Ronald Rand is an American stage and film actor,[1][2][3] educator,[4] director, playwright, librettist, producer, and newspaper publisher. A U.S. Cultural Goodwill Ambassador,[5][6][7][8][9][10] founder and publisher of the newspaper, The Soul of the American Actor, he is also the author of Create: How Extraordinary People Live to Create and Create to Live,[11] Acting Teachers of America,[12][13] and Solo Transformation on Stage: A Journey into the Organic Process of the Art of Transformation.[14][15][16][17]
Early life and education
Rand was born and raised in Coral Gables, Florida, and began performing at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Coral Gables at age six, appearing in over 200 children's theatre plays over ten years. Rand graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School. A graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts in New York City, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, studying with Stella Adler. Two of Rand's classmates were Bill Paxton, for whom Rand wrote monologues to perform in class, and Kate Valk. Subsequently, Rand also studied with Harold Clurman, Robert Lewis, Joseph Chaikin, with Jerzy Grotowski at Columbia University, and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's summer program in London. Rand began developing his one-man show in 2000, for which he is best known, called "Let It Be Art!"[18]
Career
Rand's odyssey as Harold Clurman began with his first performance of his play, "Let It Be Art" directed by Gregory Abels, at the Sande Shurin Theatre in New York City in 2001. Rand performed his play in three productions Off-Broadway, first at the Sande Shurin Theatre, at the Century Center Theatre under the play's previous title, Clurman, produced by J.C. Compton, the second wife of Harold Clurman, and then by the Mirror Repertory Company at the ArcLight Theatre. Rand made his New York debut in 1978 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as a member of the cast of Julius Caesar with Richard Dreyfuss, George Rose, Austin Pendleton, René Auberjonois, and Tom Hulce.
Rand's transformation into a 79-year-old Harold Clurman in his play, Let It Be Art! comes through a two-hour transformation process in his dressing room, based on Konstantin Stanislavski's Method of Physical Actions.[19]
Rand has performed in Let It Be Art! in 26 countries and represented the United States in the 8th Theatre Olympics performing in his solo play at the Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi, and Tagore Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram.[20][21][22] Rand is the first American to perform in a solo play at the International Bafa Arts Festival in Zimbabwe, Kenya International Theatre Festival at Nairobi's National Theatre, Voices of History International Theatre Festival in Vologda, Russia, MerCoSur Interior Althuapua De Cioppo International Festival in Paysandú, Uruguay, Bareilly International Theatre Festival, India, Baptizer International Theatre Festival in Bangalore, India, San Vicente del Caguán Cultural Arts Center in northern Colombia, Patravadi Theatre in Bangkok, Trade Unions Palace of Culture in Minsk, Belarus, Palace Dar el-Makhzen in the Kasbah, Tangier, Morocco, and Cayman National Cultural Foundation Harquail National Theatre in the British West Indies.[23] Rand has performed his solo play in the International Theatre Festival for Peace in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, Kathmandu International Theatre Festival in Nepal, Act Alone Festival in Suðureyri, Iceland, as a Festival judge and performed in the M.E.S.S. International Theatre Festival at the Chamber 55 Theatre,[24] Colombo International Theater Festival in Sri Lanka,[25][26] International Winter Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chevolek International Theatre Festival in Chelyabinsk, Russia, Georgia International Theatre Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia, Slavija International Theatre Festival in Belgrade, Serbia, and in the Inaugural Harold Clurman Festival of Arts in New York City.[27] Rand has completed five goodwill tours across India, performing his solo play and teaching his master acting workshop at universities and festivals including Rangayana Theatre in Mysore,[28][29] Manipal University in Jaipur, at Christ University as a Festival judge and performed in Baptizer International Theatre Festival in Bangalore, AddLife Caring Minds Wellness Centre in Kolkata, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Chilsag Chilies Acting Academy, and R.K. Film and TV Media Academy in New Delhi, Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares Academy in Mumbai, University of Calicut, Pondicherry University, Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Auroville, and appeared in Great Mind at Work, a play by the India playwright, Sachin Gupta, at L'Alliance française de Delhi, performing in Hindi, a language he does not speak.
