Shakespeare Workshop
Lanna Joffrey
SHAKESPEARE
Workshop
With
Ian Hersey
of
The Public Theater
SATURDAY MAY 7th 10AM-2PM
Write ihe...@publictheater.org to reserve your space
IAN HERSEY is the Shakespeare Initiative Associate at The Public Theater where he creates Shakespeare education programs for diverse populations and administrates The Shakespeare Lab. An alumnus of the NYSF Shakespeare Lab and The Actors Center, he has served on the faculty at Barnard College, New World School of the Arts, The Actors Center and The Shakespeare Lab. He has taught Shakespeare in schools, colleges, prisons, community centers, shelters and conservatories. Credits for text coaching include The Last Goodbye at Williamstown, Ser or no Cervantes, Shakespeare on the Sound, The Public Theater Mobile Unit. A recipient of the Fox Foundation Fellowship, he studied Shakespeare with Ron Van Lieu, Barry Edelstein, Michael Langham, Mario Siletti, Peter Francis James, Brian Murray, Catherine Fitzmaurice, Tim Carroll, Maria Aitken and Rob Clare. Other acting teachers include Lloyd Richards, Olympia Dukakis and Earle Gister. As an actor he has performed on stage and television, in film and commercials. Ian is currently the master teacher and curriculum designer for the R.Evolucion Latina Shakespeare Project . He has Master’s in Education from Harvard University.
Ian Hersey
Shakespeare Initiative Associate
The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
NYC 10003
For information on A Midsummer Day’s Camp and Summer ShakeUp please go to: http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/24/138/