Seminar: What Makes Austin Theatre Unique?, September 6, 2013

With a tip of the hat to Ia Ensterä:

What makes Austin theatre unique?
An Austin Theatre Symposium

The Brockett Center at the University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance, American Theatre Archive Project, and the ZACH Theatre invite you to join us on

Friday, September 6th from 7-9 p.m.
at ZACH’s Kleberg stage (1510 Toomey Road, Austin, TX 78704)

The symposium will focus on the characteristics, history, and future of theatre in Austin. The discussion will include remarks from Robert Faires of the Austin Chronicle and a roundtable with members of the Austin theatre community, including the Rude Mechanicals, ZACH theatre, and Rupert Reyes from Teatro Vivo. Renowned theatre historian, Dr. Charlotte Canning of the University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance will moderate the conversation. The symposium will launch a weekend-long effort to begin the process of archiving Austin theatre materials under the guidance of the American Theatre Archive Project.

The event is free and open to the public.

For questions about this event, please contact Russ Dembin at the UT Department of Theatre and Dance: rdembin@utexas.edu.

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

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 (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.