2024 Summer Shakespeare Intensive - Train and Perform in Prague, Genova and Venice
Schedule
Mon Jun 17 2024 at 01:00 pm
Location
Prague Shakespeare Company | Prague, PR
Travel, adventure, and Shakespeare in Prague, Venice and Genova - 7 weeks of life-changing transformational theatre in the Czech Republic and Italy from Prague Shakespeare Company!Prague Shakespeare Company is delighted to announce our 2024 Summer Shakespeare Intensives, taking place in Prague, Czech Republic from 17 June - 27 July, 2024 and featuring an exciting new touring option to Genoa and Venice, Italy from from 29 July - 5 August, 2024.
Open to actors, directors, designers, stage managers, dramaturges and all serious minded theatre artists, SSI 2024 gives you the opportunity to join the master teachers and continental Europe’s premiere English-language classical theatre, Prague Shakespeare Company, for 4-6 weeks of transformational classical theater training and mentorship. All the while you will be immersing yourself in some of the most picturesque and culturally rich cities in old Europe. Participants complete their summer “Shakesperience” with a professional Prague Shakespeare Company production credit(s) added to their resume.
Students enrolled in the 6-Week session will appear in/work on TWO productions during the training period. Students enrolled in the 4-Week sessions will appear in/work on ONE production during the training session. All SSI productions are featured as part of Prague Shakespeare Company’s 2024 Season and allow participants to work alongside professional PSC artists and Intensive faculty, performing in the heart of Prague.
Tour to Italy with SSI Productions - New Touring Option
Students may also join the 2024 SSI Touring Company and perform in and travel to Italy at the end of the Prague Intensive experience. Participants in the Italian tour will visit and perform in Genova (Genoa) at Lunaria Teatro. Then the Italian adventure finishes with 3 days in Venice where students will study and perform Commedia dell'arte at Teatro a l'Avogaria's Giovanni Poli School. This unique Italian experience gives participants the valuable addition of adding a touring element to their training - giving direct, first-hand knowledge on the ins and outs of international touring. Please note the Italy tour option is only available to 6-Week and 4-Week Session 2 participants. The two productions selected for the 2024 SSI Italy Touring Company are The Tempest and Hamlet.
2024 SSI PRODUCTION SEASON (6-Week Participants work on both sets of productions):
2024 Summer Shakespeare Intensive productions will be performed at different venues in the heart of Prague - including Divadlo Bez Zabradli, Divadlo Na Prádle, The Czech National Estates Theater and Prague Castle.
2024 Summer 6-Week and 4-Week Session 1:
Titus Andronicus directed by Kevin Hopkins and Claire Nicholls
Troilus and Cressida directed by Brendon Fox
Romeo and Juliet directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Twelfth Night directed by Dani Bedau
Arden of Faversham directed by Matthew Davies
TBA directed by Carolyn and Jim Johnson
Additional Titles & Directors Announced early 2024
2024 Summer 6-Week and 4-Week Session 2 :
Hamlet directed by Guy Roberts (also Italy tour)*
The Tempest directed by Kiara Pipino with Linda Gates (also Italy tour)*
Measure for Measure directed by Alasdair Hunter
TBA directed by Jennifer King
TBA directed by Christine Schmidle
Additional Titles & Directors Announced early 2024
** It is possible that other titles will be added to the Italian tour depending on demand
Intensive students also have the option to attend professional Czech productions at various Czech theatres such as the Summer Shakespeare Festival at Prague Castle, Divadlo Bez Zabradli, Divadlo Na Zabradli, Svandovo Divadlo and the National Theatre of the Czech Republic.
