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Join a select group of university students with a common passion: the works of William Shakespeare. Immerse yourself in the study of the Bard with a professional faculty and leading members of the British Theatre. Washington University and Globe Education are assembling an extraordinary class of talented students from universities all over the United States and the world to work closely together for four weeks in a Shakespeare intensive unlike any other. |
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Henry Schvey and students on the Globe stage |
The program offers world class training in performing Shakespeare, and the enrollment is limited to 20. Students study acting, voice, and movement with members of the Globe Theatre and other distinguished professionals and scholars. Uniquely, the program extends the notion of performance training to a careful study of text and history. Playing Shakespeare well requires literary savvy in addition to performance skills. This program will offer an exciting and dynamic mix of both. Application Deadline: February 1, 2008 Download the Globe Application |
| A Glimpse of the Program | ||
| Studying with leading members of the British Theatre and professional faculty from the Globe and Washington University is only a part of this amazing experience. Download this 2-minute video for a glimpse into the Globe, Stratford-upon-Avon and London. London and the Globe video Courtesy David Weiss |
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Letter from the Chair Letter from the Chair The program culminates in a final performance on the Globe Stage. |
Shakespeare's Globe
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The Merchant of Venice
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Hamlet on the Globe stage
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Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon |
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| Mike Alfreds (Directing) was Master of Play for Cymbeline from the 2001 Globe Theatre Season. He trained at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, founded Shared Experience Theatre, and ran it until 1987. He was an associate director of the Cambridge Theatre Company, which became Method & Madness. He has worked in the United States, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Norway, and China. | Jane Lapotaire (Acting) is an honorary associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). She was formerly a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company and has worked regularly with the RSC since 1974. She won the Society of West End Theatre Award and a Tony Award for her role as Edith Piaf in Piaf. Ms. Lapotaire is a distinguished visiting artist-in-residence in Washington University's Performing Arts Department. | |
| Glynn MacDonald (Movement, Globe Education) has trained in the Alexander Technique at the Constructive Teaching Centre in 1972. She has worked in the Actors’ Centre and the Field Day Theatre Company in Ireland, Dramaten in Stockholm, Norskspillersforbund in Norway, Holback Engstheatre in Denmark, Bremen Opera Company in Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Japan, Australia and the USA. Since 1997 she has been resident Movement expert at Shakespeare’s Globe on all theatre productions. In 2002 she directed Transforming September 11th at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House for Peace Direct. She works for Globe Education giving movement workshops for schools, undergraduates and Continuing Professional Development for teachers. She heads the Movement Department for the Conservatory Training Programme for Rutgers University at the Globe and has made a documentary on the work called “In Form and Moving.” She has also written three books, and is a Director of Bardo Productions. | Stewart Pearce (Voice, Globe Education) has carried out the voice work for Shakespeare’s Globe from 1999-2005. Stewart has also coached the Theatre’s International Artistic Fellowship and assisted the inauguration of the Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare's Globe in 2002. Stewart works with Globe Education to provide sessions for the general public, undergraduate and graduate programmes, and continuing professional development for teachers. In addition, Stewart coaches other international theatre companies such as the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and is currently Head of Voice at the Drama Centre London, having formerly held the same position at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1981 to 1998. Stewart works extensively throughout the corporate industries as a Master of Presentation coaching projects such as the LONDON 2012 Olympic Bid. His seminal text The Alchemy of Voice was published in 2005. | |
| Annamaria Pileggi (Acting) is a senior lecturer at Washington University teaching acting and movement for the actor. Pileggi holds an MFA in acting from Brandeis University and has taught at both Lehigh and St. Lawrence Universities. At Washington University, in addition to her teaching, Pileggi serves as a resident director and movement specialist. | Henry Schvey (Text, Dramaturgy, & Directing) is professor of drama and comparative literature and chair of the Performing Arts Department at Washington University. In 1989, he began a summer theatre program in London for the University, which developed into the current one at Shakespeare's Globe. Schvey also serves on The Shakespeare's Globe Centre USA Advisory Committee. Among the Shakespeare plays he has directed are: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Othello, and most recently, Twelfth Night. | |
| Patrick Spottiswoode (Director, Globe Education) joined Shakespeare’s Globe in 1984 and became founding Director of Globe Education in 1989. Globe Education now engages 25 full-time staff, over 60 freelance practitioners and welcomes around 90,000 people a year of all ages and nationalities for workshops, talks and courses at the Globe. The Globe is an open house and Globe Education seeks to make Shakespeare and the Globe accessible to all irrespective of age or ability. | Andrea Urice (Directing) is a senior lecturer at Washington University where she teaches directing, acting, and creativity courses. She holds an MFA in directing from the University of Virginia. Urice has worked at many professional theatres including: Milwaukee's Theatre X, Steppenwolf, The Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and Actor's Theatre of Louisville. | |
| Andrew Wade (Voice) is the Head of Voice at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He oversees voice work for the RSC's three Stratford theatres, two London Theatres, and annual Newcastle season, and the company's extensive touring program. | William Whitaker (Acting & Directing) is a senior lecturer in the Performing Arts Department at Washington University where he teaches acting and directing. Whitaker has performed and directed a wide range of Shakespeare's plays, including: All's Well that Ends Well, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. | |