How glasses are masks 🥸 | "Grief and Desire" - Final Session of TN Olivia/Viola in The Rehearsal Room


Welcome back to The Rehearsal Room!

Join us for Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT this month
Act 1, Scene 5 and Act 3, Scene 1 - Olivia/Viola

with Edgar Landa, Miranda Johnson-Haddad, Anne Gee Byrd and Shelby Lewis, recorded earlier this year.

TWELFTH NIGHT Final Session: A Dance of Grief and Desire

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🏁 In the Final Week of TN Olivia/Viola, highlights include:

➤ The transformative exercise of "Dropping In" to deepen connection

➤ Insights into the grief, identity, and power dynamics present in these interactions

➤ An exploration of the First Folio and its clues to Shakespeare's language and intent

➤ A Q&A with the team, including the value of different interpretations

What did it feel like with "dropping in"? 🤔

65 seconds with Shelby, Edgar and Anne Gee

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These aren't academic journals! 🤓

A great idea from our session.

Catch the full Final session now...

📸 dramaturg Miranda

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