When writers choose drama over a novel or poem, they entrust the completion of their communication to an actor.  Fulfill that trust with an approach that focuses on in-the-moment specificity, modulated new thought and honed technical skills that enable the full expression of a passionate imagination. 

Shakespeare from the Loins © :

This acting course gets to grips with the meaning of Shakespearean text by identifying the characters’ deepest needs. Understanding the requirements of heightened language and meter while avoiding phony presentational performances is the basis of this course. A great variety of plays are explored using visceral exercises to help the actor manifest not only primal emotional and specific psychological intensity but also appropriate physical energy. Clarity of intellectual meaning is important, but it takes more than that to share the humanity of a story with an audience. Making sense of the relationships on human terms helps us make sense of the text. All text material is provided. There is no watching colleagues struggle through long scenes so everyone works throughout every session and immediate direction efficiently conserves the actor’s time. No homework is required.Shakespeare from the Loins © is designed for those with availability constraints and is typically a weekend intensive.  

THREE SESSIONS of 4-Hours. Email SYBIL@SYBILLINES.COM for inquiries.

 

Shakespeare To Shepard :

This acting course includes everything previously described under Shakespeare from the Loins © PLUS monologues and scene-study work from the great American playwrights (Albee, Hansberry, Hellman, Mamet, Miller, O’Neill, etc.). Explore the similarities and differences for actors when tackling Shakespeare’s works compared with those of modern scripts.

SIX SESSIONS of 3-Hours. This course requires an Interview/Audition before payment can be made. Email SYBIL@SYBILLINES.COM for inquiries. 

 

Beyond Shakespeare :

This acting course offers everything previously described under Shakespeare from the Loins © PLUS exploration into the styles of different eras (Greeks, Jacobean Tragedy, Moliere, Restoration Comedy, Shaw, Wilde, Ibsen, Chekov, etc.)  All text will be provided in class. A great variety of plays and styles are explored.

SIX SESSIONS of 3-Hours. This course requires an Interview/Audition before payment can be made. Email SYBIL@SYBILLINES.COM for inquiries.

 

Shakespeare Intensive :

This acting course is for actors who have completed Shakespeare from the Loins ©. including those who have worked with Sybil at Circle in the Square Theatre School.  All text is provided with time for further opportunities to tackle monologues and explore varied scenes with a partner.

SIX SESSIONS of 3-Hours.

 

 

TESTIMONIALS & PHOTOGRAPHS:

“No time-wasting in these courses.  Sybil’s insistence on FEARLESS PLAY is a revelation.”  Annie Chadwick, Actress

“Sybil’s classes develop quick responses, bold choices, and passionate truth-telling–a huge leg-up for auditioning.  I highly recommend her classes.”  Jody Mullins, Actor

“After years of professional work and study, I appreciated the attention to each actors’ emotional truth, technique, vocal production, and script analysis in an atmosphere of energetic discovery”  Lynne Otis, Actress

“Ego is stripped from the room so I was freed to work without self-judgement.”  Mark Couchot, Actor.

“When Sybil was in England, we were lucky enough to have her teach at Central.”  George Hall, current faculty at Guildhall and Royal College of Music, past director at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.

“I enjoy being coached to accurately pinpoint multiple playwrights’ eras and styles.”  Eva Mastrangelo, Actress .

“I have been regaled with praises about Sybil’s teaching from students no matter what their age or experience.”  E. Colin O’Leary, Theatre School Director, Circle in The Square, NYC.

“Sybil is a dynamic, articulate, caring instructor who makes the teaching of Shakespeare intriguing and appealing.” Rita Litton, Director ACTeen (NYC-based Academy for Teenagers)

“Since taking Shakespeare to Shepard I pay even more attention to the history, illumination, and life in each individual WORD in the text, rather than just the intellectual meaning of the sentence.”  Quinn Coughlin, Actor.

For further testimonials please go to  www.sybillines.com

 

SYBIL LINES TEACHING CREDITS 

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London; Circle in the Square Theatre School, New York City; ACTeen Academy, NYC; Actors’ and Directors’ Lab on 42nd Street, NYC; The Corner Loft, NYC; Catholic University, Washington D.C.; University of Southern Alaska; Drey Institute at Rollins College, Florida; Kolping School Heilbronn and the Academy of the Spoken Word, Stuttgart, Germany.

Photographer Credits: Lee Wexler for Circle in the Square Theatre School. NYC; Natalie Schuler-Perrin for Germany; Lucas Eller for Arthur Seelen Theatre, NYC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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