Comedy Scene Study

During these classes with Cindy Gold we will look at period style in comedy as well as contemporary comic scenes. Styles classes will introduce students to Noel Coward and how one handles accoutrement, props, and language. We will also look at modern comic scenes and work on 21st century “style.”

TIME: 6:00-9:00 PM

COST: $360

ABOUT CINDY GOLD

Cindy Gold is an actress, director, and teacher. Recent Chicago area appearances include The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington/Steppenwolf Theatre, Wipeout/Rivendell, Christmas Carol/Goodman, Indecent/Victory Gardens, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof/Drury Lane, Measure for Measure/Goodman, Awake and Sing/Northlight, Taming of the Shrew/Chicago Shakespeare, and Lyric Opera in Showboat and My Fair Lady. Regionally, Cindy performed at Asolo Theatre in The Cake, The Kennedy Center in Showboat and Daughter of the Regiment (where she shared a role with RBG!) She appeared in Music Man at Glimmerglass Opera, both in New York and at the Royal Opera House in Muscat. Cindy won a Jeff award for playing Gertrude Stein in Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty’s Loving Repeating. Recent TV: Work in Progress, Empire, Chicago Fire, and the pilot episode of TNT’s Leverage. Film: Ghostlight, I Used to Go Here. Cindy is Professor Emeritus of Theatre/Acting at Northwestern University.