From Page to Stage: Contemporary Scene Study

Join director Mikael Burke on a journey of discovery and play as we take a script from page to stage, turning engaging Analysis into thrilling Action. Deeply investigating a single play over five weeks, this combination script analysis/scene study class explores the dynamic relationship between text analysis and characterization. Students will engage with various analysis techniques to uncover the structural and contextual clues hidden in a text to thoroughly and compellingly answer the all-important questions, “Who Am I? What do I need?” Then armed with that understanding, students will explore the expansive possibilities of analysis-informed character building in playing, staging, and/or auditioning through scene work directly from the play. This session, the class will focus on Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

This class will not meet the week of Thanksgiving (week of Nov. 25).

DATES: Tuesdays, November 5, 12, 19, December 3, 10​

TIME: 6:00-9:00 PM

COST: $300

ABOUT MIKAEL BURKE

Mikael Burke (he/him) is a Chicago-based director, deviser, and educator. A Princess Grace Award-winner in Theatre and Jeff Award-winning director, his recent credits include: OAK by Terry Guest (Urbanite Theatre, World Premiere); OTHELLO by William Shakespeare (Theatreworks Colorado Springs); SHORT SHAKES! ROMEO & JULIET (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); NOTES FROM THE FIELD by Anna Deveare Smith (TimeLine Theatre, Chicago Premiere); THE SALVAGERS by Harrison David Rivers (Yale Repertory Theatre, World Premiere); TAMBO & BONES by Dave Harris (Refracted Theatre Company, Chicago Premiere, winner of 8 Jeff Awards); BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY by Pearl Cleage (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); THE MAGNOLIA BALLET by Terry Guest (About Face Theatre, Chicago Premiere, winner of 2 Jeff Awards); CLYDE’S by Lynn Nottage (Theaterworks Hartford). Mikael is also an adjunct faculty member at DePaul University and Roosevelt University. MFA, The Theatre School at DePaul University | mklburke.com