“I’ll drown my book”​
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Acclaimed character actor and Shakespearean Michael Stuhlbarg brings his unique brand of dynamic honesty to the classroom in this three day monologue intensive. The multiple Tony and Emmy nominee will lead you through your piece and help you connect fully with your characters needs, wants and obstacles. Do not miss this unique opportunity to work with the ‘Master of Nuance’ and one of the greatest actors of his generation.
Essential Question:
How do you approach Shakespeare’s characters and find the quiet truth in heightened text? What aspects of an actor’s preparation are most essential when approaching Shakespearian performance?​
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Enduring Understandings:
Actors will learn that Shakespeare’s language is not an archaic fortress that requires a knowledge of the rules to enter but rather an intensely honest heightened text that requires your intelligence, physicality, imagination, and truth.
From the novice to the skilled this class will help you dive into the power of Shakespeare’s language making it your own, and discovering the deep emotional truths we share in common with his characters.
Instructor:
MICHAEL STUHLBARG had long been a lauded actor in the New York theatre world, but it wasn’t until he played Larry Gopnik in the Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man, that he earned serious recognition from the film community including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture. His other films include Call Me By Your Name; The Shape of Water; Miss Sloane; Doctor Strange; Arrival; Jobs; Trumbo; Miles Ahead; Pawn Sacrifice; Lincoln; Blue Jasmine; Cut Bank; Hitchcock; Men in Black 3; Hugo; Body of Lies; The Grey Zone; Cold Souls; and The Key to Reserva. Recent work includes Shirley, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Bones & All; and The Instigators. He played New York City mob boss Arnold Rothstein on HBO’s award-winning "Boardwalk Empire," has recurred on Amazon’s "Transparent," appeared in season three of FX’s "Fargo," Hulu’s "The Looming Tower" (Emmy nomination), Netflix/Channel 4’s "Traitors," Hulu’s "Dopesick" (Emmy nomination), HBO Max’s "The Staircase," and Showtime’s "Your Honor." In 2005, he was a Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner for Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman. He was also honored with the New Dramatists Charles Bowden Actor Award and the Elliot Norton Boston Theatre Award, the latter for his performance in Long Day’s Journey into Night. Other Broadway credits: National Actors Theatre’s Saint Joan, Three Men on a Horse, Timon of Athens, The Government Inspector; Ronald Harwood’s Taking Sides; Sam Mendes’ revival of Cabaret; and Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love. New York Shakespeare Festival: Twelfth Night, Richard II, Hamlet in Oskar Eustis’ production of Hamlet, Tim Blake Nelson’s Socrates. Other Off-Broadway credits: The Voysey Inheritance (Obie and Callaway Awards, Lucille Lortel Award nomination); Cymbeline; Old Wicked Songs; Measure For Pleasure (Lucille Lortel Award nomination) and The Grey Zone. BFA from The Juilliard School. He also studied at UCLA; at the Vilnius Conservatory in Lithuania’s Chekhov Studies unit; at the British-American Drama Academy at Baliol and Keble Colleges in Oxford; and, on a full scholarship, with Marcel Marceau.
​Schedule:
Friday, February 27 | 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM - Class 1: 'WORDS WORDS WORDS'
Class will begin with a ‘monologue parade’ where all students will get an opportunity to present their monologue to the entire class. Actors will then begin work on the monologues.
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Saturday, February 28 | 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Class 2: 'TRIPPINGLY ON THE TONGUE'
Actors will work on their monologues with Michael.​
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Sunday, March 1 | 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Class 3: 'PAST THE WIT OF MAN'
Actors will continue work on their monologues with Michael.
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Preparation:
You should have a fully memorized classical monologue you wish to work on.
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Dress:
Comfortable clothing that you can move and breathe freely in, sneakers, and a water bottle are strongly encouraged.
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Concerns? Questions?
Contact Dominique Nadeau.
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All of our teachers are committed to these classes. As working performers, unexpected conflicts may arise. If this were to happen, Red Bull would strive to provide an equally qualified replacement to ensure the quality of your experience. We thank you in advance for this understanding.