Rand starred as Harry in Luv at The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, New Hampshire, as The Stage Manager in the 75th Anniversary production of Our Town (2013), as Captain Keller in The Miracle Worker opposite Marla Schaffel (2014), and as Polonius in Hamlet opposite Nicole Ansari (2015), in Vermont at the Greensboro Arts Alliance Summer Stock Theatre in Greensboro, Vermont.[30] Rand brought to life Charles Dickens in "An Evening With Charles Dickens Reading A Christmas Carol at the 8th Annual Dickens Feast at the Tuscumbia Roundhouse in Tuscumbia, Alabama, acting as more than a dozen characters in a new adaptation he created and directed (2018).[31] Rand performed in a new solo play he created, "The Tuscumbia I Know: A Talk by Captain Keller" playing Captain A.H. Keller at the Helen Keller Library as part of The Helen Keller Festival in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Helen Keller's birthplace (2017–2019).[32][33] Rand's film appearances include opposite Yoko Ono in her film Homeless (1989), Family Business (1989), Reversal of Fortune (1990), "The Return of Superfly" (1990), Another You (1991), The Hard Way (1991), The Super (1991), Six Degrees of Separation (1993) The Jerky Boys (1995), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Garden State (2004). Rand was cast by Aaron Russo as President Richard Nixon in Rude Awakening (1989), by Robert Redford in Quiz Show (1994) opposite Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield, and as a business magnate opposite Anjelica Huston in When in Rome (2010). Rand appeared as Milton Sterns in A Marriage: O'Keeffe and Stieglitz opposite Christopher Plummer and Jane Alexander on PBS American Playhouse (1991)[34] Rand appeared as the Judge in a KRS-One video produced by Boogie Down Productions (1987).
Educator
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs chose Rand as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar during 2021–2025. Rand was also chosen as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar during 2013–2018. In 2013 he became the first Fulbright Specialist Scholar to teach at the University of Sarajevo's Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Tuzla Academy of Dramatic Arts, Mostar Youth Theatre, and the Druga Gimnazija, an IB World School in Sarajevo.[35] In 2015, he became the first Fulbright Specialist Scholar to teach at the University of Malaya Cultural Centre Drama Department in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rand was the first American invited by the Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara, known as the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism and Culture – National Department for Culture & Arts to teach and perform at Malaysia's JKKN State Theaters in Ipoh, Alor Setar and Kuala Terengganu. In Kuala Lumpur, Rand was invited to teach and perform at the National Arts Culture and Heritage Academy Aswara, Islamic International University Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA, and to teach at the Penang Temple of Fine Arts Academy. In 2017 he became the first Fulbright Specialist Scholar to teach four 7-hour master acting workshops using Constantin Stanislavsky's "Method of Physical Actions" chart at the Taller de Teatro in Paysandu, Uruguay, and taught two workshops for ages nine to fifteen at the Family Instituto y Colegio de Inglés in Paysandu, performed in his solo play, and directed an adaptation of the play, Our Town by Thornton Wilder in Spanish with Spanish actors. He was an adjunct professor of Acting and Directing at Pace University in New York City for four years, an Adjunct professor of Acting at Northern Illinois University, and adjunct professor of Theatre History at the University of North Alabama. He has brought his solo play and Art of Transformation Master Acting Workshop to 26 countries and 20 states, including Gonzaga University, Western Washington University, University of Missouri in Columbia, University of Alaska, Syracuse University, Lycoming College, Louisiana State University, University of Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art – Croatia, Anadolu University in Eskisehir, Turkey, University of the Visual and Performing Arts – Colombo, Sri Lanka, Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University – Tbilisi, Georgia, Belarusian State University – Minsk, Belarus, National Theatre of British West Indies – Cayman National Cultural Foundation,[36] IB World School – Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, National School of the Arts in Johannesburg, South Africa, Auroville – India, at several community theaters across America,[37][38] and at the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency – Fairchild U.S. Air Force Base. Rand, an acrylic painter, had originally studied at the Arts Student League in New York City in the late 1970s, gave a talk and painting demonstration on bark for The Shoals Artists Guild at the Kennedy Douglass Center for the Arts, in the Arts Alive Festival, Florence, Alabama in 2019. His artworks were on display in the Mostly Blues Exhibit at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, Alabama, and in the ArtWorks Exhibit at The Tennessee Valley Art Museum in Tuscumbia, Alabama (2019–2021).[39]
