Robbie's Shakespeare Training
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Here's the idea:
I am Robbie.
I love acting Shakespeare.
I have been accepted to the month-long intensive training for actors at Shakespeare & Company in Lennox, MA for January 2017.
It's a big deal and I really. want. to. go.
I need $4,000 to do that.
Your donation will help me pursue my love for Shakespeare and bring my acting to the next level.
I appreciate any donation* you can give, large or small.
*I am bound to give you a shout-out on social media for donating. If you're too humble for that, best to make the donation anonymous.
*Sharing on facebook counts is also meaningful.
Keep scrolling to know more.
Robbie as Trinculo (center) in The Tempest
July 2016, Camden, ME
About the program:
One month, 14 hours/day, 6 days/week.
Here's what it entails:
Text analysis
Voice
Movement
Elizabethan dance
Alexander Technique
Stage fight
Exploration of the actor/audience relationship
Sonnet work
Scene work
In-depth discussions about the function of theater and the role of the actor in today’s world.
Robbie as Salisbury in Richard II
April 2016, Portland, ME
Here's more about Robbie:
Twenty-something from Massachusetts. Now lives in Brunswick, ME. Quirky, queer, and bilingual. Believes in theater as a tool for community engagement and personal fun.
Robbie has been performing Shakespeare for the past 8 years. He did Richard II in a cathedral and Hamlet in a moving truck.
Robbie works as an artist mentor at SpinOff Studio in Gardiner, ME, where he makes theater with adults who are differently abled.
Robbie as Guildenstern in Hamlet
July 2015, Portland, ME
Here's what I believe about Shakespeare:
My purpose in pursuing Shakespeare solidified when a director told me in rehearsal: “In Shakespeare, there is no fourth wall.” This comment was spoken quite simply. Like a fact. It was not even intended as a statement in itself, but more of an add-on comment that followed her primary direction, which was to remind me that I could engage with audience members through eye contact while reciting my monologue. Quite simple, really: no fourth wall, no need to ignore the audience. While it was simple, this statement transformed my overall understanding of Shakespeare’s work because it made me understand that Shakespeare requires honesty and authenticity. After about three years of regularly performing Shakespeare, it was at this moment that I began to wonder what it might feel like to really “speak truthfully” onstage. It was a phrase I heard directors often use, but the idea had not resonated with me so deeply as in that moment. The thought anchored in me: if I can rise to the challenge of showing up to Shakespeare, ready to ask real questions and embody real emotion, his text will support me.
Robbie as Lord Buckingam (center right) in Richard III
Aug. 2015, Portland, ME
More reading? Sure.
About Shakespeare & Company
About the training
I am Robbie.
I love acting Shakespeare.
I have been accepted to the month-long intensive training for actors at Shakespeare & Company in Lennox, MA for January 2017.
It's a big deal and I really. want. to. go.
I need $4,000 to do that.
Your donation will help me pursue my love for Shakespeare and bring my acting to the next level.
I appreciate any donation* you can give, large or small.
*I am bound to give you a shout-out on social media for donating. If you're too humble for that, best to make the donation anonymous.
*Sharing on facebook counts is also meaningful.
Keep scrolling to know more.
Robbie as Trinculo (center) in The TempestJuly 2016, Camden, ME
About the program:
One month, 14 hours/day, 6 days/week.
Here's what it entails:
Text analysis
Voice
Movement
Elizabethan dance
Alexander Technique
Stage fight
Exploration of the actor/audience relationship
Sonnet work
Scene work
In-depth discussions about the function of theater and the role of the actor in today’s world.
Robbie as Salisbury in Richard IIApril 2016, Portland, ME
Here's more about Robbie:
Twenty-something from Massachusetts. Now lives in Brunswick, ME. Quirky, queer, and bilingual. Believes in theater as a tool for community engagement and personal fun.
Robbie has been performing Shakespeare for the past 8 years. He did Richard II in a cathedral and Hamlet in a moving truck.
Robbie works as an artist mentor at SpinOff Studio in Gardiner, ME, where he makes theater with adults who are differently abled.
Robbie as Guildenstern in Hamlet July 2015, Portland, ME
Here's what I believe about Shakespeare:
My purpose in pursuing Shakespeare solidified when a director told me in rehearsal: “In Shakespeare, there is no fourth wall.” This comment was spoken quite simply. Like a fact. It was not even intended as a statement in itself, but more of an add-on comment that followed her primary direction, which was to remind me that I could engage with audience members through eye contact while reciting my monologue. Quite simple, really: no fourth wall, no need to ignore the audience. While it was simple, this statement transformed my overall understanding of Shakespeare’s work because it made me understand that Shakespeare requires honesty and authenticity. After about three years of regularly performing Shakespeare, it was at this moment that I began to wonder what it might feel like to really “speak truthfully” onstage. It was a phrase I heard directors often use, but the idea had not resonated with me so deeply as in that moment. The thought anchored in me: if I can rise to the challenge of showing up to Shakespeare, ready to ask real questions and embody real emotion, his text will support me.
Robbie as Lord Buckingam (center right) in Richard IIIAug. 2015, Portland, ME
More reading? Sure.
About Shakespeare & Company
About the training
Organizer
Robbie Harrison
Organizer
Brunswick, ME
