Monologue Lab with Benita de Wit: Monologues are one of the greatest challenges an actor faces. Whether in a play or an audition, many actors feel stuck, like they’re forcing something or trapped in their own heads. In this lab, we will workshop classic and contemporary monologues together in a warm and supportive environment. Find new ways to make text active, connect to the person you’re talking to, and build confidence in your work as an actor. This class is led by theatre director Benita de Wit (they/them), a freelance director who has worked at theatres including Clubbed Thumb, The Playwrights Realm, Oklahoma City Rep and A.R.T. As Associate/Resident Director, they worked on Jamie Lloyd’s Sunset Blvd. on Broadway starring Nicole Scherzinger, SIX on Broadway, and Straight Line Crazy at The Shed starring Ralph Fiennes. Benita currently teaches acting at Circle in the Square Theatre School and holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University.
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Benita de Wit (they/them) is an Australian director based in New York. Recently they were a Mercury Store lead artist and directed Life Sucks by Aaron Posner at Oklahoma City Rep.
Benita is an SDC Member, a Barbara Whitman Award Finalist, and a New Georges affiliated artist. They have developed new work at Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Mercury Store, Powerhouse Theatre, Gingold Theatrical Group, Exquisite Corpse Company, Dartmouth College and Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Benita has an MFA in Directing from Columbia University and is on Faculty at Circle in the Square Theatre School.
As an Associate Director their credits include Jamie Lloyd’s Sunset Blvd starring Nicole Scherzinger (Broadway), SIX The Musical (Broadway), Black Swan (A.R.T), Bat Out of Hell (US & UK Tours) and Straight Line Crazy (The Shed) starring Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses.
Directing credits include Creature/Comfort (Exponential Festival), The Shark Is Broken (Weathervane Theatre), Small Mouth Sounds (Circle in the Square Theatre School), The Moors (Theatre Row), Tartuffe (Pace University), Slaughterhouse (Belvoir St Theatre), Razorhurst (Hayes Theatre Co) and Salty (Access Theatre).
Monologues are one of the greatest challenges an actor faces. Whether in a play or an audition, many actors feel stuck, like they’re forcing something or trapped in their own heads. In this lab, we will workshop classic and contemporary monologues together in a warm and supportive environment. Find new ways to make text active, connect to the person you’re talking to, and build confidence in your work as an actor. This class is led by theatre director Benita de Wit (they/them), a freelance director who has worked at theatres including Clubbed Thumb, The Playwrights Realm, Oklahoma City Rep and A.R.T. As Associate/Resident Director, they worked on Jamie Lloyd’s Sunset Blvd. on Broadway starring Nicole Scherzinger, SIX on Broadway, and Straight Line Crazy at The Shed starring Ralph Fiennes. Benita currently teaches acting at Circle in the Square Theatre School and holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University.