UPCOMING WORK:
Chekhov Masterlcass
Awakening Character w/ Camille Litalien
Saturday , November 7, 2026 · 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM EST · 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY
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Date: Saturday, November 14th, 2026
Time: 7pm
Location: ASK - The Arts Society of Kingston
97 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401
Suggested Donation: $25
$100 donation gets you a front row seat and a free Wayward Daughter Theater Company t-shirt!
‘Night, Mother will be WDTC's inaugural show and will serve as a fundraiser to help create and produce more women-led contemporary theatre in Kingston. Wayward Daughter Theater Company brings current, sustainable theater to Kingston, NY, where professional artists and contemporary audiences meet through dynamic stories that resonate across identities.
Ulster County residents Melissa Leo and Hannah Munson will play mother and daughter in a staged reading of the Pulitzer Prize winning and Tony Award nominated play, ‘Night, Mother, by Marsha Norman, directed by Jessica Bauman.
Leo is an Academy award winning actor and veteran of the stage and screen known for many memorable and highly-acclaimed roles. Munson is a local actor known for her work with Actors & Writers and Little Theatre of Wonder. Munson and actor Arriella Guidubaldi are the founders of Wayward Daughter Theatre Company (WDTC). Guidubaldi is also the founder of The Actor’s Atelier, the Hudson Valley’s home for high-caliber acting training.
Awakening Character: Movement, Imagination & Transformation
Date: Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Time: 10:30am - 1:30pm
Location: ASK - The Arts Society of Kingston
97 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401
Early Bird Pricing: $115
Regular Pricing: $125
Workshop Description
How does a character wake up in the body?
In this masterclass, we will explore character emergence through Michael Chekhov’s psycho-physical approach, using Psychological Gesture, qualities of movement, and Imaginary Centers as gateways into the physical and imaginative life of a character. We will investigate how character can emerge through movement, imagination, sensation, impulse, and relationship.
The workshop will begin with a Becoming Otherwise somatic practice, inviting participants to slow down, awaken sensation, and cultivate an embodied state of listening. From this place, we will begin to explore the physical qualities and imaginative possibilities available within the body.
The work will move between somatic practice, imagination, physical exploration, and character investigation, allowing participants to experience how the body can become a pathway into the character's inner world.
The intention is not to create a fixed physical “characterization,” but to develop a more responsive relationship between body, imagination, impulse, and dramatic action so that character can remain alive, surprising, and available in the moment.
Participants should come prepared to move, explore, imagine, and work physically. No previous experience with Michael Chekhov technique is required.
About Camille Litalien
Camille Litalien is a movement educator, somatic practitioner, and artist whose work explores the relationship between body, imagination, sensation, and character. She is currently the Head of Movement at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, where she teaches movement and oversees the school’s movement faculty.
Her teaching invites performers to experience the body not simply as an instrument to be trained, but as a place of perception, imagination, relationship, and transformation. She is particularly interested in how physical sensations and images can open pathways into character, allowing actors to discover choices rather than impose them.
Camille is also the creator of Becoming Otherwise, an evolving somatic and imaginal practice exploring mindfulness, sensation, relational presence, and creative transformation. Her teaching is grounded in curiosity, play, rigor, and deep attention to the individual body and its unique ways of knowing.
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Our workshops are immersive, rigorous and individualized intensives. Here’s what actors are saying about their time in the room.
ELISABETH HENRY
Actrix & Writer ·Hunter Mountain, Hudson Valley · NYC
I have wanted to experience real teaching for years. I tried everything offered within a two hour driving distance. None of it approaches what Arriella and Mr. Bullard delivered. Mr. Bullard was superb - knowledgeable, prepared, attentive, and upbeat. He treated each person in the workshop with respect and affection. I came away with new thoughts, new insights, and a completely refreshed sense of inspiration. Many, many thanks.
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HANNAH MUNSON
Actor & Playwright · Stone Ridge, NY
I had a fantastic time working with Dexter and the other actors. It was an environment of unrestricted creativity, kindness and teamwork which are several of the reasons why I love acting. Dexter genuinely loves theater and has a very clear, intelligent and non-judgmental approach to teaching.
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