Shakespeare Characterization: An Eclectic Approach with Tony Amendola
Do you sometimes find yourself stuck in rehearsal or in performance, making the same choices you feel safe with, and not knowing where to take the work next? This innovative class will focus on exploring a new monologue or scene, and/or fleshing out something you have been working on for a while. In addition to text work, we will use a series of exercises to heighten your actor’s imagination and strengthen your flexibility and skill in approaching Shakespearean characters, in rehearsal and performance. This course will teach you how to access more from yourself, and challenge you to move forward and beyond what you thought was possible in your work.
March 24, March 31, April 7, April 14
At ANTAEUS: (Founding Member) Hedda Gabler (Stage Raw Award), As You Like It (Ovation Award nomination), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Ovation Award nomination), The Curse of Oedipus and others. Theater: Most recently as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (La Mirada Playhouse), Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theater, South Coast Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Matrix Theatre, La Mirada, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep and the California, Oregon, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals (Fallstaff Nomination 2015, title role in King Lear at USF). Tony was an associate artist, actor, and director at Berkeley Rep from 1980-1990. Directing Credits: Savages, Filumena, The Night of the Iguana (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice (California Shakespeare Theater), All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film: Blow, Mask of Zorro, Annabelle, Meddler, John Sayles’ Lonestar, and soon to be released La Llorona. TV: I’m Dying Up Here, Dexter (recurring), Shooter (Recurring), NCIS, The Mentalist, Stargate SG1 (Bra-Tac), Continuum (Kagame series regular), Once Upon a Time (recurring as Gepetto), Castlevania. VO & Mo-Cap: Walden Pond, World of Warcraft, Fallout, Black Ops.
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*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
