Class BASH'd
Explore Shakespearean text with BASH'd Artistic Director James Wallis.
January 6 & 7, 2017
10am-6pm
January 6 & 7, 2017
10am-6pm
Spend two days delving into classical text and walk away with two new audition pieces and lots of useful tools for text work.
On day one, you will bring in a new monologue that you'd like to work on. After spending the day exploring this monologue with James and the rest of the class, James will personally select a monologue for you, which you will explore on day two. At the end of the weekend, you'll have two new pieces ready for auditions.
$175 for two days
$140 Equity Discounted Rate
Register early, space is very limited.
On day one, you will bring in a new monologue that you'd like to work on. After spending the day exploring this monologue with James and the rest of the class, James will personally select a monologue for you, which you will explore on day two. At the end of the weekend, you'll have two new pieces ready for auditions.
$175 for two days
$140 Equity Discounted Rate
Register early, space is very limited.
About James Wallis:
James is a director and actor with a strong expertise in classical text. Outside of his work with Shakespeare BASH'd, James has worked with Resurgence Theatre Company, Theatre by the Bay, and the Stratford Festival.
James is a native of Newmarket, Ontario. He cut his teeth at Resurgence Theatre Company in Newmarket beginning as a teenager, where he performed in Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Measure for Measure. This began his professional love of Shakespeare, which has endured throughout his career. He was able to return again to Resurgence years later to play Benvolio in a production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by his good friend and mentor Lee Wilson, in 2009.
James attended Ryerson Theatre School where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting, which was pivotal in the development of his philosophies on acting and the theatre.
After finishing school, James jumped right into the big bad world of commercial work and film & television acting. He has been seen in a number of national commercials, including spots for Boston Pizza, Honda and Expedia. Also, he has appeared on The Jon Dore Show, XIII: The Series and in a number of feature films including: And Now A Word From Our Sponsors and The Movie Out Here.
In 2010, James co-founded Shakespeare BASH’d with his wife, Julia, in order to take responsibility for their creativity by producing the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in the city of Toronto. For the company, James has directed staged readings of Romeo and Juliet (2010), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2011), and Edward II (2015), as well as the full productions of Romeo & Juliet, Love's Labour's Lost, Macbeth, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. He played Petruchio in the company's Best of Fringe winning production of The Taming of the Shrew in 2012 and the remount in 2015, and played Benedick in their sold-out production of Much Ado About Nothing in the 2013 Toronto Fringe. In addition, here are some of James’ selected theatre credits: A Midsummer Nights’ Dream, Shakespeare’s Magic and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre by the Bay), Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath Theatre, US Tour), Sleeping Beauty (Sudbury Theatre Centre), Paradise by the River (Shadowpath Theatre).
James is currently participating in the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing at the Stratford Festival, where he assistant directed Macbeth and Bunny and will return next season to assistant direct Romeo & Juliet.
James is a director and actor with a strong expertise in classical text. Outside of his work with Shakespeare BASH'd, James has worked with Resurgence Theatre Company, Theatre by the Bay, and the Stratford Festival.
James is a native of Newmarket, Ontario. He cut his teeth at Resurgence Theatre Company in Newmarket beginning as a teenager, where he performed in Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Measure for Measure. This began his professional love of Shakespeare, which has endured throughout his career. He was able to return again to Resurgence years later to play Benvolio in a production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by his good friend and mentor Lee Wilson, in 2009.
James attended Ryerson Theatre School where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting, which was pivotal in the development of his philosophies on acting and the theatre.
After finishing school, James jumped right into the big bad world of commercial work and film & television acting. He has been seen in a number of national commercials, including spots for Boston Pizza, Honda and Expedia. Also, he has appeared on The Jon Dore Show, XIII: The Series and in a number of feature films including: And Now A Word From Our Sponsors and The Movie Out Here.
In 2010, James co-founded Shakespeare BASH’d with his wife, Julia, in order to take responsibility for their creativity by producing the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in the city of Toronto. For the company, James has directed staged readings of Romeo and Juliet (2010), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2011), and Edward II (2015), as well as the full productions of Romeo & Juliet, Love's Labour's Lost, Macbeth, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. He played Petruchio in the company's Best of Fringe winning production of The Taming of the Shrew in 2012 and the remount in 2015, and played Benedick in their sold-out production of Much Ado About Nothing in the 2013 Toronto Fringe. In addition, here are some of James’ selected theatre credits: A Midsummer Nights’ Dream, Shakespeare’s Magic and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre by the Bay), Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath Theatre, US Tour), Sleeping Beauty (Sudbury Theatre Centre), Paradise by the River (Shadowpath Theatre).
James is currently participating in the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing at the Stratford Festival, where he assistant directed Macbeth and Bunny and will return next season to assistant direct Romeo & Juliet.
