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WORKSHOP DIGEST FOR THE WEEK JULY 15
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1. SOULPEPPER SUMMER TRAINING WORKSHOPS - TORONTO
2. EQUITY SHOWCASE WORKSHOPS - TORONTO
3. BOUFFON WORKSHOP - OTTAWA

1. SOULPEPPER SUMMER TRAINING WORKSHOPS - TORONTO
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Director\'s Laboratory with Joseph Ziegler
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Joseph Ziegler will lead an investigation of theatrical space, time and
story offering participants the possibility of experiencing many of the
practical aspects of directing two-handed scenes through a hands-on
approach. Emerging directors will explore Pinter's Betrayal. 

Dates:  Monday, August 29; Tuesday, August 30; Thursday, September 1;
Friday, September 2
Time:   noon - 5:00pm    
Location:    Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse Performance Studio - 79 A
St. George St.
Fee:            Non-Equity $500, Equity $400
Application Deadline: Monday, August 15 2005 @ 5pm
Application Process: Please send resume, cover letter and any relevant
information (i.e. excerpts from: collaborative work, directing
portfolio, press materials) plus a $75 non-refundable application fee
to:

Soulpepper Director\'s Laboratory - Summer 2005
Soulpepper Theatre Company
P.O. Box 199, 260 Adelaide St. East
Toronto, ON M5A 1N1  OR  Fax: 416.203.1531

OR  Deliver your application to Soulpepper's Office (open Mon-Fri.
9:30am - 5:30pm) 
227 Front Street East, suite 400 - closest intersection Front Street
East and Sherbourne. 

Questions?? Please contact Merika Ramundo, Education Manager at (416)
203-6264 x31 or e-mail merika at soulpepper.ca
All participants will receive a pass to Soulpepper's summer mainstage
season.
 
Essential Shakespeare: One - Week Shakespeare Intensive For Actors 
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with Founding Members Nancy Palk and Joseph Ziegler

A)	Explore the power of Shakespeare's language through monologue
scenework, movement and voice. 
B)	Discover practical solutions to specific problems. 
C)	Understand Shakespeare's verse and speak it with clarity and
passion. 

Soulpepper Founding Members Nancy Palk and Joseph Ziegler will work with
a maximum of 12 to 14 actors on scenes from Shakespeare's plays. These
intensives will also include voice and movement classes with Soulpepper
resident coaches.

When: Monday, August 22 to Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 9:00am to 5:00pm 
Where: Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse Performance Studio - 79A St.
George St. 
Deadline for applications: Monday, August 8, 2005 @ 5pm 
Cost per session: Fee: $500/session, Equity Rate: $400/session 
Please note: There is a $75 non-refundable application fee. 

Application Process: 
Please send resume, cover letter, headshot and $75 non-refundable
application fee to: 

Essential Shakespeare - Summer 05 Training
Soulpepper Theatre Company 
P.O. Box 199
260 Adelaide St. East 
Toronto, ON M5A 1N1 

OR Fax: 416.203.1351 

OR Deliver your application to Soulpepper's Office (open Mon-Fri. 9:30am
- 5:30pm) 
227 Front Street East, suite 400 - closest intersection Front Street
East and Sherbourne. 

Questions?? Please contact Merika Ramundo, Education Manager at (416)
203-6264 x31 or e-mail merika at soulpepper.ca
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2. EQUITY SHOWCASE WORKSHOPS - TORONTO
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# 1556 Summer Four Week Conservatory with Kevin McCormick
Mon - Fri 10 am- 5 pm 
Aug 8- Sept 2 
CAEA $1280 Non-CAEA $1600 
Deadline for application: Thurs, July 21 

2005 marks the 12th season for this exciting training project headed by
Kevin McCormick and assisted by a highly experienced faculty. This
four-week conservatory provides a unique, well structured training
ground for actors. Areas of training include: voice, speech, text,
movement, script analysis, scene study, improvisation, organics of
acting, audition technique, on-camera technique, an introduction to
clown and stage fighting, characterization, and the actor and the
business. 

# 1567 Staged Violence for Women with Kara Wooten
Sat & Sun 10 am- 6 pm 
July 30- 31 
CAEA $200 Non-CAEA $250 
EXTENDED Deadline for application: Thurs, July 21

The field of dramatic combat, once dominated by scenes of male violence,
is opening up its ranks! In the past, female actors have primarily been
limited to playing victims in staged violence. We are now seeing an
increase in productions that offer women a chance to fight back and even
assume the role of the fighting hero. This two-day course covers unarmed
techniques and basic swordplay for both theatrical and film settings.
The workshop format allows actors to explore playing the victim and the
hero in staged confrontations. Actors are taught safe and effective
techniques that can be utilized in scenes involving violence. 

# 1564 American Classic Scene Study with Rod Ceballos
Tues & Thurs 7 - 10 pm 
July 26- Aug 18 
8 classes 
CAEA $320 Non-CAEA $400 
EXTENDED Deadline for application: Tues, July 19 

This class will focus on the exploration and investigation of a variety
of American dramatists. Areas to be explored include: discovering the
playwright's intentions; "Character" choices vs. "Actor" choices;
understanding and appreciating the emotional power of the scene; finding
the physical, emotional, and verbal freedom to embody the character and
SIMPLICITY (essential for acting in theatre, film or television).
American playwrights that may be used in this class include: Tennessee
Williams, Arthur Miller, Lillian Hellman, Clifford Odets, and William
Inge. Participants will be assigned scene partners on the first day.
Rehearsal outside class time is essential. 

Please see www.equityshowcase.ca for more information or call Daphne at
416-533-6100 ext. 21.
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3. BOUFFON WORKSHOP - OTTAWA
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This September, Adam Lazarus is offering Ottawa an intensive exploration
of the Bouffon clown.

This workshop is for both professional and beginning artists interested
in using performance to poke fun at social norms, or to simply overcome
performance inhibitions. 

Working in the tradition of French Bouffon/Clown Master Philippe
Gaulier, the workshop begins with the study of Jeu - a French
performance style that encourages a sense of play. Through Jeu, you will
rediscover your mental and physical agility, sensitivity, stillness and
complicity in a group. By building your skills in improvisation,
instinct, song, dance, and most of all, audience awareness, your own
method of satire will emerge. The class will then progress into building
Bouffon characters and turns, with daily work on building spatial and
bodily awareness.

WORKSHOP DETAILS
Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th, 2005 - 12pm-5pm
Tuesday, September 20th to Friday September 23rd, 2005 - 6:30pm-10:30pm
$375 ($300 for CAEA/CADA/ACTRA/previous students) Location TBA

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Adam Lazarus is a performer, director and instructor whose work has
taken him to France, England and across Canada. As Artistic Director and
founder of the Toronto based collective company Schmigeggy, he has
produced, directed and performed in ten of Schmigeggy's popular original
works. He is a graduate of McMaster University's Theatre Program, Leeds
University's Theatre Program in England and L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier in
Paris, France. Adam is a regular facilitator of drama workshops for
professional and non-professional artists, and an instructor in the
Toronto School Board and the University of Toronto.
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