2011 Presenters Theatre Intensive:  Holly Adams At Shakefest: Henry V Yup the woman who brought you the joyous ‘Bruce Campbell Bloodfest of Titus Andronicus’ now turns serious! We will be using play building techniques again, and aligning Henry V (the play) with Tolkien's The Two Towers and Hal himself with Theodin King. Our focus? The Rising Darkness and the Cost of War. "We few, we happy few...how did it come to this?" About: Holly Adams Holly Adams has an M.A in Theatre , Education, and Social change. She is an actor-dancer-writer- producer- teacher- therapeutic clown and mother of two. She has travelled with the famed Patch Adams (no relation) to Russia and to Afghanistan doing therapeutic clowning and working with children. She is the Artistic Director of Kakeru physical theatre company and Mystery & Adventure Agency. She is a renowned mask maker, teaches the Hands-On-Broadway student acting course for students in New York City and won the Association of Teaching Artist's "Teaching Artist of the Year" in 2009. Holly is a unique, zany and creative teacher and her students adore her. “A workshop with Holly is a wild and exciting adventure!” "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." -William James   Film Intensive: Jeff Topham & Melanie Wood At Shakefest: REAL REALITY TV: MAKING A DOCUMENTARY Tired of watching other people’s crappy Youtube videos?  In this intensive workshop, you’ll learn how to make something that matters.  We’ll show you how to shoot, script, interview and edit a documentary - but most importantly, you’ll learn how to explore and enrich your own life by sharing the life stories of others.  About: Jeff Topham Writer, photographer and documentary filmmaker Jeff Topham has fought bugs in the Amazon, ridden camels in Timbuktu, talked African politics with George Clooney and fished with David Suzuki.  TV credits he’s proud of include the award-winning teen activism series Make Some Noise.  His photos and words have appeared in Westworld, Time, Outside, and Maclean's and he once spent six months working with Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana, West Africa.  Jeff also enjoys surfing, guitars, cheeseburgers and the work of Jennifer Lopez.   www.jefftopham.com About: Melanie Wood Vancouver based writer, director and producer Melanie Wood has produced a wide variety of current affairs and documentary programs.  Her award-winning work not only reflects the pulse of the times (o.com, A Stranger in Our Home) but the voices of those who've gone unheard (School Of Secrets, Sweet Assassin, To Have and To Hold).  She believes in making films that tell fascinating, truthful stories you'll want to talk about over dinner.  Melanie is also proud of raising chickens in the city and her exhaustive collection of vintage vinyl. Jeff and Melanie’s collaborations include the CTV Olympic documentary mini-series The Difference Makers with Rick Hansen and the recently finished Liberia ’77, a feature-length documentary detailing Jeff and his brother’s photographic expedition to the war torn West African country of their childhood.  www.liberia77.com   Vocal Intensive: Brian Tate The Goodwill Soul Choir with Brian Tate Like to sing soulful, funky, joyful music? Want to have a seriously good time? Join the Goodwill Soul Choir! Repertoire includes African, Afro-Cuban, spirituals, world music, and black gospel. Lots of opportunities for soloists. No experience or music reading ability needed, just a love of singing. Come prepared to inspire and be inspired. About: Brian Tate An award-winning composer and popular choral clinician, Brian Tate directs Vancouver’s City Soul Choir as well as its sister choir, Parksville BC’s Island Soul Choir—each of which has over 100 singers. Brian’s compositions and arrangements reflect his love of African, world, soul, and gospel music, and many of his choral works are published and performed worldwide.   Writing Intensive: Jeremy Beaulne At Shakefest The Victorian poet Robert Browning is perhaps most famous for his vivid dramatic monologues—poems in which he adopts a variety of different personas who (often quite unintentionally) reveal their highest ambitions and darkest secrets.  Drawing inspiration from Browning’s work, this three-day course gives participants an opportunity to collaborate on a single narrative by writing a series of linked dramatic monologues.  They will explore characterization, unreliable narrators, dramatic structure, and various other aspects of creative writing.    Post festival note: The following link will take you to the dramatic monologues put together by the students of the 2010 Writing Intensive workshop. Please go have a look: monologues    About: Jeremy Beaulne Jeremy Beaulne teaches literature, composition, and film at Okanagan College.  