Offered for students 18+ to enhance your training as an actor, a speaker and a citizen of the world.
AUDITION WORKSHOP with LISA WOLPE
May 11 | 11am–2pm | $100 | Limited to 14 participants
Join us for an extraordinary opportunity to train with Lisa Wolpe, renowned Shakespearean actor, director, and founder of the Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company. The day after she performs her acclaimed solo show with us (May 10), Lisa will lead a small-group audition workshop designed to unlock your full potential with classical material.
Whether you’re prepping for summer seasons, grad school, or simply sharpening your skills, this 3-hour intensive will focus on text work, character clarity, and bold storytelling.
What to Bring:
- A Shakespeare piece of your choice — any role, any gender. It can be anywhere from a first reading to fully memorized and ready to take to the next level. Bring something you would audition with.
- Clothes you can move in
- Water
Space is limited to 14 participants—don’t miss this chance to work with one of the leading voices in Shakespeare performance today.
MSC Sessions
MSC SESSIONS expands upon our education arm to include one-of-a-kind workshops for actors age 18 and older. These multi-week workshops, developed by the Bay Area’s most groundbreaking artists, aim to reinvigorate the form, offering new lenses, new ideas, and alternate perspectives on the craft of theatre.
Information about upcoming MSC Sessions coming soon!
SHAKESPEARE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE TEACHER TRAINING
Are you an actor, director or theatre teacher who wants to use the power of theatre to help others? Join our Shakespeare for Social Justice Instructor Training Workshop to learn about using Drama Therapy and Shakespeare to open minds and hearts. You will learn how Marin Shakespeare uses Shakespeare and Drama Therapy in California State Prisons and about opportunities to volunteer in prisons.
For more information or to enquire about scholarships, please call 415/499-4485 or email alejandra@marinshakespeare.org or visit Training.
One-On-One Audition Coaching
Work with Education Director Elana Kepner to prepare for auditions for college, graduate school, summer intensives and professional productions. Tailored to the needs of the student, coaching can help build confidence and work through stage fright as well as working on the nuts and bolts of your audition including material selection, vocal production and speech, Shakespeare, dialect acquisition, presence, transitions, and fine-tuning your whole audition package. Coaching is also ideal for actors working to polish their technique or work through challenges.
Cost: $75/hour.
Email Elana Kepner at education@marinshakespeare.org to schedule coaching sessions.
Also available: coaching for public and special occasion speaking (perfect your presentation or wedding toast).
Elana Kepner is an experienced audition coach whose clients have been accepted to highly ranked BFA programs, arts high schools and summer intensives and been offered roles at regional theatres across the country, as well as network tv and feature films. Elana’s clients have also placed nationally at the English Speaking Union’s Shakespeare Competition.