Advanced Scene Study Class

The Advanced Scene Study Class is intended for theatre professionals only. It offers a concentrated, Meisner based approach to contemporary scene work that mirrors the rehearsal to performance process. Each student will work with another actor on one scene for the entire six week period. The first five weeks will be taught by Darrell W. Cox (Profiles' Associate Artistic Director). The final week will be taught by Rick Snyder (Steppenwolf Ensemble Member and acclaimed actor/director), who will critique and work all of the scenes. Auditions are required, as class size is limited to ten students.

Darrell W. Cox (Instructor) Profiles Theatre's Associate Artistic Director was last seen playing Guy in Profiles' Midwest Premiere of Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute. Prior to that he was seen as Andy in the American Premiere of Apple by Vern Thiessen and Tom in the Midwest Premiere of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig. He has appeared at the Goodman in The Shawl and Home as part of the David Mamet Festival and at Steppenwolf in the World Premiere of Men of Tortuga, the Midwest Premiere of Orange Flower Water (which traveled to the Galway Arts Festival), and the World Premiere of Wendall Greene. He has won three Joseph Jefferson Citations for Principal Actor for his work in Profiles' productions of Blackbird, Some Voices, and Eye of God. In addition, he has received two After Dark Awards for Outstanding Performance for Profiles' productions of Popcorn and Carnal Knowledge. Darrell's recent directing credits include Profiles' Midwest Premieres of "Coax" and the titular piece in Neil LaBute's collection of shorts Things We Said Today and autobahn, also by Neil LaBute. Other directing credits for Profiles include The Radiant Abyss by Angus MacLachlan, and Wonder of the World by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Rick Snyder (Instructor) has been a Steppenwolf Ensemble Member since 1983 and is an acclaimed actor and director. He is an instructor for The School at Steppenwolf and Associate Artist at Steppenwolf for the last ten years. Rick recently appeared in August: Osage County and The Unmentionables at Steppenwolf Theatre. His recent directing credits are Aristocrats at Strawdog Theatre, Betrayal at Steppenwolf, Jolly and The Disappearance of the Jews at The Goodman Theatre, St. Scarlet at ATC, Bus Stop at Writers Theatre and Last of the Boys at Steppenwolf Theatre. Other directing credits include Tavern Story, Things Being What They Are, Orange Flower Water, which traveled to the Galway Arts Festival, and The Fall to Earth. Recent acting credits are Man From Nebraska and I Never Sang For My Father. Other Steppenwolf Theatre productions include Wedding Band, Time of your Life, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in London and on Broadway, and Sideman in Galway, Ireland. David Copperfield, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Slaughterhouse Five, Molly Sweeney, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, the Tony Award-winning Grapes of Wrath, The Road to Nirvana, and A Walk in the Woods. He has appeared at the Goodman Theatre in As You Like It, Down the Shore and as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. At Northlight Theatre he appeared in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf and The Rear Column. Television credits include Crime Story, First Steps, Lady Blue, Legacy of Lies, The Woman Who Loved Elvis, Overexposed, and guest starring roles on Early Edition, Profiler, Chicago Hope, Angel Street, The Untouchables, Missing Persons, and Mind of the Married Man. Rick has appeared in the films Meet the Applegates, The Tuskegee Airmen, Alien Nation Millenium, The Net starring Sandra Bullock, Whiteboys, and Soul Survivors. He appeared as agent Frank Burrows in U.S. Marshals and recently appeared in The Human Stain.

New class meets Tuesdays, beginning June 17, 2008, from
6-10 p.m. Cost: $390 / Payment plans available

Call (773) 805-2344 for more information or to set up an audition.

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AUDITION WORKSHOP

The Audition Workshop is a two day intensive for theatre professionals only. The Audition Workshop will help you develop your skills and increase your potential for getting cast. The workshop covers every aspect of auditioning including monologues, prepared reads, cold-reads and the business (agents, headshots, casting directors, etc.). Class size is extremely limited and acceptance is based on approval by Erica Daniels and Darrell W. Cox.

Erica Daniels (Steppenwolf Casting Director) originated Profiles' Advanced Scene Study Class with Profiles's Associate Artistic Director Darrell W. Cox in 2002. Erica has been the Casting Director at Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2001. She also freelances as a Casting Consultant to many Chicago Theatre Companies, including Profiles, Lookingglass, About Face, and Writers’ Theatre. Before returning to Chicago where Erica worked as an agent for Geddes, Arlene Wilson and Shirley Hamilton she spent a year as the Theatre Department Coordinator at William Morris in New York. Working under George Lane, she worked with such writers as John Patrick Shanley, Richard Greenberg, Warren Leight and Kenny Lonergan and directors such as Michael Mayer, Robert Falls, Mark Brokaw, James Lapine and Daniel Sullivan. Erica began her career as a casting assistant at Jane Brody casting. She holds a degree in Performance Studies from Northwestern University..

Next Workshop TBA / Price $275