Shakespeare & Company will host four Weekend Intensives across the country this fall, designed for professional actors and theater students who seek an introduction to Shakespeare & Company’s training methods, as well as alumni who wish to refresh and reconnect with the work.
Intensives are planned in New York, N.Y. (September 29 – October 1); Atlanta, Ga., hosted by Atlanta Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse (October 13 – 15); at the Shakespeare & Company campus in Lenox, Mass. (October 20 – 22), and San Francisco, Calif. (November 3 – 5).
The Weekend Intensive integrates voice, movement, and monologue work. Participants explore ways to unlock the emotional and intellectual content inherent in Shakespeare’s language, yielding a direct relationship between actor and text. Rigorous attention is paid to identifying and offering skills specific to the needs of the participants throughout the course of the weekend.
Sessions include voice, movement, and monologue exercises aimed at furthering the actor’s connection with Shakespeare’s text through both individual and group work.
Tuition is $385; actors who have completed the Month-long Intensive, Summer Shakespeare Intensive (formerly the Summer Training Institute), or Conservatory programs are eligible for 15% discounts, and members of acting unions and of the Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA) are eligible for 10% discounts on tuition for Weekend Intensives.
For more information or to apply, visit shakespeare.org.
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. To bring a Weekend Intensive to your city, theater company, or university, contact us.
