New York, N.Y. – Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training will hold a Weekend Intensive at the LuEsther T. Mertz South Oxford Space in Brooklyn, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 17 through Sunday, Dec. 19.
The workshop will be led by Andrew Borthwick-Leslie (he/him), a member of Shakespeare & Company and co-Artistic Director of The Humanist Project in New York City, who has taught, directed, and acted for more than 20 years. Assisting Andrew will be Designated Linklater teacher Rebecca Schneebaum (she/her).
Designed to meet the needs of professional actors and theater students seeking an introduction to Shakespeare & Company’s training methods, as well as alumni who wish to refresh and reconnect with the work, the Weekend Intensive integrates voice, movement, and monologue work, beginning with an introduction to Shakespeare & Company’s aesthetic and a series of exercises involving voice, body, and memory work.
The workshop moves on to hone in on the actor’s individual voice and experiences, which are incorporated into a monologue that the actor has prepared for the class, and culminates with the actors reconnecting with Shakespeare’s text, revisiting their monologues, and exploring how the structure of the verse might influence character and performance.
The workshop will run Friday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – the cost is $350. Actors who have completed the Center for Actor Training’s Month-Long Intensive, Summer Shakespeare Intensive (formerly the Summer Training Institute), or Conservatory programs are eligible for a 15% tuition discount; members of acting unions and the Shakespeare Theatre Association receive a 10% discount. Scholarships are also available for BIPOC participants.
To apply, visit Shakespeare.org, or call (413) 637-1199, ext. 114.
About the Center for Actor Training
Shakespeare & Company’s curriculum is internationally recognized as a deeply effective training experience for actors who aspire to bring their talent, intuition, and spirit to a higher level. Through the Center for Actor Training, actors, directors, writers, and teachers from all over the world come to work with the Company’s faculty to train their voices and their bodies with a daily regimen of demanding classes, and to delve deeply into their own imaginations, intellects, and emotional lives. If you are interested in bringing a Weekend Intensive to your city, Theatre Company, or university, contact us.
Photo Caption: Seven Castle and Elke Van Dyke during the 2019 Month-long Intensive. Photo by Christina Lane.
