Zoom Workshop Ron Daniels: The Soliloquy 5 Week Workshop Dates & Times Wednesday, November 9, 2022 – 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, November 16, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET – Break for Thanksgiving, No Session – Wednesday, November 30, 2022 – (Cancelled) Wednesday, December 7, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 14, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 21, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET (Added) This workshop will take place on Zoom. All company members are invited to observe. About the Workshop Acclaimed international director, teacher, and Honorary Associate Director of the RSC, Ron Daniels, returns to The Actors Center for a series of five Wednesday afternoons devoted to Shakespeare's soliloquies. In a collaborative workshop format, each taking turns with the text, we’ll explore moments where both the character and the actor find themselves in a unique situation: alone on stage with nobody but the audience. These are moments when the narrative of the play is suspended and a character confides his or her innermost thoughts with the audience and simply tells the truth, without equivocation. But who is “the audience”? And is the identity of the audience always the same or does it change for different characters and under different circumstances? And above all, if the character is truly engaging with the audience, should we not rather think of these moments as imaginary dialogues between actor and audience instead of as lonely soliloquies? Far from the rush and tumble of the rehearsal room floor and the need to quickly find results, Ron will gently guide participants through unraveling a series of soliloquies, not from an academic, but from an actor’s point of view, inviting greater awareness of moments of possibility and discovery, enhancing the richness of text, and in service of the actor's ability to inhabit Shakespeare's language and make it truly your own. About Ron Daniels Ron Daniels is an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a distinction he received after fifteen years directing many RSC productions and serving as Artistic Director of RSC’s The Other Place Theatre. His work with RSC has included two productions of Hamlet (one with Roger Rees and one with Mark Rylance), The Tempest (with Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, Pericles, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, Richard II and Henry V along with plays by Stephen Poliakoff, David Rudkin, David Edgar and Naomi Wallace, including Anthony Burgess' A...

In-Person Workshop Erica Jensen: On-Camera Audition Lab 3-Week Workshop Dates & Times Thursday, December 1, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm Thursday, December 8, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm Thursday, December 15, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm (Postponed) Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, 3rd Floor This workshop will take place in person. All company members are invited to attend. About the Workshop Casting director and teacher Erica Jensen joins The Actors Center for the first time for a three week On-Camera Audition Lab. Over a series of Thursday evenings, Erica will help you refine your audition skills, explore tools and approaches for self taping, and lead conversation about the current industry and casting landscape. Erica will work with 5 participants each week on audition sides of your choice, providing feedback and coaching to address obstacles you may be facing in your audition work, and to support greater agency and individual creative freedom. Sessions meet 6:30pm-9:30pm and take place in person. COVID-19 Safety Policies For this workshop: Partial Masking: All observers must wear N95/KN95 masks Only working participants and teacher will be unmasked Portable HEPA/equivalent air purifiers provided in the space About Erica Jensen Erica is one third of the Artios-Award winning team of Calleri Jensen Davis where she has worked steadily as a casting director in film, television and theater for over 20 years. In addition to her work in casting, Erica is a professor of practice at Syracuse University and the director of the Tepper Semester program, the Department of Drama's New York City immersion program. She is also the founder of the She-Collective, a creative safe space for women, female identifying, and non-binary artists that endeavors to connect and aid actors, writers, producers, directors, and creators from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds. Erica previously taught for both the New School and the Tepper Semester, served as an industry mentor at Brown University/Trinity Rep, and is a proud member of the Casting Society of America. She holds an MFA in Acting from Illinois State University and was named American Theater magazine's Top Theater Workers you should know in 2017. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 5 working participants each week. All company members are invited to attend and observe sessions. Comments/Queries

