Auditions for Buried Child
Auditions for our spring production Buried Child by Sam Shepard
Workshop: How To Act
Have you been bitten by the bug and are now interested in the wonderful world of acting? Come learn the basics...
One Table, Two Chairs
Vignettes of life from an unexpected angle.
This seriously humorous and humorously serious piece of theatre takes you to your favorite restaurant and offers you a table nearby.
Workshop: Stage Fighting
In stage fighting you will get an introduction to the concepts of stage fighting.
Workshop: Acting a Song
This ongoing workshop will teach you how to apply simple techniques to bring the lyrics of a song to same level of importance as the music. All that is required for this workshop is the ability to carry a tune and be able to feel it emotionally.
Workshop: Character Development
Ken will be sharing some shortcuts and tips on how to find the “inner voice” of a stage or screen role. Join us for a few hours of exploration in how to take the first few steps in creating a fully fleshed character.
Play Reading of All That Fall
We’ll do a cold reading of All That Fall by Samuel Beckett on Friday, September 15, 2017 starting at 7:30 pm.
World War I Poetry Workshop
First World War poetry has the power to move in a way that possibly nothing else does.
In this workshop. we will read and discuss our favourite poems. We will then develop and try out ideas for an evening’s performance.
Call Back Auditions for One Table Two Chairs
Didn't get the chance to audition on the first date? Email us at 1t2c.amsterdam@gmail.com to reserve your slot now.
Membership - Early Bird Discount
The InPlayers 2017-2018 season begins on September 30, which means you can get the Early Bird Discount if you pay your membership fee before then!
Auditions for One Table Two Chairs
There are numerous roles for men and women of all ages above 20. All levels of experience are welcome to audition.
Play Reading of Match Play
A spoiled young man takes on a girl, his father, and the Army to get what he wants and doesn’t need...
Musical theatre: Nymph Errant
Nymph Errant is the light-hearted story of Evangeline Edwards, who graduates from a finishing school in 1933. She and her classmates are encouraged by their teacher, Miss Pratt, to "experiment", in the broadest sense possible. What follows is a romp through Europe with plenty of opportunities for snappy Cole Porter musical numbers, interesting dialogue, lots of accents, wonderful costumes, a few dance steps, exotic locations and a good time for all.
Workshop: Young Actors Workshop
This workshop is for actors age 11-18. Participants will explore communication techniques through a variety of theatrical games. Each specifically designed to help actors connect with their audience through vocal and physical performance.
Workshop for Young Actors
Ages 11-18
Taught by Amy Dobbert
Participants will explore communication techniques through a variety of theatrical games. Each specifically designed to help actors connect with their audience through vocal and physical performance.
Amy Dobbert is an internationally acclaimed actress originally hailing from the US. She's runs Expat Little Theatre, Amsterdam's premiere English language children's theatre. Throughout her 25 year career on stage, screen, and in the classroom, Amy has developed vocal and physicality techniques to help actors connect with their audiences. Visit her website at www.xplt.nl.
Play Reading of Truth Hurts and So Does Love
The Truth Hurts and So Does Love is David Nicholson’s 21st century prose translation of Molière’s Le Misanthrope - the French master’s most modern play. A play of character rather than plot, it focuses on Alceste, a man principled to the point of psychological distress, and Célimène, the independent woman he loves - and the men and women who surround them: his realistic friend Philinte, bad poet Oronte, wealthy wastrels Clitandre and Acaste, prude Arsinoé, and Célimène’s sensible cousin Éliante.
Workshop: Vocal Projection
In this 2-hour workshop we'll cover various vocal & breathing techniques and exercises aimed at helping the participants properly use their voice and diction when performing on stage, or in any other type of situation involving an audience. Participants are asked to prepare and know by heart a short monologue or poem of their choice they will be using during the workshop.
Workshop: Script Writing
We will look at similarities of play and screenplay structures -- what each scene must do, directing the focus, conflict, etc. -- and the differences. The rules of screenplay writing will be discussed, such as the four-line rule, page count, white space and more. We will also compare plays and film adaptations
Play Reading of Travesties
Travesties is a play by Tom Stoppard. The play centers on the figure of Henry Carr, an elderly man who reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce when he was writing Ulysses, Tristan Tzara during the rise of Dada, and Lenin leading up to the Russian Revolution, all of whom were living in Zürich at that time.
Straight and Narrow
What happens when you're not "straight" and your family's a little bit narrow? Join the InPlayers for one modern family's account of how a gay man can still walk the "Straight & Narrow". Written by Jimmie Chinn and directed by Matt Percy, "Straight & Narrow examins what can happen when misconception mixes with miscommunication - resulting in a hilarious and heart-warming evening of theatre.
Play Reading of One Table, Two Chairs
One Table, Two Chairs is about the glimpses into relationships we happen to catch: the fragile beginnings, the tumultuous middles, the bittersweet endings.
Workshop: Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique promotes awareness and balance in everyday life, improves your quality of life, changes your ingrained habits and patterns, and helps to reduce and prevent stress and relieve pain. During this introduction course, I’d like to help you gain a better understanding, organization and use of your body, resulting in better posture and balance, significant reduction in stress, and relieve and prevention of pain and discomfort. This will improve your stage presence!
The Writers' Club
Meet Michael, he’s going to be a successful author, that is as soon as he’s finished his book. In fact, his whole writers’ group is going to make it, as soon as they find the right publisher… but first they have to deal with love, loss and rejection.
Workshop: Commedia dell'Arte
This workshop aims at offering to its participants a first encounter with Commedia dell'Arte. We will be working with masks, expressions, and the physical representation of archetypes. Once the basics of these archetypes is understood and assimilated, we can move on to the second phase which is to improvise simple everyday situations within the frames of clear canvases. Before you know it, you'll be experiencing comical scenes depicting humanity in all its variety, for the pleasure of actors and audience. In a nutshell, a refreshing workshop laying the groundwork for future acting, with or without masks!
Workshop: Method Acting
This workshop is an introduction to Method Acting and gives participants an opportunity to discover several at techniques as well as how to use elements of this method Systematically to build a credible character. Imagination, sense memory and physical action will be explored.
Musical Weekend Workshop based on songs from a musical
After two days we present the results to our non-paying audience. It has proven to be a fun and exciting project in years past and we are looking forward to having a wonderful time with Fiddler on the Roof.
Workshop: Commedia dell'Arte for teens
This workshop, specifically for teens, aims at offering to its participants a first encounter with Commedia dell'Arte. We will be working with masks, expressions, and the physical representation of archetypes.
Play Reading of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play adapted by Simon Stephens from the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. The story concerns a mystery surrounding the death of a neighbor’s dog that is investigated by young Christopher Boone, who has an autism spectrum condition, and his relationships with his parents and school mentor.
Auditions for Straight and Narrow
The InPlayers are pleased to announce auditions for Straight and Narrow by . Performances will be on March 22-16, 2017.
Auditions for Straight and Narrow will take place on Saturday 21st of January at the CREA from 13:00-17:00. If you are interested in auditioning, please email Matt at
Inplayers.straight.and.narrow@gmail.com for an exact time.