He is also the Web editor of KIdsWWwrite, an online journal featuring work by writers aged five to sixteen published ten times a year by the Kalamalka Institute for Working Writers.  Jeremy is passionate about community theatre and has acted in a variety of productions, including two one-man shows.  He has also directed several plays, including The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes, Blood Relations, Between Yourself and Me, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Dracula.  His most recent project is directing the inaugural production of Okanagan College’s Red Dot Players, an eighteenth-century comedy called The Beaux’ Stratagem.      Art Intensive: Stephane Royer At Shakefest: This workshop will be hands on and fully open to create. Students will be taken step by step through the introduction process of traditional plastisol silkscreen printing, water base discharge printing and poster printing.  How to handle a screen and a squeegee etc... and for those of you that are more advanced we can work with you to learn new skills. We can promise you, you will have a lot of FUN!  About: Stephane Royer Sidual & Sidual Screenprinting was co-founded in 2005 in Vancouver, British Columbia by infamous pro flatland bmx rider Stephane Royer. Our objective is to globally re-awake the senses of one true self through visuals, and utilizing hand silk-screening as it's medium and the clothing as it's canvas. Today, we have numerous international artists on board helping to guide Sidual on a journey to consciously communicate it's message.   Drama strand   ‘Performing in a Pressure Cooker’ with Sand Northrop Participants will have 30 minutes to develop an audition using a new circus or “special skills extra” skill; 30 minutes to develop routines with a group and the remaining time to present and comment on the results.   About: Sand Northrop Sand Northrup, aka One Woman Circus, has won absolutely no awards but deserves one for thirty fabulously varied and successful years working in the arts as a family entertainer and educator. Trained as a clown, juggler and unicyclist in Quebec in the 1980s, Sand has toured solo, duo and collective shows across Canada and now performs on festival stages, at schools and in the streets nearer her home in Vancouver.   In the past decade, Sand has single handedly introduced thousands of new enthusiasts to hands-on circus skills in BC and AB schools.She team teaches at dozens of amazing circus projects annually for groups such as Boys and Girls Clubs, Native Bands, At Risk Youth, Ottawa and Calgary International Children’s Festival. Sand works as a therapeutic clown at BC Children’s Hospital and is currently developing a new solo show for elementary schools called “Fit To Be Tried”.   Dance with Alison Ward This workshop is a fun, upbeat dance/movement class for all levels.  The first part of the class will include a warm up and learning some basic musical theatre dance moves.  The second part will integrate the steps into a high energy routine set to a popular piece of musical theatre music.  Structured like a professional dance class or audition for actor/dancers, the course will give students some tips and tools to take with them when they go – plus it will be a blast! About: Alison Ward Alison has a B.F.A Honours in Theatre from York University , a Musical Theatre Diploma from Randolph School of the Arts, and has trained with The Second City Conservatory in Toronto .  She has over 20 years of various dance experience and is a certified Pilates instructor.  She spent 10 years in Toronto developing her professional career and has written/produced and performed in Toronto, The Muskokas, Halifax, Kelowna and New York City - where she recently won an Audience Choice Award for her one woman show “1/4 Life Crisis”.   Alison is currently living and working in Vancouver.   Story Telling with David Kopp Telling the story: How did Shakespeare do that? It is a well known fact that Shakespeare based his plays on existing tales.  Often audience members would be familiar with some of the source material, but what they were experiencing was something new and far more powerful.  Shakespeare had a way of combining often seemingly unrelated stories to create the rich and complex plots.   This workshop we will explore a technique for creating cohesive narratives based on weaving together popular gossip, news, myths, and stories- just as Shakespeare did.   About: David Kopp David is a long time participant at the festival. For the last few years he has been a teacher-on-call while exploring the globe in his spare time. He is thrilled to be back at the Good Will Shakespeare Festival.       