Class Visits

AFTLS returns to Austin this fall for the week of Monday, September 28 - Sunday, October 4. AFTLS is a unique educational and theatrical program: a troupe of five classically trained British actors from major theaters teach numerous classes and workshops and perform a Shakespeare play on four separate occasions. This year's play is King Lear. You may see the schedule for more on residency and pre-residency events.

The actors explore the relationship of page and stage, language and meaning: "rehearsing" students in scenes from Shakespeare and other playwrights, helping them to examine the many ways scenes can be understood and performed, leading them in analyzing and speaking verse, teaching them about metrical stresses and rhythm, cues, blocking, stage breathing, and the like. The actors work with English and drama majors; students in foreign languages, communication studies, music, history, classics, psychology, law, and RTF. If you would like to have an actor teach a class, please complete the class visit request form.

We recommend that you consult the cast biographies and request a particular actor. Please note that a request does not guarantee an actor for your class (we often receive more requests than there are teaching slots), but we will accommodate as many requests as possible, giving preference, if necessary, to those received first. If your request is accepted, you will need to attend a meeting with the actors on Monday, September 28 at 6:30 PM to discuss the teaching assignment.