H28.0411 Studio 8 Credits
Louis Scheeder, Darci Picoult (Acting), Donna Germain (Voice and Speech), Jordana Toback (Movement), David Brimmer (Stage Combat), Robert Richmond (Dramaturgy). Master Classes with Nancy Piccione (Audition Techniques), Gregory Seel (Alexander Technique) and Tim Carroll (Verse Technique)The Classical Studio is a production-oriented ensemble, which concentrates on Shakespeare. Each semester a complete classical work is presented, focusing on the interaction of actor and text. This requires six weeks of evening and weekend rehearsals, followed by a week of performances. This is in addition to a full class schedule which includes Acting, Voice and Speech, Movement, Stage Combat, and Dramaturgy. Acting classes focus on the intensive development and presentation of monologues, soliloquies, and scenes. All classes are text-based and are intended to stretch the actor’s range and imagination. The goal of the studio is to create THOUGHT IN ACTION: the presentation of classical texts in an immediate and forceful present. The Studio embraces traditional, experimental, and emerging techniques, while building upon a basic emotional reality.
