Masterclass: Getting to Know Cymbeline

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center

This class is currently sold out. If there are cancellations, we will re-release them for sale.

Moderated by Dakin Matthews

12:00-4:00pm (Both Days)

This Academy class is open to everyone—from theater enthusiasts and newcomers to seasoned actors looking to deepen their understanding of Cymbeline.

$150 for two 4-hour sessions

Getting to Know Cymbeline
A two day workshop with Dakin Matthews

As we prepare to launch our 2025/26 season, and as you anticipate our first production, we invite you to explore one of Shakespeare’s most unpredictable and genre-defying plays, Cymbeline. Antaeus Co-Founder and Shakespeare scholar Dakin Matthews will lead you through an exploration of this rarely produced work. You’ll read scenes aloud, discuss how actors and directors approach its shifting tones and complex characters, and gain insight into where the play sits within Shakespeare’s canon. You’ll also have the chance to share your own impressions and ask questions of Dakin and your fellow participants.

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Dakin Matthews
(Co-Founder, first Artistic Director): The Wood Demon, Mysteries and Mayhem, Of Mice and Men, The Man Who Had All The Luck, Mercadet, The Liar, The Proof of the Promise, Swansong, King Lear. Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Iceman Cometh, Waitress: The Musical,The Audience, Rocky, The Best Man, A Man for All Seasons, Henry IV. Off-Broadway: Measure for Measure, All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare in the Park); The Winter’s Tale, The Cherry Orchard (Bridge Project); The School for Scandal, The Hostage (Acting Company). Regional: over 200 productions for (among others) Center Theatre Group, Old Globe, South Coast Rep, California Actors Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Dallas Theatre Center, and various Shakespeare Festivals. Film: over 25 films, including Lincoln, True Grit, Zero Charisma. TV: over 250 episodes, recurring on Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, King of Queens. Also an Emeritus Professor of English, former Juilliard Instructor, Shakespeare scholar, and award-winning playwright, translator, and dramaturge.
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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
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
110 East Broadway
Glendale, California 91205