The Freehold Forum - Spring 2012 E-Newsletter

The Freehold Forum

Spring Quarter 2012

Board of Directors

Mick Gamache, President
Liza Comtois, Immediate Past President
Mark Chandler, Vice-President
Trina Harris, Treasurer
Dan Cox, Secretary

Kristin Alexander
Matthew Bursell
David Friedt

Jonathan Locke

Scott Maddock

www.freeholdtheatre.org

Hello Freehold Community,

Spring is in the air and we're excited to share the news about our great spring class offerings, report on some interesting upcoming work and say a fond farewell to one of our alum Faculty Members.

Here are our e-newsletter highlights:

Jose Gonzales shares his insights about performing scenes of KING LEAR in prison as part of an exploration/workshop of the play in preparation of our Engaged Theatre tour of KING LEAR this summer.

Meg McLynn, a Freehold Faculty Member, shares her excitement about what she's learned teaching her Step I: Intro to Acting students.

Noelle Mestress, a Step II student, shares the second of her blog posts about what she is learning in her Freehold winter acting class.

Daniel Morris shares his memories about a highly beloved Freehold Faculty Member, Jessica Marlowe-Goldstein, who recently passed away after a struggle with a long illness. Our thoughts go out to Jessica's family and friends.

We wish you all a rejuvenating and joyful spring.

Best,

Kate Gavigan

PR Manager, Freehold

From Our Lab: "Breaking Through" at Monroe Correctional Center for Men by Jose Gonzales

Jose shares his insights about performing scenes of KING LEAR in prison as part of an exploration/workshop of the play in preparation of our Engaged Theatre tour of KING LEAR this summer.

Walking into a prison is always unnerving. You have your sensors on full alert, not knowing exactly how to behave except with consideration and caution. You worry the guards are going to turn your group away, you worry that there will be no people in the audience, you worry that you'll see something that may break your heart. More ...

From Our Studio: "A Few Things I've Learned from My Step I Students" by Meg McLynn

Meg McLynn

Meg McLynn, a Freehold Faculty Member shares her thoughts on teaching Step I: Intro to Acting at Freehold.

Teaching Step I: Intro to Acting has been an absolute joy, not just because I love acting and I love helping people understand why I love it, but mostly because the students are AWESOME! Students come to Step I for all different reasons, at all different stages in their lives.

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Studio: "My Step II: Acting with Text Journey" by Noelle Mestres

I watched Moneyball last week before my third class, not because I love baseball or the business of it and not really even because I love watching Brad Pitt although that is not a chore for me. I saw it because I think my novice eye has seen him embody in various roles what I'm learning in my classes so far and I wanted to study that. More ...

Remembering Jessica Marlowe-Goldstein by Daniel Morris

Jessica Marlowe-Goldstein, a treasured Freehold Faculty Member alum, passed away February 7th after a long fight with cancer. Here is a remembrance from Daniel Morris.

Jessica and I were colleagues when we worked together at Freehold at its beginnings in the early 90's, She as an Adjunct Faculty member and I as Director of Operations. Jessica and I were neighbors with apartments across the hall from each other at the Essery on Capitol Hill. Jessica and I were friends. More ...

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