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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 22:18:00 +0000

You are invited!
ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON TEACHES FREE
SEMINAR and meets Actors at ACTORS PRO EXPO
10 am to 5 pm Sat, Sept 8, 2018 - Radisson Martinique Hotel, W. 32 St and Badway.

#love

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Actors, Writers and Directors in Lab class with Artistic Director Roger H Simon Wednesday night at The Simon Studio! Classes are held at The Simon Studio every Wednesday at 6 PM and Saturday at 3:30 PM. To audit/see if you qualify please call 917.776.9209 or email RHSStudio@gmail.com

OPEN HOUSE SAT., FEB. 17th. features Broadway producer Doug Denoff

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0000

ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON Celebrates the 40th. Anniversary of his SIMON STUDIO. SEE OUR NEW POSTER in link below and YOUR ARE INVITED to our OPEN HOUSE this SATURDAY, FEB. 17, 3:30 - 6:30 pm
Featuring new lab work and Mr. Simon interviewing Broadway Producer Doug Denoff (LATINO HISTORY FOR MORONS and the upcoming PRETTY WOMAN) The Drama Book Shop Theatre's Arthur Seelen Theatre, 250 W. 40 St.
PLEASE RSVP For reservations and further info: rhsstudio@gmail.com or 917.776.9209 SimonAndThompsonEntertainment.com

videos

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:41:00 +0000

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Theatre Festival Of The Spoken Word

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:30:00 +0000

RIP James Leaf

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(Actor/Director: James Leaf)

WINGED VICTORY by #SarahLevineSimon

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 03:31:00 +0000

Dear Friends and Family, PLEASE JOIN US! SARAH LEVINE SIMON's SPECIAL BOOK EVENT for her first novel WINGED VICTORY recently released by her publisher Black Opal Books. THE DRAMA BOOK SHOP, 250 W. 40 St., N.Y.C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19: 5 - 7 pm 5 pm: Presentation in the theatre 6 pm: Reception upstairs with refreshments PLEASE RSVP rhsstudio@gmail.com As many of you know, Sarah passed away July 4th. doing what she loved - writing and making art. Now the esteemed Drama Book Shop in NYC is giving Sarah a special Book Event to mark her book's release. We want to celebrate and honor her with you that evening. I cannot thank you enough for all the support you've given Sarah, me and my family over the years - particularly over the past few months . Sarah's book will be available at the Drama Book Shop and can also be purchased at Black Opal Books. (opera singer) and writer. She has appeared as a soloist throughout the United States and Europe, singing difficult soprano repertory such as Bach Cantata No. 51, Lukas Foss’s Time Cycle, and the lyric soprano operatic repertory. Writing began for the soprano as a way to access the literary texts she sang, and it led to her creating her own narratives. Writing credits include: Bernardo’s Farewell and Mouse Music, stories for actors and orchestra, produced with a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts, narrated by actress Tovah Feldshuh, among others. She has written two plays on commission for Plays for Living. The Portrait written as a radio play for National Public Radio in 1983 finally received a production by the Ad Lib theater company at Theater 54 in New York City to critical acclaim in 2014. She wrote, produced and sang as the “gourmet diva” in five musical videos to introduce classical music and have a little fun with it as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSJs9EEzJnA. In February of 2017, The Dressmaker’s Secret, a play co-written by Mihai Grunfeld received a critically acclaimed and sold out Off Broadway production at 59E59 Theatres in New York City. With Winged Victory and Locked Out, she makes her debut as a novelist. Winged Victory BY: SARAH LEVINE SIMON In the late 1950s, Victory Povich, the Hearing daughter of a Deaf mother, is a young Jewish teenager floundering in school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Victory’s father, a Hearing man, has recently passed away, leaving Victory and her mother Esther almost destitute. To make matters worse, because Esther signs, she must now depend on Victory to translate. Victory translates for her own convenience and fails to tell her mother when she is in trouble at school. Some of Victory’s omissions lead to hilarious episodes, while others lead to her being the brunt of bullies, and a serious entanglement with the law occurs when Victory finds herself caught up in the burgeoning civil rights movement. Her father’s illness—and the persecution that Victory suffers, not only from being Jewish, but also from being the daughter of a Deaf woman—causes her to retreat into the world of books and imagination where she pretends she’s Nancy Drew, solving complex mysteries. Now Victory and her mother must find a way to survive when the whole world seems to be against them through no fault of their own.

