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Saturdays: EA Rehearsal Playground

Archives: 2023 Character Challenges + Mainstage Projects

Aaron Ganz
Dec 18, 2022
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Saturdays: EA Rehearsal Playground

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“I love the smell of rehearsal on a Saturday …”

SATURDAYS - REHEARSAL PLAYGROUND. We rehearse and play in two unique ways: weekly character challenges + monthly mainstage rehearsal projects.

They’re designed for solo exploration, archived on Substack, organized and easy to revisit anytime.

Jump in one week, recharge the next.

An open playground ready when you are.


SAMPLE A SATURDAY NEWSLETTER


Learn more about Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays on Acting Class Daily.


2023 Weekly Character Challenges


How fully can you live in character?

The first three Saturdays of each month deliver weekly character rehearsal challenges straight to your inbox.

Something dynamic, something experimental, something to push the boundaries of truth in character.

The last Saturday of the month sets free our month’s solo work in exciting, experimental ways - allowing it to spark with the unknowns of collaborative play … evolving, challenging and enhancing our work.


PART ONE: EDGAR LEE MASTER’S SPOON RIVER


January - Life Story

Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four.

February - The Elysium Etudes (Mind, Body, Soul)

Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four.

March - Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four.

April - Essential Beauty

Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four.

May - The Portal

Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four.


PART TWO: ANTON CHEKHOV’S THREE SISTERS


June

Act One

July

Act Two

August

Act Three

September

Act Four


PART THREE: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS


October

The Unknown Maid

November

The Unknown Soldier


Monthly Mainstage Rehearsal Projects


How fully can you access your unique creativity?

Winter (The Tree) Spring (O.Henry), Summer (Oz), Fall (Stravinsky)

On the first Saturday of the month, our mainstage rehearsal project gets posted for subscribers to play with all month long.

Each project builds out an array of rehearsal tools, applying them to work you’ll remember forever. The stuff that makes acting worth investing in.

Worth believing in.

Apply your discoveries to any new character, any new world that finds you in your training and professional life.

It’s about your creative potential taking you where no one has gone before.


Winter - The Tree

Self (Creative Communication)

January

5 Years Old

February

Wisest Self


Spring - O. Henry

Love (The Essential Beauty)

March

Character Connection

April

The Prayer

May

The Essential Beauty


Summer - Oz

Imagination (Performance Possibility)

June

The Character

July

The Story

August

The Sliver


Fall - Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale

Creativity (Freedom Within Form)

September

Form

October

Freedom

November

The Dionysia

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