Adult Classes & Workshops
Explore, create and collaborate … online!
Our virtual classes for adults ages 18 and up are designed for all interests and skill levels. If you’re looking to build on your previous stage experience, dabble in theater just for fun or improve your communication skills at work, we’ve got just the thing. We also offer free classes for Native artists.
Apply for a scholarship, view our FAQs or email classes@guthrietheater.org for more information. For the youth in your life, you’ll want to check out this exciting lineup.
We add more virtual classes throughout the season, so check back often!

Three ways to get creative
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Introductory classes are ideal for all experience levels and feature performance-style classes as well as offerings designed to support personal and professional growth.
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Intermediate classes offer follow-up classes to our introductory offerings to help you grow your creative toolkit.
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Advanced classes offer next-level training for professional actors and performers.
NOTE: Our multilevel acting classes are designed to build a foundation in voice, physicality and process. The prerequisites listed will help guide you through a holistic training to expand your craft.
Introductory classes
SLAY! WITH BRIAN BOSE
Feel sexy, fierce and powerful while learning fun choreography, grooving to music and dancing your way to empowerment. This class creates an open environment to get your cardio up, move your body and challenge yourself. Strip away fears and perfectionism while learning how to get out of your own way so you have no choice but to slay. No dance experience necessary. Capacity: 30 participants.
Insider tip: Registration is ongoing, so drop in at any time!
- Dates: Mondays, January 11 – April 26 | 6:30–8:30 p.m. CST (no class on the first Monday of each month)
- Class Fee: Pay as able ($20 per class is recommended)
- Instructor: Brian Bose (watch his TEDx Talk)
Brian Bose (he/him) is a professional AEA actor/singer/dancer, rapper, choreographer, director, emcee and international teaching artist named one of the Faces to Watch in Arts by the San Diego Union-Tribune. He received a double B.A. in Theatre and Dance from the University of California, San Diego, and he trained at the British American Drama Academy, Steppenwolf West and CSULA Academy of the Dramatic Arts. He has acted in and choreographed productions at the Ordway, Children’s Theatre Company, Ten Thousand Things, Mixed Blood Theatre and Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, and he taught dance internationally with the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective in Germany from 2014 to 2017. In Minneapolis, he is a teaching artist for Upstream Arts and the Guthrie Theater. Learn more at www.brianbose.com.
AUDIO STORYTELLING: CREATING FOR PODCASTS, RADIO PLAYS AND BEYOND
Stories have been told orally since the beginning of time. Although the nuts and bolts of good storytelling remain the same across all mediums, audio formats require sounds, music and language to do the heavy lifting. While film is a visual medium and theater is a live experience, audio-based storytelling asks the listener to participate from an intimate, solitary place and bring to life the people, places and events they hear in the playground of their imagination.
This course will focus on the creation and adaptation of stories for various audio-based formats and explore the writing and devising of stories through soundscaping, dialogue, narration and prerecorded elements. These tools may be used in countless creative ways to create nonfiction, fiction and hybrid-format stories.
Each week, you will listen, discuss and write in a different medium as well as identify the key defining creative and technical elements within each medium. No prerequisite. Capacity: 12 participants.
- Dates: Sundays, April 25 – June 6 | 2–4 p.m. CDT (no class May 30)
- Class Fee: $225
- Instructor: Michael Curran-Dorsano
Michael Curran-Dorsano (he/him) is a singer, dancer, writer, actor and versatile creator who has been working professionally on the stage, on screen and behind the microphone for a decade. He graduated from The Juilliard School in New York City, where he trained in contemporary and classical theater for four years and immersed himself in voice and speech, stage combat, movement, clowning and scene study. While at Juilliard, he played roles such as Chris in All My Sons, Joe Bonaparte in Golden Boy and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for which he was awarded the prestigious John Houseman Prize. After graduating, he went on to perform regionally in Brighton Beach Memoirs at Cincinnati Playhouse and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in the role of Stanley.
