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. This August, we are running TWO sessions of this class, one on Mondays and one on Tuesdays. Please register for the day that is most suitable for your schedule!

DATES:
Mondays: August 4, 11, 18, 25
OR
Tuesdays: August 5, 12, 19, 26

TIME: 6:00-9:00 pm

COST: $200

CAP: 12 students for each session

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

About the Instructors

Coming soon!

Christina Casano

Christina Casano (she/her) is a theatre artist based in Chicago. Her training includes a BA in Theatre from Miami University, Victory Gardens Theater’s Director’s Inclusion Initiative, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s Summer Professional Training Program. Selected directing credits: Dear Elizabeth (Remy Bumppo), I Build Giants and Poison (The Plagiarists), Henry IV Pt. 1 (Starling Shakespeare Co), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stone Soup Shakespeare), Plaid As Hell (Babes With Blades), Grape Leaves (workshop, Avalanche), Socks & Co. (workshop, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre), Work in Progress (workshop, The Plagiarists) How To Murder… (workshop, Bramble Theatre), Blood of My Mother’s (workshop, Wayward Sisters), Deep Shadows (audio drama, EFCT), Fame Heaux (staged reading, Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival). Other favorite projects: Short Shakes! Romeo & Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Some Like It Red and The Epic of Gilgamesh, etc. (The Plagiarists), How To Defend Yourself (Victory Gardens), Bury Me (Dandelion Theatre), The Light Fantastic (Jackalope Theatre). She is the Creative Producer for Remy Bumppo. www.cmrcasano.com

Kaiser Ahmed

Kaiser Ahmed (he/him) is a Bangladeshi-American theatre director, producer, teacher, and actor based in Chicago. He’s worked at Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, American Blues Theatre, The Artistic Home, Northlight Theatre, and others. Kaiser was named on NewCity’s Players 2019 and 2022: “Fifty People Who Really Perform For Chicago”. Kaiser is a 2015-16 Eugene O’Neill National Directors Fellowship Finalist, a 2016-17 Victory Gardens Directors Inclusion Initiative recipient, and an Associate Member of SDC.

Kaiser was the Co-Founding Artistic Director of Jackalope Theatre Company from 2008-2012, he continued to serve as the Associate Artistic Director through 2019, and resumed as Artistic Director in 2020. At Jackalope, he’s worked closely on every production in the company’s 14-year history. 

Kaiser holds a BA in Theatre Directing from Columbia College Chicago, is an Eagle Scout, and is fluent in Bengali. 

Karissa Murrell Myers

Karissa Murrell Myers (she/her) is a Filipino American theatre artist based in Chicago, where she works as a playwright, actor, producer, and casting director. Winner of the 2023 Maxim Mazumdar Award and an O’Neill Finalist, her plays have been developed and/or produced at Goodman Theatre, Alleyway Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, The Road Theatre Company, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, American Blues Theatre, A Red Orchid Theatre, The Gift Theatre, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, City Theatre, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Broken Nose Theatre, Avalanche Theatre, and Bramble Theatre Company, where she serves as the Artistic Director and Co-Founder. MFA from University of Hawaii, BA from Boise State University, and proud graduate of The School at Steppenwolf 2019. Member of the Dramatist Guild and SAG-AFTRA.

Marti Lyons

Marti Lyons (she/her) most recently directed ‘ART’ by Yasmina Reza, Love Song by John Kolvenbach and Galileo’s Daughter by Jessica Dickey at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. Lyons also directed Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley at Northlight Theatre, Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess at Milwaukee Rep, Sense and Sensibility adapted by Jessica Swale at American Players Theatre and the world-premiere of John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower at Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. Selected other credits include: The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess at Writers Theatre; Cymbeline at American Players Theatre; The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe and Kings by Sarah Burgess at Studio Theatre; the world-premiere of How to Defend Yourself by Liliana Padilla, a Victory Gardens and Actors Theatre of Louisville co-production; Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee at Victory Gardens and City Theatre; Witch by Jen Silverman at Geffen Playhouse and Writers Theatre (LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Direction); Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías at Victory Gardens; Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; I, Banquo at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Title and Deed by Will Eno at Lookingglass Theatre Company and Laura Marks’ Bethany and Mine at The Gift Theatre. Lyons is also an ensemble member at The Gift Theatre and a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

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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