THE STANISLAVSKY WORKSHOP AT
tHE NEW aMERICAN tHEATRE
Description:
In this professional, advanced workshop, actors will work on monologues and scenes using the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky. Under the guidance of Jack Stehlin (New American Theatre Artistic Director, actor/director), actors can move forward with the confidence they need to work on the largest stages of the world or on any TV, film or new media set. Our goal is to help actors find the ability to feel free and authentic as they serve the story based on the text. All actors invited into the workshop will have the opportunity to become members of The New American Theatre.
What to expect:
What to prepare:
Workshop Fee:
The total fee for new workshop members is $475 for the 8 sessions. This includes the one-time $45 company membership fee.
How to Join:
COVID safety protocol:
In this professional, advanced workshop, actors will work on monologues and scenes using the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky. Under the guidance of Jack Stehlin (New American Theatre Artistic Director, actor/director), actors can move forward with the confidence they need to work on the largest stages of the world or on any TV, film or new media set. Our goal is to help actors find the ability to feel free and authentic as they serve the story based on the text. All actors invited into the workshop will have the opportunity to become members of The New American Theatre.
What to expect:
- Participation in a community of vibrant, working, professional actors in theatre, TV, and film.
- The benefit of a shared dialogue between motivated and experienced actors who strive for fulfilling and long-lasting acting careers.
- An in-depth exploration of Stanislavsky, using monologues and scenes.
- Fall 2023 Workshop will primarily use the works of Chekov and Ibsen.
- Please note, this class requires significant outside work: students are required to rehearse outside of the workshop. Workshop members can rehearse in-person or on an app such as Facetime, Zoom, etc.
What to prepare:
- Bring a prepared, approximately two-minutes (or less) monologue to the first day of the workshop. The monologue can be any style (modern/classic/dramatic/comedic). Shakespeare monologues are always welcome. Please be sure to bring a monologue that has dramatic action.
- Actors will be assigned a two-person scene prior to the first workshop. For inspiration, you can find great ideas from Shakespeare, or from this list of Pulitzer Prize winning plays.
- Textbooks for reference:
- The Stanislavsky System by Sonia Moore (required reading)
- An Actor's an Work by Konstantin Stanislavski (Constantin Stanislavsky) translated by Jean Benedetti (recommended reading). This book is extremely useful for reference
Workshop Fee:
The total fee for new workshop members is $475 for the 8 sessions. This includes the one-time $45 company membership fee.
How to Join:
- Participation is by invitation/audition.
- Please email your headshot/resume and proof of COVID vaccination to Jeannine@NewAmericanTheatre.com
- If asked to audition, you will be asked to submit a short self-taped monologue (under two minutes).
- Monologue tips: Please don't worry about finding a new monologue that no one has ever seen. Find great writing and cast yourself in it!
- Monologue tips: Please don't worry about finding a new monologue that no one has ever seen. Find great writing and cast yourself in it!
COVID safety protocol:
- We ask that if participants test positive for COVID, that they skip workshop until they are clear (test negative).
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About Jack Stehlin
Jack Stehlin has directed over 80 plays for The New American Theatre. Fresh out of The Juilliard School, he founded the company (as Circus Theatricals) in 1983. Also an actor, his Los Angeles stage roles include New American Theatre productions of Tempest Redux (co-production with Odyssey Theatre), 63 Trillion, More Lies About Jerzy, Julius Caesar, Harm’s Way (LA/Off Broadway), Titus Redux (Not Man Apart co-production at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RadarLA,) and Odyssey/New American Theatre co-productions of Creditors (LA Weekly Award nomination-Best Actor),Taming of the Shrew, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Richard III, Tartuffe, and True West. On television, he is perhaps best known on television as DEA captain Roy Till on the Showtime series Weeds (SAG award nomination). New York/Regional stage credits include Salome (with Al Pacino), numerous productions at New York’s Public Theatre including Richard II (with Steven Berkoff), Henry V (with Kevin Kline), Casanova (with Ethan Hawke), Henry IV, (with Mandy Patinkin), and Julius Caesar (with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen). His many guest-starring roles on countless TV fan favorites include the recent Assassination of Gianni Versace, NCIS Los Angeles, Without a Trace, Monk, The Practice, Crossing Jordan, ER, NYPD Blue, and Fox’s Hieroglyph. Jack can currently be seen on the big screen in Wilde Salome with Al Pacino. For more about Jack, click here |
