ShakesPlay: Comedy!

Join in on a fun and fearless adventure focusing on Shakespeare's comedies! Get on your feet and learn how to make classical text accessible and hilarious for modern audiences! 

Learn how to connect Shakespeare's world to our own, find common themes and archetypes in his comedic plays, and start to unlock the language to make it easier for actors and audiences to understand. Classes will include group activities, games, monologue, and scene work.

A perfect class to help beginning/intermediate actors gain the confidence, understanding, and knowledge that all Shakespeare actors desire! Join others in the same boat as you in a supportive, accepting, and lively atmosphere!

ASC faculty member Sarafina Vecchio developed "ShakesPlay!" after receiving a postgraduate award in Teaching Shakespeare from The University of Warwick in Coventry, England, which developed the program with The Royal Shakespeare Company. She has been teaching "ShakesPlay" using her active methods since 2012 and has been a guest artist at many Chicago area high schools and colleges, as well as a private coach. She was also invited as a guest artist to the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, to help their acting company unlock ways to teach Shakespeare to schools in their area. Most recently, she adapted and directed Invictus Theatre's Fall 2024 production of "The Tragedy of Macbeth", which was nominated for 5 non-equity Jeff awards.

REQUIRED: Students need to have taken ShakesPlay! or completed Level 3 or its equivalent. 

4 Weeks