Soon after, Curran-Dorsano moved to Los Angeles where he played the role of Lt. Gator in TNT’s “The Last Ship” for five seasons. During this time, he recorded over a dozen audiobooks for HarperCollins and Scholastic, including the critically acclaimed Pax and Challenger Deep. Along with his acting work, he also managed the independent soundstage Cinema Collaboratorium in North Hollywood, where he produced and facilitated independent film, TV and commercial projects. He then performed back in his hometown of Minneapolis in A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater as well as Small Mouth Sounds and Stinkers at the Jungle Theater.
In 2019, Curran-Dorsano relocated to Ireland, where he earned his M.A. in Writing at National University of Ireland, Galway. Upon graduating, he published his debut collection of poetry, A Silent Song of River Stones. Along the way, he has taught and coached privately, including workshops with The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.
Read more about the audio formats you will explore in this class:
Podcasts
There has been a revolution in the field of podcasting over the last decade. From “Serial” to “The Blindboy Podcast,” creators have captured the hearts and minds of listeners using an expert blend of sound, music, interviews and stories cultivated from the world around them. This medium has been ripe for experimentation, allowing storytellers to use a variety of creative tools to engage listeners.
Audiobooks
Never before have so many people listened to audiobooks on their phones and tablets. Audiobooks bring prose and poetry to life, and authors now have the opportunity to write words that won’t just be read, but also spoken. Within this medium, the power of language shines bright and carries the listener to the imagined worlds of the author.
Radio Plays
From Orson Welles’ TheWar of the Worlds to MPR’s Live From Here, radio plays have persisted through the years and had a profound impact on listeners young and old. But with the proliferation of technology, a new appetite for radio plays has emerged. In this medium, the dialogue and relationships carry the torch and require storytellers to reveal their stories through their characters.
Adaptations
The beauty of audio-based storytelling is that it can become a platform for stories written and conceived in any medium. A portion of the course will focus on adapting screenplays, plays, poetry and prose for behind the microphone. We’ll ask fundamental questions about this medium and identify key techniques for bringing stories to life through voice, language and sound.
RELEASE AND RECHARGE: MOVEMENT FOR ALL BODIES
Rediscover your movement with gentle exercises designed to retrain how your nervous system holds tension, relieve chronic pain and revitalize your mobility. Experience simple, accessible movements performed on a mat or seated in a chair that will restore a sense of well-being in your body and mind while developing an awareness of your movement patterns and postures. Designed for all ages and abilities to help you move through daily life with ease! No prerequisite. Capacity: 15 participants.
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Andrea Mislan (she/her) has been performing professionally for more than 25 years. A graduate from Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division, she has continued to evolve in contemporary and musical theater styles in Celine Dion: A New Day, Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis and the Chicago international tour. Since relocating to Minneapolis four years ago, she has most recently performed at the Guthrie Theater (West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Cyrano de Bergerac), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (Holiday Inn, The Music Man), the Ordway (Smokey Joe’s Cafe) and several original jazz dance musicals with Collide Theatrical Dance Company. Mislan has choreographed for regional theaters and studios across North America and taught master classes internationally in ballet, contemporary, musical theater and Fosse technique (Broadway Across America). As a certified Clinical Somatic Movement Instructor and personal movement coach, her focus is to guide a more efficient way of moving and a deeper understanding of technique and how the body moves in space in every style, for every mover.
ACTING: VOICE AND SPEECH FOR THE ACTOR
Learn the basic principles of voice and speech, including breath, resonance, range, articulation, projection, phrasing, expression and release of excessive tension. Through assigned readings, experiential exercises, class discussions and practical application of skills, you’ll build a strong foundation of vocal practice. This is a prerequisite for several intermediate classes. Capacity: 12 participants.
Insider tip: Building a strong vocal foundation is a necessary step for actors. Continue your vocal training with our intermediate The Actor’s Voice class.