Zoom Workshop Ron Daniels: The Soliloquy 5 Week Workshop Dates & Times Wednesday, November 9, 2022 – 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, November 16, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET – Break for Thanksgiving, No Session – Wednesday, November 30, 2022 – (Cancelled) Wednesday, December 7, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 14, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 21, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET (Added) This workshop will take place on Zoom. All company members are invited to observe. About the Workshop Acclaimed international director, teacher, and Honorary Associate Director of the RSC, Ron Daniels, returns to The Actors Center for a series of five Wednesday afternoons devoted to Shakespeare's soliloquies. In a collaborative workshop format, each taking turns with the text, we’ll explore moments where both the character and the actor find themselves in a unique situation: alone on stage with nobody but the audience. These are moments when the narrative of the play is suspended and a character confides his or her innermost thoughts with the audience and simply tells the truth, without equivocation. But who is “the audience”? And is the identity of the audience always the same or does it change for different characters and under different circumstances? And above all, if the character is truly engaging with the audience, should we not rather think of these moments as imaginary dialogues between actor and audience instead of as lonely soliloquies? Far from the rush and tumble of the rehearsal room floor and the need to quickly find results, Ron will gently guide participants through unraveling a series of soliloquies, not from an academic, but from an actor’s point of view, inviting greater awareness of moments of possibility and discovery, enhancing the richness of text, and in service of the actor's ability to inhabit Shakespeare's language and make it truly your own. About Ron Daniels Ron Daniels is an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a distinction he received after fifteen years directing many RSC productions and serving as Artistic Director of RSC’s The Other Place Theatre. His work with RSC has included two productions of Hamlet (one with Roger Rees and one with Mark Rylance), The Tempest (with Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, Pericles, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, Richard II and Henry V along with plays by Stephen Poliakoff, David Rudkin, David Edgar and Naomi Wallace, including Anthony Burgess' A...

In-Person Workshop Erica Jensen: On-Camera Audition Lab 3-Week Workshop Dates & Times Thursday, December 1, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm Thursday, December 8, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm Thursday, December 15, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm (Postponed) Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, 3rd Floor This workshop will take place in person. All company members are invited to attend. About the Workshop Casting director and teacher Erica Jensen joins The Actors Center for the first time for a three week On-Camera Audition Lab. Over a series of Thursday evenings, Erica will help you refine your audition skills, explore tools and approaches for self taping, and lead conversation about the current industry and casting landscape. Erica will work with 5 participants each week on audition sides of your choice, providing feedback and coaching to address obstacles you may be facing in your audition work, and to support greater agency and individual creative freedom. Sessions meet 6:30pm-9:30pm and take place in person. COVID-19 Safety Policies For this workshop: Partial Masking: All observers must wear N95/KN95 masks Only working participants and teacher will be unmasked Portable HEPA/equivalent air purifiers provided in the space About Erica Jensen Erica is one third of the Artios-Award winning team of Calleri Jensen Davis where she has worked steadily as a casting director in film, television and theater for over 20 years. In addition to her work in casting, Erica is a professor of practice at Syracuse University and the director of the Tepper Semester program, the Department of Drama's New York City immersion program. She is also the founder of the She-Collective, a creative safe space for women, female identifying, and non-binary artists that endeavors to connect and aid actors, writers, producers, directors, and creators from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds. Erica previously taught for both the New School and the Tepper Semester, served as an industry mentor at Brown University/Trinity Rep, and is a proud member of the Casting Society of America. She holds an MFA in Acting from Illinois State University and was named American Theater magazine's Top Theater Workers you should know in 2017. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 5 working participants each week. All company members are invited to attend and observe sessions. Comments/Queries

