A Mystery Drama Workshop: Exploring The Soul’s Probation as Theater

Apr 03, 2025 7:00PM—Apr 06, 2025 12:30PM

Location

Paloma Hall, 4096 Fairway Drive, Soquel, CA 95073

Cost $125 (requested donation to cover workshop expense)

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A WEEKEND ACTING WORKSHOP WITH LAURIE PORTOCARRERO

The Soul’s Probation: Engaging with the Second Mystery Drama
A preview to the weekend workshop on The Soul’s Probation.
Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 7 pm
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A Weekend Acting Workshop, Exploring The Soul’s Probation
Friday, April 4, 2025, at 7 pm
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9 am – 5:30 pm
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

This weekend acting workshop explores the complete text of Steiner’s second mystery drama, The Soul’s Probation, through a variety of engagements and exercises that explore the art of the actor. Laurie will be using a variety of techniques, exercises, and formats that she has developed throughout her career as an actor.

A donation of $125 is requested to cover workshop expenses.
No one is excluded due to financial considerations.

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Laurie Portocarrero is an actor, storyteller, drama teacher, and director living in upstate New York. She has trainings in the Chekhov method of acting, Spacial Dynamics, and speech formation, having studied and taught movement, drama, and speech in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. A long-time associate member of The Actors’ Ensemble, Walking the Dog Theater, and Threefold Mystery Drama Group, she has been seen in many productions ranging from Shakespeare to Thornton Wilder to Kahlil Gibran, as well as playing Maria in Rudolf Steiner’s four mystery dramas. Laurie tours widely with colleague Glen Williamson in their two-person pieces, including the original script, Fire in the Temple, and played Marie Steiner in the September 2023 full production of Fire in the Temple. For seven years, Laurie taught The Art of Acting course through Threefold Educational Foundation in Chestnut Ridge, NY. She directs the summer children’s camp Drama for the Little Folk, and teaches drama and storytelling to academy students in special needs communities.

Jointly sponsored by The Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Branch and Camphill California.