Episodes
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🏁 In our second week, highlights include:
Deciding on the beats of the scene - what each is "called" Bringing Leontes back to sanity vs. punishing him Exploring the meaning of "I'll keep her in the stables"-----
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - we have artists in LA, San Diego, Philly, and New York!
DIRECTOR: Geoffrey Wade DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport LEONTES: Christopher Guilmet HERMIONE: Shannone Lee Clair ANTIGONUS: J. Paul NicholasMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/november-2024-winters-tale-hermione-arrest-defense
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 1 and Act 3, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s The Winter's Tale:
Leontes has Hermione arrested for adultery and treason
Hermione tries to defend herself in open court
Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
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📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
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The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our first week, highlights include:
the play as a tragic comedy and its significance in Shakespeare's career
Leontes sudden and irrational jealousy towards his wife, Hermione.
the importance of pacing and punctuation in the text.
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - we have artists in LA, San Diego, Philly, and New York!
DIRECTOR: Geoffrey Wade DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport LEONTES: Christopher Guilmet HERMIONE: Shannone Lee Clair ANTIGONUS: J. Paul NicholasMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/winterstale-hermione-arrest-defense-week-1
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 1 and Act 3, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s The Winter's Tale:
Leontes has Hermione arrested for adultery and treason
Hermione tries to defend herself in open court
Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
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The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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Missing episodes?
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🏁 In our fourth and final week, highlights include:
The warrior character of Macbeth and comedic moments with Lady Macbeth Diving into the imagery of "spongy officers" Analyzing the power dynamics in relationships A Q&A with the artists!-----
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Nick Cagle DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport MACBETH: Mark Lawson LADY MACBETH: Meaghan BoeingMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/october-2024-macbeth-2-scenes/
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 1, Scene 7 and Act 2, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
We’ll explore the relationship of MACBETH and LADY MACBETH:
Macbeth questioning Duncan’s murder and Lady Macbeth creating a plan Macbeth returning from Duncan’s murder, horrified by what he’s doneScenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
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📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
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The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our third week, highlights include:
The use of hypotheticals and future tenses What "the poor cat in the adage" really means The staccato delivery in Lady Macbeth's linesPlus - could "Macbeth" become a Christmas play?? 🎄🤶
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Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more!
🙏 THANK YOU to our patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Ivar, Jaelyn, Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Nick Cagle DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport MACBETH: Mark Lawson LADY MACBETH: Meaghan BoeingMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/october-2024-macbeth-2-scenes/
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 1, Scene 7 and Act 2, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
We’ll explore the relationship of MACBETH and LADY MACBETH:
Macbeth questioning Duncan’s murder and Lady Macbeth creating a plan Macbeth returning from Duncan’s murder, horrified by what he’s doneScenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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From 2019, our interview with prolific director Robert Goldsby, on the aliveness of Molière, making clear transitions, and being blissfully happy. Bob took his final curtain call on October 27, 2024 at age 97. With a career spanning 60+ years, he accomplished so much and he'll be missed by all who knew him!
Click here for full show notes and links.
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🏁 In our second week, highlights include:
Macbeth's soliloquy and chaotic dialogue Lady Macbeth's role in the scenes Macbeth's influence on Halloween and Harry Potter-----
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🙏 THANK YOU to our patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Ivar, Jaelyn, Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Nick Cagle DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport MACBETH: Mark Lawson LADY MACBETH: Meaghan BoeingMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/october-2024-macbeth-2-scenes/
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 1, Scene 7 and Act 2, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
We’ll explore the relationship of MACBETH and LADY MACBETH:
Macbeth questioning Duncan’s murder and Lady Macbeth creating a plan Macbeth returning from Duncan’s murder, horrified by what he’s doneScenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
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📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our first week, highlights include:
speech transitions and symbolism exploring power, ambition, and moral sacrifice Shakespearean nuances-----
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Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more!
