Due to popular demand, another new session has been added.
The first two sessions are full, but there are still spots available for the January session.
Apply now!
"James and Julia offer brilliant technical expertise and imaginative direction that will transform your work."
- Breanne Tice, 2019 participant

Join us for an online edition of Class BASH'd!
Spend two weekends delving into classical text and walk away with two new audition pieces ​and lots of useful tools for text work.

In week one, you will bring in a new monologue that you'd like to work on. After spending the weekend exploring this monologue with James, Julia, and the rest of the class, the BASH'd team will personally select a monologue for you, which you will explore in week two. At the end of the class, you'll have two new pieces ready for auditions.

Plus, each student will receive a complimentary 30 minute coaching session with James and Julia to be used after the class.

Dates:
New session added:
January 9, 10, 16, 17
1pm to 5pm EST each day, online.

Cost:
Sliding scale - $150, $100, $75, or $50
Once you're accepted into the class, you'll be able to choose a price point that works for you.

We're also offering a number of free spots in the class, priority will be given to IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour), transgender, and non-binary actors.

To register, complete the online application form. After your application is accepted, you'll be sent payment information, if applicable.

Fill out the form below for both paid and free spots in the class:
About James Wallis:
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James is a director and actor with a strong expertise in classical theatre. Outside of his work with Shakespeare BASH'd, James has worked with Resurgence Theatre Company, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and the Stratford Festival.

James has been a Shakespeare fan all his life, having performed with Resurgence Theatre Company as a teenager and again as a professional later in his career. 

In 2010, James co-founded Shakespeare BASH’d with his wife, Julia. For the company, James has directed staged readings of Romeo and Juliet (2010), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2011), Edward II (2015), Volpone (2017), as well as the full productions of Romeo & Juliet, Love's Labour's Lost, Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Twelfth Night. 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 participated in the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing  at the Stratford Festival, assistant directing Macbeth, Bunny, and Romeo and Juliet, as well as Julius Caesar in 2018.
About Julia Nish-Lapidus:

​Julia is a director, actor, and producer with extensive knowledge of classical text. In addition to her work with Shakespeare BASH'd, Julia has worked with the Stratford Festival, Theatre by the Bay, and Canadian Stage.

After falling in love with Shakespeare at the age of ten, Julia has spent her life studying the works of the Bard, with a focus on Shakespearean text (even studying grammar in university to better understand the language). 

In 2010, she co-founded Shakespeare BASH'd with her husband James, and went on to produce all of the company's sold-out productions.  She has worked as the Managing Director of Common Boots Theatre and as part of the team at The Theatre Centre. She was a member of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing at the Stratford Festival in 2019, acting as the Assistant Director on Private Lives and returned this season as Assistant Director on All's Well That Ends Well, and as co-facilitator of the WordPlay series in the Forum (cut short due to the pandemic).

For Shakespeare BASH'd, Julia has directed Cymbeline, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, and the staged reading of The Duchess of Malfi. She has also performed in many BASH'd productions, including The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and Volpone (staged reading). 

Selected Additional Credits: The Duchess of Malfi, The Revenger’s Tragedy (Co-Director, Ryerson Theatre School); The Tom & Gertie Letters Project (Co-Director, SpringWorks), Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen, This Property is Condemned (Director, The Playwright Project), Modern Love (Co-Creator, Next Stage), As You Like It (Text Coach, Theatre By the Bay), Titus Andronicus (Text Coach, Hart House), and as an actor OVER, See Bob Run (Theatre Caravel), reasons to the pretty (The Labute Cycle), The Forest (Red One Theatre Collective), Dublin Carol (Fly on the Wall).​ ​

Julia is a a graduate of the joint acting program at UofT and Sheridan College, a member of the Advisory Board for the Canadian Stage GYM program, and a current participant in the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction at the Stratford Festival.