And Sarah's next three new novels will also soon be released by her publisher in 2018 and 2019. Below is what Black Opal wrote on their website along with her bio and description of WINGED VICTORY. With much appreciation, Roger and Noah, Daniel and Abigail Simon. Sarah Levine Simon has enjoyed a dual career as a musician

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#BardOnTheLake #Shakespeare #ArtsOnTheLake

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 03:31:00 +0000

( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon )

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AGENT HOLIDAY AUDITION INTENSIVE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:56:00 +0000

Nov. 29 - Dec. 16, 2017

Join THE SIMON STUDIO as Roger Hendricks Simon directs you in an AGENT On-Camera Holiday Audition Lab Intensive now through December 16 featuring Theatre/Film/TV/Commercial Agents Barry Kolker and Albert Bramante. BARRY KOLKER (Carson-Kolker) In the business for 22 years, Barry handles Film, TV and Theater (credits – Broadway: Kinky Boots, Wicked, Annie, Phantom, Matilda, Bullets Over Broadway, The Lion King and Les Miz tours. - Television: Us and Them, Hostages, Deception, Orange is the New Black, Person of Interest, Law and Order: SVU, and Blue Bloods. - Films: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List, Rob The Mob, and Revenge of the Green Dragons). His clients work in regional theatres and he is currently looking for established actors/actresses with strong credits and triple threat performers, plus clients of ethnic diversity. ALBERT BRAMANTE (Emerging Talent) Emerging Talent LLC was founded in 2004 by Albert Bramante, with the mission of helping and supporting serious and talented performance professionals. (credits – Television: Pose, Law & Order SVU, Billions, Blue Bloods, Sweet Bitter, The Blacklist, Bull, Homicide City – Film: Shadow Girl, The Perfect Murder, Nigerian Prince). His talent roster is always growing and he is always on the look out for new clients. Emerging Talent originally started as a management company and since that time, they have placed clients in commercials, numerous print campaigns, one-act plays, films, industrials, voiceovers, and episodic projects. The Simon Studio invites you to join these agents AND Director/Coach ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON (N.Y. Shakespeare Festival, Yale Rep, London's Royal Court Theatre, film/TV) as they direct and teach THE SIMON STUDIO HOLIDAY ON-CAMERA LAB INTENSIVE only through December 16th. Both agents will give artistic and business feedback. Resident and guest directors, writers and industry guests work along side you in audition technique – contemporary and Shakespeare scenes, monologues, and cold readings on-camera. Actors will be selected by an audit of the class to work a monologue audition with Mr. SIMON, and his staff. Earliest audit date preferable: Wed., Nov. 29: 6 pm or Sat., Dec. 2: 3:30 pm or Wed., Dec. 6 pm. Limited space and only a few openings remain. Audit fee: $40. (included into the $195 Intensive fee for those accepted). Training Lab sessions between Nov. 29 - Dec. 16 culminating with final performance and agent feedback on these nights: Wed., Dec. 13: Barry Kolker, attending Agent Sat., Dec. 16: Albert Bramante, attending Agent All fees include copies of on-camera work. STAGE BUDDY THEATRE REVUE of recent SIMON STUDIO LAB WORK - 12/19/16: "The renowned industry actor and teacher Roger Hendricks Simon brings the best to the stage in his regular SIMON STUDIO Performance events. The acting is on a par with the best of any Off-Broadway production, both entertaining and intoxicating and where art is the true star. Anyone wishing to hone their craft or nurture their acting skills of just simply in need of watching the highest level of acting the way its supposed to be done, should make every effort to attend these events at SIMON STUDIO."