🙏 THANK YOU to our patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Ivar, Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
Special welcome to Jaelyn as a new GUEST STAR member!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Nick Cagle DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport MACBETH: Mark Lawson LADY MACBETH: Meaghan BoeingMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/october-2024-macbeth-2-scenes/
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 1, Scene 7 and Act 2, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
We’ll explore the relationship of MACBETH and LADY MACBETH:
Macbeth questioning Duncan’s murder and Lady Macbeth creating a plan Macbeth returning from Duncan’s murder, horrified by what he’s doneScenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our fourth and final week, highlights include:
The Great Vowel Shift and Shakespeare's pronunciation
Exploring Mistress Ford's emotions and actions
Q&A with the creative team
⭐️ And a special thank you to Juls Hoover for hosting this month! ⭐️
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Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more!
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: J. Paul Nicholas DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport FALSTAFF: Todd Scofield MRS. PAGE: Michele Schultz MRS. FORD: Corinna ChristmanMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/work...
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on two scenes where the wives plan revenge on Falstaff!
Act 3, Scene 3 (Falstaff's first visit to Mrs. Ford), ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Act 4, Scene 2 (Falstaff's second visit to Mrs. Ford), again ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
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📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our third week, highlights include:
Focusing on the nuances of language, meaning, and dynamics
How different approaches to lines could affect the overall humor and relationships
Adjustments made to clarify character interactions
⭐️ And a special thank you to Juls Hoover for hosting this month! ⭐️
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🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔
🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: J. Paul Nicholas DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport FALSTAFF: Todd Scofield MRS. PAGE: Michele Schultz MRS. FORD: Corinna ChristmanMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/work...
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on two scenes where the wives plan revenge on Falstaff!
Act 3, Scene 3 (Falstaff's first visit to Mrs. Ford), ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Act 4, Scene 2 (Falstaff's second visit to Mrs. Ford), again ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our second week, highlights include:
Discussing lines like "kiln-hole," "loons," and "still swine eats all the draff," clarifying meanings and exploring delivery options
Figuring out transitions, with characters entering and exiting, and experimented with different line delivery for comedic effect
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🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: J. Paul Nicholas DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport FALSTAFF: Todd Scofield MRS. PAGE: Michele Schultz MRS. FORD: Corinna ChristmanMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/work...
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on two scenes where the wives plan revenge on Falstaff!
Act 3, Scene 3 (Falstaff's first visit to Mrs. Ford), ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Act 4, Scene 2 (Falstaff's second visit to Mrs. Ford), again ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
---
Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our first week, highlights include:
Detailed analysis and debate of character motivations and intentions Several linguistic nuances and potential stage directions were clarified Discussion of whether certain actions were scripted or improvised-----
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🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: J. Paul Nicholas DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport FALSTAFF: Todd Scofield MRS. PAGE: Michele Schultz MRS. FORD: Corinna ChristmanMore about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/work...
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😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on two scenes where the wives plan revenge on Falstaff!
Act 3, Scene 3 (Falstaff's first visit to Mrs. Ford), ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Act 4, Scene 2 (Falstaff's second visit to Mrs. Ford), again ending before Mr. Ford arrives
Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here.
-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
---
Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our fourth and final session, highlights include:
conveying the characters' emotions effectively bringing out the depth and complexity of the characters finding the humanity in the text Q&A with the creative teamSession released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023.
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🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔
🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel DilliplaneMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023-----
😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life.Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
---
Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our third week, highlights include:
Looking at the Provost, his role as a guide and mediator, and his interactions with Angelo
Comparing the Provost and Lucio, highlighting how they are foils for each other
The actors question whether the Provost and Lucio could be played by women
Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023.
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🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel DilliplaneMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023-----
😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life.Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
---
Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 In our second week, highlights include:
Themes of power, authority, temptation, and morality
The idea that those in authority often act oppressively
Isabella's use of bribery and prayer to persuade Angelo, and Angelo's internal struggle and attraction to Isabella
Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023.
