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Adult Scenes: Sam Shepard Collection
This acting class is a more advanced class for adult students that have successfully completed more than one session of classes at Gateway or other comparable acting school and have approval from the course teacher, Michael Baker. During this class we will explore the works of Sam Shepard and bring to life some of his most dramatic scenes from his most popular plays. Sam Shepard rose to critical acclaim in the late 60s as a playwright, winning many awards for his works. His works are recognized for their bleak, poetic, and often surrealistic elements, which are coated with dark humor and often involve characters that live on the outskirts of American Society. Even though his works were written in the past, their context and themes are still relevant in society today, which is what makes Shepard so successful. In this class, students will not only focus on the acting aspect of Shepard’s works, but also his writing, in order to better understand the work in its entirety. As Shepard said, “There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the way things cross over.”
This acting class is a more advanced class for adult students that have successfully completed more than one session of classes at Gateway or other comparable acting school and have approval from the course teacher, Michael Baker. During this class we will explore the works of Sam Shepard and bring to life some of his most dramatic scenes from his most popular plays. Sam Shepard rose to critical acclaim in the late 60s as a playwright, winning many awards for his works. His works are recognized for their bleak, poetic, and often surrealistic elements, which are coated with dark humor and often involve characters that live on the outskirts of American Society. Even though his works were written in the past, their context and themes are still relevant in society today, which is what makes Shepard so successful. In this class, students will not only focus on the acting aspect of Shepard’s works, but also his writing, in order to better understand the work in its entirety. As Shepard said, “There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the way things cross over.”
