 17, 2025 – 11:00am-2:00pm
Sunday, May 18, 2025 – 11:00am-2:00pm
Monday, May 19, 2025 – 10:00am-1:00pm
Sat/Sun Location: Vineyard Theatre Rehearsal Studio, 101 East 15th Street, 4th Floor
Mon Location: Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street, Jefferson Studio
This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend.
About the Workshop
Revered acting teacher Ron Van Lieu, founding faculty member of The Actors Center and former faculty at NYU, Yale, and Columbia, returns for three days devoted to the plays of Anton Chekhov. Each session, Ron will work with company members on three scenes from a different Chekhov play—The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, and Three Sisters. Sessions meet 11:00am-2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday, and 10:00am-1:00pm on Monday.

Ron has selected the following scenes to focus on for this workshop:
You can access the scripts here
Saturday, May 17 – The Seagull – 11am-2pm
Act 2 – Nina & Treplev
Act 3 – Arkadina & Treplev
Act 3 – Arkadina & Trigorin
Sunday, May 18 – Uncle Vanya – 11am-2pm
Act 2 – Professor & Yelena
Act 2 – Sonya & Astrov
Act 2 – Sonya & Yelena
Monday, May 19 – Three Sisters – 10am-1pm
Act 2 – Masha & Vershinin
Act 3 – Masha, Olga, & Irina
Act 4 – Tusenbach & Irina
Participants will be paired with another company member. You should be off-book with your material for this workshop. If your schedule does not permit sufficient time to prepare, please sign up for a future workshop instead.

About Ron Van Lieu
Ron Van Lieu was the Master Teacher of Acting and eventually Chair of the NYU Graduate Acting Program where he taught from 1975 to 2004. In 2004 he was appointed the Lloyd Richards Professor of Acting and Chair of the Acting Program at the Yale School of Drama where he taught until 2017, and where he is now Professor Emeritus. In 2017, Ron was appointed Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University School of the Arts Graduate Actor Training Program.
Actors who have trained with Ron over the past 50 years have won every major award in the field of theater, acting, and dramatic arts, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Academy Award, Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Obie, among others.
In addition to his university work, Ron is a founding faculty member of both The Shakespeare Lab at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater where he headed the actor training for 10 years, as well as The Actors Center, where is Artistic Director Emeritus.
Ron trained at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. His acting credits include major regional theaters, leading roles off-Broadway, New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, and a member of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s acting company. His directing credits include productions at Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, Syracuse Stage, the Greer Garson Theater in Santa Fe, and over 50 productions at the NYU Graduate Acting Program. In 1993 he was awarded the New York University Distinguished Teaching Medal, the university’s highest award given in recognition of outstanding achievement in classroom teaching.
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Sat. 5/17 - 11:00am - Seagull (Treplev & Nina)

Sat. 5/17 - 12:00pm - Seagull (Arkadina & Treplev)

Sat. 5/17 - 1:00pm - Seagull (Arkadina & Trigorin)

Sun. 5/18 - 11:00am - Vanya (Professor & Yelena)

Sun. 5/18 - 12:00pm - Vanya (Sonya & Astrov)

Sun. 5/18 - 1:00pm - Vanya (Sonya & Yelena)

Mon. 5/19 - 10:00am - Three Sisters (Masha & Vershinin)

Mon. 5/19 - 11:00am - Three Sisters (Masha, Olga, & Irina)

Mon. 5/19 - 12:00pm - Three Sisters (Tusenbach & Irina)

Participants
Enrollment is limited to 19 participants.

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Joanne Kelly

Ka-Ling CheungSat. 5/17 - 11:00am - Seagull (Treplev & Nina)

Brian McManamonSat. 5/17 - 11:00am - Seagull (Treplev & Nina)

Caroline AaronSat. 5/17 - 12:00pm - Seagull (Arkadina & Treplev)

Chris PerfettiSat. 5/17 - 12:00pm - Seagull (Arkadina & Treplev)

Deirdre LovejoySat. 5/17 - 1:00pm - Seagull (Arkadina & Trigorin)

Matthew RauchSat. 5/17 - 1:00pm - Seagull (Arkadina & Trigorin)

Jennifer FerrinSun. 5/18 - 11:00am - Vanya (Professor & Yelena)

David ManisSun. 5/18 - 11:00am - Vanya (Professor & Yelena)

Sanjit DeSilvaSun. 5/18 - 12:00pm - Vanya (Sonya & Astrov)

Julienne Hanzelka KimSun. 5/18 - 12:00pm - Vanya (Sonya & Astrov)

Kate AbbruzzeseSun. 5/18 - 1:00pm - Vanya (Sonya & Yelena)

Lindsay BrillSun. 5/18 - 1:00pm - Vanya (Sonya & Yelena)

Christian CoulsonMon. 5/19 - 10:00am - Three Sisters (Masha & Vershinin)

Ellen AdairMon. 5/19 - 10:00am - Three Sisters (Masha & Vershinin)

Purva BediMon. 5/19 - 11:00am - Three Sisters (Masha, Olga, & Irina)

Ivory AquinoMon. 5/19 - 11:00am - Three Sisters (Masha, Olga, & Irina)

Becca LishMon. 5/19 - 11:00am - Three Sisters (Masha, Olga, & Irina)

John Evans ReeseMon. 5/19 - 12:00pm - Three Sisters (Tusenbach & Irina)

Celeste AriasMon. 5/19 - 12:00pm - Three Sisters (Tusenbach & Irina)