For an appointment or for further info: 917.776.9209 or rhsstudio@gmail.com

#BardAtTheLake2017 #BardAtTheLake

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:38:00 +0000

( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon ) Having just completed a run in Oona O'Leary's Please Go Gentle Into That GoodNight at the Actors Theatre of Manhattan, Roger Hendricks Simon,with Blue Horse Director Lora Lee Ecobelli, brings Bard back to AotL. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VNZIHdilziEbYC5MoJ-ymwYPnRHRZKG Now an annual event, Bard is scenes, stories and music from plays of the world's greatest playwright woven into an evening that develops anew each time - a theatrical collage. Seeing the performers from the Simon Studio and Ms. Ecobelli's classes for the first time two years ago, Kent Highway Superintendent Richard Othmer, who participated as "Bottom" in Midsummer Night's Dream, declaimed "These actors are serious." www.artsonthelake.org/event.php?ev_id=19317 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850830099941 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850106194941
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(Actors) Lab/Class

Shakespeare TennesseWilliams Chekhov SamShepard

ON CAMERA PROFESSIONAL LAB CLASSES and PRIVATE COACHING

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:52:00 +0000

SHAKESPEARE and FILM LAB - focuses on Shakespeare work directed and taught by Mr. Simon w/industry guests and associates - includes film on camera work w/DAN SIMON - Film Maker - Newport Beach Film Festival, Iron Mule Comedy Film Festival, SIMON STUDIO/Drama Book Shop Theatre Cinema and Theatre Festival - includes VOICE OVER COMMERCIALS W/ GEORGE FLOWERS - Announcer, Commercial Producer NY1, CBS and ABC - Showcases includes: PROFESSIONAL LAB ON CAMERA CLASSES and PRIVATE COACHINGS w/ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON - Director/Actor/Producer: Yale Rep, N.Y. Shakespeare Festival, London's Royal Court Theatre, Oliver Stone's "Wall Street2" opposite Michael Douglas and Josh Brolin - Director/Coach for John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, John Lithgow, James Earl Jones, Bibi Anderssen, James Woods, Tovah Feldshuh, Judith Ivey, etc.

Lab uniquely combines on camera classical and contemporary scene study and monologues w/cold reading audition technique, voice production/diction, movement and sensory work. Uniquely combines actors w/directors, producers, playwrights/screenwriters, agents and casting directors. Uniquely combines theatre and film training w/the development of new works, showcase and production. Simon Says Since 1978 A Philosophy FOR Actors Plus Writers + Directors, Artists + Thinkers On Camera You are Invited! Open House Contact Roger Hendricks Simon Call 917.776.9209 Where the Contemporary Meets the Classical Works In Progress SimonStudioPresents YouTu.be facebook tweet like +RogerHendricksSimon Presenting Event Fall Rising Anton Chekhov Tennesse Williams Shakespeare Bard At The Bar Actors Pro Expo WinterFest Radio Drama History Biography Reel

WHERE THE CONTEMPORARY
MEETS THE CLASSICAL!

(Actors) Lab/Class
( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon )

Shakespeare TennesseWilliams Chekhov SamShepard

#ShakespeareOnTheLake

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:01:00 +0000

( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon )

Having just completed a run in Oona O'Leary's Please Go Gentle Into That GoodNight at the Actors Theatre of Manhattan, Roger Hendricks Simon,with Blue Horse Director Lora Lee Ecobelli, brings Bard back to AotL. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VNZIHdilziEbYC5MoJ-ymwYPnRHRZKG Now an annual event, Bard is scenes, stories and music from plays of the world's greatest playwright woven into an evening that develops anew each time - a theatrical collage. Seeing the performers from the Simon Studio and Ms. Ecobelli's classes for the first time two years ago, Kent Highway Superintendent Richard Othmer, who participated as "Bottom" in Midsummer Night's Dream, declaimed "These actors are serious." www.artsonthelake.org/event.php?ev_id=19317 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850830099941 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850106194941 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155854574434941
(Actors) Lab/Class
Shakespeare TennesseWilliams Chekhov SamShepard

