Non-Traditional Acting Class
Trezana Beverley, is conducting a non-traditional acting intensive for actors, dancers and singers who would like to explore a more experimental approach to their performance-art. The class will be offered Mon. Thru Thrus. from 6-10pm beginning July 21 for three weeks. Entrance into the class will be by audition only. Performers who enjoy thinking in the abstract will find this class most helpful. Often performers are asked to present ideas in an abstract manner but are not equiped to do so. This class will assist the performer in learning how. Mr. Daryll Quintin and Mr. Felix Ivenov from the Juilliard School of Drama and Ms. Beverley Prentice formerly with the Urban Bush Woman Dance Co. will also guest teach bringing their unique expertise in dance and stage combat to the process.
The Fee for this intensive is $600 and a $25 audition fee which will be deducted from the total fee should you be accepted into the class. After an initial payment of one-third is made by the first class, payment arrangements can be made for the balance.
Performers should prepare two three min. classical and contemporary monologues envolving movement and sound. Dancers are welcomed to bring in a choreographed piece. Singers are welcomed to bring in a song. But all performers including actors must include spoken text with their presentation. To make an audition appointment call: 212-368-9366
Trezana Beverley presents One-Woman Cabaret Act
Tony Award winning actress thrills audiences with her singing versitility in her new one woman cabaret act- one night only, "THE MUSIC IN ME", Saturday June 9, 7:00PM at THE TRIAD 158 West 72 Street (between Broadway & Columbus Aves.), cover charge: $15 + 2 drink minimum, cash only. For reservations call: 212-362-2590, www.triadnyc.com
Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
Adapted for the stage by Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Tony Award winner Trezana Beverley
February 28 - March 25, 2007
Pecola Breedlove is not too young to recognize the correlation between skin color and the world's narrow definition of beauty. At eleven years old, she idolizes the blonde-haired, blue-eyed white girls adored by everyone, including her mother. If only she could have blue eyes, she would be beautiful and good enough, and her world would be beautiful too. Set in 1940s Ohio, Lydia R. Diamond's adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is an emotional tale of racism, betrayal, love and beauty.
For more information see the Playmakers Repertory Company's website
String Of Pearls - November 2005
Trezana Beverley returns to the PlayMakers Theater Company in Chapel Hill, NC to direct "String Of Pearls" written by Michel Lowe. This four female character play is a "Tour de Force" tracking the journey of a valuable string of pearls as it passes from one dramatic encounter to another eventually finding its way home to its original owner after forty years. For ticket information, go to http://www.playmakersrep.org/ or call 919.962.PLAY (7529).
Taming of the Shrew - November 2005
Beverley Prentice will be appearing as Hortensio in The Queens Company fall production of Taming of The Shrew by William Shakespeare and directed by Rebecca Patterson at the Walker Space, 46 Walker Street, (Btw Church & W.Broadway). For reservations call smartix 212-868-4444.
The Darker Face Of The Earth - February 2006
Trezana Beverley makes her NY theater debut as director of "The Darker Face Of The Earth"- the Oedipus story set on a plantation during the Anti-Bellium South. This dynamic play is written by poet laureate, Rita Dove, and will feature the signature performance style of OdD Socks' DanzActingTM. A multi-racial cast of 18 dance-actors will also include Beverley Prentice as the complex obea woman, Scilla. The production is being done in collaboration with Take Wing And Soar Productions. For further information contact:
http://www.takewingandsoar.org.