Bernice Loren, (born - died May , New York, NY, United States) was a
well known American actress, director, teacher and mentor to many
actors, best known for an inspirational combined performance
technique, "emanating from a place of unity,"Bernice Loren co-founded
with Roland F. Bernhagen and Marilyn Lief Kramberg Expressions, a
not-for-profit theatre school: "I developed something of a crusading
spirit about the quality of theatre and of theatre practice. I think
acting is at its most exciting and rewarding when, along with the
ability to communicate with and affect the audience, there is a
characterization so full and true that the actor may not even be
recognizable from role to role."[This quote needs a citation]Her
initial theatre training was with Erwin Piscator and included studies
with Lee Strasberg, Reiken Ben-Ari, Valerie Bettis, Marian Rich, and
many others. Throughout her professional career she has continued to
study, experiment, and do research for her work. From a throughout
background in Stanislavski’s approach she went on to investigate
various acting methods and styles, performing under and observing
foreign specialists at work, among them Ono’é Baiko VII, George
Devine, Yuri Zavadasky, Dimitros Rondiris, Jacques Charon. To modern
dance instruction she added ballet, period manners and movement
(William Burdick), Mensendieck, Yoga (Acharya and Hatha), and T’ai
Chi Ch’uan. Voice and speech training was extended to include
dialect studies (Milenko Rado) and singing (Margaret McCulloch).Miss
Loren has played over forty roles Off-Broadway and in stock and
resident theatres. She has directed over twenty-five plays
Off-Broadway, in stock, and in community theatres. She has taught
acting, voice and speech, and movement in resident theatre companies,
City College, and community theatres. As co-founder-director-manager
with Marilyn Lief of a summer stock theatre in East Jordan, Michigan
she was involved in every aspect of theatre work, onstage and
backstage, in addition to teaching apprentices. As the director of the
Professional Workshop of stage she helped to formulate its
experimental program, selected Workshop personnel by auditioning a
large body of actors and interviewing numerous directors, and also
directed along-run children’s play. She is the author of a text on
voice and speech, Effective Speaking, and has written plays, stories,
articles, and poems.
well known American actress, director, teacher and mentor to many
actors, best known for an inspirational combined performance
technique, "emanating from a place of unity,"Bernice Loren co-founded
with Roland F. Bernhagen and Marilyn Lief Kramberg Expressions, a
not-for-profit theatre school: "I developed something of a crusading
spirit about the quality of theatre and of theatre practice. I think
acting is at its most exciting and rewarding when, along with the
ability to communicate with and affect the audience, there is a
characterization so full and true that the actor may not even be
recognizable from role to role."[This quote needs a citation]Her
initial theatre training was with Erwin Piscator and included studies
with Lee Strasberg, Reiken Ben-Ari, Valerie Bettis, Marian Rich, and
many others. Throughout her professional career she has continued to
study, experiment, and do research for her work. From a throughout
background in Stanislavski’s approach she went on to investigate
various acting methods and styles, performing under and observing
foreign specialists at work, among them Ono’é Baiko VII, George
Devine, Yuri Zavadasky, Dimitros Rondiris, Jacques Charon. To modern
dance instruction she added ballet, period manners and movement
(William Burdick), Mensendieck, Yoga (Acharya and Hatha), and T’ai
Chi Ch’uan. Voice and speech training was extended to include
dialect studies (Milenko Rado) and singing (Margaret McCulloch).Miss
Loren has played over forty roles Off-Broadway and in stock and
resident theatres. She has directed over twenty-five plays
Off-Broadway, in stock, and in community theatres. She has taught
acting, voice and speech, and movement in resident theatre companies,
City College, and community theatres. As co-founder-director-manager
with Marilyn Lief of a summer stock theatre in East Jordan, Michigan
she was involved in every aspect of theatre work, onstage and
backstage, in addition to teaching apprentices. As the director of the
Professional Workshop of stage she helped to formulate its
experimental program, selected Workshop personnel by auditioning a
large body of actors and interviewing numerous directors, and also
directed along-run children’s play. She is the author of a text on
voice and speech, Effective Speaking, and has written plays, stories,
articles, and poems.
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