Lifelong Learning We believe in theater for every generation. The education department offers a wide array of performance classes for adults taught by our resident acting company and artistic staff. For those who are too shy to be on stage, we have a playwriting class and discussion series which illuminate the artistic process.
Registration for 2012-2013 is now open. To register, please contact Michael Williams by phone: (401) 521-1100 x220 or email: mwilliams@trinityrep.com. Download the 2012-2013 registration form here.>>
Trinity Rep does not accept cash deposits or payments for classes. We accept checks or money orders (payable to Trinity Repertory Company) or you can call (401) 521-1100 ext. 114 to arrange payment by credit card. Our box office and reception areas will no longer accept cash for the education department as part of this new policy. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. ADVANCED ACTING
Saturdays from 10AM-12:30PM
February 23rd to April 13th, $300
Take your craft to the next level with company member Fred Sullivan, Jr. in this advanced scene study class. Create a performance through basic minimal improvisation, monologue work and scene study, while delving further into script analysis and character development. Rehearsal time outside class is required. Permission from the instructor is required (please contact education@trinityrep.com for more details).
Taught by Company Member Fred Sullivan Jr. SHAKESPEARE
Saturdays from 10am-12:30pm
June 8th to July 27th, $300
This is a scene study class dedicated to exploring the works of William Shakespeare. Students will learn how to develop skills to inhabit and activate Shakespeare's gorgeous language and vital characters and to bring to life the raucous humor, deep tragedy, and profound humanity inherent in the writing. Rehearsal time outside class is required. Permission from the instructor is required (please contact education@trinityrep.com for more details).
Taught by Company Member Fred Sullivan, Jr.
BEYOND THE STAGE AT TRINITY REP
Winter/Spring Session:
Night of the Living Dead . . .Theater
Saturdays 10AM-12PM
March 2nd to April 20th, $150 ($125 for returning students)
In our spring session of Beyond the Stage, participants will examine the question, ?what is scary on stage and how does it become theatrically terrifying?? Focusing on the world premiere of Trinity Rep?s Social Creatures and The Gamm?s The Beauty Queen of Leenane, participants will explore pieces of theater, film and literature that shock our sensibilities and haunt our memories. Participants will select one design element (costume, lights, scenic, sound) to create a theatrically frightening effect to accompany their own tale of terror.
Led by teaching artist Linda Sutherland EXPLORING CHARACTER
Saturdays 10AM-12PM
March 30th to May 18th, $275
Character is one of those difficult-to-define things. We know a good one when we see one. Quite often, an actor?s genesis for the endowing a character with a specific kind of life and energy comes from pure instinct- that thing in your gut that?s difficult to articulate, but makes you walk directly over to your scene partner and sit right next to her on the couch, rather than in the easy chair off to the side. That said, pieces of a character aren?t plucked out of the air: they?re taken directly from the script. A character?s (and for that matter, an actor?s) function is always to illuminate the story in the deepest way possible. But when an actor can hook into a character and herself and the story all at the same time? that?s where the real fun is. Let?s play.
Taught by company member Angela Brazil These Lifelong Learning Classes have passed, but may be offered in future sessions at Trinity Rep: INTRO TO ACTING
Explore the techniques and vocabulary essential to understanding the craft of creating a performance through scene study. This class is open to those who already have caught the theater-bug, as well as beginners who are curious about performing- or those who are simply interested in discussing acting through more informed eyes. Learn by doing. Rehearsal outside of class time is required.
Taught by Associate Artistic Director Tyler Dobrowsky COMEDY
This scene-study based class will study the mechanics of how comedy actually works. It?s all in the timing, and company member Angela Brazil will help students delve into this fascinating and fun genre. Using text analysis, playing the truth, investing in comedy?s high stakes, and committing to the physical life of a scene, students will work on one or two scenes that will have the audience rolling the aisles.
Taught by company member Angela Brazil Audition Techniques
Whether you?re looking to get back into acting, planning to audition for graduate school or a theater, we can help you hone the techniques necessary to audition successfully. This class will explore different types of acting auditions, with a special emphasis on the two-monologue theatrical audition. Students will work on auditioning with both monologues and short scenes, and will learn helpful techniques on how best to present themselves, as well as common pitfalls to avoid. The class will culminate in a mock audition in which each student presents two monologues and receives feedback from Trinity Rep artists.
Taught by company member Joe Wilson Jr. BEYOND THE STAGE AT TRINITY REP
How do we pass on knowledge from one generation to the next? What are the challenges and triumphs of an educator/student relationship? What happens when the roles reverse? In conversation with Trinity Rep?s production of The How and the Why and The Gamm?s production of Red, the fall session of Beyond the Stage will explore the evolving nature of relationships inherent in every mentor/protégée dynamic (including the mentorship relationships within the regional theater paradigm). Participants will pair-up to create and present scene work based on a ?generation gap conflict.?
Led by teaching artist Linda Sutherland
|
