The 2010 Apprentice Company will receive 50 hours of professional training, then rehearse and perform in the the Shakespeare in the Park production of Love's Labor's Lost .
The training will be very challenging, extremely rewarding and intensely fun! Apprentices will play supporting roles in Love's Labor's Lost , and have important responsibilities in the production. Please note: Shakespeare in the Park is physically strenuous; middle Tennessee summers are intense and acting is a full-body commitment!
Apprentice Company members Christy White and Stephen Berryessa in the 2007 Shakespeare in the Park production of
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Apprentice Ashley DiGiorgi (left) in a scene with actress Marin Miller in Macbeth. Photo by Roger Gibbs. |
Auditions: April 17
Training: July 12 - 23, 10am-3pm
Rehearsal: July 24 - August 18, evenings
Performance: August 19 - September 12, Thurs-Sun evenings
Tuition: $500. Some financial aid is available.
Participants must be available for all classes, rehearsals, and performances July through September unless any conflicts are cleared with the Apprentice Company Director at the time of the audition.
Audition Info (click)
Each year The Nashville Shakespeare Festrival selects 12-14 talented theatre artists ages 13 and up to perform in its Shakespeare in the Park production and to take part in an intensive two-week training program. These students are known as the "Apprentice Company" and are selected based upon auditons that occur several months before their summer training in July.
In their training, the Apprentice Company members develop their acting skills through rigorous workshops in the following areas:
- Voice
- Movement
- Text and Character Analysis
- Stage Combat
- Physical Awareness
In addition to performing along side some of Nashville’s most talent actors, the apprentices gain hands-on experience working with The Festival ’s technical staff in areas such as lighting, sound, and costuming. An important initiative of The Nashville Shakespeare Festival, the Apprentice Company is designed to both enhance the apprentices’ understanding of Shakespearean works, as well as to train the future leaders of Nashville’s cultural community.
"This program is like no other I have ever experienced. I learned so much in so little time…not just about theater, but about myself."
--Ashley DiGiorgi, Apprentice Company 2005 & 2006
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