New Play Development LAB Acting Ensemble

Course Description

Summary

This class will serve as the Ensemble for plays being developed in Abe Koogler's Advanced New Play Development LAB.  Actors will become part of an ensemble focused on the process of supporting playwrights as they refine and edit drafts of new work they are developing.  Actors in the ensemble will be asked to read multiple roles from multiple new plays over the term- and will present these as process focused readings for the LAB during joint sessions with Abe Koogler's playwrights which will take place during the Wednesday class session.  The focus will be on developing the skills required by an actor to successfully serve the new play development process as well as exploring the larger professional context of New Play Development in the theater world at large.