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2011 -
2012 Season
ACTING & WRITING MASTER CLASS |
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Mondays, October 24 – December 26, 2011
(no class Nov 14)
6:30pm – 9:30pm
with public presentation: Tuesday, December 27 at 7:00pm
Tuition: $315 for 9 sessions
Previous Pan Asian students are eligible for 20% discount ($253).
Tuition payments are for all 9 sessions and non-refundable.
Location: 520 Eighth Avenue
(between 36th & 37th Streets), 3rd Floor.
Classical training, monologues and scene work for actors, and original pieces developed by lab process for writers.
Students will come to the Class with a piece in mind to work on. Previous students have gone on to perform their works nationally and internationally, and in NYC at HERE, Chashama, PS122, and in Pan Asian showcases and other venues.
Instructor: ERNEST ABUBA, playwright, director, and Obie Award Winning Actor for his role in YELLOW FEVER. Major roles in Broadway’s PACIFIC OVERTURES,
LOOSE ENDS. TV: “Kung Fu,” “Adderly”
Film: “Twelve Monkeys,” “King Of New York”
His plays include: KWATZ! THE TIBETAN PROJECT, CAMBODIA AGONISTES, EAT A BOWL OF TEA, AN AMERICAN STORY, and LEIR REX. Screenplays produced by Wing Prdns, and CBS/PBS: “Mariana Bracetti,” “Osceola,” “Arthur A. Schomburg,” “Lilac Chen,” “Asian American Railroad Strike,” and “Iroquois Confederacy.”
He is currently on the theater faculty at Sarah Lawrence College.
If interested, please contact Pan Asian Rep at info@panasianrep.org or call us at
212-868-4030.
Suggested Reading:
(For Actors) - Stella Adler: The Art of Acting, Compiled & Edited by Howard Kissel,
ISBN: 1-55783-373-7 (Copy:2000)
(For Playwrights) - In Their Own Words, (Contemporary American Playwrights), by David Savan, ISBN: 0-930452-70-4
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2010 -
2011 Season
ACTING & WRITING MASTER CLASS |
Led by Ernest Abuba
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Wednesdays, June 1 - July
6, 2011
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Classical training, monologues and scene work for actors, and original
pieces developed by lab process for writers. Students will come
to the Class with a piece in mind to work on. Previous students
have gone on to perform their works nationally and internationally,
and in NYC at HERE, Chashama, PS122, and in Pan Asian showcases
and other venues.
$240 for six Master Classes
20% discount for previous Pan Asian Rep students. Payments are are
non-refundable and cannot be prorated.
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
(between 36 & 37th Streets)
Contact the Pan Asian Rep office to sign up or for more information:
info@panasianrep.org
or 212-868-4030 |
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2010 -
2011 Season
ACTING/WRITING LAB PRESENTATION |
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Thursday January
6, 2011 at 7:00pm
in the Bruce Mitchell Room
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
between 36th and 37th Streets
$10 suggested donation, collected at door
Followed by Q&A and reception
Scenes and shorts (students in bold):
THIS KOREAN STORY by Susan
Kim
DANCE by Jillian Hassett
Monologue, INFINITUDE by Sung Rno
Johnson Chong as Filo
INTENTIONS OF A FATHER by Dorim Lee
UNTITLED #1 by Julia Amsterdam
Monologue, HAMLET by William Shakespeare
Timothy Liu as Hamlet
a good sc(rub) by Kira Neel
ALL THIS INTIMACY by Rajiv Joseph
Rachel Lin as Jen, Johnson Chong
as Ty
PARTY by Jillian Hassett
UNTITLED #2 by Julia Amsterdam
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare, Johnson
Chong as Claudio
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA by John Quincy Lee
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SATURDAYS
WITH SHAKESPEARE |
Shogun MacBeth
photo by Corky Lee
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Saturdays Oct 23, Nov 20, 27 and Dec
11
2:00pm — 5:00pm
520 8th Ave. 3rd Floor, Studio A
(btw 36th and 37th St.)
These Shakespeare labs will provide a nurturing space to explore
the words of the Bard.
4 sessions for $120
Overseen by Artistic Producing Director Tisa Chang, with each session
helmed
by a company director — Ernest Abuba, Ron Nakahara or Kaipo
Schwab.
Participants would work with the Pan Asian Rep Senior Artists Core
and veteran actors on RICHARD III and other plays under consideration.
Directors assign the roles, which will rotate regardless of gender,
race or age
and with every participant getting a chance to read more than one
role. The
purpose is to explore text, character, relationship, and history;
to be comfortable with classical language; and to evolve a cohesive
acting style; with the goal of
assessing possible future productions.
To register, call 212-868-4030 or email info@panasianrep.org
Registration is limited. |
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MANDARIN
CHINESE LANGUAGE
FOR ACTORS AND PROFESSIONALS |
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Led by Lu Yu
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This course will offer
Mandarin, the predominant language of China, with an emphasis on
pronunciation, learning the four tones, and conversation to help
increase the versatility and confidence of one’s delivery, for actors
taking a Chinese-speaking role, professionals who travel overseas,
or just to broaden one’s vocabulary!
