Anton Chekhov offers plays with roots as deep as Sophocles and branches that reach to Beckett, Williams, August Wilson and beyond. His plays are deeply human offering the world a mirror in which we can see our deepest selves. He offers true substance to the studio’s central claim that “growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous.”

Master Teacher Sam Schacht leads this intensive with his modern realism scene study class. Mr. Schacht will be assisted for the first time ever by Yale Professor of Directing, David Chambers, who brings the final phase of Stanislavsky’s life’s work, featuring improvisations called études, to the Chekhov Intensive. Actor and teacher Annelise Lawson will join Professor Chambers in teaching this extraordinary Russian process. Also new to the intensive this year will be the addition of a Modern Realism On-Camera Acting course. Additional courses in Voice & Speech and Movement will supplement these classes. Offered in the summer only, this is a five-week, 30-hour per week intensive designed for the advanced actor.