THE SSI 2024 INSTRUCTORS - Professional Master Teachers from around the World, including among others*:
(*additional WORLD-CLASS instructors announced in spring 2024)
•Leraldo Anzaldua, Fight Director, Actor, & Motion Capture Specialist – Certified Teacher Society of American Fight Directors
•Irwin Appel, Chair Theatre Department & BFA Actor Training, UC Santa Barbara; Actor, Director, Composer/Sound Designer, graduate of The Juilliard School
•Eva Bellefueille, Resident Costume Designer – Prague Shakespeare Company
•Nancy Bishop, CSA, Emmy award winning Casting Director – Borat 2, Mission Impossible and over 100 major feature film and TV projects
•Nari Blair-Mangat, Actor – West End, National Theatre, Prague Shakespeare Company and multiple theatre and film projects with Sir Kenneth Branagh
•Katherine Steele Brokaw, Co-Founder – Shakespeare in Yosemite, Professor – University of California, Merced
•Debra Ann Byrd, Actor, Director, Artistic Director – Harlem Shakespeare Festival
•Thomas Chaanhing, Actor – Netflix’s Marco Polo and Amazon Prime’s White Dragon among numerous other theatre, film & TV
•Laura Cole, Actor & Education Director – Atlanta Shakespeare Company/Shakespeare Tavern
•Swati Das, Actor & Writer – Bollywood, Prague Shakespeare Company
•Matthew Radford Davies, Actor & Director – American Shakespeare Center, Associate Director – Actors from the London Stage
•Suzanne Dean, Actor, Director, Co-Artistic Director – Shakespeare by the Sea/Little Fish Theatre, Creator – Globetrotting Shakespeare, Producer – Rebelfilm Productions
•Lue Douthit, Executive Director & Dramaturg – Play On! Shakespeare, 25 years Oregon Shakespeare Festival Director or Literary Development & Dramaturgy
•Markéta Fantová, Artistic Director – Prague Quadrennial; Scenic and Lighting Designer
•Brendon Fox, Director – Old Globe, Cleveland Playhouse, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Houston Shakespeare Festival
•Linda Gates, Head of Voice, Northwestern University (July & Combined session only)
•Gregory Gudgeon, Actor & Director – Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe, West End
•Kevin Hopkins, Director, Actor & Educator – Australian Shakespeare Company
•David Huynh, Actor – Off-Broadway, Kennedy Center, Alley Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mixed Blood Theatre, producing artistic leader of The Sống Collective
•Scott Jackson, Executive Director – Shakespeare at Notre Dame
Přemysl Janda, Lighting Designer – Czech Republic National Theatre
•Carolyn Johnson, Actor, Director, Voice Production, Dialect and Accent Expert – AccentHelp
•Jim Johnson, Dialect & Accent expert – AccentHelp and professor University of Houston
•Samantha Kaufman, Intimacy, Fight, Movement Director, Circus Specialist & Actor – Certified Intimacy Director – Intimacy Directors International
•Jennifer King, Actor, Director – Artistic Director – Shakespeare Napa Valley
•Jeff Mills, Director, Actor, Professor & Movement Specialist – DePaul University, Denver Center Theater Company, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
•Andrea Miltnerová, Baroque Dance Specialist, Czech Republic National Theatre
•Kathryn Moncrief, Dramaturge, Voice Coach, and Head of Arts – Worcester Polytechnic Institue
•Josh Morrison, Director, Actor, Associate Artistic Director – Stages Repertory Company
•Taylor Napier, Actor – Prague Shakespeare Company Associate Artist and Amazon’s Wheel of Time
•Claire Nicholls, Actor, Director, Educator – Australian Shakespeare Company
•Petr Nůsek, Master Fight Director, ARGO
•Sharon Ott, Director & Artistic Director – Seattle Rep, Berkeley Rep, NY Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla, South Coast Rep, Huntington Theatre & many others
•Ray Paolino, Director, Actor, Professor – University of Georgia MFA training program
•Kiara Pipino, Artistic Director – Valle Christi International Theatre Festival – Italy
•Paul Prescott, Associate Director – Global Shakespeare; Author & professor, University of Warwick
•Debs Ramser, Production Stage Manager – Houston Shakespeare Festival, Alley Theatre, TUTS, Prague Shakespeare Company
•Guy Roberts, Artistic Director – Prague Shakespeare Company
•Gwendolyn Schwinke, Resident Vocal Coach – PlayMakers Repertory Company, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher
•Ron Severdia, Award-winning actor and Shakespeare coach, creator of PlayShakespeare.com and the popular Shakespeare Pro and Scriptigo apps
•Dawn Stern, Actor, Teaching Artist, Member of the Off-Broadway Theatre Collective The Coop, and COO of the non-profit DE-CRUIT
•Rupesh Tillu, Master Clown & Clowns Without Borders
•Christina Traister, Actor, Certified Teacher & Fight Director – Society of American Fight Directors, ACT Alabama, San Francisco, Michigan, Santa Cruz Shakespeare,
•Dmitry Troyanovsky, Director & Chair Brandeis University – Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Asolo Rep, Moscow Arts Center, Actor’s Shakespeare Project
