Sean Hagerty

Through close study of the plays, monologues, warm-ups and weekly scene-work, we reveal the tools and present the keys to unlocking Shakespeare. We show how these tried and true techniques, rather than feeling foreign or impeding to a modern-trained actor, are actually complementary to modern technique and liberating to any actor who employs them. These are practical tools that make Shakespeare's words spontaneous, and the actor who employs them, rather than feeling intimidated, will find find themselves expressing Shakespeare's language with passion, power, clarity and honesty.

A thorough introduction immerses students in the demands of Shakespeare’s text and to the particulars and challenges of classical technique. Attention is paid to active engagement with breath, vocal technique, the demands of verse, prose, rhetoric, style and the marriage of classical form with imaginative, honest acting.

- 3 hours a week; 8 weeks. Class size is limited to 10 people. $385.

Students continue their exploration of Shakespeare with in-depth scene and textual study, period manners and movement, script analysis, Shakespeare's textual clues , Elizabethan/Jacobean Original practices, and more. As students progress they are encouraged to apply the techniques learned to other classical playwrights and periods such as Shakespeare’s contemporaries, Restoration Comedy, Shaw, Wilde, Melodrama and more. Beginner's Shakespeare required or by audition.

- 3 hours a week; 8 weeks. Class size is limited to 10 people. $385.

This Shakespeare 'boot camp' gives the student a well-rounded grounding in classical training. Classes consist of Shakespeare, Voice & Speech, Clowning, and Stage Combat, taught by industry professionals, with occasional guest artist Master Classes in Shakespeare's cross-gender work, Original Pronunciation, Original Practices, etc.

- 6 hours a day for six consecutive Saturdays. Class size is limited to 10 people. $675.

Monologue and audition work. 

- $75/hr.