#ShakespeareOnTheLake

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:42:00 +0000

( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon )

(Actors)Lab/Class

Shakespeare TennesseWilliams Chekhov SamShepard

#BardOnTheLake

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:58:00 +0000

( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon ) Having just completed a run in Oona O'Leary's Please Go Gentle Into That GoodNight at the Actors Theatre of Manhattan, Roger Hendricks Simon,with Blue Horse Director Lora Lee Ecobelli, brings Bard back to AotL. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VNZIHdilziEbYC5MoJ-ymwYPnRHRZKG Now an annual event, Bard is scenes, stories and music from plays of the world's greatest playwright woven into an evening that develops anew each time - a theatrical collage. Seeing the performers from the Simon Studio and Ms. Ecobelli's classes for the first time two years ago, Kent Highway Superintendent Richard Othmer, who participated as "Bottom" in Midsummer Night's Dream, declaimed "These actors are serious." www.artsonthelake.org/event.php?ev_id=19317 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850830099941 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850106194941 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155854574434941

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VNZIHdilziEbYC5MoJ-ymwYPnRHRZKG

(Actors) Lab/Class

Shakespeare TennesseWilliams Chekhov SamShepard

#BardOnTheLake #ArtsOnTheLake

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:14:00 +0000

www.artsonthelake.org/event.php?ev_id=19317 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850830099941 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850106194941 https://www.facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155854574434941 (Actors) Lab/Class
Shakespeare TennesseWilliams Chekhov SamShepard

#Shakespeare #BardOnTheLake

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:10:00 +0000

( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon )

(Actors) Lab/Class

Shakespeare TennesseWilliams Chekhov SamShepard

Bard On The Lake #BardOnTheLake #BardOnTheLake2017

noreply@blogger.com (Noah David Simon) — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:17:00 +0000

( Directed by Roger Hendricks Simon )

Presented by The Simon Studio, the Blue Horse Repertory and Arts on the Lake.Having just completed a run in Oona O'Leary's Please Go Gentle Into That GoodNight at the Actors Theatre of Manhattan, Roger Hendricks Simon, with Blue Horse Director Lora Lee Ecobelli, brings Bard back to AotL. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VNZIHdilziEbYC5MoJ-ymwYPnRHRZKG Now an annual event, Bard is scenes, stories and music from plays of the world's greatest playwright woven into an evening that develops anew each time - a theatrical collage. Seeing the performers from the Simon Studio and Ms. Ecobelli's classes for the first time two years ago, Kent Highway Superintendent Richard Othmer, who participated as "Bottom" in Midsummer Night's Dream, declaimed "These actors are serious." www.artsonthelake.org/event.php?ev_id=19317 facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850830099941 facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155850106194941 facebook.com/william.dean.712/posts/10155854574434941

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SAM SHEPARD NYC Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:30:00 +0000

(SAM SHEPARD LAB WITH SHOWCASE) Artistic Director ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON announces a new On Camera Professional Lab and Showcase for Fall 2017 (Sept./Oct.) honoring the work of the recently deceased celebrated writer SAM SHEPARD. AUDIT AUDITIONS NOW and discover the best on camera theatre and film lab in NYC! A unique mix of selected actors, directors, writers, agent/casting personnel for theatre and on camera film training and showcase of developing new work and Shakespeare since 1978!

simonstudio.com/2017/09/sam-shepard-nyc-festival.html
(image source theguardian Photograph:
Michael Friberg/Contour by Getty Images)