•Rosie Ward, Actor & Voice Specialist – Royal Central School, Houston Shakespeare, Utah Shakespeare, Prague Shakespeare
•Bree Welch, Actor, Director – Alley Theatre, Old Globe, Prague Shakespeare Company Associate Artist
•Lisa Wolpe, Director, Actor & LGBTQ Activist – Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Globe, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival and many others
SSI participants CUSTOMIZE their training by selecting special ELECTIVES based on their own personal areas of interest. In addition to core classes for all participants in Acting Shakespeare, Voice and Movement, SSI students customize their training and maximize time with particular instructors by selecting ELECTIVES based on their own personal areas of interest. Once we have received your payment in full you may select up to four (4) electives for the 4-Week Intensive and six (6) electives for the 6-Week Intensive. Electives are filled on a first-come/first-served basis and SSI participants sign up for electives based on the date of full payment for the Intensive (the participants who pay earliest get the first priority in selecting electives of their choice). Weekly Master Classes in a variety of subjects are also offered to all students. Planned 2024 SSI core classes, electives and Master Classes include (among others TBA):
• Advanced and Introductory Acting Shakespeare – ongoing core class
• Advanced and Introductory Voice – ongoing core class
• Advanced and Introductory Movement – ongoing core class
• Mask
• Clown
• Stage Combat – including rapier, broadsword, archery, historic firearms and more
• Intimacy Direction and Best Practices
• Film & TV Casting
• First Folio Shakespeare
• Commedia
• Shakespeare & Gender Neutral, Gender Conscious and non-Binary artists
• Shakespeare for English as a second language speakers
• Original Practices
• Meisner technique for Classical Acting
• Michael Chekhov technique for Classical Acting
• Ivana Chubbuck technique for Classical Acting
• Mindfullness and Yoga for Artists
• Viewpoints for Classical Acting
• Devising New Work
• Shakespeare & Film
• Directing Shakespeare
• Fight Direction for Shakespeare
• Shakespeare Audition Workshop
• Self Tapes and Virtual Auditions
• Agents, Marketing and Social Media for Theatre Artists
• Shakespeare’s Rhetoric
• Dialects for screen: High Valyrian and Dothraki from Game of Thrones
• Dramaturgy for Shakespeare
• Scenic Design for Shakespeare
• Light Design for Shakespeare
• Costume Design for Shakespeare
• Stage Management
• Pop-Up Shakespeare – public performance!
Classes are Monday through Friday from 10am-5pm with Fridays reserved for one-on-one tutorials and Master Classes. Master Classes with leading members of U.S., U.K. and European stages are held every week. Rehearsals for the PSC 2024 Season productions are Monday through Friday from 6:30pm-10pm and Saturdays from 10am-6pm. Sundays are free to enjoy Prague and the Czech Republic!
• BUILD your understanding and mastery of playing Shakespeare’s great poetry on stage, through performance of some of the greatest Shakespearean characters and scenes
• DEEPEN your range, strength and personal connection to your voice through the detailed voice, text and speech work
• STUDY with Czech fight masters and stunt experts – working hand to hand and armed combat
• EXPAND your physical acting vocabulary through explorations of Puppetry, Mask, Clown and other European Physical Theatre traditions
• STRENGTHEN your resume with a professional Prague Shakespeare Company 2024 Season credit
• ENJOY theater, opera, dance and music events throughout the city (tickets provided at optional charge)
• VISIT the great historical Prague sights including Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge, Alchemy Museum, and the Astronomical Clock of old town square
• TOUR to Italy and experience life on the road with unforgettable experiences of training and performing in Genova and Venice
• GAIN valuable professional advice from one-on-one PSC actor-mentors
• PLAY in one of the most dynamic night-life cultures in the world
TRAVEL - Arrival & Departure Info
6-Week Intensive - 17 June - 27 July, 2024:
Move in - anytime after 12pm on 15 June through 6pm on 17 June
Move out - anytime before 3pm on 28 July
4-Week Intensive #1 - 17 June - 13 July, 2024:
Move in - anytime after 12pm on 15 June through 6pm on 17 June
Move out - anytime before 3pm on 14 July
4-Week Intensive #2 - 1 - 27 July, 2024:
Move in - anytime between 10am - 6pm on 30 June
Move out - anytime before 3pm on 28 July
Italian Tour Option - 29 July - 5 August, 2024:
Travel to Italy from Prague as a group on 29 July - all bookings arranged by PSC as part of the Italian Tour fee
Travel from Italy anytime on 5 August to your final destination - participants must arrange all travel from Italy on their own. When booking travel, participants taking advantage of the Italian Tour Option should plan on arriving in Prague, Czech Republic for the beginning of the Intensive and departing from Venice, Italy at the end of the Intensive.
