truepenny:
a trustworthy, honest, or reliable person (likened to a coin of genuine metal) – Oxford Dictionaries
JULY ANNOUNCEMENTS 2024:
Like a little spark of inspiration now and then regarding the possibilities of acting and performance? Introducing “for your thoughts…”, truepenny’s social media every-other-week offering of thoughts coined by the celebrated and expert to offer just that, including optional additional related items and occasional truepenny updates. Visit truepenny arts’ Facebook or Instagram page to check it out!
Announcing “Tips, Tricks, and Techniques”, truepenny’s once-a-month, pay-what-you-can series of performance workshops offering quick and easy M.F.A. Conservatory-level training take-aways in the areas of both contemporary and classical acting, voice-speech-text, and physical work. To be held at the Diamond Rolfing & Movement Studio, 210 North State Street in Concord, NH, from 10am-Noon on the first Saturday of each month, beginning Sept. 7th. Watch this space, visit truepenny’s Facebook or Instagram page, or email truepnny@gmail.com for more information on registration and monthly focus!
Tongue Mountain Productions’ short film adapted from a Robert Frost poem, Home Burial, with truepenny Educational/Artistic Director Michael Cobb in one of the two leading roles has won awards and recognition in multiple film festivals across the country, including Best Short at the Denver Movie Awards, Best Adaptation Short at the Jersey Shore Film Festival, and will be continuing on the festival circuit into Fall 2024. An article on its making may be found at: https://www.concordmonitor.com/Adaptation-of-Robert-Frost-Poem-at-Canterbury-Shaker-Village-51495023 Tongue Mountains’ adaptation of Frosts’s The Death of the Hired Man, with Michael doing the title role and narration, begins filming late summer of 2024.
WKXL’s NH Unscripted host Ray Dudley’s interview with truepenny’s Ed./Artistic Dir. Michael Cobb on a range of topics, including the “mechanics” of good acting, being “in the moment”, and the classics, may be found at: https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/nh-unscripted-with-michael-cobb-271353/
Contact truepenny if you’re interested in coaching, or taking a workshop or class, online or in-person, and let’s put something together!
Praise for truepenny’s The Good Thief by Conor McPherson, June 2021
“Congratulations on a tremendous performance of The Good Thief! What an intense, nuanced, rich character with a disturbing yet moving story…. I was NOT expecting the full intensity of that piece!” - Amanda Whitworth, recent New Hampshire Artist Laureate, Co-founder of Articine
“I don’t remember ever attending a play where there was just one actor but I literally felt like I was sitting across the table listening to his adventure and smiling at his sense of humor.” - Pamela, Moultonborough
“Wow! I’m so impressed by your performance. Honestly, I didn’t even know it was you - you took me right into the character and the story and really just captivated me for an hour. I felt like we were sitting at a table together, and I laughed out loud at some parts, but also was very saddened by other parts. The soured bitterness of love not received or returned. I think this person will stay with me for a while. Bravo!” - Roland Sarkis, Franklin
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