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Mira Kehoe (she/her) is a musician and theater artist who performs and mentors others in self-expression. She has taught voice, speech, dialects and acting at the University of Minnesota, The University of Utah, Hamline University and the Guthrie Theater as well as done consulting work with individuals, theaters, schools and corporations. She has coached several films and more than 300 theater productions, including 80 at the Guthrie. Kehoe has a strong foundation in the somatic arts, including Alexander and Feldenkrais work. She also teaches singing and performs jazz and Brazilian music with Tom Kehoe and Xibaba. In the corporate environment, she consults with individuals and teams in the areas of effective communication, presentation skills, improvisation and creativity, and accent reduction for clients such as Balogh Becker, Ltd, Shop NBC, MPR and Allina Health. Kehoe believes creativity is our life force and that we are called to discover and develop our talents and use them in service of the greater good. Her passion is to support students of all experience levels in finding and developing their voices.
PLAYWRITING I: ON THE SCENE
Have you ever imagined characters and been inspired to bring them to life on the page? What does it take to write an engaging scene and captivate an audience? Discover the key ingredients of a great drama or comedy, and use this six-week class as a building block toward creating your own masterpiece. No prerequisite. Capacity: 10 participants.
Insider tip: Whether you are starting from scratch or have a play in progress, this class will help you take your work where you want it to go. Our intermediate Playwriting II class is a great follow up that can help you further sharpen your skills.
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Josh Tobiessen (he/him) is a playwright whose plays have been performed nationally by theaters including the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, the Jungle Theater and Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, and Second Stage Theater and Crowded Outlet in New York City. Some of his plays are published by Samuel French and Dramatic Publishing. He has taught playwriting classes at universities and schools across the country and currently teaches at the Guthrie Theater. Learn more at www.joshtobiessen.com.
THE CANON SERIES: LATINO THEATER COMPANY
With roots in the 1970s Chicano Theater Movement, the Latino Theater Company in Los Angeles creates thought-provoking artistic work that challenges the narrative that the U.S. Latinx experience is a mere “minority experience.” In addition to reading essential plays, you’ll learn about the company’s 30+ years of ensemble-based experimentation while discussing their advocacy through the Latinx Theatre Commons, theater festivals and community initiatives that nurture generations of emerging Latinx artists. All experience levels welcome. Capacity: 18 participants.
- Dates: Wednesdays, April 7 – May 5 | 6:30–8:30 p.m. CST
- Class Fee: $185
- Instructor: David Melendez
David Melendez (he/him)is a U.S. Navy veteran and Ph.D. candidate in Theatre Historiography at the University of Minnesota where he has taught classes in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies. Currently, he consults with writers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Writing and is the assistant to Professor Karen Mary Davalos on Rhizomes of Mexican American Art Since 1848, a project connecting art institutions across the U.S. to a digital portal of Mexican American art. He serves on Mixed Blood Theatre’s Latino Advisory Council and the advisory board for the Alliance of Latinx Minnesota Artists. He also plays son jarocho music with the MN Jaraneros in partnership with El Colegio High School. Recent projects include the devised play, Denim,a co-production with the University of Minnesota and Theatre Novi Most (dramaturg, 2018); Ploys for Ensemble Glitz and Crisis Actors by Toot (performer, 2018–2019); Little Boy: A Nuclear Telenovela by The Brecht Circle (producer, 2019); and the short film Men Among Men (actor, 2019).
ACTING: THEATER BASICS
Through a variety of theater exercises, you’ll explore the fundamentals of acting and create a foundation for continued training in improvising, building a theater vocabulary, performing in front of an audience and approaching text. All experience levels welcome. Capacity: 12 participants.
Insider tip: Our intermediate Creating a Character class is a great follow up to Theater Basics. We also recommend building your vocal foundation with Voice and Speech for the Actor, which will meet the prerequisite for many of our intermediate classes.
