The Rehearsal Process: Preparation
Even before rehearsals start, a production’s director and actors start their preparations.
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Author: Victoria Weisfeld
The Rehearsal Process: The Table Read
In a new Zoom class for theater lovers, sponsored by Theatre J, participants are walked through the play rehearsal process, starting with the Table Read.
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Tennessee Williams: The Actor’s Challenge
Actors who play Tennessee Williams characters have to balance the author’s competing emotional strains–extreme vulnerability, brutal aggression, with sparks of true compassion.
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Tennessee Williams: How to See
“The Fugitive Kind” is the framework Bonnie J. Monte is using for her Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Book Club discussions of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) and his work. Monte is STNJ’s long-time artistic director, and the theater’s next Book Club discussion group this spring will focus on the play Henry V, Shakespeare’s stirring encomium to the Battle of Agincourt.
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Tennessee Williams: The Deep Dive
What do you think of when you think about the man many critics believe is one of America’s three greatest 20th century playwrights, alongside Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller? Other than thinking that’s a good way to start an argument, as I can hear you saying, “What about August Wilson?” “What about Sam Shepard?” “What about . . . ?” So, forget “one of the three” and just say, “one of the greatest.”
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