A SCENE STUDY WORKSOP
ONLY 10 PLACES AVAILABLE
Dates:
Saturday July 5 10.00am-5.00pm (Auditors welcome)
Sunday July 6 10.00am-5.00pm (Auditors welcome)
Location:
Cromwell Rd Theatre (Red Stitch rehearsal space), 27A Cromwell Rd Sth Yarra
Cost:
$400 per person for the two days*
$70 - Auditors per session ($100 for both days)
T&C’s
*Cancellations for the workshop within a week of commencement will result in a 50% refund of the total fee.
ABOUT THE WORK SHOP
Heightened Drama: Finding the Comedy in Tragedy
Join acclaimed director Gary Abrahams (The Comeuppance, Iphigenia in Splott) for Heightened Drama: Finding the Comedy in Tragedy, a dynamic two-day acting workshop exploring the razor’s edge between heartbreak and hilarity. Actors will delve into emotional extremes, unlocking surprising moments of levity within intense dramatic scene work, taken from contemporary and international texts by some of the world's most currently celebrated and provocative writers including Tony Kushner, Joshua Harmon and Alice Birch. With a focus on bold choices, precision, and play, participants will develop a deeper understanding of how comedy and tragedy amplify each other. Ideal for actors eager to stretch their range, this workshop offers practical tools, ensemble work, and individual feedback in a fast-paced, supportive environment. Come ready to risk, laugh, and transform your craft.
Places are reserved on a first come, first served basis. This Intensive is recommended for those pursuing a career in theatre.
Gary has directed the Australian premieres and National tours of several large-scale commercial shows, as well as classic texts, contemporary plays, new Australian scripts, and devised projects. His work encompasses large scale commercial plays and musicals, main-stage works, independent shows and self produced theatre projects.
His recent directing credits include the return season of Yentl at Malthouse Theatre, premiere season of Driftwood, for the Umbrella Foundation, the Australian premiere of Admissions for Melbourne Theatre Company , Lucrezia Borgia for Melbourne Opera, Iphigenia In Splott at Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Yentl, Durk A Modne Gloz and Ghetto Cabaret for Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, 33 Variations starring academy award winning actor Ellen Burstyn at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre, the Australian premieres of Hand to God and Bad Jews for The Vass Theatre Group. In 2017 he directed Angels In America: Parts One and Two for Cameron Lukey Productions, and the national tour of his adaptation of Therese Raquin for his company Dirty Pretty Theatre. Other recent credits include POMONA, ROAM, The Pride, Day One. A Hotel. Evening, Laramie.10 Years On and Oh Well Never Mind Bye all for Red Stitch Actors Theatre, and Buyer and Cellar for Melbourne Theatre Company.
He recently won the Green Room Award for Outstanding Playwriting for Yentl, and has been nominated for several awards for his plays. As a director he is twice the winner of the Green Room Award for Outstanding Direction, and he has been nominated a further five times. He is a recipient of THE GRACE WILSON TRUST AWARD for writing, THE JIM MARKS SCHOLARSHIP for Artistic Practice and THE MIKE WALSH FELLOWSHIP for directing.