Company CoLab STUDY HALL: A Weekly Writing Space Friday Mornings on Zoom Upcoming Dates & Times Friday, December 9, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 16, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 23, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Hosted in December by Rebecca Harris Two Hours Each Week on Zoom, Dedicated to Showing Up and Writing About the Event Last year, Heidi Armbruster helped us launch a once-a-week informal gathering for company members to work on writing projects you might have in development, called Study Hall. The idea is to support each other in making progress with our work by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. We are launching a reboot of Study Hall and want to welcome any company members who would like to join! For now, we will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am until 11:00am. We’ll do 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. We’ll reconvene around 10:50am to report back or check out. Again, that’s optional. Come and go as you wish. Feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. Sessions this month will take place December 9, 16, and 23. RSVP below for the Zoom link and join us. Please also be on the lookout for other writing based activities, including in person groups, coming in the new year. About Company CoLabs Company CoLabs is a series at The Actors Center that offers 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 to Attend Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop Kevin Isola: Clown Weekend Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, December 10, 2022 – 11:00am-4:30pm Sunday, December 11, 2022 – 11:00am-4:30pm Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor This workshop will take place in person. We are unable to accommodate observers for this workshop. About the Workshop Actor, teacher, and NYU Grad Acting faculty, Kevin Isola, returns to The Actors Center for a weekend workshop, December 10th and 11th, diving into the world of the clown. Come tap into your sense of joy and invite the assumption of your own brilliance to be a guiding force in your work. We’ll demystify and befriend the concept of failure, so that risk, surprise, fearlessness, and delight can become the backbone of your artistry. Sessions run Saturday and Sunday, 11am-4:30pm with a lunch break. COVID-19 Safety Policies For this workshop: At-home rapid covid test required before each session Masks optional Daily health screening questionnaire Large studio Windows and portable HEPA/equivalent air purifiers About Kevin Isola Kevin Isola has been on the faculty of NYU’s Graduate Acting Program for the past 13 years where he teaches Shakespeare’s Clowns in the first year and Advanced Theatre Clowning Techniques in the third year. Additionally, he’s been invited to teach at The Actors Center, Fordham University, Wagner College, Muhlenberg College, Red Bull Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and The 52nd Street Project. Kevin is a professional actor who for the past twenty seven years has performed in most every facet of the entertainment industry. From Broadway and Off-Broadway to regional theatre. From Lincoln Center to Shakespeare in the Park, Manhattan Theatre Club to Signature. Yale Rep to The Old Globe, The Guthrie to South Coast Rep. He has worked on everything from major studio films to small independents, streaming services to network shows. He also co-created the clown show The New Bozena with Rainn Wilson (The Office), David Costabile (Billions, Lincoln), and Michael Dahlen (Blue Man Group) which ran for five months Off-Broadway, continued regionally, and sold to Twentieth Century Fox. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 16 actors. Participants are asked to be able to attend both sessions. Comments/Queries

Zoom Workshop Ron Daniels: The Soliloquy 5 Week Workshop Dates & Times Wednesday, November 9, 2022 – 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, November 16, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET – Break for Thanksgiving, No Session – Wednesday, November 30, 2022 – (Cancelled) Wednesday, December 7, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 14, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 21, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET (Added) This workshop will take place on Zoom. All company members are invited to observe. About the Workshop Acclaimed international director, teacher, and Honorary Associate Director of the RSC, Ron Daniels, returns to The Actors Center for a series of five Wednesday afternoons devoted to Shakespeare's soliloquies. In a collaborative workshop format, each taking turns with the text, we’ll explore moments where both the character and the actor find themselves in a unique situation: alone on stage with nobody but the audience. These are moments when the narrative of the play is suspended and a character confides his or her innermost thoughts with the audience and simply tells the truth, without equivocation. But who is “the audience”? And is the identity of the audience always the same or does it change for different characters and under different circumstances? And above all, if the character is truly engaging with the audience, should we not rather think of these moments as imaginary dialogues between actor and audience instead of as lonely soliloquies? Far from the rush and tumble of the rehearsal room floor and the need to quickly find results, Ron will gently guide participants through unraveling a series of soliloquies, not from an academic, but from an actor’s point of view, inviting greater awareness of moments of possibility and discovery, enhancing the richness of text, and in service of the actor's ability to inhabit Shakespeare's language and make it truly your own. About Ron Daniels Ron Daniels is an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a distinction he received after fifteen years directing many RSC productions and serving as Artistic Director of RSC’s The Other Place Theatre. His work with RSC has included two productions of Hamlet (one with Roger Rees and one with Mark Rylance), The Tempest (with Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, Pericles, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, Richard II and Henry V along with plays by Stephen Poliakoff, David Rudkin, David Edgar and Naomi Wallace, including Anthony Burgess' A...

