EVDIV 71 - From Page to Stage

Jasminn Johnson
In this immersive eight-week experience, students will take on the role of actors recently cast in a professional production of a play (to be determined), with two months to prepare before the first day of rehearsal. Throughout this process, students will examine what actors can explore on their own with the text and how to break down dramatic structures. Close reading and selected scene studies will be performed in class. Preparation outside scheduled class time is needed to bring a role to life.

Biography: Jasminn Johnson (Group 45), a Drama Division teaching fellow, is an actor and teaching artist based in New York City. Some of her recent Off-Broadway credits include King Lear (New York Classical Theatre), Blues for An Alabama Sky (Keen Company), and Twelfth Night (Shakespeare on the Sound); her TV and film credits include The Equalizer (CBS) and The Politician (Netflix). Johnson has taught throughout New York City as the former director of education for Keen Company and coached for the National August Wilson Monologue Competition, in which her student won first place at the 2020 New York citywide competition.

8 weeks

Mondays 6–8pm ET

January 22–March 18

Online Only

$680