Master Class: Scene Study

Remy Bumppo returns with its scene study class designed for the working professional actor. This class provides the opportunity to work with four professional Chicago directors on a variety of materials – each week the director will choose scenes and/or monologues for each student in the class. Over the course of the class, every student will experience multiple in-depth approaches to scene work.

Instructors: Elyse Dolan, Terry Guest, Mikael Burke, Georgette Verdin

Dates: Mondays – November 3, 10, 17, 24

TIME: 6:00-9:00 pm

COST: $200

CAP: 12 students

All industry classes will take place at the Remy Bumppo Rehearsal Room: 1751 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL 60613.

About the Instructors

Elyse Dolan

Elyse Dolan (she/her) is a Chicago-based director and producer. She is the Associate Artistic Director at American Blues Theater, where she is also an Ensemble member. She’s excited to be directing William Inge’s Come Back Little Sheba at American Blues this season. Recent directing credits include the Chicago premiere of If/Then at Brown Paper Box Co. and Blackbird at Blank Theatre Company. She has also directed and/or assistant directed at Raven Theatre, Redtwist Theatre, The New Coordinates, Oracle Theatre, Broken Nose Theatre, Prop Thtr, Commission Theatre, Babes with Blades, and more. Elyse holds a B.A. in English Literature and Theatre from Denison University.

Terry Guest

Terry Guest (he/him) is a 3 time Jeff Award winning playwright, actor, director and teaching artist. Works include: At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, OAK, The Magnolia Ballet (Jeff Awards for Best Production and Best Performance in a short run), A Ghost in Satin (Williamstown Theater Festival), Marie Antionette and the Magical Negroes (3 Jeff Awards including Best New Work, Best Director and Best Ensemble), Nightbirds, The Madness of Mary Todd (Goodman Playwrights Unit commission), and Andy Warhol Presents the Cocaine Play. As an actor Terry has worked at regional theaters including Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Alliance Theatre, About Face Theatre and Actors Express. Keep up with Terry on Instagram: @terryexplainsitall

Mikael Burke

Mikael Burke 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

Georgette Verdin

Georgette Verdin (she/her) is a Cuban-American freelance director, the Associate Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre and a company member with Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Recent directing credits include: the adaptation of Dial M for Murder (Northlight); the revival of Night Watch and the Chicago Premiere of Ironbound (Raven Theatre); the U.S. premieres of The Writer (Steep Theatre) and Out of Love (Interrobang Theatre Project); the World Premieres of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Northlight); The Singularity Play (Jackalope Theatre); A Mile in The Dark (Interrobang Theatre Project/Rivendell); Enough to Let the Light In (Teatro Vista); Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company); and Spay (Rivendell). Georgette was profiled as one of 50 artists in NewCity Magazine’s 2023 “Players: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now” and was named in Chicago Reader’s 2022 Best of Chicago as “Best Local Stage Director Ready for the Next Big Steps.”Georgette is a three-time Jeff nominated director and was the 2022 Michael Maggio Directing Fellow at Goodman Theatre. georgetteverdin.com.

Administrative Office

3759 N. Ravenswood Avenue
Suite 124
Chicago, IL 60613
773.244.8119

Performance Venue

Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Box Office: 773.975.8150

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