Mr. Simon (director/coach: John Travolta, James Earl Jones, John Lithgow, Tovah Feldshuh, Samuel L. Jackson, James Woods, N.Y. Shakespeare Festival, Yale Rep, London's Royal Court Theatre) will direct and teach the Lab. Associate guest and resident directors include Eddie Lew (Provincetown Phoenix), Robert S. Gregory (N.J. Shakespeare Festival), Jack Cornwell (Samuel French Short Play Festival), Vincent Scott (Abingdon Theatre) and Mildred Purdy (National Public Radio). Upcoming Fall Showcase events for public and industry will include SHEPARDING SAM, Agent/Casting Director and Industry Nights and the studio's annual critically acclaimed Shakespeare BARD AT THE LAKE. In 2017 ...THE SIMON STUDIO's On Camera Professional Lab has already developed and produced a sold out critically acclaimed world premier production - THE DRESSMAKER'S SECRET at 59E59 Theatre (mini Off Broadway contract) and the studio's annual Shakespeare BARD AT THE BAR at thehistoric Players Club in June. LIMITED OPENINGS FOR AUDIT/AUDITIONS OF NEW ACTORS, WRITERS AND DIRECTORS: Candidates will be considered for Lab class workshop residencies: Lab fees for those selected. Call 917-776-9209 to make an appointment to do an audit/ audition ($20. audit fee includes a copy of your on camera work) on one of the following dates: Saturday, September 16: 3:30 - 6:30 pm Saturday, September 23: 3:30 - 6:30 pm Wednesday, September 27: 6 - 9:30 pm All auditions are by working on a Shepard, contemporary or classical monologue live and on camera with Mr. Simon in his On Camera Professional Lab at the Arthur Seelen Theatre of the Drama Book Shop, 250 W. 40 St., NYC 10016

#Shakespeare #BARDATTHEBAR

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:21:00 +0000

You are cordially invited to
Bard @ the Bar

in honor of William Shakespeare and

THE SIMON STUDIO's 39th Anniversary

Directed by
Roger Hendricks Simon

Friday, June 30th 2017, 8:00 P.M.
THE PLAYERS CLUB
16 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
(Business casual attire required to enter the club.)
facebook.com/events/257117758099511
This annual SIMON STUDIO celebration event is an environmental performance collage -
scenes, songs, music and dance from plays by William Shakespeare,
featuring current studio members, alumni & special guests
from The Players Club, film, Broadway and London stage worlds.

eventbrite.com/e/the-simon-studios-shakespeare-bard-at-the-bar-tickets-35520334276

"... an impressive group of scenes, using every inch of the expansive room, as well as audience members, as part of the ambiance... a ‘60’s style street theatre environment, (where) audience members wandered in and out and photographers documented the performance. Strict homage was paid to the Bard’s language, with vivid, highly physicalized portrayals by all. Actors of all shapes, sizes and ages were encouraged to share their talents, eschewing the youth-oriented look of many recent Shakespearean productions. Director Roger Hendricks Simon is to be congratulated for his dedication to the inclusion of all types of talented actors, and the large, enthusiastic crowd obviously agreed."

- Off-Off Broadway Review

Admission by donation -
$10.00 suggested for
The John Palmore/Frank DePasquale Scholarship Fund
For further information and reservations

Please RSVP at 917-776-9209
or rhsstudio@gmail.com

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THEATER REVIEW of Simon Studio Performance Lab

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 May 2017 22:24:00 +0000

THEATER REVIEW - Stage Buddy

Simon Studio Performance Lab

Posted 12/19/2016
L to R: Robert S. Gregory as Lear and Roger H. Simon as the Fool in the KING LEAR segment

