Unlocking Shakespeare Acting Workshop

Register now and Unlock the Power of Shakespeare with this dynamic Acting Shakespeare weekend intensive workshop led by the Award-winning Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Festival, Guy Roberts in Chicago July 25-27.

Unlocking Shakespeare

www.unlockingshakespeare.com

Weekend Intensive Acting Shakespeare Workshop
Led by Guy Roberts, this is the perfect introduction to acting Shakespeare's texts for the beginner and the perfect exploration and tune-up for the advanced actor. Shakespeare's characters express themselves by thought, choosing language moment to moment. This weekend intensive workshop explores the link between the structure of the language and the thought the structure expresses. Once the actor fully understands and commands the tools of Shakespeare's language the possibilities are limitless. The aim is to empower actors to make Shakespeare's language roll "trippingly" from their tongues. Participants will workshop a selected Shakespeare speech or scene and the weekend concludes with a Mock Audition experience and individualized instructor feedback on the "audition".

Friday 7pm - 10pm  

Introduction to Hearing Shakespeare vs. Seeing Shakespeare, Shakespearean theatrical and stage traditions to the present time. Examination of Shakespearean verse structure, how the structure of the verse frees the actor providing dynamic and exciting playing options, and the value of consulting Folio texts. Introduction to effective vocal, physical & textual preparation and rehearsal techniques that the actor can apply to any production or rehearsal session. Monologues and/or scene work is selected for ongoing work.

Saturday 10am - 6pm          

Ongoing, hands-on work on: Why Language is Character, Shakespearean Rhetoric and the Art of Persuasion, Speech/Thought Structure, Sound and Meaning in Shakespeare, Vowels and Consonants in Shakespeare, Imagery and Antithesis, Order in the Elizabethan World and Prose in Shakespeare. Individual coaching of selected monologues and scenes. One hour private rehearsal/lunch break (participant must provide own meal) at 1:30pm.

Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Ongoing, hands-on work on: Speaking with Power and Truth and Connecting the Breath to the Voice and the Voice to the Thought. Continued individual coaching of selected monologues and scenes. Workshop ends with Mock Audition followed by individual feedback and coaching.

Space is limited so make reservations early.

About Guy Roberts
Guy Roberts, founder and Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Festival (Czech Republic), the Mermaid Theatre Company (US), and former Artistic Director of the Austin Shakespeare Festival, has been honored with forty-two (42) B. Iden Payne and Austin Critic's Table Award nominations for Theatre Excellence as producer, director & actor-winning multiple awards for Best Drama, Best Comedy, Best Director and Best Actor. His Award-winning Shakespeare productions include: Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, As You Like It, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, Richard III, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew and The Winter's Tale. As an actor, Mr. Roberts has been seen in professional Shakespeare productions as Iago, Macbeth, Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III, Jacques, Mercutio, Puck, Caliban, Demetrius and Romeo. As a fight director his work has been seen throughout America on the Broadway tour of big! the Musical and in numerous operas, ballets and stage plays. In addition to teaching numerous workshops and classes for professional theatre artists and students across the country, Guy also travels extensively conducting Shakespeare and Leadership workshops for Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc., training corporate executives and managers in the art of leadership using essential Shakespearean lessons as a model for dealing with modern-day corporate challenges. He is a member of Actors' Equity Association, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the Society of American Fight Directors and the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America.

Workshop Dates & Locations:

Chicago: July 25-27, 2008

Red Tape Theatre at St. Peter's Episcopal Church
621 W. Belmont
Chicago, Il 60657

Cost: US: $200, $150 AEA/AFTRA/SAG/SSDC/STAA members & Students

Partial scholarships available to select participants. To apply applicants must submit via email a complete registration form, a headshot or photo, resume and personal statement (if also applying for a partial scholarship).

All balances must be paid prior to the first day of the workshop.

For more info and to register for Unlocking Shakespeare visit:

http://www.unlockingshakespeare.com