Scene Study Intensive with Alfred Molina Scene Study Intensive with Alfred Molina

Scene Study Intensive with Alfred Molina  | 

June 27 — July 22

Join acclaimed stage and film actor and teaching artist Alfred Molina for a four-week deep dive into theater scene study and text analysis. Students will work on monologues and scenes from the classic American canon and further develop the tools needed to break down a script and build realism and depth into characters. This course will be focused on process, rather than performance.

4 Week Intensive
Pasadena Playhouse
Course Fee: $650

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Join acclaimed stage and film actor and teaching artist Alfred Molina for a four-week deep dive into theater scene study and text analysis. Students will work on monologues and scenes from the classic American canon and further develop the tools needed to break down a script and build realism and depth into characters. This course will be focused on process, rather than performance.

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Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

Instructor
Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina is a London-born actor whose diverse and lengthy career has moved effortlessly between film, tv, and theatre world-wide.

On film his work includes roles in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981); PRICK UP YOUR EARS (1987); ENCHANTED APRIL (1992); MAVERICK (1994); SPECIES and BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997); CHOCOLAT (2000); FRIDA (2002); LUTHER (2003); SPIDERMAN 2 (2004); THE DA VINCI CODE (2006); AN EDUCATION (2009); LOVE IS STRANGE (2014). 

He has voiced characters in RANGO (2011); MONSTER’S UNIVERSITY (2013); RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (2018); FROZEN 2 (2019).

Molina rose to prominence in London’s West End, earning an Olivier Award nomination for his performance as JUD FRY in OKLAHOMA! In 1980. He made his Broadway debut in Yasmina Reza’s play ART in1998, gaining the first of three TONY nominations. His other Broadway roles include Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF in 2004, and John Logan’s RED in 2009.

For his role as Robert Aldrich in Ryan Murphy’s FEUD, Alfred received both Golden Globe and EMMY nominations.

In recent years Alfred has continued to work in all areas of the industry. He appeared in Tom Holloway’s play AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2016. He played James Tyrone in LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at the Geffen Playhouse in 2017, and the title role in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER at the beginning of 2020.

His recent film and television work includes Showtime’s comedy-drama series I’M DYING UP HERE (2017); BREAKABLE YOU (2017) opposite Tony Shalhoub and Holly Hunter; MESSAGE FROM THE KING (2017) opposite Chadwick Boseman, and Luke Evans; A FAMILY MAN (2017) opposite Gerard Butler; SAINT JUDY (2018) opposite Michelle Monaghan and Alfre Woodard;  and THE FRONT RUNNER (2018) opposite Hugh Jackman. He has also appeared in small uncredited cameos in VICE (2018) for Adam McKay, and PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020) for director Emerald Fennell. In 2021 he reprised his iconic of Otto Octavius in SPIDER MAN: NO WAY HOME for Jon Watts.