The Working Actor's Journey

Nathan Agin
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In The Working Actor's Journey, hear from amazing teachers, role models, and mentors about their lifelong careers. Learn from those who have been acting professionally for decades—to see exactly how they approach the work, what decisions and resources have made the biggest impacts on their artistic lives, and to hear their struggles and successes in the business. How do great actors work? What do they actually do? Let’s find out. These conversations are a virtual toolbox for actors, full of techniques, advice, and lessons learned.

  1. Week 1 - The Merry Wives of Windsor - 2 scenes - The Rehearsal Room

    HACE 19 H

    Week 1 - The Merry Wives of Windsor - 2 scenes - The Rehearsal Room

    🏁 In our first week, highlights include: Detailed analysis and debate of character motivations and intentions Several linguistic nuances and potential stage directions were clarified Discussion of whether certain actions were scripted or improvised ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast    🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR: J. Paul Nicholas DRAMATURG: Gideon Rappaport FALSTAFF: Todd Scofield MRS. PAGE: Michele Schultz MRS. FORD: Corinna Christman More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/work... ----- 😮 THE SCENE Our group will be working on two scenes where the wives plan revenge on Falstaff! Act 3, Scene 3 (Falstaff's first visit to Mrs. Ford), ending before Mr. Ford arrives Act 4, Scene 2 (Falstaff's second visit to Mrs. Ford), again ending before Mr. Ford arrives Scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library here and here. -----  📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012  #workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    1 h y 58 min
  2. Final Session - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    10 SEPT

    Final Session - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    🏁 In our fourth and final session, highlights include: conveying the characters' emotions effectively bringing out the depth and complexity of the characters finding the humanity in the text Q&A with the creative team Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023. ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast  🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel Dilliplane More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023  ----- 😮 THE SCENE Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life. Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2  ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012  #workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    1 h y 55 min
  3. Week 3 - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    3 SEPT

    Week 3 - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    🏁 In our third week, highlights include: Looking at the Provost, his role as a guide and mediator, and his interactions with Angelo Comparing the Provost and Lucio, highlighting how they are foils for each other The actors question whether the Provost and Lucio could be played by women Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023. ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast  🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel Dilliplane More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023  ----- 😮 THE SCENE Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life. Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2  ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012  #workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    1 h y 56 min
  4. Week 2 - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    27 AGO

    Week 2 - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    🏁 In our second week, highlights include: Themes of power, authority, temptation, and morality The idea that those in authority often act oppressively Isabella's use of bribery and prayer to persuade Angelo, and Angelo's internal struggle and attraction to Isabella Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023. ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast  🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel Dilliplane More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023  ----- 😮 THE SCENE Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life. Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2  ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012  #workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    1 h y 55 min
  5. Week 1 - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    20 AGO

    Week 1 - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room

    Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023 🏁 In our first week, some highlights include the participants: speaking about their locations, past experiences in theater, and the current state of the industry sharing their excitement about working on scenes from the play and discussed the purpose of the project, which is to provide learning opportunities for young professionals exploring the character of Angelo and his complicated past, as well as the role of the Provost in revealing Angelo's true nature analyzing Isabella's entrance and her high status as she pleads with Angelo. discussing an upcoming monologue by Angelo and the importance of exploring different approaches to the material ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! And click that BELL notification to never miss an update! 🔔 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast  🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM Measure for Measure Team: DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel Dilliplane More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023  ----- 😮 THE SCENE Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 – Angelo’s first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brother’s life. Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2  ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012  #workingactor #rehearsal #measureformeasure #shakespeare #shakespeare #textwork --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    1 h y 55 min
  6. Final Session - Acting the Role: Beatrice - The Rehearsal Room

    6 AGO

    Final Session - Acting the Role: Beatrice - The Rehearsal Room

    🏁 In our final session, the group: discussed the idea of a bookish, nerdy Beatrice and how age can influence the portrayal of the role. refined the dynamics of key scenes, considering Beatrice's quick wit and the layers of meaning in her dialogue with Benedick. evaluated Beatrice as the fool of the house and contemplated her growth from defensive barb-thrower to a woman discovering love. delved into how the rehearsal context and current events can shape a performance. Plus, what about a web series of Beatrice as a childless cat lady in 2024?! Who's in? 🙋‍♀️😹 ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast 🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! You can also WATCH the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube  ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud -DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan -And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee Clair More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice ----- 😮 THE SCENES Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing": -First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143 -Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152 -Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350 Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1 ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: -Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe -Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK -William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012 #workingactor #rehearsal #beatrice #muchado #shakespeare --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    1 h y 28 min
  7. Week 3 - Acting the Role: Beatrice - The Rehearsal Room

    30 JUL

    Week 3 - Acting the Role: Beatrice - The Rehearsal Room

    🏁 This week, the group discussed Beatrice's emotional state, and the play's thematic elements like gender roles, public perception, and the use of wit. They also explored the historical and cultural context of the play, and theorized about its inspiration. ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast 🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! You can also WATCH the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube  ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud -DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan -And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee Clair More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice ----- 😮 THE SCENES Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing": -First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143 -Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152 -Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350 Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1 ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: -Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe -Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK -William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012 #workingactor #rehearsal #beatrice #muchado #shakespeare --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    2 h y 6 min
  8. Week 2 - Acting the Role: Beatrice - The Rehearsal Room

    23 JUL

    Week 2 - Acting the Role: Beatrice - The Rehearsal Room

    🏁 This week, the group watched a few different versions of the opening scene and discussed the various takes on performances by Catherine Tate and David Tennant (Wyndham's), Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh (Branagh's film), Danielle Brooks and Grantham Coleman (Public Theatre), and Dame Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens (Zeffirelli's film). They discussed the significance of food references and the implications of being "too cursed." They explored the Elizabethan context, character dynamics, and the rhythm and meaning of the text, with an emphasis on understanding Beatrice's perspective, her humor, repartee with Benedick, and her stance on marriage and men. ----- 🛑 Subscribe to get notified of our next rehearsal session! 🤗 Support The Rehearsal Room on Patreon - get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast 🙏 Thank you to our current patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Joan, Michele, Christion, Jim, Magdalen, Ivar, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! You can also watch the full sessions on YouTube: https://workingactorsjourney.com/youtube  ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - DIRECTOR: Erika Rolfsrud -DRAMATURG: Cathleen Sheehan -And the PLAYERS: Juls Hoover, Anu Bhatt, and Shannon Lee Clair More about this group: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/july-2024-acting-the-role-beatrice ----- 😮 THE SCENES Our group will be working on various sections from Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing": -First scene group: Act I, Scene I, lines 30-92 and Act I, Scene I, lines 111-143 -Second scene group: Act II, Scene I, lines 1-81 and Act II, Scene I, lines 123-152 -Third scene group: Act IV, Scene I, lines 269-350 Much Ado scenes from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/2/1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/4/1 ----- 📚 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare: -Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe -Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK -William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012 #workingactor #rehearsal #beatrice #muchado #shakespeare --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn’t when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.

    2 h y 6 min
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In The Working Actor's Journey, hear from amazing teachers, role models, and mentors about their lifelong careers. Learn from those who have been acting professionally for decades—to see exactly how they approach the work, what decisions and resources have made the biggest impacts on their artistic lives, and to hear their struggles and successes in the business. How do great actors work? What do they actually do? Let’s find out. These conversations are a virtual toolbox for actors, full of techniques, advice, and lessons learned.

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    Nathan Agin
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    2017 - 2024
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