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Carl Cofield: Greek Origins & Contemporary Offshoots
2025-06-03 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-04 10:00 - 17:00
In-Person Workshop

Carl Cofield:
Greek Origins & Contemporary Offshoots
Two Weekdays

Dates & Times
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – 10:00am-5:00pm (with lunch break)
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 – 10:00am-5:00pm (with lunch break)
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street, 2nd Floor Ballroom
This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend.
About the Workshop
Chair of NYU’s Grad Acting Program and Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, Carl Cofield, returns to The Actors Center for two days devoted to exploring Ancient Greek origins and contemporary offshoots. Why have Greek stories remained relevant throughout history? In this workshop, we will delve into classical Greek source texts alongside their modern adaptations to explore this enduring question. From the tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripides to the contemporary reimaginings by Luis Alfaro and Will Power, we will examine how these narratives have been reshaped over time. Through scene work and discussion, we’ll consider what has changed—and, just as importantly, what continues to resonate across generations. Sessions meet 10:00am-5:00pm on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Participants will work on a scene from one of four plays—Oresteia by Aeschylus (Adapted Robert Icke); The Bacchae by Euripides (Translated and Adapted by Bryan Doerries); Memnon by Will Power; and Mojada by Luis Alfaro. Actors are warmly welcome to explore scenes across age, type, race, and gender.
You can sign up either together with a partner or as an individual and you will be paired with another individual. Each pair will work twice over the two days. Slight conflicts can be accommodated.
If you are looking for a partner, you may post in the comments thread, or you can also find contact information for all members in the member directory.
About Carl Cofield

Carl Cofield is a New York based director, actor, and teacher, and is currently Chair of New York University’s Grad Acting Program and Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, where he has directed Seize the King, The Bacchae, A Christmas Carol in Harlem, Antigone, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Dutchman. Other directing credits include Twelfth Night (Yale Rep); King Lear (St. Louis Shakespeare); One Night in Miami (Rogue Machine Theater; Denver Center; Los Angeles NAACP Award, Best Director); A Raisin in the Sun (Two River Theater Company); Henry IV Part 2 (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Disgraced (Denver Center); and The Mountaintop (Cleveland Play House), among others.
Carl’s acting credits include Manhattan Theater Club (Ruined), Berkeley Rep, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theater, Intiman Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Milwaukee Rep, Alabama Shakespeare, McCarter Theatre, The Acting Company, The Studio Theatre, and many others.
In addition to his role at NYU, he has taught at Columbia University, Yale School of Drama, The New School, and Manhattan School of Music. He holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University.

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Ivory Aquino

Joel Van Liew

Laura SametzJoanne KellyParticipant

Lisa ArrindellAndres Santiago PiñaParticipant

Welker WhiteDamian YoungParticipant

Christian CoulsonHeidi ArmbrusterParticipant

Dominic ComperatoreAlexandra NeilParticipant

Mel HouseAllison Briner-DardenneParticipant

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Becca LishWaitlist

Purva BediWaitlist

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Evan Yionoulis: Molière (6/10 & 6/11)
2025-06-10 10:00 - 17:00
In-Person Workshop

EVAN YIONOULIS:
Molière
Two Weekdays

Dates & Times
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 – 10:00am-5:00pm (with lunch break)
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 2:00pm-6:00pm
Atlantic Acting Studios, 76 Ninth Avenue, Suite 313
This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend.
About the Workshop
Director, acting teacher, and head of Juilliard’s Drama Division, Evan Yionoulis, returns to The Actors Center in June for two days devoted to Molière, one of France’s greatest comedic playwrights. We will dive into the wit, rhythm, and physicality of Molière’s works as we explore scenes from three plays—Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, or The Learned Ladies—focusing on embodying and activating the heightened language to bring his sharp satire to life.
Access the folder of plays and suggested scenes here. Actors are warmly welcome to explore scenes across age, type, race, and gender.
You can sign up either together with a partner or as an individual and you will be paired with another individual. Each pair will work twice over the two days. Slight conflicts can be accommodated.
If you are looking for a partner, you may post in the comments thread, or you can also find contact information for all members in the member directory.
About Evan Yionoulis

Evan Yionoulis, an Obie award-winning director and nationally recognized teacher of acting, is Juilliard’s Richard Rodgers dean and director of the Drama Division. Previously she spent 20 years on the faculty of Yale School of Drama, where she was a professor in the practice of acting and directing and Lloyd Richards chair of the department of acting from 1998 to 2003.
She has directed new plays and classics in New York, across the country, and internationally, including Adrienne Kennedy’s He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box (world premiere) and Ohio State Murders (Lortel Award, best revival) for Theatre for a New Audience, Richard Greenberg’s The Violet Hour (Broadway), Three Days of Rain (Obie for direction, Manhattan Theatre Club), and Everett Beekin (Lincoln Center Theater), and, during her 20 years as a resident director at Yale Repertory Theatre, productions including Shakespeare’s Richard II and Cymbeline, Brecht’s Galileo, Ibsen’s The Master Builder, and Guillermo Calderón’s Kiss. With composer/lyricist Mike Yionoulis, she is developing the multi-platform project Redhand Guitar, about five generations of musicians across an American century, and The Dread Pirate Project, about identity and anonymity across the digital and natural worlds.
She is a Princess Grace Award recipient and serves as president of the executive board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Her book, Listening and Talking: A Pathway to Acting, was published by Methuen Drama in December 2023.

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