Shakespeare Theatre Company Development Site| PLAYING COMEDY WITH NANCY ROBINETTE - Shakespeare Theatre Company Development Site

Mondays, November 1 through December 13 (no class Thanksgiving Week)
In Person: 516 8^th Street SE, 4^th Floor

Instructor: Nancy Robinette
Prior Experience: Fundamentals of Scene Study or equivalent required.

Learn how to play a scene for every last laugh! With coaching from gifted comedic actor and Helen Hayes Award-winner and STC Affiliated Artist Nancy Robinette, learn how to tackle both classic and contemporary comedic scenes. Students will explore comedic style appropriate to some of the funniest scenes in dramatic literature, tackling skills in physical and vocal performance, language, and character.

Nancy Robinette, STC Affiliated Artist
Last Seen In At STC: Everybody
Seen on Broadway In: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
What Her Students Say: “Nancy Robinette is a very generous teacher! Patient but knowledgeable when guiding us. The class was fun, interesting, and informative.”

“Nancy Robinette is awesome. Her gifts as a true artist comet through in her teaching style, which is patient, supportive, inventive, completely engaged. We all love her!”

HEALTH AND SAFETY for In Person Classes

All students must provide proof that they are fully vaccinated in order to attend in-person classes at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Students who need a reasonable accommodation for medical reasons or due to a sincerely held religious belief, and children under the age of 12, will require proof of a negative COVID-19 test (each week classes are held) in order to be allowed entrance.

Shakespeare Theatre Company accepts the following methods for proving vaccination, which must be presented along with a photo ID:

Physical vaccination card, or a photo of your vaccination card
CLEAR app Health Pass – https://www.clearme.com/support/healthpass
Digital vaccination cards through your home Health Department (check with your state/county’s Health Department if not listed below)
- D.C. Residents – https://dchealth.dc.gov/page/dc-myir
- Virginia Residents – https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/viis
- Maryland Residents – https://md.myir.net/rorl?next=/

Students who need a reasonable accommodation for medical reasons or due to a sincerely held religious belief, must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, which must be presented along with a photo ID.

Students with one of the above accommodations who are required to provide a negative COVID-19 test result must have proof of a PCR test taken within 48 hours of the class start time or an antigen test taken the same day of the class. At home tests will not be accepted. Proof will be accepted in the following forms:

Physical negative test result
Email from a test provider
App verifying negative test

Children under 12 must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test (once weekly for classes held two days per week) and a parent or legal guardian to confirm their identity.

Masks are required for all in-person classes students, regardless of vaccination status. Masks must be worn at all times, except when actively eating or drinking in designated areas.

HEALTH AND SAFETY for In Person Classes

SCENE STUDY WITH NANCY ROBINETTE

Nov 8–Dec 20