The Art and the Audition with Karen Kohlhaas
New York, NY
06/26/2025
Florin Broadway LLC
New York, NY
06/26/2025
LAMDA
New York, NY
06/25/2025
cindi rush casting
New York, NY
06/25/2025
The Art and the Audition with Karen Kohlhaas
New York, NY
06/26/2025
Classes
Everyone starts the week with a tour through the town and surrounding area, beginning at the Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum. Many of Williams most famous plays are set in, or refer to the Mississippi Delta, including CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Blanche and Stella鈥檚 home), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (home of Amanda Wingfield鈥檚 gentleman callers), and ORPHEUS DESCENDING. SUMMER AND SMOKE and THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE are set in the rectory itself. We then tour the town, reading monologues and scenes at the actual sites they鈥檙e set in, and then we drive out to the Mississippi River. We finish with dinner at Moon Lake, the site of Blanche鈥檚 husband鈥檚 tragic suicide in STREETCAR. Moon Lake is featured in all of Williams鈥� Delta plays.
During the week we have daily monologue class with time to rehearse in the late afternoons and evenings. We have the incredible Katie Honaker, master voice & speech teacher, who will coach accents (Southern and non-Southern) and voice. Sunday is a day off. There are additional guest classes with amazing teachers on image/style and career. Morning yoga is an option with the excellent teachers from Delta Yoga, for a very modest additional fee. We finish with public performances of the monologues. Our last day ends with dinner and Blues in town.
TRANSPORTATION
The nearest airport is Memphis, about 75 miles away. For those not renting cars, there will be airport pickup and dropoff on arrival and departure days, within certain windows. When you register you will receive air travel recommendations. Cars have always worked out easily with some people renting, or driving to the training, and sharing and chipping in for gas.
HOUSING
There is a range of places to stay in Clarksdale from about $60/night and upwards. There have been some donated rooms in the past for those who otherwise could not afford to come, please inquire about that. When you register you will receive housing recommendations.
MEALS
Participants are responsible for most of their own meals. I host a couple of group dinners. Most of the B&Bs in town have kitchens and/or include breakfast food. There are several restaurants.
BIOS
Karen Kohlhaas
Karen is a director, teacher, author, filmmaker and Tennessee Williams scholar. DIRECTOR | Karen is a founding ensemble member of New York's Atlantic Theater Company, where her productions include plays by Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Annie Baker, Keith Reddin, Shel Silverstein, Joe Penhall, Hilary Bell, Tennessee Williams, and Kate Moira Ryan. She has also directed for the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater; Ars Nova; Montreal Comedy Festival; Naked Angels; Ensemble Studio Theatre; New York Live Arts; the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway; the Alley Theatre, Houston; New Dramatists; Menagerie Theatre in Cambridge, UK; Theatre Oxford; The Culture Project; NYU mainstage; the Practical Theater Co. in Sydney, and others. TEACHER | Karen has over 35 years teaching experience and is a senior teacher at the Atlantic Acting School, where she developed the first and second year script analysis curricula and trains script analysis faculty. She developed her own approach to rehearsing audition monologues, which is used by actors and teachers all over the world. She teaches her own online and hybrid classes in Monologues; Fearless Cold Reading, Throughline Script Analysis; and Directing. She has taught guest workshops around the US and internationally, including theaters, schools, conferences and universities in Atlanta, Austin, Seattle, Memphis, Dallas, Cleveland, Burlington, Oklahoma City, Miami, Mississippi, New Orleans, the UK, Italy, and Australia. She teaches Monologue Teacher Training to university and high school teachers. AUTHOR | Karen's books include The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors, How to Choose a Monologue for Any Audition, and the Monologue Audition Teacher's Manual. She is the creator of The Monologue Audition Video (DVD) about her complete monologue technique. FILMMAKER | Karen's films include two music videos with acclaimed performer/playwright Taylor Mac, several short documentaries, and the instructional film Roots and Branches 5 Element Qi Gong for the T鈥檃i Chi Foundation. She is currently editing a documentary series about Tennessee Williams in the Mississippi Delta.TENNESSEE WILLIAMS SCHOLAR | Karen is the curator of the Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and is frequently a presenter and panelist at the New Orleans and Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festivals.
Katie Honaker is an actor, voice-over artist, teacher and coach who has been teaching voice and speech at Atlantic Acting School/NYU Tisch since 2003. She became a certified Miller Voice Method teacher in 2021. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, she lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, two daughters and sweet dog May. You can find out more about Katie here:
Florin Broadway LLC
New York, NY
06/26/2025
Performer
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Thursday, July 10, 2025
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (E)
CONTRACT
Development Agreement
$625 weekly minimum (Tier 1)
SEEKING
Equity actors for the role of FEZZIK in Tier 1 work session for THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
FEZZIK: Character is Male. 30s-40s. Any ethnicity. A true-blue gentle giant of surpassing strength and poetic soul. Simple but not simple-minded, slow but not stupid, devoted to his friends, with a gift for rhyme and a wit all his own. Has a bass, or bass-baritone vocal range.
All Equity stage managerial positions have been filled.
PREPARATION
Please come warmed up and ready to sing a short cut of a bass or bass-baritone musical theatre song. Please bring a headshot and resume stapled together. A piano accompanist will be provided.
LOCATION
Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
Holding room -Studio 17T
PERSONNEL
Based on the novel by William Goldman
Director: Alex Timbers
Producer: Jeffrey Seller
Book: Bob Martin & Rick Elice
Music: Robert and Kirsten Lopez
Music Supervisor: Tom Kitt
General Management: Baseline Theatrical
Casting: The Telsey Office: Patrick Goodwin, Jimmy Larkin
Expected to attend:
Casting Directors: Patrick Goodwin, Jimmy Larkin, Charlie Hano
OTHER DATES
Work session dates: Monday, August 25 - Friday September 5, 2025, in NYC
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity鈥檚 contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
LAMDA
New York, NY
06/25/2025
Classes
APPLY NOW for an action-packed summer in London with LAMDA鈥檚 Shakespeare Summer School. Applications close on FRIDAY JULY 4th.
Across an unforgettable 4-Weeks, you鈥檒l explore the iconic works of Shakespeare, discover how to bring classical texts to life, and take part in dynamic skills classes led by LAMDA鈥檚 expert tutors. These summer programmes are a unique opportunity to experience British Conservatoire actor training at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art), the oldest drama school in the UK.
As well as having the opportunity to explore the glittering culture London has to offer during your free time, you鈥檒l also experience exciting trips with your cohort, including to Shakespeare鈥檚 birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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LAMDA TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS:
> Classes in the heart of London, one of the cultural capitals of the world
> Opportunities to make new connections and meet students from across the world
> Develop your acting skills with intensive training opportunities
> Immerse yourself in British classical texts and explore iconic roles
> Housing options available (first come, first serve basis)
You must be 18 years old with an English Language proficiency to apply. There is no age limit. Course runs 14 July - 8 August 2025. Classes run 10:00am - 6:30pm weekdays.
cindi rush casting
New York, NY
06/25/2025
Performer