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Michelle Hutchison (she/her) is a professional actor of stage, screen and television. She has appeared at local theaters including the Guthrie Theater, History Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Theater Latté Da, Playwrights’ Center, Thirst Theater, Park Square Theatre, Actors Theater of Minnesota, CSz and Brave New Workshop. In Los Angeles, she appeared in the LA Weekly-nominated comedy The Bad Seed and Cabin Pressure at Hudson Theatres. She can be seen in films such as Fargo, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Into Temptation, Factotum, Thin Ice, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Nobody, Herman, The Midnight Swim and The Public Domain, and she played the recurring character of Candy Coombs in the Netflix series “Lady Dynamite.” Hutchison is the owner of Skilled Expressions, which operates a successful on-camera training school for actors, media talent and corporate training. Additionally, she served as an Adjunct Professor for The Art of Film Acting at Augsburg and Concordia Universities. She was an assistant casting director for several films, including Disney’s Ice Princess and Sky High, Superbad, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, It’s Complicated, TheBad News Bears and more. As a writer and producer, Hutchison created 12 episodes for the nationally syndicated “Passport to Design” show on the Travel Channel while writing and appearing in corporate live theater productions for companies such as General Mills, Pillsbury, Mrs. Meyers, American Express, Wells Fargo, Ameriprise and Schwan’s. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Minnesota and believes that acting is about revealing, not concealing.
PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Our bodies, faces and voices tell stories about who we are, communicating verbally and nonverbally in ways we don’t even realize. It’s time to take control of your story! Learn specific verbal and nonverbal skills that give you the confidence to be your best self and respond in authentic, spontaneous and mindful ways. This practical class covers interviewing, presentation skills, meeting management and networking. No prerequisite. Capacity: 12 participants.
Insider tip: This class is ideal for business professionals or individuals who want to boost their networking and presentation skills.
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Michelle Hutchison (she/her) is a professional actor of stage, screen and television. She has appeared at local theaters including the Guthrie Theater, History Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Theater Latté Da, Playwrights’ Center, Thirst Theater, Park Square Theatre, Actors Theater of Minnesota, CSz and Brave New Workshop. In Los Angeles, she appeared in the LA Weekly-nominated comedy The Bad Seed and Cabin Pressure at Hudson Theatres. She can be seen in films such as Fargo, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Into Temptation, Factotum, Thin Ice, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Nobody, Herman, The Midnight Swim and The Public Domain, and she played the recurring character of Candy Coombs in the Netflix series “Lady Dynamite.” Hutchison is the owner of Skilled Expressions, which operates a successful on-camera training school for actors, media talent and corporate training. Additionally, she served as an Adjunct Professor for The Art of Film Acting at Augsburg and Concordia Universities. She was an assistant casting director for several films, including Disney’s Ice Princess and Sky High, Superbad, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, It’s Complicated, TheBad News Bears and more. As a writer and producer, Hutchison created 12 episodes for the nationally syndicated “Passport to Design” show on the Travel Channel while writing and appearing in corporate live theater productions for companies such as General Mills, Pillsbury, Mrs. Meyers, American Express, Wells Fargo, Ameriprise and Schwan’s. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Minnesota and believes that acting is about revealing, not concealing.
Jim Robinson (he/him) hails from Riverside, California, and is an alum of Brave New Workshop, The Theater of Public Policy and the Off-Beat comedy club aboard the Disney Magic. As a psychology professor, he has worked at St. Catherine University and University of St. Thomas. Most recently, Robinson taught improvisation as a Fulbright Specialist in Pakistan and at Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
ACTING: IMPROV
We all miss seeing live shows at our favorite local theaters, but improv is alive and well online. From timing and games to on-the-spot character creation, this anything-can-happen class will have you feeling spontaneous and confident onstage before you can say, “Yes, and!” No prerequisite. Capacity: 10 participants.
