The Atelier: Acting Shakespeare Road Map

June 27-28- 1-5pm.
WKUM - 15 George Street, Waterloo, ON N2J 1K6. [1]

$149 - workshop
$199 - includes private coaching and participation in final presentation. 

This workshop is designed to give you a clear and practical roadmap to confidently approach Shakespearean text, even if you’ve never performed it before. Blending the grounded, impulse-driven principles of the Meisner technique with classical structure, you’ll learn to break down Shakespeare’s language, find emotional truth in heightened text, and bring the words off the page and into your body. Whether you’re new to Shakespeare or looking to deepen your craft, this class helps bridge the gap between modern acting training and timeless material.

Paul Hopkins brings over 30 years of professional acting and directing experience to this work. He served as Artistic Director of Montreal’s Shakespeare-in-the-Park company, Repercussion Theatre, for eight seasons, performed in two seasons at the Stratford Festival, and trained under Michael Langham at the Atlantic Theatre Festival. In 2013, he was named a finalist for the Christopher Plummer Award of Excellence in Classical Theatre.