Gretchen Egolf

director, actor, teacher, theatremaker, filmmaker

Hi I'm Gretchen (she/her) - I am a director, actor, and teacher. I'm American and now living and working in the UK (since approx 2014). Before I fell in love and moved across an ocean, I was an actor in America. Trained at Juilliard in the 90s and worked in NYC and LA for a couple decades. When I moved to Britain I kept acting but started to teach and direct more seriously. My teaching tends to be Michael Chekhov Technique-based, but as a director my approach is a mixture of many influences based on the piece and the artists in the room. My main interest is in encouraging creative individual input from everyone in the room and finding the piece together. I'll come in with some strong offers but be willing to throw them away if needed! I have taught and directed at LAMDA, Central School of Speech and Drama, ALRA, RADA, Brunel, Actors Centre, and independently. Though most of my UK work has been in London, I live in Whitstable and would like to create with and contribute more within Kent as well.

Credits

Director, NORA, LAMDA (public production), 2021
Director, APPROPRIATE, LAMDA (public production), 2020
Director, MISTER PARADISE, Trafalgar Studios, 2019
Director, THE SEAGULL, LAMDA, 2019
Director, 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE, LAMDA, 2019
Director, VERNON GOD LITTLE, Central School of Speech and Drama (public production), 2019
Director, AMERICAN CLOCK, Central School of Speech and Drama (public production), 2018
Director, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, Central School of Speech and Drama, 2018
Director, company-devised HOW WE NEED IT TO BE, University of Kent Int.Fest of Projections, 2016
Teacher at LAMDA, CSSD, ALRA, RADA, Brunel, Actors Center, The Chekhov Collective UK, independent practice
for acting credits: www.gretchenegolf.com

Training

Juilliard, Michael Chekhov Association USA, The Actors Center NYC company member, Praxis Acting Studio LA, Michael Chekhov NY, London, and Europe, The Chekhov Collective UK, Living Pictures Directors Book Club workshop 2019-2020, Robert Icke and Lindsey Turner online directing sessions 2021, Mike Alfreds online directing course, 2020, Lee Simpson Improv course, 2019, Improbable Women's Improv group Permission Improbable, 2016, various courses in LeCoq, Linklater, Viewpoints, Clown, Shakespeare, Feldenkrais, yoga, meditation, Equity Diversity Inclusivity training

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dialect / Voice Direction
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

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