Course: Shakespeare Acting

In his sixteenth year as a resident company member at the American  Repertory Theater, Remo Airaldi has performed in over sixty A.R.T. productions. Previous roles include Casca in JULIUS CAESAR, The Master of Ceremonies in THE ONION CELLAR, Mr. Bumble in OLIVER TWIST, The Valet in NO EXIT (in Cambridge and on tour at Hartford Stage and Montclair Performing Arts Centre), Arlequin in ISLAND OF SLAVES, Peter in ROMEO AND JULIET, the Captain, Mister Green and Head Porter in AMERIKA, Nurse in DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE, the Constable in THE PROVOK’D WIFE, Maître Jacques in THE MISER, McCann in THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, Francis Flute in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Mesrou in LA DISPUTE, Ilya Ilych Telegin in UNCLE VANYA, Old Man in LYSISTRATA, Cucurucu in MARAT/SADE, Bertoldo in ENRICO IV, Bishop of Carlisle in RICHARD II, Leo Schutzmacher in THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA, Luka and Pomponov in THREE FARCES AND A FUNERAL, Clown in THE WINTER’S TALE, Mr. Market/Werner in FULL CIRCLE, Father Zossima in THE IDIOT’S KARAMAZOV, The Bald Man in CHARLIE IN THE HOUSE OF RUE, Camera Crew/Chorus in VALPARAISO, Prince of Aragon in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Father Donnally/Doctor in THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO, Thomas Diaforos in THE IMAGINARY INVALID, Page/Pedant in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Nana and a Lost Boy in PETER PAN AND WENDY, Mottel and Moishe Pippik in SHLEMIEL THE FIRST, Scratch (Grave Robber #1) in THE  CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI, Molvig in THE WILD DUCK, Emilio Paz in SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, Cigolotti in THE KING STAG, Baquin in SLAUGHTER CITY, King's Messenger/Dregadier McShovit/etc. in UBU ROCK, Monsieur Loyal in TARTUFFE, Father Dewis in BURIED CHILD, Antonio in THE TEMPEST, Matt of the Mint in THE THREEPENNY OPERA, Mistress Quickly/Governor of Harfleur/Le Fer in HENRY V, Pozzo in WAITING FOR GODOT, Chorus/Doorkeeper in THE ORESTEIA, Pishtchik in THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Mistress Quickly in HENRY IV, parts 1 & 2, the Prostitute in SILENCE, CUNNING, EXILE, Commandante Rosas in DREAM OF THE RED SPIDER, and several roles in THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, THE BALCONY and ARCHANGELS DON’T PLAY PINBALL .

Other Credits: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW & THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company on Boston Common), CAMINO REAL and EIGHT BY TENN at Hartford Stage in Connecticut, productions at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Walnut St. Theatre in Philadelphia, Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia, Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Serious Fun Festival in NYC, Moscow Art Theatre, Taipei International Arts Festival, Boston Playwrights Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Theater for a New Audience in New York, NY Stage & Film Company.

Among the theater artists he has collaborated with are Andrei Serban, Anne Bogart,  Joanne Akalaitis, Anne Kaufmann, Anne Washburn, Galt McDermott, Mark Wing-Davey, Dario Fo, Franca Rame, Jerry Mouawad, Neil Bartlett, Martha Clarke, Arnold Weinstein, Robert Brustein, Janos Szasz, Slodoban Unkovski, Amy Spencer, Richard Colton, Andrei Belgrader, Cherry Jones, David Wheeler, Brighde Mullins, Karin Coonrod, Marcus Stern, Arliss Howard, Will Patton, Tina Landau, Yuri Yerimin, Francois Rochaix, Rusty Magee, John Moran, John Kelly, Scott Edmiston, Bob McGrath, Michael Wilson, Claire Bloom, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Peaslee, Amanda Plummer, Gadi Roll, Doug Elkins, Arthur Nauzyciel, Betty Buckley, Rip Torn, Gideon Lester, Robert Woodruff, Terrence Rigby, Scott Zigler, Charles Mee, Steve Maler, Michael Friedman, Peter Pucci, Les Waters, Dominique Serrand and Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Amanda Palmer/The Dresden Dolls.

He is a graduate of Harvard College (Department of English and American Literature and Language, Class of 1986) where he was a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club and the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. He received the 2006 Best Actor in a Large Company Award from The Independent Reviewers of New England for his performance as Arlequin in Marivaux’s ISLAND OF SLAVES at American Repertory Theater.

TEACHING: He is currently a Lecturer of Dramatic Arts at both Harvard College and the Harvard Extension School. His courses have included INTRODUCTION TO ACTING, ACTING CHEKHOV, ACTING SHAKESPEARE, and ACTING COMEDY (co-taught with Will Lebow). He has served as a Faculty Advisor on over 20 Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club productions at the Loeb Mainstage and the Loeb Experimental Theater (2001-2008).  He has led acting workshops on the high-school, college and graduate level, primarily on IMPROVISATION and THEATER GAMES. He is also a Private Acting Coach, working primarily on Audition Techniques, Monologues and Voice & Speech Coaching.