Do you want to feel like a real, actual, WORKING actor again? PAUSE on preparing to be an audition machine with Actor Therapy’s R&P (Rehearsal and Performance) Class.
CLASS STRUCTURE
CLASS 1: Students have a mock audition (as though auditioning for a musical revue of songs by that session’s composer[s]), singing from their own books and practicing a strategic audition (what songs do you pick to encourage the folx behind the table to see you for the material you see for yourself?) Students will then be “cast”* in two or more songs by the composer(s) and will be assigned that material to work on throughout the 5-week session. *Please note that all songs/roles are open to students of all gender identities.
CLASSES 2–5: Students will coach the material with Actor Therapy staff & special guest teachers, rehearse their final performance, and then present their material to a small audience of invited friends/family and guests from the Actor Therapy community.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?
This class is ideal for early-career actors who are anxious to dig into work, who are looking to perform full songs in a more serious (but safe!) setting, who are looking to collaborate with other artists and to get new footage for their websites and social media.
Ryan Scott Oliver introducing the final performance for the first installment of “Actor Therapy Rehearsal & Performance: The Music of Stephen Sondheim” in early 2022.
R&P SESSION 76 - STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Feat. Special Guest Teachers TBA
NOW ENROLLING! | MONDAYS - 5:30pm—7:30pm (Eastern Time)
This class will run for five Mondays beginning on May 12th, 2025. (PLEASE NOTE: There will be no class on Monday, May 26th in observance of Memorial Day. The final class will be June 16th, 2025.)
NOW ENROLLING! | THURSDAYS - 5:30pm—7:30pm (Eastern Time)
This class will run for five Thursdays beginning on May 8th, 2025.
NOW ENROLLING! | THURSDAYS - 7:30pm—9:30pm (Eastern Time)
This class will run for five Thursdays beginning on May 8th, 2025.
*Past Classes/Special Guest Teachers have included: STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Telly Leung, Katie Rose Clarke, Michael McCorry Rose, Bryan Perri), FEMALE M.T. WRITERS (Anna K. Jacobs, Grace McLean, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Ally Bonino), RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN (Kerstin Anderson, Damon Daunno), BROADWAY TODAY (Alex Brightman, Molly Hager); COMEDY SONGS (Troy Iwata from “The Daily Show”, “Death Becomes Her” writer Julia Mattison, “Only Murders in the Building” writer/producer Sas Goldberg); DISNEY AND ANIMATED CLASSICS (Caissie Levy, Patti Murin, Ben Fankhauser); RADIO MUSIC (Lindsay Levine, Emily Kristen Morris, Drew Gasparini); THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LIPPA & MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA (Eden Espinosa, Julia Murney, Kate Baldwin); THE MUSIC OF JASON ROBERT BROWN (Hunter Foster, Adam Kantor, Elena Shaddow); THE MUSIC OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Ruthie Ann Miles, Jeanna de Waal, Adam Chanler-Berat, Britney Coleman, Alexander Gemignani, Telly Leung, Heath Saunders, Jason Forbach); THE MUSIC OF KANDER & EBB (Kate Baldwin, Julia Murney, Anne L. Nathan); CONTEMPORARY M.T. SONGWRITERS (Adam Gwon, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Zoe Sarnak); THE MUSIC OF JEANINE TESORI & LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA (Taylor Iman Jones, Kyle Beltran); and THE MUSIC OF SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Sara Jean Ford, Meghan Picerno, Jason Gotay, Michael Patrick Walker.)
TUITION
BRAND NEW STUDENTS (WHO HAVE NEVER TAKEN AN ACTOR THERAPY COURSE BEFORE): $625
RETURNING ACTOR THERAPY STUDENTS WHO ARE NEW TO “AT: REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE” CLASS: $599
AT: REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE RETURNING STUDENTS: $525
SPECIAL NOTES
Cancellation and deferment policy:
$99 is the deposit to hold your place in class; your balance (see Tuition, above) is due before your first day of class by Chase Quick Pay, the Zelle app, or PayPal (+3% convenience fee).
Deposits are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
Up to seven days before the start of class, students may request to defer their payment to a later session.
Cancellation within seven days of class will still require the remaining balance to be paid, per our Terms and Conditions.