Ridgefield Library and the Chekhov International Theatre Festival Present:
The Chekhov Theatre Studio 1939-1942 with Lenka Pichlíková on Tuesday, September 13, 7 PM
Please register
Actor, producer and drama professor Lenka Pichlíková discusses the Russian-born actor Michael Chekhov, who in 1939 established the Chekhov Ridgefield School in a Connecticut barn. There he taught classes and honed the Chekhov Method, an approach to acting that has influenced actors from Yul Brynner to Johnny Depp.
Lenka Pichlíková holds an MFA from the Drama Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. During her career in Czechoslovakia, Pichlíková created over 40 television roles and performed in 12 Czech and European co-production feature films. Proessor Pichlíková serves on the faculty of the Program in Theatre and Performance at the Conservatory of Theatre Arts of SUNY Purchase, where she incorporates both Uta Hagen's and Michael Chekhov's techniques into her teaching, and is an adjunct professor, teaching cultural history and literature, at Fairfield University.
This program is part of the Chekhov International Theatre Festival to be held in Ridgefield from Thursday, Sept. 22 through Saturday, Sept. 24. For more information about the festival please click here.
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