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Lester Thomas Shane

428 East 77th Street #3D t New York, New York 10021 t E-Mail: Lester@LesterThomasShane.Com t 212.249.7076 (H) t 917.447.4802 (C)

 

TEACHING CREDITS

 

 

SPEECH TEACHER/COACH

 

 

 

New Actors Workshop (current)

 

 

 

 

Two year professional conservatory program

 

 

 

 

Skinner Technique;  IPA; 
Working with verse and elevated text; 

Dialects;
Advisor to Masters Candidates

 

 

 

 

 

American Academy of Dramatic Art (current)

 

 

 

 

Three year professional training conservatory program

 

 

 

Skinner technique, IPA;
Voice
Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tada Theatrical Ensemble School (current)

 

 

 

 

Pre-professional training program - students ages 10-17

 

 

 

Voice and Diction;
Poetry and Shakespeare;
Acting through text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Creative Seed Network Excellent Service Series

 

 

 

 

KeyIn To Speech Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T. Schreiber Studio

 

 

 

 

Speech and Dialects

 

 

 

 

Dialect Coach

 

 

 

 

Escape From Happiness

 

 

 

 

Orpheus Descending

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alabama Shakespeare Festival

 

 

 

Voice and Movement Master – 3 Seasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mint Theatre Co

 

 

 

 

Dialect Coach:  New Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halle Theatre, Cleveland, OH

 

 

 

Speech Coach:  Merchant of Venice (w/ M. Carnovsky)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Canyon High School;  Phoenix, AZ

 

 

 

 

Shakespeare Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL TEACHING CREDITS

 

 

 

Florida Community College Jacksonville

 

 

 

Directing Shakespeare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PBS National Teacher Training Institute

 

 

 

Keynote Speaker

 

 

 

 

Directing as a model for the classroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADAPT, NYC

 

 

 

The Theatrical Choice

 

 

 

 

A workshop on what makes something "theatrical"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Society for the Advancement of Judaism; NYC

 

 

 

The Dybbuk

 

 

 

 

A three week class on the play,
its role in Jewish Theatre, and the religious, mythic and superstitious elements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West End Synagogue, NYC

 

 

 

Two Faces of Shlyock

 

 

 

 

A lecture on Shakespeare’s villain and the hero of Wesker’s The Merchant

 

 

 

DIRECTING CREDITS

 

 

Hedda Gabler

 

Stage 73, Manhattan Theatre Club

 

Summer and Smoke

 

Stage 73, Manhattan Theatre Club

 

Grit in a Sensitive Instrument (NY Premiere)

 

Vineyard Theatre, NYC

 

Pretty Witty Nell (NY Premiere)

 

Vineyard Theatre, NYC

 

Titus Andronicus

 

The Basic Theatre, 46 Walker St. Theatre, NYC

 

Santa Monica Threeway (NY Premiere)

 

The Basic Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC

 

Bertolt Brecht:In Dark Times (NY Premiere)

 

The Basic Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC

 

Shaviana (Premiere)

 

The Basic Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC

 

Titus Andronicus

 

The Basic Theatre, 46 Walker St. Theatre, NYC

 

Santa Monica Threeway (NY Premiere)

 

The Basic Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC

 

Bertolt Brecht:In Dark Times (NY Premiere)

 

The Basic Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC

 

Shaviana (Premiere)

 

The Basic Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC

 

The Haircut

 

The Basic Theatre, 46 Walker St. Theatre, NYC

 

Sure Thing

 

The Basic Theatre, 46 Walker St. Theatre, NYC

 

Free Pass to Soria Moria (U.S. Premiere)

 

City University of NY

 

The White Whore and the Bit Player

 

Core Group; Theatre Row Theatre,  NYC

 

Pearl

 

Pulse Ensemble Theatre, NYC

 

Soap Opera

 

Renegade Theatre Co., John Houseman Theatre, NYC

 

Bright Room Called Day

 

Cleveland Public Theatre

 

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

 

Cleveland Public Theatre

 

Sweet Phoebe

 

Cleveland Public Theatre

 

Science Gets Serious (Premiere)

 

Cleveland Public Theatre

 

Mister Lincoln

 

The Acting Company

 

Macbeth

 

Shakespeare in San Marco, Jacksonville, FL

 

Twelfth Night

 

Shakespeare in San Marco, Jacksonville, FL

 

Hamlet

 

Shakespeare at the Met, Jacksonville, FL

 

The Tempest

 

Shakespeare at the Met, Jacksonville, FL

 

Awake and Sing

 

Halle Theatre, Cleveland, OH

 

Last Chance for Happiness (Premiere)

 

T. Schreiber Studio, NYC

 

Loot

 

T. Schreiber Studio, NYC

 

Shatter The Vessel (Premiere)

 

Charlottesville,VA New Play Festival

 

Blithe Spirit

 

Findlay SummerStock, Findlay, Ohio

 

Bus Stop

 

Findlay SummerStock, Findlay, Ohio

 

Artifice (Premiere)

 

42nd St. Collective

 

Real Live Dancing Boy (Premiere)

 

42nd St. Collective Summerfest

 

Gift of the Magi (Musical/Tour)

 

Interborough Repertory Theater

 

Snake Eyes (Premiere)

 

