The Advanced Shakespeare Workshop is specifically designed to challenge and enhance the skills and capacities of experienced performers, ages 12-18, who would like to hone their acting techniques and abilities. Enrollment in this program requires previous acting experience and a successful audition.


Participation in ASW is by audition only. To schedule your May 6th audition slot, please send an email indicating your availability that day.

This conservatory-style program will include intensive voice, movement, text, stage combat, mask, and monologue and scene work, and culminate in a showcase on the final Friday. Participants will also have the chance to present their work in other venues, such as the San Francisco Theatre Festival and Free Shakespeare in the Park.

The dates of the two-week session will be July 16-27,2012 at Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin Street.

EXTENDED version of ASW:
After the first two weeks, actors have the option to stay on for an additional two weeks and rehearse an hour-long version of a The Winter's Tale. This show will be fully staged, with costumes, props, and scenery provided by the Festival, and have an evening performance.. This month-long intensive will be available to any young actor accepted to the ASW. Please note that you must be a part of the initial two-week training course to be a part of the full production - you cannot attend for only the last two weeks. The dates of the four-week session will be July 16-Aug 10,2012 at Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin Street.

The Advanced Shakespeare Workshop offers:
• Intensive and pragmatic approaches that help develop your craft as an actor
• Focused one-on-one instruction
• Conservatory and college-level instructors
• Training in audition technique and preparation
• Final performances attended by the Festival's casting director


SUMMER 2012
Advanced Shakespeare Workshop

2-week session: July 16-27, 2012
4-week session: July 16-August 10, 2012
Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco

Audition and interview required for enrollment;
Call 415-865-4425 or email to schedule audition.

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