I’m looking to take on acting students who are interested in learning or polishing their Shakespearean verse and rhetoric skills. I am happy to assist you with specific audition monologues, help you choose audition monologues from the Shakespeare cannon, or simply work with you to make the language and verse practices more accessible. Using tools from John Barton’s verse studies, I can show you how Shakespeare’s verse and language work for—never against—the actor.
I have been performing in and working with professional Shakespeare companies for 25 years and currently am a full time company member and Managing Director for the Ohio Shakespeare Festival in Akron, Ohio. I have a passion for Shakespearean language as studied by the actor (not the scholar), and my teaching style is direct and actionable. Please learn a little more about me here: http://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/resident-staff/
$25/hour if you can meet me in downtown Akron at the Ohio Shakespeare Festival theatre. $35/hour if you need me to drive to you (possibly more if you are quite far away). If you are interested in purchasing more than one lesson, I would also happily discuss a package deal.
Please email me at tess@ohioshakespeare.com or call my work number at 330-374-7574 with questions or to schedule.