In-Person Workshop Erica Jensen: On-Camera Audition Lab 3-Week Workshop Dates & Times Thursday, December 1, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm Thursday, December 8, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm Thursday, December 15, 2022 – 6:30pm-9:30pm (Postponed) Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, 3rd Floor This workshop will take place in person. All company members are invited to attend. About the Workshop Casting director and teacher Erica Jensen joins The Actors Center for the first time for a three week On-Camera Audition Lab. Over a series of Thursday evenings, Erica will help you refine your audition skills, explore tools and approaches for self taping, and lead conversation about the current industry and casting landscape. Erica will work with 5 participants each week on audition sides of your choice, providing feedback and coaching to address obstacles you may be facing in your audition work, and to support greater agency and individual creative freedom. Sessions meet 6:30pm-9:30pm and take place in person. COVID-19 Safety Policies For this workshop: Partial Masking: All observers must wear N95/KN95 masks Only working participants and teacher will be unmasked Portable HEPA/equivalent air purifiers provided in the space About Erica Jensen Erica is one third of the Artios-Award winning team of Calleri Jensen Davis where she has worked steadily as a casting director in film, television and theater for over 20 years. In addition to her work in casting, Erica is a professor of practice at Syracuse University and the director of the Tepper Semester program, the Department of Drama's New York City immersion program. She is also the founder of the She-Collective, a creative safe space for women, female identifying, and non-binary artists that endeavors to connect and aid actors, writers, producers, directors, and creators from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds. Erica previously taught for both the New School and the Tepper Semester, served as an industry mentor at Brown University/Trinity Rep, and is a proud member of the Casting Society of America. She holds an MFA in Acting from Illinois State University and was named American Theater magazine's Top Theater Workers you should know in 2017. Register Now Participants Enrollment is limited to 5 working participants each week. All company members are invited to attend and observe sessions. Comments/Queries

Company CoLab STUDY HALL: A Weekly Writing Space Friday Mornings on Zoom Upcoming Dates & Times Friday, December 9, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 16, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 23, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Hosted in December by Rebecca Harris Two Hours Each Week on Zoom, Dedicated to Showing Up and Writing About the Event Last year, Heidi Armbruster helped us launch a once-a-week informal gathering for company members to work on writing projects you might have in development, called Study Hall. The idea is to support each other in making progress with our work by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. We are launching a reboot of Study Hall and want to welcome any company members who would like to join! For now, we will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am until 11:00am. We’ll do 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. We’ll reconvene around 10:50am to report back or check out. Again, that’s optional. Come and go as you wish. Feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. Sessions this month will take place December 9, 16, and 23. RSVP below for the Zoom link and join us. Please also be on the lookout for other writing based activities, including in person groups, coming in the new year. About Company CoLabs Company CoLabs is a series at The Actors Center that offers 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 to Attend Comments/Queries

In-Person Workshop Ron Van Lieu: Scene Study 3-Day Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, December 17, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Sunday, December 18, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Monday, December 19, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, 3rd Floor This workshop will take place in person. 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 a 3-day scene study workshop, December 17-19. Ron will be working with company members on scenes of your choice from any 20th- or 21st-century play. Sessions meet 11:00am-2:00pm on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Ron 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 and you will have a one-hour time slot assigned for your scene accordingly. You should be off-book and 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. COVID-19 Safety Policies For this workshop: Partial Masking: All in attendance must wear N95/KN95 masks except when actively working Working participants and teacher will be unmasked Portable HEPA/equivalent air purifiers provided in the space 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...

In-Person Workshop Ron Van Lieu: Scene Study 3-Day Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, December 17, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Sunday, December 18, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Monday, December 19, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, 3rd Floor This workshop will take place in person. 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 a 3-day scene study workshop, December 17-19. Ron will be working with company members on scenes of your choice from any 20th- or 21st-century play. Sessions meet 11:00am-2:00pm on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Ron 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 and you will have a one-hour time slot assigned for your scene accordingly. You should be off-book and 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. COVID-19 Safety Policies For this workshop: Partial Masking: All in attendance must wear N95/KN95 masks except when actively working Working participants and teacher will be unmasked Portable HEPA/equivalent air purifiers provided in the space 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...

