A Summer Solstice Workshop devoted to the dramatic universe of Anton Chekhov, focusing on scenes drawn from the Russian Master's four major works: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. Members of the workshop will be introduced to a series of techniques drawn from such theatrical practitioners as Stanislavsky, Michael Chekhov, and Maria Knebel to help understand and unlock the secret performative grammar of Chekhov’s plays. The work will culminate with an open rehearsal for an invited audience.
The workshop will be held at Dansverkstæðið June 16 - 22, ending with a public presentation at Tjarnarbíó. Workshop hours are from 10:00 - 15:00. The workshop will be conducted in English and is for theatre artists, actors, performers and directors. Age minimum 20 years.
Registration:
https://www.reykjavikensemble.com/workshops-1
Brian Kulick, the Chair of Theatre Program at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Mr. Kulick was also the former Artistic Director of The Classic Stage Company in New York City where he initiated the critically acclaimed Chekhov Cycle, providing audiences with a rare opportunity to view these works in the sequence in which they were originally performed and prompting the following critical praise:
“Few New York institutions can claim as triumphant a run of revivals by the same author as Classic Stage Company can with Anton Chekhov. It’s rare to see a venue dedicate itself so fruitfully to one of the long-gone greats.”
Time Out New York.
“It’s been a long time since New York has seen a classical revival
comparable in quality or immediacy.”
The Wall Street Journal.
“Wondrously rich and textured! Some of the best American Chekhov in years!”
New York Times.
Brian Kulick is a director, writer, producer, educator, and current Chair of the Graduate Theatre Program at Columbia University. He has been the Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company where he directed Galileo with F. Murray Abraham, The Tempest with Mandy Patinkin, and The Forest with Dianne Weist. He commissioned and co-directed poet Anne Carson's award-winning An Oresteia, collaborated with composer Duncan Sheik on productions of Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, Man’s A Man, and Mother Courage, and produced CSC's much lauded Chekhov Cycle (Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard) with Alan Cumming, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Joley Richardson, Peter Sarsgaard, John Turturro and Dianne Weist. He initiated CSC’S Music Theatre Initiative and produced revivals of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion and Pacific Overtures. He also made CSC the home for playwright David Ives whose Venus in Fur transferred to Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award for best play.
He is the author of Staging Shakespeare (Methuen), How Greek Theatre Works, The Elements of Theatrical Expression, and The Secret Life of Theatre (all for Routledge). His most recent book, Staging the End of the World; Theatre in a Time of Climate Crisis, has just been released by Methuen.
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