Acting Shakespeare I
In-Person Classical Acting Course
Course Description
"In addition to being the kind of artistic director actors hope to work with, Alex is an incredibly skilled and knowledgeable teacher." - Jennifer Fouché (Broadway: Chicago, POTUS, Chicken & Biscuits) Why learn how to act Shakespeare? Because these same techniques that work for Shakespeare work for Wilson, Kushner, Nottage, Majok, and Guirgis. Taught by SoHo Shakes' founding artistic director and American Academy of Dramatic Arts faculty member Alex Pepperman, Acting Shakespeare I offers you the opportunity to master classical Verse and explore a new technique. At SoHo Shakes, we treat the text with radical specificity and imbue characters with your own depth of experience to bring the words to life. • Learn the necessary foundations of Iambic Pentameter and Scansion • Acquire the skills to wield Operative Language for clarity of communication • Learn how to research and investigate classical texts • Practice the tenets of the Action-Based Imaging Technique • Collaborate with exceptional peers and professional actors This course runs for 5 weeks, 10:30am - 1:30pm each Thursday at the SoHo Shakespeare Company Studio in Chelsea, NYC Enrollment: • Open enrollment • This course is intended for actors with some previous training • Please come prepared for the first day with a monologue from a Shakespeare play in verse, 1-2 minutes in length. Contact us for suggestions. Payment plan available. Email training@sohoshakes.org to find out more. "I push my students to help them unearth their best work and master the foundations of acting Shakespeare's plays." - Alex Pepperman
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