S&S February Virtual Salon
An Evening of Scenes and Conversation
WITH THE BENNETT THEATRELAB AND CONSERVATORY
WITH GUESTS PHILIP BENNETT AND STUDENTS
Our February 2021 salon was an artist spotlight on the second and third year students at the Philip Bennett TheatreLab and Conservatory. Taught by Philip Bennett through Konstantin Stanislavsky’s psychophysical training, the students presented seven scenes that showcased their work. The scenes were selected from the works of Sam Shepard, Tennessee Williams and Anton Chekhov.
Following the scenes Philip and the artists joined Artistic Director Bryan Rafael Falcón for a live virtual chat and took audience questions.
The evening featured the work of Oscar De La Rocha, Diane Dube, Elizabeth Falcón, Callie Hutchison, Sergio Jimenez, Andrew Kincaid, John Muller, Teresa Shade, Richard Michael Thompson, Jorge Taborda, Linda Varella, Bella Vivante, and Robbie Voight.
Best enjoyed by Scoundrels ages 14+.
About The S&S Virtual Salon Series
The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, like many performing arts organizations, has been forced to shutter our theater during the pandemic, but is now creating exciting new online programming for audiences to enjoy from home.
In our series of virtual salons in we enjoy stories and and talk to the artists that create them.
The Artists
Philip G. Bennett is an actor, teacher, director, and author and an Artistic Associate at The S&S Theatre.
Founder and Artistic Director of the Bennett TheatreLab & Conservatory; graduate of the American Stanislavsky Theatre (AST) where he served as Assistant Artistic Director, teacher and actor to Moscow Art Theatre émigré director, Sonia Moore. Phil made his New York debut as Lopachin in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard with AST where he was a resident company actor for several years.
He returned to his native home of San Francisco in 1976 and founded the San Francisco Theatre Academy with its exploratory studio the Bennett TheatreLab.
As a permanent resident of Tucson, Arizona he is celebrating his 51st anniversary as a teacher of the Stanislavsky System of Acting, and has appeared with the Rogue Theatre, Borderlands Theatre and the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre company.
Bennett is a recipient of the prestigious Hollywood Dramalogue Award for best Direction, and co-author with Stephanie Daventry French of Experiencing Stanislavsky Today: Routledge Academic Publishers, and The Living Actor, a Video Textbook on the Bennett TheatreLab Channel, YouTube. Website: www.BennettTheatreLab.com
THE SECOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS
OF THE BENNETT THEATRELAB AND CONSERVATORY
Oscar De La Rocha
Diane Dube
Elizabeth Falcón
Callie Hutchison
Sergio Jimenez
Andrew Kincaid
John Muller
Teresa Shade
Richard Michael Thompson
Jorge Taborda
Linda Varela
Bella Vivante
Robbie Voigt
Production Staff
Producer
Bryan Rafael Falcón
Filming and Editing
Linda Varela
Development Associate
Betsy Labiner
Event Technician
Tiffer Hill
Box Office Manager
Raulie Martinez