Monday Night Shakespeare

“The reveller on the way to the bottle meets the mourner on the way to the grave, and the malice of one is undone by the frolic of another. It’s a mixed world, and things don’t segregate themselves neatly out of tragedy and comedy.”

(Jonathan Miller)

About this class

William Shakespeare… A seminal playwright of the English language. A profoundly human artist. A weirdly divisive writer…

Shakespeare’s language frustrates many actors, while others would happily spend their lives exploring it, and a unique few have built careers performing in his plays.

This class will consist of six working sessions, and a showcase.

During our first two meetings, we’ll explore tools, exercises, and tactics for working with Shakespeare’s language. We’ll investigate what makes Shakespeare special, why Shakespeare’s writing is useful for actors to train with and learn from, and why—after all these centuries—the plays continue to be produced today.

During the next four meetings, we’ll workshop scenes and speeches, experimenting, and working with the tools and tactics we explored in our first sessions.

Then, we will bring our time together to a close with a casual showcase for friends and family, sharing the scenes and speeches we’ve worked on together.

Schedule and details

Mondays.
7pm-9:30pm.
Starting January 26, 2026.
Ending March 9, 2026.
Portland, Oregon.

$235.00