Classes

Nemesis Theatre Company is dedicated to creating unconventional, urgent, and accessible productions of Shakespeare’s work. Trained actors are essential! Join us for classes if you’d like to become a Nemesis. Current offerings can be found below.

Speak the speech

An 8-week deep dive into Shakespeare performance technique

SPEAK THE SPEECH is an 8-week deep-dive into Shakespeare performance technique. Skills covered include:

Paraphrasing for accurate understanding
De-constructing and understanding Shakespeare’s grammar and syntax
Identifying operative phrases and key words to unlock the audience’s understanding
Physical and vocal techniques for clarity
Developing and deepening imagery
Using scansion to discover hints to pacing, character, and unwritten stage directions
Memorizing meaning rather than speech patterns, for flexible, spontaneous, and responsive performance

This was a wonderful experience that I would GLADLY recommend to others. I now feel confident in tackling Shakespeare with the tools I learned.

“I gained a significant amount of information from it. The format was incredible and I have come away from it with a better understanding of Shakespeare.“

The pace was great. [. . .] It was interesting and helpful to see classmates apply a uniform set of tools to solve the specific problems presented by different texts.

“Instructor’s knowledge, command of material, keen observational skills, and specific, articulate feedback made the class engaging and useful.”

“It was interesting to see the other people’s work evolve as they used the tools learned in class.”

“The two hours flew by and I often wished we could keep working past stop time.”

It was the highlight of my week.

It was tough, but truly a game-changer.