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Greta Zandstra, Beth Pierce, and Chaz Pofahl in the 2007 production of As You Like It
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This year our Shakespeare Festival will benefit from training and instruction from two of the country's outstanding Shakespeare professionals. We want to share the wealth with our supporters, so we invite you to a free seminar moderated by Daniela Varon, an accomplished Shakespeare director and instructor. (More about Daniela below.) Daniela will talk about our upcoming shows, Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing. She will also discuss how directors approach Shakespeare in the modern age, and how actors can unlock the text to bring it fully alive for today's audience. The seminar will include scenes with actors from both shows. These scenes will be 'workshopped' by Daniela to demonstrate various ways to approach the text. There will also be interactive exercises with volunteers from the audience. This is a great opportunity to meet an outstanding Shakespeare practitioner and get a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we do what we do. And did we mention it's free? Friday, April 25th
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Duke Power Theatre at Spirit Square
345 N. College St., Charlotte, NC
No reservations are required. Seating is limited, and the seminar is first-come, first-served, so come early to make sure you get a seat! About The Moderator Daniela Varon is a New York-based theater director and acting teacher, and a longtime member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. Her work has been seen in New York and around the country.
Her work ranges from large-scale productions of Shakespeare both indoors and outdoors to intimate one-person shows. She was co-founder and Associate Director of The Company of Women, and is a Drama League Fellow, a New York Theater Workshop Usual Suspect, and an alumna of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab.
With author Rhona Silverbush, Daniela is co-producer, director and moderator of the series Conversations with Shakespeare, now in its third season at Symphony Space in New York and in development for public radio. Daniela has taught and guest-directed at colleges, conservatories, and actor training programs around the country. She is a teaching artist/Shakespeare specialist at Lincoln Center Theater, and a founding member of the Linklater Center for Voice and Speech.
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