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BEGINNER SUZUKI METHOD OF ACTOR TRAINING - OPEN JAR STUDIOS

Tina Mitchell will be conducting a Beginner’s Suzuki Method of Actor Training course this coming September at Open Jar Studios in Midtown.

These weekly classes are designed to give the student a specific approach to the actor’s rehearsal process that engages both the mind and body through the study, training and application of The Suzuki Method of Actor Training.

Developed by Japanese theatre director Tadashi Suzuki and The Suzuki Company of Toga, The Suzuki Method of Actor Training is a somatic approach to acting training that gives the student to a practical way to enter into a scene rehearsal. The technique is a rigorous physical discipline, drawn from traditional Japanese and Greek theatre, ballet and martial arts. Focusing on the actor’s use of breath, the center of gravity and energy, this training develops power, presence and precision both physically and vocally. Students will be led through a series of the basic Suzuki forms to cultivate an acute physical awareness, an energized stage presence and discover the power of their voice. The elements of speaking will be introduced, and we will explore how the technique can be used in the rehearsal process.

VENUE: Open Jar Studios, Room 12M, 1601 Broadway, 11th Floor, (enter on W48th St)

DATES: Mondays from Sept 14th until November 16th 2026. (A bonus 11th class will be held on Nov 30th as a catch up for those who have to miss a class)

TIME: 5:30pm-7:30pm

Cost: $375 (for 10 sessions)

Email: tinacmitchell@gmail.com for more information or to register.

ABOUT THE TEACHING ARTIST

Tina Mitchell - A New York based theatre artist Tina works internationally as an actor, director and teaching artist. She trained with the SITI Company for over 15 years, is a SITI Associate and has performed with the company on several occasions. Tina was Assistant Director to Anne Bogart on their production of Antigone and taught SITI drop-in classes in person and online. She has also trained with the Suzuki Company of Toga, and has taught at many international institutions including Barnard College for Columbia School of the Arts, Atlantic Theater School - New York, NYU, Universidad Javeriana – Colombia and is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Long Island University. She has worked for companies in different capacities including Spain’s La Fura dels Baus, the English National Opera, SITI Company, the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall and The Brooklyn Philharmonic. Tina, was a cast member of Punchdrunk’s Obie Award Winning Sleep No More and appeared in The Event of a Thread with SITI Company at The Park Avenue Armory. Tina has performed with The Metropolitan Opera on Wozzeck and Lulu, both directed by William Kentridge and was part of the acting ensemble for Simon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, also at The Metropolitan Opera and Palau de las Artes in Valencia Spain. Her one woman show For Tender has had two seasons in NYC and a successful run at Teatro del Garaje in Bogotá, Colombia. In 2025 she understudied Emmy Award winning actress Sandra Oh in a speaking role in La Fille de Régiment, again for The Metropolitan Opera. As an independent theatre artist, Tina specializes in making work that fuses text, movement and music and has performed in some of the leading Arts festivals in the world. She was part of the Artistic team behind Miss Julia, a bi-lingual adaptation of Strindberg’s classic play, which premiered at the Iberoamericano Festival de Teatro de Bogotá and has been performed in Festivals across Colombia, Italy, the United States and Spain. She created the title role of Mata Hari, in the interdisciplinary opera of the same name, which premiered in the 2017 Prototype Festival in NYC and had a subsequent season for Westedge Opera in San Francisco. Her work has been performed in Festivals and theatres worldwide including La Mama NYC, the Napoli International Arts Festival, the Iberoamericano Festival de Cádiz in Spain, Steppenwolf Theatre, the Manizales International Arts Festival, The Singapore Fringe and the Australian Festival for Young People to name a few.