Centenary Stage Company presents
Master Class "Returning to the Source: The Merchant of Venice"
with Veterans of the Stage
Randall Duk Kim and Anne Occhiogrosso

Centenary Stage Company will present a master class, taught by veterans of the stage Randall Duk Kim and Anne Occhiogrosso, entitled Returning to the Source: The Merchant of Venice. The master class will run July 10 through July 26 and is limited to fifteen attendees. This will be a unique opportunity for actors to study Shakespeare by returning to the source material on which The Merchant of Venice is based and to explore the play word by word and scene by scene in the context of the time and place in which it was created. The techniques learned in this class can be applied to all of Shakespeare's works.

The Instructors - Randall Duk Kim and Anne Occhiogrosso
Returning to the Source: The Merchant of Venice will be led by Randall Duk Kim and Anne Occhiogrosso who, together with Charles Bright, founded the American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin in 1981. The pair worked together there for 35 years.

Randall Duk Kim

While at the American Players Theatre Kim played title roles in Hamlet, King Lear, Titus Andronicus, King John, Marlowe's Tamberlaine the Great, Chekhov's Ivanov and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex as well as Shylock, Prospero, Puck, Petruchio, Romeo, Friar Laurence, Brutus, Malvolio, Falstaff, Chubukov and Svetlovidov in Chekhov's The Proposal and Swan Song among others. Kim has been seen on Broadway in Flower Drum Song, Golden Child and The King and I, but perhaps is most recognized as The Keymaker in the film Matrix Reloaded and the voice of Oogway in the DreamWorks' animated film Kung Fu Panda. Kim will be returning to Centenary Stage Company during the 2012-2013 season for the Randall Duk Kim Great Authors Reading Series which will feature four free performances of the classics Tartuffe, An Enemy of the People and The Merchant of Venice as well as an afternoon of Chekhov's one act plays.

Anne Occhiogrosso

Anne Occhiogrosso has received national acclaim for her work with the American Players Theatre. Occhiogrosso is an accomplished director, dramaturge, acting coach and actor whose primary focus has been classical theatre with a special emphasis on the works of William Shakespeare. While at American Players Theatre, she directed numerous Shakespearean productions including Hamlet, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merchant of Venice as well as other classics including Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Chekhov's The Bear, The Wedding and Swan Song. Occhiogrosso studied with Morris Carnovsky and Phoebe Brand, original members of the renown Group Theater; she performed the role of Anna Petrovna in Chekhov's Ivanov which they directed. In addition to studying with Brand, Occhiogrosso taught several Shakespearean workshops with her until Ms. Brand's death in 2004. She has also taught acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting and the New York Shakespeare Festival and currently works with Classical Productions, Inc. where she coaches individuals in audition preparation, character development and script analysis for film, television and theater.

Text
Actors will be introduced to the First Folio; put together by two members of Shakespeare's company and an invaluable tool in enhancing Shakespearean performance.

Getting to know The Merchant of Venice
Actors will read and discuss the play. They will be introduced to the source material on which the play is based and the world in which the play takes place. Actors will increase their knowledge of the source material Shakespeare used in creating the plays, understand the significance of the time and setting and explore the stage history the play has enjoyed. The techniques learned in this class can be carried over to all Shakespearean works.

Performance
Under the direction of these two excellent teachers, students in Returning to the Source: The Merchant of Venice master class will have the opportunity to put what they have learned into practice by performing one monologue and one 2-3 character scene.

Class Time
July 10-26, 2012 - Tues. and Thurs., 2-5pm
Six three hour sessions

Tuition
$350.00 - Early registration if registered by June 25, 2012
$400.00 - After June 25, 2012

Class Size
Limited to fifteen people

Registration
Register by using our Secure Online Ticketing system ("The Merchant of Venice Workshop") or by contacting our Administrative Office at 908 979-0900.

Secure Online Tickets/Ordering

Education at Centenary Stage Company
From its acting and master's classes for adults and young adults to the Young Performer's Workshop, a performance-based, musical theatre program for children aged 8 to 18 that has been lauded by the Star-Ledger as "the most professional kids troupe around", CPAG is committed to providing quality performing arts education to the Skylands region. For more information about the program, which is offered year-round, or other programs at the Centenary Performing Arts Guild, see one of the following Web pages or contact our administrative offices at 908 979-0900 / Online Feedback Form.

Young Performers Workshop    (ages 8-18)
Tyro Theatre Program    (ages 6-8 and Tyro II ages 9-11)
Summer Dance Intensive       (ages 13 and up)
Summer Internship Program
Four year Theatre Degree Program offered by Centenary College
Adult Acting Classes
Acting Instructors  
Intro To Comedy - 8-week Comedy Workshop for the public

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