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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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 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