EPISODE · Jan 21, 2025 · 1H 55M
Week 2: "Secrets, Servants, and Self-Determination" - ARCADIA - Tom Stoppard | The Rehearsal Room
from The Working Actor's Journey · host Nathan Agin
Welcome back to 2 scenes with Septimus! 🏁 In this session, highlights include: Exploring the dynamics between Septimus and Jellaby Delving into the philosophical debates on free will and determinism Witnessing the intensity of Lady Croom's confrontation with Septimus Unpacking the symbolism of rice pudding and its deeper implications --- 🛑 SUBSCRIBE to get notified of our next rehearsal session! 🤗 BECOME A PATRON of The Rehearsal Room on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wajpodcast Get early access to sessions (before they go public on YouTube and the podcast), priority with asking questions, and more! 🙏 THANK YOU to our patrons at the Co-Star level and higher: Ivar, Joan, Michele, Jim, Magdalen, Claudia, Clif and Jeff! ----- 🎭 CREATIVE TEAM - with artists across the US in CA, NY, and MA! DIRECTOR: Brendon Fox DRAMATURG: Kathryn Moncrief SEPTIMUS (1.1): Geoffrey Wade THOMASINA (1.1): Téa Guarino SEPTIMUS (2.6): Christopher Guilmet LADY CROOM (2.6): Jennifer Le Blanc JELLABY (1.1 and 2.6): James Newcomb More about this group and artist bios: https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/january-2025-arcadia-two-scenes ----- 😮 THE SCENE Our group will be working on the following scenes: Act 1, Scene 1 – with Septimus, Thomasina and Jellaby Act 2, Scene 6 – with Septimus, Jellaby and Lady Croom Follow along with the play here. #workingactor #rehearsal #stoppard #arcadia #tomstoppard #septimus #lordbyron #textwork --- Get your copy of "Keys the Pro's Use to Unlock Any Script" - plus two other free guides of acting and career advice! See additional content on Instagram and YouTube. --- The WAJ podcast is designed to show you HOW the work is done, WHAT the realities of the working actor life are like, and to share all the different ways actors have come to this career. There is no one path and no single answer. We want to learn from all of those further down the road, to shorten the learning curve and to discover what helps and what doesn't when it comes to having a lifelong career as an actor.
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