Ronald Rand U.S.A. New York 2021
Dedicating his work towards the affirmation of humanity and understanding between peoples as a Goodwill Cultural Ambassador and Performing Artist, he has inspired audiences over the past twenty years as Harold Clurman, the “elder statesman of the American Theatre,” in his solo play, LET IT BE ART! in three critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway productions, in 25 countries and across 20 U.S. states, including Nairobi’s National Theatre, represented the U.S. at the Theatre Olympics. He has taught and performed as a Visiting Guest Professor at over 50 universities and colleges around the world, and a Fulbright Specialist in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Uruguay and Malaysia. Ronald has performed in several Off-Broadway and regional productions, including as the Stage Manager in Our Town, Polonius in Hamlet, Captain Keller in The Miracle Worker, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Servant of Two Masters, and at BAM in Julius Caesar with Richard Dreyfuss. He has appeared and in over two hundred films and television shows, including Family Tanenbaum, In & Out, Quiz Show directed by Robert Redford, When in Rome with Angelica Huston, The Jerky Boys, Saturday Night Live, and Homeless opposite Yoko Ono. An international director, his award-winning production of LUV continues in its eighth sold-out year at Sarajevo’s Chamber Theatre 55. Founder and Publisher of “The Soul of the American Actor,” he is the best-selling author of "Acting Teachers of America,” and “CREATE!” which includes over 130 interviews including Christopher Plummer, Robert Lepage, Chaka Khan, Bill T. Jones – and his newest book, “Solo Transformation on Stage.” Ronald is the Librettist of IBSEN, the first opera written about Henrik Ibsen, with its World Premiere in 2022 – and the screenwriter of Group Paradise, the first feature film about America’s famed Group Theatre of the 1930’s. LetItBeArt.com, SoulAmericanActor.com, IBSENopera.com, CreatetheBook.com
Solo Performance through the ART OF TRANSFORMATION
Ronald Rand’s Master Workshop is a unique opportunity to explore the organic process of the “Art of Transformation’ leading to developing, rehearsing and performing Solo Performance on stage by using Constantin Stanislavski’s actual “Method of Physical Actions” chart (the culmi-nation of his acting system), ‘relationship-space’ and immersion exercises from Jerzy Gro-towski’s technique, and tempo, imagination, improvisation, and communication exercises from Yevgeny Vakhtangov’s work – towards authentic truth in characterization.
What if it was possible to actually ‘live on stage’ as another person, through one’s imagination and be relaxed enough to actually capture the inner realm of a person’s thoughts created by the playwright – the actual ‘life of the human spirit.’ By expanding your vision, these exercises which will lead to a purer way of seeing, of hearing, of listening – seeking out the most relevant discovery that you can make in the moment – artistically, emotionally, and spiritually – leading to true creation in the ‘art of story-telling.