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🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔
🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel DilliplaneMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023-----
😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life.Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023
🏁 In our first week, some highlights include the participants:
speaking about their locations, past experiences in theater, and the current state of the industry sharing their excitement about working on scenes from the play and discussed the purpose of the project, which is to provide learning opportunities for young professionals exploring the character of Angelo and his complicated past, as well as the role of the Provost in revealing Angelo's true nature analyzing Isabella's entrance and her high status as she pleads with Angelo. discussing an upcoming monologue by Angelo and the importance of exploring different approaches to the material-----
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
Measure for Measure Team:
DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski
DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad
ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas
ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast
PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel DilliplaneMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023-----
😮 THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life.Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:#workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork
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🏁 In our final session, the group:
discussed the idea of a bookish, nerdy Beatrice and how age can influence the portrayal of the role. refined the dynamics of key scenes, considering Beatrice's quick wit and the layers of meaning in her dialogue with Benedick. evaluated Beatrice as the fool of the house and contemplated her growth from defensive barb-thrower to a woman discovering love. delved into how the rehearsal context and current events can shape a performance.Plus, what about a web series of Beatrice as a childless cat lady in 2024?! Who's in? 🙋♀️😹
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You can also WATCH the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
- DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud
-DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan
-And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee ClairMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice-----
😮 THE SCENES
Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing":
-First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143
-Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152
-Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:
-Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe
-Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK
-William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012#workingactor #rehearsal #beatrice #muchado #shakespeare
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
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The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 This week, the group discussed Beatrice's emotional state, and the play's thematic elements like gender roles, public perception, and the use of wit. They also explored the historical and cultural context of the play, and theorized about its inspiration.
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🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
You can also WATCH the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
- DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud
-DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan
-And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee ClairMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice-----
😮 THE SCENES
Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing":
-First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143
-Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152
-Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:
-Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe
-Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK
-William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012#workingactor #rehearsal #beatrice #muchado #shakespeare
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
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The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 This week, the group watched a few different versions of the opening scene and discussed the various takes on performances by Catherine Tate and David Tennant (Wyndham's), Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh (Branagh's film), Danielle Brooks and Grantham Coleman (Public Theatre), and Dame Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens (Zeffirelli's film). They discussed the significance of food references and the implications of being "too cursed." They explored the Elizabethan context, character dynamics, and the rhythm and meaning of the text, with an emphasis on understanding Beatrice's perspective, her humor, repartee with Benedick, and her stance on marriage and men.
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🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session!
🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
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You can also watch the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube
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🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
- DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud
-DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan
-And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee ClairMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice-----
😮 THE SCENES
Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing":
-First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143
-Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152
-Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1-----
📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:
-Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe
-Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK
-William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012#workingactor #rehearsal #beatrice #muchado #shakespeare
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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🏁 We dive into the first week of work on the character BEATRICE: exploring the dynamics between Beatrice and Benedict; the concept of wit as a form of communication; and addressing themes such as gender roles, societal expectations, and love. You'll see the group analyze key scenes, including the gulling of Beatrice and Benedict, the wedding scene, and the pivotal confrontation where Beatrice demands Claudio's death.
🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session!
🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
You can also watch the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube
🎭 CREATIVE TEAM
- DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud
-DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan
-And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee ClairMore about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice😮 THE SCENES
Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing":
-First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143
-Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152
-Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:
-Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe
-Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK
-William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012#workingactor #rehearsal #beatrice #muchado #shakespeare
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Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice!
See additional content on Instagram and YouTube.
---
The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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In our final week of looking at the scenes of Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the group used "Italian run-thrus" (rapid line delivery) and continued to work on the scenes switching roles. The group discussed the benefits and challenges of role-sharing and switching between the language styles of Shakespeare and Stoppard. During the Q&A, a number of artists mentioned their growth in understanding and portrayal of these characters.
Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session!
Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast
You can also watch the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube
About the Scene
Our group is working on sections of Act 2, Scene 2 and Act 3, Scene 2 from Shakespeare's Hamlet - AND they will also look at the beginning of Act 2 in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Geoffrey Wade DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport And the PLAYERS: Marcelo Tubert, Nick Cagle and Dan CordovaHamlet scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/hamlet/read/2/2/
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/hamlet/read/3/2/More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeare-stoppard-rehearsal-room-june-2024
BOOKS
Dr. Gideon Rappaport has written three books on Shakespeare:
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012 Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZKThank you to our current patrons Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff!
#workingactor #rehearsal #shakespeare #stoppard #hamlet
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