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Gretchen Grunzke (she/her) is a graduate of Upright Citizens Brigade — a long-form improv comedy program in New York City and only accredited comedy school in the U.S. — and now she’s hilarious. Select credits include Upright Citizens Brigade, Magnet Theater and The PIT in New York City; The Second City and The iO Theater in Chicago; and Brave New Workshop, CSz, HUGE Improv Theater, Strike Theater and Stevie Ray’s Improv Company in Minneapolis. Improv has changed her life as an actor and a human being. Her personal motto: “Do it! Embrace it! Love it!”
VOICEOVER I
Are you curious about the world of radio and broadcasting? Discover your vocal range and explore the necessary skills required to deliver the copy, impress the client and sell the product. Learn the basics of choosing the right piece, reading commercial copy and more. All experience levels welcome. Capacity: 12 participants.
Insider tip: We also offer Voiceover II so you can build on your skills.
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Jim Cada (he/him) is an actor and voiceover artist who has recorded local, regional and national commercials for radio, TV and the web since 1976. He has performed in more than 20 feature films, recorded audiobooks, done narration work and voiced cartoons for Nickelodeon and Disney.
Intermediate classes
ACTING: CREATING A CHARACTER
Strengthen your imagination, focus your concentration and hone your listening skills by delving into the creation of original and scripted characters. Building on the skills and concepts introduced in Theater Basics, this class will explore a variety of approaches for character development and empower actors to find their unique approach to character work. Prerequisite: Theater Basics or equivalent experience. Capacity: 12 participants.
Insider tip: This class is a great follow up to Theater Basics. Continue adding to your toolkit with our Heightened Text and Self-tape workshops, The Actor’s Voice or Studio Intensive: Scene Study class.
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Michelle Hutchison (she/her) is a professional actor of stage, screen and television. She has appeared at local theaters including the Guthrie Theater, History Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Theater Latté Da, Playwrights’ Center, Thirst Theater, Park Square Theatre, Actors Theater of Minnesota, CSz and Brave New Workshop. In Los Angeles, she appeared in the LA Weekly-nominated comedy The Bad Seed and Cabin Pressure at Hudson Theatres. She can be seen in films such as Fargo, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Into Temptation, Factotum, Thin Ice, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Nobody, Herman, The Midnight Swim and The Public Domain, and she played the recurring character of Candy Coombs in the Netflix series “Lady Dynamite.” Hutchison is the owner of Skilled Expressions, which operates a successful on-camera training school for actors, media talent and corporate training. Additionally, she served as an Adjunct Professor for The Art of Film Acting at Augsburg and Concordia Universities. She was an assistant casting director for several films, including Disney’s Ice Princess and Sky High, Superbad, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, It’s Complicated, TheBad News Bears and more. As a writer and producer, Hutchison created 12 episodes for the nationally syndicated “Passport to Design” show on the Travel Channel while writing and appearing in corporate live theater productions for companies such as General Mills, Pillsbury, Mrs. Meyers, American Express, Wells Fargo, Ameriprise and Schwan’s. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Minnesota and believes that acting is about revealing, not concealing.
ACTING II: THE ACTOR’S VOICE
This six-week class aims to unlock the actor’s voice by continuing the work explored in Voice and Speech for the Actor. Through extensive work with breath, resonance, range, articulation, projection, phrasing, expression and body-mind exercises, you will set personal goals and be supported as you develop a daily practice to improve your skills and expression. Prerequisite: Voice and Speech for the Actor or equivalent experience. Capacity: 12.
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Mira Kehoe (she/her) is a musician and theater artist who performs and mentors others in self-expression. She has taught voice, speech, dialects and acting at the University of Minnesota, The University of Utah, Hamline University and the Guthrie Theater as well as done consulting work with individuals, theaters, schools and corporations. She has coached several films and more than 300 theater productions, including 80 at the Guthrie. Kehoe has a strong foundation in the somatic arts, including Alexander and Feldenkrais work. She also teaches singing and performs jazz and Brazilian music with Tom Kehoe and Xibaba. In the corporate environment, she consults with individuals and teams in the areas of effective communication, presentation skills, improvisation and creativity, and accent reduction for clients such as Balogh Becker, Ltd, Shop NBC, MPR and Allina Health. Kehoe believes creativity is our life force and that we are called to discover and develop our talents and use them in service of the greater good. Her passion is to support students of all experience levels in finding and developing their voices.