Movement with Aldo Billingslea The Art of Movement and the Act of being moved. Aldo’s workshop uses movement, poetry, writing and music to help students make connections and discoveries.   About Aldo Billingslea: Actor “ a major player in Bay Area theater scene” “ Veteran of theOregon Shakespeare festival.    He has garnered raves playing Othello (Marin Theatre Company), the Obama-like Harmond Wilks in "Radio Golf"(TheatreWorks) and the escaped slave  Damascusin "Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi" (San Francisco's Cutting Ball Theater). Oberon,Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival  Aldo :  "If I do my job right, I serve the play and I serve the audience. It's really not about me. You've got to find your song. This is mine. It's my calling in life. It's why I am on the planet. The theater is the place I feel most connected to the rest of humanity."  Others: “He combines a nonstop work ethic, a magnetic stage presence and a deep sense  of commitment to the craft. He cares deeply about people, shares his feelings openly, is honest in all things, and has one of the greatest smiles I've ever met”. “Aldo actually believes that theater is important in shaping our lives and our culture.  You can't be around him for long without realizing that. It's something he communicates in word and deed day after day”. “His enthusiasm for making art rubs off on everyone he meets." (2505 friends on Facebook) Teacher: Associate professor at Santa Clara University. “ an inspiring teacher, but also a community leader of immense  integrity and intense  commitment. And he's a great guy besides." Good Will Instructor  “Aldo changed my life.” His  workshop is   transforming.”   Improv with VJ Delos-Reyes VJ is originally from Toronto, Ont. but has been mostly calling Vancouver his real home.  He’s an accomplished high school improv coach, having his team compete on the National Stage in Ottawa Ont. for the Canadian Improv Games. A current main stage player with the world renowned Vancouver Theatresports League, he has had the pleasure of working with other improv companies around the lower mainland, “C” is for Comedy Events, Urban Improv, Table 23 and Seattle’s Unexpected Productions. TV/Film Credits include, The “L” Word, Intelligence, Hiccups, Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief and a New AMC show called “The Killing”   Writing for the Screen with DAVID RAY  Born in Montreal, Ray’s feature directorial debut was Fetching Cody, starring Jay Baruchel, which was followed by writing credits in a wide variety of genres, including the critically acclaimed documentary A Safer Sex Trade and the blockbuster video game Need For Speed: Carbon. Recently, he has been writing movies for the SyFy Channel, including Mandrake, Earth’s Final Hours and his latest offering, Ice Quake. As a director, his commercial work has won numerous awards and he is slated to go to camera with his sophomore feature length comedy The Sex Lives of Pirates in 2011. After studying film at Ryerson Unversity, Ray received advanced mentorship with Praxis and the National Screen Institute and is currently a partner at Cheap and Dirty Productions in Vancouver, where he calls home.   The real Romeo and Juliet with Paul Budra Every production and film that you have seen of Romeo and Juliet gets the two main characters wrong.  This seminar will put them into their cultural context and show them for what they really are: a pretentious poseur and a pushy Goth.   About Paul Budra:  Paul Budra is an associate professor in the English Department at Simon Fraser University.  He is the author of A Mirror for Magistrates and the de casibus Tradition (Toronto, 2000) and co-editor of the essay collections Part Two: Reflections on the Sequel (Toronto, 1998) and Soldier Talk: Oral Narratives of the Vietnam War (Indiana, 2004).  He is currently completing a book on Shakespeare and is co-editing another essay collection.  He is on the executive of the Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society and is active in several international scholarly organizations.  In 2004 he won SFU’s excellence in teaching award.   He is presently an Associate Dean in SFU’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.  He leads the lecture series at Bard on the Beach, Vancouver’s annual Shakespeare festival.   Unarmed Combat with Braun McAsh Braun will be selling the stage fight. A number of techniques will be taught with safety and showman ship in mind.   About Braun McAsh: Braun has been a professional fight choreographer since 1976. His choreography credits include the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the Shaw Festival, the Grand Theatre (London), the National Opera Company and many regional theatres across Canada. He has also choreographed extensively for film and television. He is best known as the Swordmaster for the hit TV series HIGHLANDER (seasons 3-6) and the 4th HIGHLANDER movie, ENDGAME. He currently has roughly 400 fight scenes on film, including 3D. He has also choreographed animated films and worked on video game design.  