Acting shakespeare

workshops that free actors to explore outside the binary. all of them.

I teach periodic group workshops and do one-on-one coaching for auditions, character development, increasing language facility, or tailored to your needs.

All workshops and coaching sessions are sliding scale and are consent-based, anticapitalist, anti-ableist, anti-fatphobic, and practice antiracism.


Gender-free shakespeare


A workshop specifically for nonbinary and trans-identifying actors.

Offered live in Los Angeles and online.

make shakespeare gay again

Explore gender and embrace queerness in Shakespeare. A workshop for all actors.

Offered live in Los Angeles and online.

Shakespeare For no reason


Get weird at work in an HR-approved way.

Designed for the workplace to build empathy, connectivity, and joy.


being “good” at shakespeare


A workshop for curious people of all skill levels.

Designed for actors and non-actors and just starting out actors.

Learn key (easy!) skills to unlock Shakespeare’s language and build character.

Good for audition prep, monologue work, or coaching on a current production.

Offered live in Los Angeles and online.


shakespeare production

An ensemble show of your choosing, adapted for your group.

A 6-week intensive that builds a show and culminates in a public production.

You provide a space suitable for rehearsals and performance, and we provide the rest. Requires consultation.



craft your own

Contact Amanda to design any workshop that best suits your needs. No request too weird!

Any workshop or coaching can take place at your offices, school, community center, or theater.

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