ACADEMY 2026: Scene Study: Resilience, Ferocity, and Liberation
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
Moderated by Emily Chase
Mondays, 6:00pm-9:00pm
$525 for eight 3-hour sessions
This Academy Class is designed for professional actors at every stage of their career, from those just starting out to seasoned performers looking to refine their craft.
Scene Study: Resilience, Ferocity, and Liberation
In great plays from around the world, playwrights have given us wisdom, catharsis, and tenacity through their brilliant characters who have faced – and even overcome – history’s tempests. In this class, actors will explore scenes and monologues in works by such playwrights as Lynn Nottage, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Bertolt Brecht, Paula Vogel, August Wilson, Tony Kushner, Sophocles, Lorraine Hansberry, GB Shaw, among others.
Students are to bring a prepared, memorized monologue to the first class.
April 20, April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, June 1, June 8, June 15
Please note: There will be no class May 25.
*Please note, students under 18 require permission from the moderator to take this academy class. If you’re in this category, please reach out to us at academy@antaeus.org.
About Emily Chase
At Antaeus, Emily directed Eight Nights, which garnered 2 Ovation Awards (Best Actress, Best Playwright), and 9 nominations (including Best Production and Best Director). She also directed Love and Information and Dakin Matthews’ Divorce Court Hell at Antaeus, as well as numerous workshops and readings. As an actress at Antaeus, Emily appeared in Patience, Trial By Jury, The Liar, Peace In Our Time, As You Like It, and Tonight at 8:30. Emily has acted, directed, and/or taught at South Coast Repertory, The Pasadena Playhouse, A Noise Within, The Road Theatre, USC, UCLA, UC Riverside, and AMDA. She earned an MFA in Theater Arts from UCLA, and was the Director of the Antaeus Playwrights Lab.
