Showing posts with label King Lear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Lear. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Shakespeare Master Class with Rodney Cottier, Austin Shakespeare, October 6


Austin Shakespeare TX








FREE Shakespeare's First Folio Master Class with Rodney Cottier of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art


Saturday, October 6, 3 - 6 p.m.
Waller Creek School, located at 4100 Red River (41st St. and Red River).
Click to sign up via eventbright (limited to 40 participants - 26 available as of 10:30 p.m., September 27)

Rodney Cottier
Rodney Cottier (via Seattle Shakespeare)
Austin Shakespeare is pleased to sponsor Rodney Cottier, Head of the Drama School at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, for a once in-a-lifetime FREE Master Class on Shakespeare’s First Folio. This practical, interactive workshop covers the history of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre; explores questions of Elizabethan staging in contemporary performance; delves into Shakespeare’s First Folio; and uses these discussions to approach Shakespeare’s text by working select scenes from the complete plays, with special attention to the opening of King Lear. No special preparation is required, but if they can, participants should please bring copies of Shakespeare’s complete works, any edition.
Interactive, stimulating, and a great deal of fun, this class runs 3 hours and is geared to all levels of experience, with something in it for everyone – from those just starting out, to old pros. As space is limited to 40 participants, please do not register for this event if there is a chance you won’t be able to attend.
About Rodney Cottier: Rodney has thirty-one years experience as a stage director and teacher of stage combat, acting and text at LAMDA, were he has directed twenty-five plays from Shakespeare’s canon. He has also taught in the US as a guest lecturer at the University of Connecticut and Citrus College, Los Angeles, as well as conducting an annual workshop tour of top North American universities (to date he has visited twenty-seven states), focusing on Shakespeare’s First Folio. As a fight director, Rodney has worked at Shakespeare’s Globe as Master-of-Fight, choreographing several productions including Mark Rylance’s Hamlet, as well as at the Royal Opera House, English and Welsh National Opera, the National Theatre Studio and many regional theatres.
Location:Saturday, October 6, 2012, Noon - 3 pm at Waller Creek School, located at 4100 Red River (41st St. and Red River). Enter from 41st St. through iron gates and proceed over small bridge. The Auditorium is the first building on the right.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Upcoming: King Lear by Shakespeare, Classic Theatre, San Antonio, May 11 - 27


Classic Theatre, San Antonio, Texas



presents

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

directed by Tony Ciaravino

May 11-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.

Sterling Houston Theatre, 108 Blue Star Complex, 1400 S. Alamo, San Antonio (click for map)

Shakespeare's timeless classic about a once powerful king losing control of his Kingdom and mind in a heartbreaking tale of deceit, treachery and the destructive nature of of greed.


for tickets click here

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child!" -Lear

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Auditions in San Antonio: Six Degrees of Separation and King Lear, Classic Theatre, October 16 and 17


Found at the website of

Classic Theatre San Anton ioAUDITIONS FOR

6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION by John Guare and

KING LEAR by William Shakespeare


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 - 6-9 PM and MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 - 7-10 PM

By appointment only. Appointments are at 10 min intervals.

Call 210-589-8450 for appointments. Auditions are at the Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex, 1400 S. Alamo, San Antonio, TX 78204 (click for map)

"6 DEGREES" WILL MEET IN DECEMBER, REHEARSE IN JANUARY, AND PLAY FEB 10-26, 2012. Anna Gangai is cast as Ouisa and Justin Keown as Paul. All other roles are open. Diane Malone directs. "KING LEAR" WILL REHEARSE IN MARCH-APRIL, AND PLAY MAY 11-27, 2012. Allan Ross is cast as Lear; other roles are open. Tony Ciaravino directs.

Auditioners are requested to prepare a 1 minute monologue from a modern play if auditioning for 6 Degrees; a 1 minute monologue from a Shakespearean play if auditioning for King Lear. If auditioning for both, two monologues are required.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Upcoming: Lear Workshop Showcase, Austin Shakespeare, November 23

Found on-line:

King Lear First FolioAustin Shakespeare logo





Showcase: King Lear Workshop

directed by Ann Ciccolella


Austin Shakespeare presents a FREE Showcase of King Lear highlights at 8 pm Tues., Nov. 23 at Salvage Vanguard, 2803 Manor Rd.


Featuring Michael Costello, Justin Scalise, David Boss, Cyrus Cassells, Steve Cruz, Jennifer Davis, Lindsley Howard, Chelsea DuVall, Simon Day, Bridget Farias, Senait Fessahaye, Ciara Flynn, Stacey Glazer, Hanna Haide, Robert Stevens, Ashely McNerney, Lindsey McKenna, and Jason Phelps.


Meet Lear, and his fool, his daughters: Regan, Goneril, and Cordelia, the heroic Edgar, the devious Edmund, and experience the transformation of Gloucester!


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Auditions: Lear with Jennifer Underwood, Vortex Repertory, appointments for November 8

Received directly:


Lear based on Rick Bartlow poster via johnnystallings.comVORTEX Repertory Company announces

Auditions for


LEAR


By William Shakespeare

Starring Jennifer Underwood as Lear

Featuring Jennifer Coy as Regan and Andrea Smith as Goneril

Directed by Rudy Ramirez

When: Monday, November 8, 2010, 6pm-10pm by appointment

For an audition appointment email vortex@vortexrep.org or call Bonnie Cullum at 512-478-LAVA (5282)

Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722

Seeking actors to fill the following roles:

Women: Cordelia

Men: Albany, Cornwall, Oswald, Edmund, Gloucester

Women or Men: Edgar, The Fool, Kent, ensemble

Ethnic diversity encouraged and desired. Performers will be compensated. Performances in May, June 2011.

Audition Preparation: Please prepare a Shakespearean (or other Renaissance) monologue. You may also be asked to do cold readings of monologues from King Lear.

Please bring a resume and headshot/photograph.


“Oh, how this mother swells up towards my heart!” –King Lear, Act 2, Scene 4

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Austin Shakespeare Classes Based on King Lear, October 11 - November 22

Found on-line:

Austin Shakespeare

Shakespeare Acting Studio, October 11 - November 22

Austin Shakespeare is currently accepting actors into the professional Shakespeare Acting Studio. The Fall semester will focus on scenes from King Lear, including cross gender casting. Focusing on interpretive tools, voice and diction, and intense physicalization, we believe that sharpening your skills in expressing Shakespeare's work, you will be a stronger actor in any endeavor.

The Shakespeare Acting Studio will run from 7 pm-9:30 pm Mondays Oct. 11- Nov. 22 in 8 sessions. $35 per session or $200 for all 8 sessions. The studio will include a final showcase performance for professional agents, directors and supporters.

To apply, contact: swan@austinshakespeare.org.