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Theater Master Class

• Intensive theater Master Class on “Textual Analysis” and its application to theater education and theatrical practice
• Andreas Manolikakis is the former Chairman of the Actors Studio Drama School (Master of Fine Arts) Program at Pace University in New York City
• Who should attend: actors, theater & film directors, screenwriters, playwrights, dramatists, translators and theatrologists
• January 11-14, 2021, 11:00-16:00
  Hellenic American Union Theater (Massalias 22, Athens)
• Certificate of attendance is provided
• Application deadline: Friday, November 6, 2020

“Textual Analysis” helps those involved in theatrical theory and practice to discover information that will help them make the most appropriate choices between and underneath the words a play consists of. This work focuses on understanding and developing all elements inherent in the plot and characters, with particular emphasis on the reality of each individual moment of the play.

Andreas Manolikakis is teaching this master class based on the Stanislavski system and the Actors Studio method. Excerpts from classic and contemporary plays will also be analyzed. The master class also traces the development of the Stanislavski System from its roots to the present and includes special exercises, which bring the participants in contact with their own, personal material.

Due to limited seating, those interested in participating should at first fill in an interest form (PDF, 156kb, in Greek). The form should be forwarded via email at culture@hau.gr with a short CV attached. The final selection of participants is subject to a short, online interview, scheduled for late November.

The masterclass will be conducted according to the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health and following the orders by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection. 

Andreas Manolikakis is a lifetime member and a member of the Board of Directors of the Actors Studio. He is a former Chairman (2006- June 2020) of the Actors Studio Drama School (Master of Fine Arts) Program at Pace University in New York City, where he is a clinical professor of acting and directing as well as Director of Directing Department.  He has taught workshops in acting, directing and script analysis in New York, Chicago, Berlin, Paris, Bucharest, Sibiu (Romania), Athens, Chania, Nafplio and Thessaloniki. He has translated into Greek the book Vakhtangov’s School Of Stage Art by Nikolai Gorchakov, which was published in Athens in 1997. As a director and actor has worked in the U.S. and Europe (on Broadway, at the Actors Studio, the National Theatre of East Paris and elsewhere). Andreas Manolikakis is included in the Marquis Who’s Who biographical directories for his contribution to education.

“Andreas Manolikakis understands the work of Stanislavsky and Vakhtangov better than any teacher or interpreter since Lee Strasberg was teaching at the Actors Studio.”
Ellen Burstyn, President of the Actors Studio, Oscar and Tony-winning actress

“Andreas Manolikakis is one of the most insightful and gifted members of Actors Studio”.
Arthur Penn, former President of the Actors Studio, Tony-winning and three times Oscar award nominee

“Andreas Manolikakis: Which Oscar award nominee was his student?” Video interview (in Greek) of Andreas Manolikakis to Athens Voice (January 31st, 2019)

Interview of Andreas Manolikakis to Vicky Flessa (ERT, June 12, 2019)

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