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SYDNEY
BRENNER (Advanced Scene Study, Six week Intensive)
Sydney Brenner is an MFA trained actor from the internationally acclaimed Moscow Art
Theatre School and The American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre
Training at Harvard University. Sydney moved to New York City at the age of nineteen to
pursue her acting career after a brief stint at Vassar College. While in New York, Sydney
was accepted to The Actor's Center where she studied under Ron Van Lieu, now head of
Acting at the Yale School of Drama and former Head of NYU's Graduate Acting Program;
Catherine Fitzmaurice, creator of The Fitzmaurice Technique of Voice; and Casting Director
Joanna Merlin, author of “Auditioning”. It was on the recommendation of these
three master teachers that Sydney wound up at ART. |
While at ART, Sydney was introduced
to Master Teacher and Director Scott Zigler, with whom she studied for three years and who
also directed her in “Night School” by Harold Pinter. It was through Zigler that
she learned the Practical Aesthetics Technique, started by David Mamet and used by The
Atlantic Theatre Company's founding member William H. Macy. During her time at ART, Sydney
appeared in countless productions. At the Rep she performed in “Marat/Sade”
directed by Janos Szasz, “The Island of Anyplace” directed by Thomas Derrah,
Chekov's “The Bear” directed by Yuri Yuremin and understudied the lead in the
world premiere of Adam Rapp's “Stone Cold Dead Serious”. At the Institute she
starred in “Spring Awakening”, “Medea”, “As You Desire Me”
(directed by Kate Whoriskey), “King Lear” (directed by Karen Coonrod) and
“The Sicilian”, an international touring production that appeared at The Teatre
de Fabri in Forli, Italy and The Moscow Art Theatre's American Studio. Sydney also
received international praise for her role of The Duchess in Yuri Yuremin and Samrat
Chakrabarti's adaptation of “The Man of La Mancha” featured at The Moscow Art
Theatre's American Studio.
Sydney has studied with Commedia del Arte master teacher Silvio Castiglioni, Stathis
Lavithos of The Greek National Theatre, Mick Barnfather of The Theatre de Complicite,
Alvin Epstein, Roman Kozak, Richard Johnson and Jane Lapotaire of The Royal Shakespeare
Company, and the world renowned movement teacher and choreographer Andrei Droznin.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Sydney has taught on the faculties of Cal State University
Long Beach, Idyllwild Arts Academy, the Los Angeles location of New York Film Academy,
where she headed their one year Scene Study course, and, most recently, at The Acting
Corps in North Hollywood.
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MICHAEL ERIC
STRICKLAND (Audition Techniques) imdb
Michael Eric Strickland received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama and his BFA from the University of
California, Santa Barbara. His extensive theatre credits include work at the Old Globe
Theatre in San Diego, the Mark Taper Forum, Yale Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival,
Laguna Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Great Lakes Theatre Festival and the Idaho
Shakespeare Festival, among others. With his classical theatre training and background, he
has been fortunate to perform many great roles including title roles in “Henry
V”, “Pericles” and “Troilus and Cressida”, as well as Iago in
“Othello”, Prince Hal in “Henry IV, part one”, Adam in the west coast
premiere of Neil Labute’s “The Shape of Things”, Pale in “Burn
This”, Jack in “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Shelley in “Bloody
Poetry” and Torvald in “A Doll House”. |
His film and television credits include roles on
"CSI", "Boston Legal", "Numb3rs", “24”, “Without a Trace”, “Cold Case”, “Close to
Home”, the NBC pilot “The Men’s Room” and the feature film
“S.W.A.T.”
He has taught on the faculties of UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Long Beach and the New York
Film Academy.
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