Media Contact: Beth Dell, Managing Director
(520) 622-4460
Beowulf Alley Theatre Company
11 South 6th Avenue · Tucson, AZ 85701
Administration 622-4460 · Reservations 882-0555
For Immediate Release
(Tucson, AZ, March 9, 2009) Beowulf Alley Theatre Company’s ActingLab@the Alley presents the next stage in an ongoing series of educational Symposia: Unlocking Shakespeare as a Second Language© on Sunday, March 22, 2009, 4:00p-8:00p at the Theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue. A four hour workshop based on the techniques of the Royal Shakespeare’s Voice and Speech Coach, Cicely Berry, author of The Actor and the Text, conducted by Philip G. Bennett, Dean of Adult Education.
Philip G. Bennett has been training actors for repertory companies and advanced programs in England since 1969. He is a founding member of American Stanislavski Theatre where he trained and served as Assistant Artistic Director to Sonia Moore of the Moscow Art Theatre. He has also trained with noted British Director, Peter Brook of the Royal Shakespeare, Voice Coach Carol Gill, (RSC), Director Dan Milne, (RSC) and Actor/Coach Robbie Ross, (RSC). He is founder of the San Francisco Theatre Academy and the Bennett TheatreLab, a three-time recipient of the Hollywood Dramalogue Award, and recognized by the National Acting Competition Awards as one of the top ten coaches in the United States.
Unlocking Shakespeare… gets you “up-on-your-feet” immediately. The workshop will begin with extensive breathing exercises, vocal warm-ups and speech drills followed by enjoyable group physical exercises that address each of Shakespeare’s poetic devices.
You will learn how to create:
§ A dynamic vocal instrument
§ Tools you can use right away
§ Confidence in speaking Shakespeare’s language with ease and understanding.
“Before long you will be speaking Shakespeare’s poetry as if it were a Second Language.” ©
$40 online at www.beowulfalley.org or by phone at (520) 622-4460. Questions? E-mail Phil at philipbennett@yahoo.com.
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Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is committed to enriching the community and enhancing appreciation of the arts through the production of innovative, invigorating theatre and theatrical education with the highest standards for acting and production. Equal and fair treatment will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status and/or marital status. Founded based on dialogues with local theatre artists who wanted a permanent home to practice their craft, its intimate 95-seat theatre provides a facility that meets professional standards where performing artists, educators and technicians can present their skills. Because Beowulf Alley engages a talent and volunteer pool that calls Tucson “home” for its productions, the Theatre is committed to helping grow a new generation of Tucson talent with its educational programs for young people. And true to its roots, the Theatre maintains ongoing dialogues with the community, including Dialogues with theatergoers after the first Sunday matinee performance of each of its main stage plays, at Readers’ Theatre nights, and other presentations, providing an opportunity for theatergoers to discuss the plays with the director and artists. Writers who cover the Tucson arts scene say the Theatre provides its audiences with “the best total package”—plays, performances and productions that are high in artistic and technical quality. Beowulf Alley has received critical acclaim, including two Mac Awards and seven MAC nominations. The company has presented over 200 performances to Tucson audiences since 2002 and has served hundreds of theatre artists. The theater also provides performance and rehearsal space for other Tucson theater companies. For more information, log on to www.beowulfalley.org. We thank the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Tucson Pima Arts Council, the Janet S. Brunel Residuary Trust, and our business sponsors for their support.