ACTING: THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
Developed more than 120 years ago, the Alexander Technique has been used as a powerful tool for actors to integrate voice, speech and movement. At its heart is the conviction that we are perfectly designed to express an impulse with honesty. Through this psychophysical tool for body, breath and imagination, actors learn how to release habitual tension and instead bring freedom, poise and presence to their performance. This experiential class focuses on the technique’s principles and the art of self-direction using warm-up, monologue and partnering work, all designed to help you be comfortable in your own skin and create onstage intensity without tension. Prerequisite: Voice and Speech for the Actor, Theater Basics or equivalent experience. Capacity: 12 participants.
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Eli Sibley (she/her) is an actor and theater professional who has spent more than 20 years doing production, playwriting, choreography and movement coaching. She has performed Shakespeare in California, taught devising in Central Europe, puppeteered in Shanghai and trained fight choreography in London. Sibley has also performed as a singer, dancer, extra and Blue Dinosaur. Along with her M.F.A. in Acting and certification from the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT), she is also a certified Laban Movement Analyst. Sibley continues to work across the country and around the globe to help bring the Alexander Technique to performance curriculum, acting studios and theater companies from Up&Back, her home studio in the Twin Cities. Learn more at www.elisibley.com.
PLAYWRITING II
Ideal for writers who are ready to share their work, this eight-week playwriting class will refine your style and techniques by crafting a piece with the help and feedback of the instructor and your peers. Dive into valuable writing exercises, participate in group readings and learn how a playwright takes their work from the page to the stage. You’ll read scenes and excerpts from your work and hear the text brought to life by performers — an invaluable resource for any playwright. Prerequisite: Playwriting I or equivalent experience. Capacity: 10 participants.
- Dates: Mondays, April 5 – May 24 | 6:30–8:30 p.m. CST
- Class Fee: $300
- Instructor: Josh Tobiessen
Josh Tobiessen (he/him) is a playwright whose plays have been performed nationally by theaters including the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, the Jungle Theater and Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, and Second Stage Theater and Crowded Outlet in New York City. Some of his plays are published by Samuel French and Dramatic Publishing. He has taught playwriting classes at universities and schools across the country and currently teaches at the Guthrie Theater. Learn more at www.joshtobiessen.com.
VOICEOVER II
Serious about pursuing voiceover work? Learn about audition etiquette, copy analysis, handling anxiety and self-promotion from leading players in the industry. Previous guest speakers have included Mike Stalcar, Engineer, Audio Ruckus Recording Studio; Holly Collison, Vocal Coach; and Kate Lawrence, Voiceover Talent Agent, Moore Creative. Prerequisite: Voiceover I or equivalent experience. Capacity: 12 participants.
Insider tip: New to voiceover work? Start with our introductory Voiceover I class.
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Jim Cada (he/him) is an actor and voiceover artist who has recorded local, regional and national commercials for radio, TV and the web since 1976. He has performed in more than 20 feature films, recorded audiobooks, done narration work and voiced cartoons for Nickelodeon and Disney.
WORKSHOP: THE SELF-TAPE
Led by Jennifer Liestman, the Guthrie’s Resident Casting Director, and LJ Johnson, Associate Casting Director at Lynn Blumenthal Casting, this two-day workshop will teach you how to do an on-camera audition for both plays and film/commercial work. Learn everything from creating the right setup for an audition space to getting feedback on a personal audition. Prerequisite: Theater Basics or equivalent experience. Capacity: 15 participants.