Tuesdays, January 11 - March 1, 2011
6:15pm – 7:45pm
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
(Between 36th & 37th Streets)
Tuition: 8 sessions for $320
20% discount for previous Pan Asian Rep students and corporate members
Tuition is for all 10 sessions and is
non-refundable. Limited enrollment
To enroll or for more information,contact the Pan Asian office:
212-868-4030 or info@panasianrep.org |
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Lu Yu performed on national radio
shows in Taipei from the age of eight years old. He produced and
hosted three weekly Mandarin programs for The Voice of America
in Hong Kong, 1967 to 1972 and acted in 35 Mandarin Movies in
Hong Kong. In New York, he has been the spokesperson for General
Electric, Mercedes Benz, Sesame Street for Shanghai TV, Oxford
language books, and hundreds of other voice-over clients.
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ACTING
FOR THE CAMERA |
Led by Kaipo Schwab
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Coming in 2011
This course teaches acting technique for actors looking to transition
from a theater process to a film process.
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
(between 36 & 37th Streets)
Contact the Pan Asian Rep office to sign up or for more information
at 212-868-4030. |
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Instructor
Bios |
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ACTING
AND MOVEMENT FOR TEENS |
Led by
Movement Instructor Jen Yip,
Acting Instructor Ernest Abuba
and guest instructors
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Coming in 2011
For Beginner or Experienced young actors, ages 15-17, including
acting instruction, scene study, dance and movement
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
(between 36 & 37th Streets)
Contact the Pan Asian Rep office to sign up or for more information
at 212-868-4030.
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Dance and Movement
is an energetic section of the program incorporating elements
of hip-hop, modern, jazz, musical theater, African, and other
ethnic forms of dance. The class is geared
towards providing students with a foundation for working with
movement as part of their overall performance in theater. Other
benefits will include gaining confidence for dance auditions and
developing physical strength.
In the Acting section, students will be introduced
to the world-renowned Constantine Stanislavski System and work
on contemporary scenes and monologues. |
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Instructor
Bios |
2009 -
2010 Season
ACTING/WRITING LAB PRESENTATION |
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Thursday June17,
2010 at 7:00pm
in the Bruce Mitchell Room
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
between 36th and 37th Streets
$10 suggested donation, collected at door Followed by Q&A
and reception
Scenes and solo work excerpts:
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA
by John Quincy Lee
LITTLE MURDERS
performed by Dara Simms and Allen
Hope Sermonia
6 DEGREES OF DANCE by Jen Yip
TOP GIRLS, performed by Azalea Huang and
Sue Ann Pien
SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL
performed by Maria Alegre
INTENTIONS OF A FATHER by Dorim Lee AMERICAN
MIXED TAPE by Allen Hope Sermonia
THE BLUE LOTUS SERIES by Jessica Yee ALMOST THERE by
Sue Ann Pien
THOSE WHO SAVE US by Maria Alegre
FROM OLIVE TO MADAME: THE STORY OF SOONG MAI-LING
by Nancy Eng |
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MANDARIN
CHINESE LANGUAGE
FOR ACTORS AND PROFESSIONALS |
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Led by Lu Yu
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Tuesdays, May 11 - June 29, 2010
6:15pm – 7:45pm
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
(Between 36th & 37th Streets)
Tuition: 8 sessions for $320
20% discount for previous Pan Asian Rep students and corporate members
Tuition is for all 10 sessions and is
non-refundable. Limited enrollment
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SPRING 2010 ACTING
& WRITING LAB |
Workshop alum Nancy Eng, creator of THE WOMEN OF TU-NA HOUSE
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Led by Ernest Abuba
Wednesdays, April 14 - June 16, 2010 6:30pm –
9:30pm
Lab Presentation (open to the public) Thursday June 17 at 7:00pm
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor
(Between 36th & 37th Streets)
$350 for ten sessions plus presentation
20% discount for previous Pan Asian Rep students and corporate
members |
Workshop alum Lan Tran, creator
of ELEVATOR SEX and SMART ASS
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Tuition is for all 10
sessions and is
non-refundable. Limited enrollment
Instructor: ERNEST ABUBA, playwright, director, and Obie Award
Winning Actor for his role in YELLOW FEVER. Major roles
in Broadway’s PACIFIC OVERTURES,
LOOSE ENDS. TV: "Kung Fu," "Adderly"
Film: "Twelve Monkeys," "King of New York"
His plays include: KWATZ! THE TIBETAN PROJECT, CAMBODIA
AGONISTES, EAT A BOWL OF TEA, AN AMERICAN STORY,
and LEIR REX. He is currently on the theatre faculty
at Sarah Lawrence College.
To enroll or for more information, please contact Pan Asian Rep
at info@panasianrep.org
or call 212-868-4030.
Send your headshot and resume to:
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre
520 Eighth Avenue Suite 314
New York NY 10018 |
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Workshop alum Richard Chang, creator of GOY
VEY! ADVENTURES OF A DIM SUN IN SEARCH OF IS WANTON FATHER
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