Stagewrights, NYC

 

Gutterballs (Premiere)

 

Stagewrights, NYC

 

In Memory (Premiere)

 

Westside Rep, NYC

 

Felicia

 

Silver Lining Cabaret, NYC

 

A Season in Rep (Premiere)

 

West Coast Ensemble, LA

 

A Place To Come Home To

 

Westside Rep, NYC

 

Nathaniel (Premiere)

 

Theatre 11, NYC

 

As You Like It (A New Musical)

 

Brothers & Sisters Cabaret, NYC

 

 

 

 

 

Readings and Workshops:

 

The Basic Theatre, Stagewrights,
42nd St. Collective Cleveland Public Theatre, NYU, ADAPT, The New Group, IRT

 

 

 

 

 

Industrials

 

Hoffman-Hedges Prod

 

ACTING CREDITS

(selected, full list available including film , television and radio)

 

 

Mortal Coil (all roles)

 

NY Int'l Fringe Festival
Cleveland Public Theatre
Stella Adler Theatre
, LA

Video
Winner: 
Cleveland Drama Critics Award

 

 

 

 

 

Polymorphous Perverse (George)

 

42nd St. Collective Summerfest

 

 

 

 

 

The Tempest (Ariel)

 

People's Light & Theatre, Malvern, PA

 

 

 

 

 

All Compact (He)

 

TYA Tour

 

 

 

 

 

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck)

 

 

 

Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio)

 

 

 

Taming of the Shrew (Tranio)

 

Alabama Shakespeare Festival

 

School for Wives (Alain)

 

Three Seasons in Repertory

 

Tartuffe (Tartuffe)

 

 

 

As You Like It (Jacques)

 

Also served as company

 

Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry)

 

Voice and Movement Master

 

Macbeth (Angus)

 

 

 

Two Gentlemen of Verona (Speed)

 

 

 

Hamlet (Guildenstern; Osric)

 

 

 

The Comedy of Errors (Dromio)

 

 

 

WRITING CREDITS

 

 

Mortal Coil (play)

 

Reading, Basic Theatre Marathon, NYC
Produced: NY Int'l Fringe Festival
Produced:  Cleveland Public Theatre
Winner of Cleveland Drama Critics Award
Stella Adler Theatre,
Los Angeles
Produced:  Video - Pan:Image, Inc.
Selected Institutional Venues

 

 

 

 

 

Seven Keys to Success Without Struggle (w/P. Brackett)       

Book Published by The Creative Seed

 

 

 

 

Nazis & The Occult: Myths, Mystics and Madmen

Cinnabar Pictures/Discovery Channel

 

 

 

 

20th Century Fox:  The First Fifty Years

Van Ness Films / AMC TV

 

 

 

 

Carmen Miranda: The South American Way

Van Ness Films/ A&E TV

 

Tyrone Power: The Last Idol

 

Biography Series

 

 

 

 

James Brown: Godfather of Soul

GoodMarc Productions/ A&E TV Biography Series

 

 

 

 

Contributing Writer

My Weekly Reader

 

Contributing Writer

Facilities Magazine

 

Contributing Writer

IndiePlanet (web magazine - theatre channel)

 

 

 

 

The Mystery Page

A monthly column in A&E Monthly Magazine

 

 

 

 

To Be Quentin

 

 

Miracles:  A Fable

Children's' Plays

 

The New Baby

Published by Sundance

 

Victory At Calvin Coolidge

Publishing

 

Life In The Laugh Track

 

 

 

 

 

Aeon Dubai (Industrial Presentation)

Reiser-Unemoto-Reiser  Architectural

 

 

 

 

The Bride's Guide (60' Instructional Video)

E.N.D. Productions

 

 

 

 

POV: Max   (A Sitcom Treatment; w/ Merrick Bursuk)

Children's Television Workshop

 

 

 

 

A Season in Rep (Play)

Workshop Production West Coast Ensemble, LA

 

 

 

 

Pajama Party Horror (Screenplay; w/ Lynn Lowry)

 

 

DRAMATURG

 

 

In My Father’s Eyes

Anastassi/Friedman

 

Time of the Elephants

W. Graf

 

Farenheit 451

Jax Reads

 

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

 

 

Director in Residence

The Basic Theatre, NYC

 

Executive Director

The Conspiracy Theatre, NYC

 

Director of Stage Combat

NY Grand Opera at BAM

 

Reader

The Hartford Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Westbeth

 

Field Coordinator

NBC News Elections

 

Volunteer

Jacob Perlow Hospice

 

Freelance Copy and Technical Writing

 

 

Private Coaching

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS

 

 

UNIONS:  AEA;  SAG;  AFTRA

 

 

VASTA

 

 

The Bernard Shaw Society

 

 

Mystery Writers of America

 

 

TRAINING

 

 

BFA Program; Carnegie‑Mellon University

         Speech & Dialects:  Edith Skinner;  Directing:  Lawrence Carra;

 

 

Columbia University: Director's Forum with Jerry Zaks, Judith Malina, Andrei Serban, Simonne Benmussa

 

 

Shakespeare:  John Barton, Patsy Rodenburg

 

 

Elevated Text Workshops:  Louis Sheeder, Shane Ann Younts, Robert Neff Williams