Love Letters to your Character

CLOSED - Work on a character from the world of the play "Wintertime" by Charles Mee. Engage with Michael Chekhov's approach to character in new On-Demand Classes each week & share your work as short videos in Live Online Sessions with our faculty

June 1 - July 6, 2024

THIS COURSE HAS ENDED

On-Demand Classes

Work with new technique classes for 5 weeks on your own time
Live Online Sessions

Join 5 live online session in June: Saturdays, 3pm - 4pm (NY time)
Share Your Work

Record short weekly videos & have your work supported

On-Demand & Live Online

5 Weeks of ON-DEMAND CLASSES + 5 LIVE ONLINE SESSIONS in JUNE, with Ted Pugh, Fern Sloan & Ragnar Freidank

Give yourself 5 weeks with Michael Chekhov's approach to practically work on a character
Choose your own character from the world of a play: "Wintertime" by Charles Mee
Access a series of new classes each week & work with them on your own schedule
Record moments with your character & share your video each week with the class
Experience support for your process in weekly Live Online Sessions with Ted, Fern & Ragnar
Enjoy access to all your classes for four extra weeks after the course has ended
Receive an Imaginary Certificate from the Michael Chekhov School upon completion
SAVE $400, compared to subscribing to all included classes individually

In our present culture everywhere in the world there is an intellectual approach to everything, and art suffers under this, because art has to do with the heart.

The intellect is only able to touch problems on the surface.

The artist tells himself: "I have to find the real source of hatred and love, and plunge into my heart."

Michael Chekhov

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Join the WORLD OF A PLAY, develop TECHNIQUE & work on a CHARACTER

Audio by Michael Chekhov:

Course curriculum

1. Video Tutorial: How to access your Audio / Video Library
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Wintertime - by Charles Mee
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Live Online I - with Ted, Fern & Ragnar
1. Live Online Session 1 Recorded
1. Training & Practice Session 1 - The Actor's Instrument
1. Character - Session 1
1. THERE YOU ARE – “Technique & Inspiration”
2. THE INTANGIBLES – “Living Processes”
3. THERE’S SOMEONE AT THE DOOR – “Imaginary Interference”
4. WHAT A MESS! – “Life is always there”
1. "SENSATION"
2. "CURVED / STRAIGHT"
3. "CHARACTERIZATION"
1. INNER OCEAN - Exercise 01
2. IMAGINARY SPACE - Exercise 02
3. DOING NOTHING - Exercise 03
  FREE PREVIEW
4. BODY AS LANDSCAPE - Exercise 04
5. FOUND CHARACTERS - Exercise 05
6. WORLD OF THINGS - Exercise 06
1. Joanna Merlin - Imagination
1. Upload Tutorial
2. Upload Link / Your Material
1. Live Online II - with Ted, Fern & Ragnar
1. Live Online Session 2 Recorded
1. Training & Practice Session 2 - Qualities / Sensation
1. Character - Session 2
1. I FEEL TOO MUCH, GIVE ME A PILL – “Sensation”
2. MARGINALIZED VOICES – “Speak about me!”
3. BATTLE OF IMAGES – “Imaginary Conflict”
4. MY FRIENDS HATED IT – “Radiating & Receiving”
1. "FOUR BROTHERS"
2. "EXPANDING / CONTRACTING"
3. "QUALITIES ATMOSPHERE"
1. MOVING SPACE - Exercise 07
2. HIDDEN PURPOSE - Exercise 08
3. LANGUAGE OF COLOR - Exercise 09
4. DANCE OF SILENCE - Exercise 10
5. FEELING THE SOUND - Exercise 11
6. INNER TIME - Exercise 12
1. Joanna Merlin - A Throw
1. Upload Tutorial (replay)
2. Upload Link / Your Material
1. Live Online III - with Ted, Fern & Ragnar
1. Live Online Session 3 Recorded
1. Training & Practice Session 3 - Three Centers / Expanding - Contracting
1. Character - Session 3
1. THE OTHER OLYMPICS – “Qualities of Movement”
2. I DON’T LIKE IT, I LOVE IT! – “Expanding / Contracting”
3. WHO ATE THE LAST COOKIE? – “Ideal Center”
4. INTERLUDE – “Actor & Audience”
1. "IMAGINARY BODY"
2. "PSYCHOLOGICAL GESTURE"
1. INNER PRESSURE SYSTEM - Exercise 13
2. IMAGINATION HOUSE - Exercise 14
3. FOLLOWING CONFLICT - Exercise 15
4. IMAGINARY EVENT - Exercise 16
5. CULTURAL IMAGINATION - Exercise 17
6. TWO WORLDS - Exercise 18
1. When you decide to play Hamlet...
1. Joanna Merlin - What is a Psychological Gesture?
1. Upload Tutorial (replay)
2. Upload Link / Your Material
1. Live Online IV - with Ted, Fern & Ragnar
1. Live Online Session 4 Recorded
1. Training & Practice Session 4 - Polarities / Inner Process
1. Character - Session 4
1. EVER TALKING TO YOURSELF? – “Character”
2. GOING PLACES – “Imaginary Centers”
3. WATCH ME ACT! – “Imaginary Body”
4. WHO’S TALKING WHEN NOBODY IS TALKING?– “The Pause”
1. "IMAGINATION"
2. "ATMOSPHERE | SOUND"
1. UNKNOWN LAND - Exercise 19
2. BODY AS FIST - Exercise 20
3. SOUND WORLDS - Exercise 21
4. THE WILL OF OBJECTS - Exercise 22
5. ACTIVE NON-DOING - Exercise 23
6. VISITING - Exercise 24
1. Joanna Merlin - Archetypal Gesture
1. Upload Tutorial (replay)
2. Upload Link / Your Material
1. Live Online V - with Ted, Fern & Ragnar
1. Live Online Session 5 Recorded
1. Training & Practice Session 5 - Image / Imaginary Centers
1. Extra Training & Practice Session - Stick, Ball, Veil
1. Character - Session 5
1. ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? – “Archetypes”
2. WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THIS? – “Psychological Gesture”
3. IS THERE SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON? – “Atmosphere”
4. YOU ARE NEVER ALONE – “Tempo”
5. SHOWING UP – “Radiating”
1. Joanna Merlin - sharing words by Michael Chekhov
1. "IMAGINATION | SUSTAINING"
2. "IMAGINATION | CENTERS"
3. "IMAGINATION | SPACE"
1. OPPOSING POWERS - Exercise 25
2. BOUNDARIES - Exercise 26
3. NATURAL POWERS - Exercise 27
4. PRESENCE - Exercise 28
5. THE UNKNOWN - Exercise 29
6. SPACE OF TIME - Exercise 30
1. Upload Tutorial (replay)
2. Upload Link / Your Question

About this course

20+ hours of video & audio on-demand classes
14+ hours of material in your audio / video library
5 live online sessions to support your work

How to find the right feelings - that is what we are trying to find in our work

Our exercises are leading our hearts and our feelings - this part of our being which is so hidden from us. If you grasp our Method and work from this point of view, you will understand that there is no single exercise which does not lead directly to the feelings, and this is what we are aiming at.

So don't be satisfied by touching your feelings with your intellect. We must appeal to our body and expand it in every direction, and ask it to help us to awaken our feelings.

(Michael Chekhov on January 23, 1939 - recorded by Deidre Hurst DuPrey)

Please note that not all three faculty may be present at all live online sessions.