What to prepare: Before the workshop, you will be asked to prepare a recording of one monologue, song, dance or scene (only choose one) no longer than 120 seconds, plus another recording with commercial sides you will be provided in advance. Videos will be viewed together as a class and critiqued by the instructor for the benefit of all participants. Recordings are not required but recommended for each participant to get the most out of the class.
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Jennifer Liestman (she/her) has been a theater professional for more than 21 years. She worked at York Theatre Company in New York City and has spent the majority of her career serving as the Artistic Associate/Resident Casting Director at the Guthrie where she has led casting for more than 55 productions. She also teaches audition master classes for the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program and at other universities in Minnesota and around the country.
LJ Johnson (she/her) is the Associate Casting Director at Lynn Blumenthal Casting in Minneapolis. She has worked on numerous feature films and television shows as well as hundreds of commercials. Her favorite part about being a casting director is working one on one with talent to help them achieve their best audition.
Advanced classes
WORKSHOP: HEIGHTENED TEXT FOR THE ACTOR
Whether you’re speaking the Queen’s English or performing text from a classic Greek tragedy, this one-day workshop will teach you how to enunciate and communicate clearly onstage. Through the techniques of meter, rhythm and alliteration, you’ll learn how to bring power to your characters through speech. Prerequisite: Voice and Speech for the Actor or equivalent experience. Capacity: 12.
- Date: Sunday, April 18 | Noon – 2 p.m. CST
- Workshop Fee: $75
- Instructor: Jill Walmsley Zager
GUTHRIE Twelfth Night, Steel Magnolias, The Glass Menagerie, Floyd’s, As You Like It, Noises Off, Frankenstein – Playing With Fire, An Enemy of the People, Blithe Spirit, Indecent, Romeo and Juliet, Sunday in the Park With George, The Bluest Eye, King Lear, The Lion in Winter, The Parchman Hour. THEATER Milwaukee Repertory Theater (more than 30 productions); American Contemporary Theater (more than 25 productions); The Marriott Theatre (more than 20 productions); Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Steppenwolf Theatre; Utah Shakespeare Festival; Arizona Theatre Company; Cardinal Stage; Drury Lane Theatre; Lyric Opera of Chicago. TEACHING Senior lecturer, University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program; M.F.A. Actor Training Program, American Contemporary Theater; M.F.A. and B.F.A. Actor Training Programs, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. TRAINING Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London); Northwestern University
THE ACTORS WORKOUT
This ongoing scene study class for working actors is led by Nathan Keepers. Entrance is by audition only.
NOTE: This class is postponed until 2021. To be notified when auditioning resumes, email classes@guthrietheater.org.
ACTING: STUDIO INTENSIVE SCENE STUDY
Focus on the ways in which a character can be discovered, developed and played in this studio intensive. Considering your individual goals and drawing on acting techniques created by great theater instructors throughout history, you’ll work intensively on a scene with one partner for eight weeks. The class will conclude with a virtual showing for invited family and friends. Rehearsal outside of class is recommended. Prerequisite: Introductory and intermediate acting classes, including a voice class such as Theater Basics, Voice and Speech for the Actor or Creating a Character. Capacity: 12 participants.
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H. Adam Harris (he/him) is an actor, director, teaching artist and cultural equity consultant who works at the intersection of theater, education, social justice and community engagement. He recently directed the regional premiere of Redwood by Brittany K. Allen at the Jungle Theater. Harris is the Education Coordinator at the Playwrights’ Center, a resident teaching artist with the Guthrie Theater and Children’s Theatre Company, a board member at Ten Thousand Things, and a freelance equity, diversity and inclusion consultant for various organizations.
Classes for Native community members
To build cohorts of community-minded artists and theatermakers, it is essential to provide places to practice and learn the fundamentals of the craft. In our on-going collaboration with Twin Cities' Native artists, the Guthrie will offer free eight-week classes for Native community members who wish to grow their theater and storytelling skills.
Check back for upcoming opportunties. If you have questions, email rebeccan@guthrietheater.org.
Supported by Arts Access funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
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