Payment:
Space is limited and available on a first-registered/first-served basis. Registration is not complete and students may not sign up for electives until all fees are paid in full. Non-refundable 50% Deposit Due on Acceptance to secure your spot in the Intensive. Total Balance due for the 2024 Summer Intensives must be received in full by May 1, 2024. As has been our policy since establishing the Intensive many years ago, no refunds will be granted regardless of circumstances or participants inability to participate. Students are responsible for travel to/from Prague and other meals. Students will be met at the airport, and assisted in local travel if they arrive and depart on official SSI arrival/departure dates.
20% DISCOUNT OFF Total when you PAY IN FULL by 22 December, 2023
TUITION
• 6-Week Session - Tuition: $4,950 / 113850CZK
• 4-Week Session #1 & #2 - Tuition: $3,450 / 79350CZK
• Italian Tour Tuition: Add $1,950 / +44850CZK
ROOM & BOARD
Room & Board fees include Standard Board (lunch and dinner on all workshop days) and shared bedroom accommodation with a same sex / gender identifying roommate (separate beds). Participants may elect to upgrade their Room & Board package for additional fees.
• 6-Week Session - Standard Room & Board: $2,400 / 55200CZK
• 6-Week Session #1 & #2 - Standard Room & Board: $2,000 / 46000CZK
• Italian Tour Standard Room & Board: Add $1,000 / +23000CZK
ROOM & BOARD ADDITIONAL OPTIONS:
• Private Studio flat – 4-Week Sessions: Add $1,500 / +34500CZK
• Private Studio flat – 6-Week Session: Add $2,250 / +51750CZK
• Private flat on Italian Tour: Add $2,250 / +51750CZK
• Private Bedroom in flat share – 4-Week Sessions: Add $500 / +11500CZK
• Private Bedroom in flat share – 6-Week Session: Add $750 / +17250CZK
• Private Bedroom on Italian Tour: Add $1,000 / +23000CZK
OTHER OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES (no discounts on optional activities):
• Theatre Ticket Package: $270 / 6000CZK (6 performances from PSC, the National Theatre & other top Czech theatres)
• Two-Day Trip to Cesky Krumlov: $325 / 7200CZK (including transport, lodging, daily breakfast & dinner, & tour of Krumlov Castle and the world’s oldest operating Baroque theatre - theatre tour subject to availability)
This Shakespeare “boot camp” will leave all participants not only with a professional PSC Theatre credit on their resume, but also with the unforgettable experience of having lived in Europe’s best preserved medieval capital. We hope you will share this basic information about our 2024 Summer Shakespeare Intensives with your peers, students and colleagues:
http://www.pragueshakespeare.com/education.html
To give you a better idea about the impact our Shakespeare Intensive has on emerging and professional artists alike, please watch this short video testimonial from Patrice Francis (Shakespeare in Paradise - Bahamas):
HOW TO APPLY
Space is limited – REGISTER EARLY to SECURE YOUR SPOT. The Summer 2024 program will offer participants two tracks, one for emerging newcomers to theater studies and another for advanced students of acting, directing, stage design and management. Advanced students are typically already working professionally in theatre and members of professional theatre unions such as Actor's Equity, British Equity, SAG-AFTRA, etc. and/or also graduates of (or currently enrolled in) MFA theatre programs. Students may enroll directly in the Emerging Track. Admission to the Advanced Track is by audition or portfolio submission only.
Email the following materials to [email protected]
• Picture and Resume – All Applicants
• Note which Intensive session you are applying to and if you also wish to be included on the optional tour to Italy (6-Week and 4-Week Session #2 participants only for Italian tour) - All Applicants
• 150 word personal statement – All Applicants
• Actors & Directors: Audition in person or via video submission. One two-minute Shakespeare monologue required – Audition required for Advanced Track Only
• Designers: Portfolio and/or photos of designs – Portfolio required for Advanced Track Only
• Dramaturgs: Sample writing – Writing Sample required for Advanced Track Only
• Stage Managers: Resume and Statement – All Applicants
Accepted Students will be notified no later than one week after submission about decision.
Applications deadline May 1, 2024 To APPLY TODAY and MORE INFORMATION contact us at [email protected] and visit http://www.pragueshakespeare.com/education.html
Where is it happening?
Prague Shakespeare Company, Ovocný Trh 579/6, 110 00 Praha, Česko,Prague, Czech Republic