The renowned and industry-respected actor and teacher, Roger Hendricks Simon, brings the best of his students to the stage in his regular Simon Studio Performance Lab events.
The evening featured excerpts of scenes from Shakespeare’s King Lear, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet, as well as Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. and Christopher Hampton’s Total Eclipse.
Some of Mr. Simon’s famous alumni include John Lithgow, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, James Earl Jones, and James Woods, and Mr. Simon is deserving of every accolade ever received with the proof being in the naturalistic performances by his actors. They each possessed a very clear relationship awareness, which is no doubt is a result of Mr. Simon’s astute training. The students had a masterful grasp and very real understanding of the texts they were working with. They each brought their natural selves to the being of the character they were portraying with their own up-to-date mannerisms and reactions thus making the experience not only enjoyable, but accessible for an audience who might otherwise feel uncomfortable with the likes of Shakespeare.
There were many stand-out performances. Robert S. Gregory as King Lear was flawless, completely embodying the role of the king, both in his power-hungry moments, and later when Lear unravels into madness.
An excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet between the Nurse (Suzanne DuCharme) and Juliet (Nasreen Rahman) was a delight to watch with both actresses capturing the true essence of Shakespeare’s intention for this scene giving realistic performances.
New works performed included CJ Gelfand's Assault and Battery Park, a heartwarming story about an unlikely friendship between an older New York-born-and-raised white woman (played by Gelfand) and a young black man (played by Adrain Washington) who is struggling to pay his rent. The play takes place in Battery Park as the two neighbors discuss the shocking murder of their landlord. Gelfand also directs this very relatable and commercially viable play.
Orlando Dances by Peter Casanave begins with the spirit of a dead transvestite dancer, Orlando (played with magnetic perfection by Adrain Washington), reflecting on his own death, and then transitions into the difficult situation and the complicated after effects of the women he left behind. Casanave’s writing is sublime and director Vincent Scott manages to create an easily accepted state between reality and fantasy.
The acting is on par with the best of any off-Broadway production and is a wonderful opportunity to see excerpts of both classical and modern plays, as well as original offerings, performed in a casual environment that is both entertaining and intoxicating, and where “art” is the true star. Anyone wishing to hone their craft, or continue to nurture their acting skills, or are just simply in need of watching the highest level of acting the way it’s supposed to be done, should make every effort to attend these regular Performance Lab production events at Simon Studio.
For more information visit: www.simonstudio.com

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WORKSHOP and PERFORMANCE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 May 2017 22:07:00 +0000

GLASS MENAGERIE, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH and NIGHT OF THE IGUANA

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:02:00 +0000

#Shakespeare Training Call 917.776.9209

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:31:00 +0000

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THE SIMON STUDIO FILM / TV WORKSHOP FOR SPRING

THE SIMON STUDIO FILM / TV WORKSHOP FOR SPRING

#love

Actors, Writers and Directors in Lab class with Artistic Director Roger H Simon Wednesday night at The Simon Studio! Classes are held at The Simon Studio every Wednesday at 6 PM and Saturday at 3:30 PM. To audit/see if you qualify please call 917.776.9209 or email RHSStudio@gmail.com

OPEN HOUSE SAT., FEB. 17th. features Broadway producer Doug Denoff

videos

Theatre Festival Of The Spoken Word

RIP James Leaf

WINGED VICTORY by #SarahLevineSimon

#BardOnTheLake #Shakespeare #ArtsOnTheLake

​AGENT HOLIDAY AUDITION INTENSIVE

#BardAtTheLake2017 #BardAtTheLake

ON CAMERA PROFESSIONAL LAB CLASSES and PRIVATE COACHING

#ShakespeareOnTheLake

#ShakespeareOnTheLake

#BardOnTheLake

#BardOnTheLake #ArtsOnTheLake

#Shakespeare #BardOnTheLake

Bard On The Lake #BardOnTheLake #BardOnTheLake2017

SAM SHEPARD ​NYC Festival

#Shakespeare #BARDATTHEBAR

THEATER REVIEW of Simon Studio Performance Lab

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WORKSHOP and PERFORMANCE

#BardAtTheLake2016 #SimonStudio #BardAtTheLake #DramaBookShop SimonStudio.com

#Shakespeare Training Call 917.776.9209

AGENT HOLIDAY AUDITION INTENSIVE

SAM SHEPARD NYC Festival