In-Person Workshop Ron Van Lieu: Scene Study 3-Day Workshop Dates & Times Saturday, December 17, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Sunday, December 18, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Monday, December 19, 2022 – 11:00am-2:00pm Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, 3rd Floor This workshop will take place in person. 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 a 3-day scene study workshop, December 17-19. Ron will be working with company members on scenes of your choice from any 20th- or 21st-century play. Sessions meet 11:00am-2:00pm on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Ron 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 and you will have a one-hour time slot assigned for your scene accordingly. You should be off-book and 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. COVID-19 Safety Policies For this workshop: Partial Masking: All in attendance must wear N95/KN95 masks except when actively working Working participants and teacher will be unmasked Portable HEPA/equivalent air purifiers provided in the space 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...

Zoom Workshop Ron Daniels: The Soliloquy 5 Week Workshop Dates & Times Wednesday, November 9, 2022 – 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, November 16, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET – Break for Thanksgiving, No Session – Wednesday, November 30, 2022 – (Cancelled) Wednesday, December 7, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 14, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET Wednesday, December 21, 2022– 3:00pm-6:00pm ET (Added) This workshop will take place on Zoom. All company members are invited to observe. About the Workshop Acclaimed international director, teacher, and Honorary Associate Director of the RSC, Ron Daniels, returns to The Actors Center for a series of five Wednesday afternoons devoted to Shakespeare's soliloquies. In a collaborative workshop format, each taking turns with the text, we’ll explore moments where both the character and the actor find themselves in a unique situation: alone on stage with nobody but the audience. These are moments when the narrative of the play is suspended and a character confides his or her innermost thoughts with the audience and simply tells the truth, without equivocation. But who is “the audience”? And is the identity of the audience always the same or does it change for different characters and under different circumstances? And above all, if the character is truly engaging with the audience, should we not rather think of these moments as imaginary dialogues between actor and audience instead of as lonely soliloquies? Far from the rush and tumble of the rehearsal room floor and the need to quickly find results, Ron will gently guide participants through unraveling a series of soliloquies, not from an academic, but from an actor’s point of view, inviting greater awareness of moments of possibility and discovery, enhancing the richness of text, and in service of the actor's ability to inhabit Shakespeare's language and make it truly your own. About Ron Daniels Ron Daniels is an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a distinction he received after fifteen years directing many RSC productions and serving as Artistic Director of RSC’s The Other Place Theatre. His work with RSC has included two productions of Hamlet (one with Roger Rees and one with Mark Rylance), The Tempest (with Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, Pericles, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, Richard II and Henry V along with plays by Stephen Poliakoff, David Rudkin, David Edgar and Naomi Wallace, including Anthony Burgess' A...

Company CoLab STUDY HALL: A Weekly Writing Space Friday Mornings on Zoom Upcoming Dates & Times Friday, December 9, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 16, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Friday, December 23, 2022 - 9:00am-11:00am ET Hosted in December by Rebecca Harris Two Hours Each Week on Zoom, Dedicated to Showing Up and Writing About the Event Last year, Heidi Armbruster helped us launch a once-a-week informal gathering for company members to work on writing projects you might have in development, called Study Hall. The idea is to support each other in making progress with our work by providing consistent time, space, and community, to use as you see fit. We are launching a reboot of Study Hall and want to welcome any company members who would like to join! For now, we will meet Friday mornings on Zoom from 9:00am until 11:00am. We’ll do 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. We’ll reconvene around 10:50am to report back or check out. Again, that’s optional. Come and go as you wish. Feel free to use the time and accountability in the way that best serves your artistic purposes. Sessions this month will take place December 9, 16, and 23. RSVP below for the Zoom link and join us. Please also be on the lookout for other writing based activities, including in person groups, coming in the new year. About Company CoLabs Company CoLabs is a series at The Actors Center that offers 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 to Attend Comments/Queries