FOREIGN TONGUE Book and Lyrics
“Something fresh and very funny.”
“Scripting Immigration” Edited by Yana Meerzon.
Book and Lyrics by Lola Xenos
“[…}the script has room for lots of savage satire, not just about David's fetishization of Ludmilla's ethnic background (yup, I think the title's a sexual pun) but also about how the entertainment industry exploits global suffering for its own gain.”
(Glen Sumi, Now Magazine, 2019)
(Jenna Daly and Julius Choi, The Next Stage Festival, 2019)
Book on Chekhov Acting Training:
“The Rhythm of Space and the Sound of Time examines the place of Chekhov’s Technique in the contemporary acting pedagogy and practice. Cynthia Ashperger answers the questions: What are the reasons behind the techniques’ current resurgence? How ha this cohesive and holistic training been brought into today’s mainstream acting training? What separates this technique from the other popular menhods?”
(Rodopi, Consciousness, Literature & the Arts 14, 2008)
Michael Chekhov’s five guiding principles and theatre practice today:
The case of Tender Napalm by Phillip Ridley
Chapter in Book
Chapter 3:
Daughter of the Air: Three Acting Sessions and Nina Arsenault’s Imaginary Body
JUDITH THOMPSON’S
HEDDA AND SIRENS
FROM THE PROLOGUE BY Dr. CYNTHIA ASHPERGER:
“[…] the greatness of Judith’s writing: her depth of compassion, her ability to enter a character’s psyche, her penchant for magic realism, her beautiful poetry, and the immense size of her drama.”
(Canadian Play Outlet, 2017)
JUDITH THOMPSON’S
WHO KILLED SNOW WHITE
FROM THE PROLOGUE BY Dr. CYNTHIA ASHPERGER:
WKSW is not an “issue play.” It is not a theatrical sermon with tells us what tho think, but rather, as with all Judith’s work, it is a large and uncompromising reflection of society. […] Written in the genre of magic-realism […] this is a major work created by Canada’s top dramatist at the height of her powers.”
(Sirocco Drama, 2019)
To the Actor
by Michael Chekhov
FROM THE AFTERWORD BY
DR. CYNTHIA ASHPERGER:
The technique was born out of trust in the wisdom of the body and through a search for a total interconnectedness of body, spirit, speech, quality and will. It offers to the actor awareness, deep compassion and a road to inspiration and creative process.
Chekhov’s Psychological Gesture in the Directing Process
Basic Psychological Gesture
Archetypal Gesture
Intention Objective Gesture
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