Shakespeare Monologue Workshop
Work on audition monologues and hear advice on how to prepare for the SDSS Open Readings! We can accommodate 16-20 actors (so space is limited!), and we ask that each audition monologue is 2 minutes or less. We are also happy to offer up AUDIENCE seating—hear the same lessons and see the results for yourself! Your Instructor Ray Chambers is currently the Head of Acting for the MFA program at the Old Globe Theatre/University of San Diego. Since first training with the Old Globe in the mid-eighties, Mr. Chambers has worked as a classical actor and director with numerous regional theatres across the country. For nearly two decades as an Associate Artist with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Ray has worked as actor, director, writer, and instructor and served as Director of the Master of Fine Arts/Professional Actor Training Program at ASF from 2001-2009. Regional acting credits include title roles in Hamlet, The Count of Monte Cristo, Richard III, Coriolanus, King John, Henry V, Tartuffe; and leading roles in Julius Caesar, The Winter's Tale, The Rivals, Henry IV, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Great Expectations, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Saint Joan among many others. Credits at the Old Globe include Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, The School for Scandal, Coriolanus, Love’s Labours Lost, Hamlet and Macbeth. He has taught Acting and Classical Text in master classes and workshops for universities and theatres around the country and has served as a national board member of the University/Resident Theatre Association.