As an actor, Mr. McAsh has appeared in over 120 plays, films and TV shows winning, among others, the Sir Tyrone Guthrie Award, the Stratford Theatre Award and the Theatre BC Best Performance by an Actor Award plus a Jessie nomination. He is also a published author. His latest book is FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY- A Practical Guide, from Crowood Press in England.   Bobby Bovenzi- "Shaka Rhythms"  Shaka is a Hawaiian hand gesture that means to hang loose, or chill and can be used if somebody did something good, cool or righteous! We'll explore rhythm with our hands, feet and voice. You'll play the African Djembe and Dunun stick drums, shakers, bells, wood blocks and Boomwhackers TM. Depending on what the individual groups skills are, we can work on a Shakespeare rap and hip hop beat, and develop harmony line hooks found in many of todays Urban music. In years past we've done beat boxing, Step and African Dancing and created a Frog Pond with unique nature sound instruments. What ever happens will be totally, "Shaka brah!" About Bobby Bovenzi Bobby has been studying, teaching and performing ethnic percussion and dance since 1994 in the US, Canada and Japan. Over this time he has had the honor of studying and performing with Master Drummers and Dancers Khalid Abdul N'Faly Saleem, Kpani Addy, Mamadou "Wadaba" Kourouma, Mamady Keita, Famadou Konate', Yousef Koumbassa, and Clyde Alafiju Morgan. This, coupled with the ground breaking teachings of Arthur Hull's Village Rhythm Circles Facilitation training, has allowed Bobby to developed a unique style that allows everybody to express their own rhythm in ways never imagined. Bobby is currently living in Okanagan Falls, BC and works throughout the Okanagan and Thompson Valley sharing the rhythm with schools, corporations, churches, private parties and festivals. For more information please visit- www.okanaganrhythmfest.ca,www.nankama.com   Singing with Sylvia Zaradic This workshop will focus on the connection between breath, body and sound through a variety of fun and challenging technical exercises.  A final group song (TBA) will also be explored. About Sylvia Zaradic: Sylvia Zaradic has an astonishing array of vocal abilities that transmit well on stage, in person, on air, and online.  Sylvia works regularly as a voice-over actor and was most recently the English-speaking announcer at Whistler Medals Plaza during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games.  Ms. Zaradic portrays a wide range of voice types and has provided animated voices for many cartoons, including My Little Pony, Geronimo Stilton, Being Ian, Ranma 1/2, Sitting Ducks, Mobile Suit Gundam, Boys over Flowers, Vision of Escaflowne, as well as for gaming giants EA Games and Hothead Games Inc.  As a member of Vancouver’s premier ‘loop group’, The Background, Sylvia has worked on countless major motion pictures (Chronicles of Narnia, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Shanghai Noon) and TV episodics (End Game, Stargate SG1, Cold Squad, Jeremiah) to name a few.  In addition to her voice-over work Sylvia is an active theatre performer; credits include: Evil Dead, The Musical (DSR), What About Luv? (DSR), Les Miserables (Arts Club Theatre), Dancing in the Coal Dust (Showcase), High School Musical (URP), Waiting for the Parade & Cabaret (Showcase), The Bird & the Waterfall (Show n’ Tale), The Who’s Tommy (URP), Leader of the Pack (URP), The Wizard of Oz (Gateway), Nunsense (SAS) Tapestry (URP), Anne of Green Gables (Gateway) and Tony & Tina’s Wedding (Horse Raven).  As a singer, Sylvia recorded her debut CD with ‘Klezmer-fusion’ band, Olam entitled Foreign Dreams, which earned her two West Coast Music Award nominations and the opportunity to perform at The Vancouver Du Maurier International Jazz Festival, The Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto), The Palm Springs International Film Festival and for West Coast Performance (CBC Radio live).   This summer, Sylvia will appear as Fruma Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof for Chemainus Theatre.  Sylvia holds a B. Mus from UBC and is on faculty as a voice instructor at Capilano University in the Musical Theatre department.  When not vocalizing, Sylvia enjoys daily wind-down sessions at the piano, is a fervent cook, and is extremely fond of fine wines and her Brazilian-born dog, Caji.   For more information on Sylvia, please visit www.voice123.com/sylviazaradic