Crispin’s Day speech, delivered on the field of battle, hits closest to home. He started performing in the theater as well, and developed “Henry V” among a crowd where the meaning of the “Band of Brothers” line in Henry V’s famous St. After he injured his knee playing pick-up basketball, Lemerande knew he wouldn’t be flying airplanes and became a communications officer (he currently holds the rank of commander). While McLaughlin earned her MFA in theater at Trinity Repertory, Lemerande’s chops in Shakespeare were earned at the Naval Academy. All the while, they travel around the country, bringing Shakespeare to diverse audiences in schools, community centers, theaters and tents. They exchange gender roles, a Yorick skull and rapier belts, as they juggle the demands of Lemerande’s Navy career and a two-year-old. With Knighthorse, a non-profit traveling theatre company, they have acted opposite each other for 10 years in nearly all of Shakespeare’s plays. They married in 2003, after Lemerande proposed at a family Christmas party in front of 60 relatives, dropping to his knee in his white Navy uniform. They acted in three shows together: she played Trinculo the clown while Lemerande played Ferdinand in “The Tempest ” she was Kate to his Lucentio in “Taming of the Shrew ” and Virgilia opposite Lemerande’s Coriolanus. The Lemerandes met in 2002 soon after being cast with the Shenandoah Shakespeare Company. And I definitely think at times that Declan thinks his daddy lives in the iPhone.” “He kisses the green light on the computer. “Declan is doing fine, considering,” says McLaughlin, her voice trailing off. They use Skype on their computer or on McLaughlin’s cell phone. Mother and son communicate daily with Lemerande, who is stationed at a communications center in Kabul, Afghanistan. The couple’s son, Declan, just celebrated his second birthday. Still, it isn’t easy to have a husband on the other side of the world. In these intense and powerful pieces, McLaughlin says she has come into her own as an actress. through July and August at the Baker’s Field Tent across from Mayo Beach in Wellfleet. McLaughlin performs “Touched by War” and “Bound by Love” on Monday and Tuesday nights, respectively, at 7 p.m. “We don’t have too many other options.”Īfter that call to duty, the sole members of Knighthorse Theatre Company decided that instead of canceling their fifth season of Free Shakespeare in Wellfleet, they would condense 70 pages of Shakespeare into two plays that feature Shakespeare’s women that McLaughlin would take on solo. “It’s a call that they say is not an ‘if’ but a ‘when’,” says his acting partner and wife Amy McLaughlin Lemerande.
Navy calling him to active duty as part of the his contract as a reserve officer. Tyrus “Ty” Lemerande, local Shakespearean actor and square dance emcee, received last October the e-mail from the U.S. A chapter on scene study with a guide for text analysis, assists actors in knowing how to read, analyze, and use a script.‘Touched by War’ Onstage and Off Provincetown Banner | J| By Reva Blau The Stanislavski System chapter is clear and accessible and acting strategies are broken down into specific tactics. The emphasis on onstage/offstage connection is invaluable because students become better actors as they become more confident people. The use of examples from daily life instead of dramatic literature make it possible to have meaningful class discussions when all students have not read the same plays. In this text, students learn all phases of actor training-including scene study, auditioning, observation, and mind, voice and body relaxation techniques. A chapter on scene study with a guide for text analysis assists actors in knowing how to read, analyze and use a script. Up-On-Your-Feet exercises give students the opportunity to actively practice what they have learned and the numerous scene suggestions give students a wide range of choices. This edition contains approximately 80 quotes from actors, including Debbie Allen, Kathy Bates, Annette Benning, Michael Douglas, Jessica Tandy, Denzel Washington, and Jeremy Irons to give students insight from successful actors' approaches. Students learn all phases of actor training - including scene study, auditioning, observation, and mind, voice and body relaxation techniques. Barton's friendly, humorous and conversational writing style makes this a particularly student friendly text.
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