"Is there no play,
To ease the anguish
of a torturing hour?"
2024 SCENE STUDY CLASSES
Interested?
Contact info@visionbox.org for more information
and to set up an audition/interview.
Limit 16 actors per class.
Some financial aid/work study available upon request.
American & British Comedy
This event is supported by Denver Arts & Venues through the ARPA Cultural Partner Activation Program.
Pictured: The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
American & British Comedy | March 18th - April 18th
Performance
April 18th 6pm-9pm
Held at:
Champa Studio at the Arts Complex
1245 Champa St, Denver, CO 80204.
ALL CLASSES HELD AT: 7108 E Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO 80230
We will be looking at American and British Playwrights including Tom Stoppard, Martin McDonagh, Caryl Churchill, Neil Simon (The Odd Couple), Christopher Durang (Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike), Sarah Ruhl (Clean House, & The Melancholy Play), David Mamet, Tony Kushner, Bella and Samuel Spewack (Boy Meets Girl), Harold Pinter, and possibly some work on comedic Shakespearean scenes and monologues. This class will examine the Actors’ 5 Questions in the context of American and British comedies. While classes always focus on character transformation, and the playing of objectives and actions, like Shakespeare class, there will be some in depth examination of more technical skills and text analysis necessary to play comedy at a high level, i.e. comic timing, given circumstances, comedy of character, comic language, comic play structure, irony, and physical comedy.
All new actors must submit a headshot and resume to info@visionbox.org and will audition with Artistic Director Jennifer McCray Rincón and the Visionbox team.
Classes are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 6pm - 9pm.
ALL ACTORS: Monday 6pm-9pm
Group A: Tuesday 6pm-9pm
Group B: Wednesday 6pm-9pm
Contemporary Intermedia Performance: Solo Shakespeare Projects
Pictured: Eric Peterson in All the World.
Solo Shakespeare Projects | April 22nd - May 23rd
Performance
May 23rd 6pm-9pm
Held at:
Champa Studio at the Arts Complex
1245 Champa St, Denver, CO 80204.
ALL CLASSES HELD AT: 7108 E Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO 80230
Since our founding, Visionbox Ensemble members have developed Solo Shakespeare Projects that feature the exploration of one character from the Shakespeare canon created by the actors themselves. The only requirement for each piece is that at least 50% must be Shakespearean text. The other 50% can be original writing, material from other playwrights, video, dance, music, etc. Solo Shakespeare Projects were first developed in Colorado by Tony Church at the National Theatre Conservatory at the second year level in the program. Jennifer McCray Rincon helped direct and produce these pieces during her 18 year residency with the NTC. These creative projects have been a core performance element over the past 13 years of Visionbox’s productions. Nine to twelve pieces written and produced in the class will be selected for a performance in the Denver Fringe Festival, June 6th-9th, 2024, directed by Jennifer McCray Rincon, designed by Phillip Baldwin, and with original music by Gio Barabadze.
All new actors must submit a headshot and resume to info@visionbox.org and will audition with Artistic Director Jennifer McCray Rincón and the Visionbox team.
Classes are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 6pm - 9pm.
ALL ACTORS: Monday 6pm-9pm
Group A: Tuesday 6pm-9pm
Group B: Wednesday 6pm-9pm
This event is supported by Denver Arts & Venues through the ARPA Cultural Partner Activation Program.