Publisher, author, poet, and librettist
Rand is the founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper, The Soul of the American Actor (founded in 1998),[40][41][42] the only printed and online newspaper in America dedicated to the artistic process of the actor and the art of theater.[43][44] Rand has conducted over 1000 interviews including Alec Baldwin, Theodore Bikel, Lee Blessing, Claire Bloom, Kate Burton, Rita Gam, Andre Gregory, George Grizzard, Charles Grodin, A.R. Gurney, Marcia Gay Harden, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Geoffrey Holder, Celeste Holm, Anjelica Huston, Valerie Harper, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Judith Ivey, Kevin Kline, Jackie Mason, Terrence Mann, Lloyd Richards, Cliff Robertson, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Weller, and Elie Wiesel.[45] Essays have included those by Stella Adler, Edward Albee, Harold Clurman, Eugenio Barba, William Esper, Jerzy Grotowski, James Earl Jones, Laurence Luckinbill, Sanford Meisner, Arthur Miller, and Lee Strasberg.[46][47] Rand is the author of three books. Create! How Extraordinary People Live to Create and Create to Live, Finalist for the Indies Book of the Year Awards for Performing Arts & Music and Finalist in the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards, is a collection of over 100 interviews exploring the creative process of many of the world's most acclaimed actors, actresses, artists, choreographers, composers & lyricists, dancers, directors, educators, musicians, playwrights, poets, singers, and writers of our time, including Carol Burnett, Ellen Burstyn, Martha Carpenter, Dick Cavett, Brian Cox, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Katherine Dunham, Michael Frayn, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Grey, Marvin Hamlisch, Julie Harris, Chaka Khan, Odile Gakire Katese, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Stephen Lang, Jane Maxwell, Patricia Neal, Jerry Orbach, Christopher Plummer, Luise Rainer, Tony Randall, Phylicia Rashad, Chita Rivera, Apriana Taylor, Ben Vereen, Sir Derek Walcott, Robert Wilson, and Eugenia Zukerman.[48][49][50][51][52] His second book is Acting Teachers of America[53] with interviews of one hundred influential acting teachers, actors, and directors in America, including Anne Bogart, Steve Buscemi, Olympia Dukakis, Zelda Fichandler, James Gandolfini, Gene Hackman, Michael Howard, William Hurt, Michael Kahn, Milton Katselas, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, Sidney Poitier, and Terry Schreiber.[54] Rand's third book, Solo Transformation on Stage: A Journey into the Organic Process of the Art of Transformation, includes a foreword by Stephen Lang, Ronald Rand's two-hour transformation into Harold Clurman, Rand's personal experiences with his teachers, Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, and Jerzy Grotowski, life-changing ‘moments of depth’ from some of the world's memorable performers including Cicely Tyson, Paul Robeson, Ira Aldridge, James Earl Jones, Sidney Poitier, John Barrymore, Laurette Taylor, and Marlon Brando, and over twenty interviews including Christopher Plummer, Eve Ensler, Ben Vereen, Billy Crudup, Adrienne Barbeau, Olympia Dukakis, Hershey Felder, Marga Gomez, Spalding Gray, Stephen Lang, Tony Lo Bianco, Laurence Luckinbill, Angelica Page, Elizabeth van Dyke, Jean-Claude van Itallie, and Julie Harris.[55][56][57] As a poet, Rand's poetry appeared in Where the Mind Dwells: Salvation, and in Huntsville Literary Association's magazine, Poem. Rand created the libretto for a new opera, IBSEN, about the final days of Henrik Ibsen, opera score by German composer, Hartmut von Lieres.[58]
Director and producer
In 2013 Rand became the second U.S. director to direct in the 60-year history of the historic Chamber Theatre 55 in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.[59] Rand was invited by the Director of Chamber Theatre 55, Dragan Jovicic, to direct Murray Schisgal's comedy, LUV, translated by Mirjana Jovicic. The cast included Muhamed Hadzovic, Moamer Kasumovic, and Zana Marjanovic. The set and costumes were designed by Vanja Popovic.[60] The production continues to be performed as part of the theatre repertory, and has traveled to Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and across Bosnia & Herzegovina, winning awards in state festivals.[61][62][63] Rand became the first American director to direct at the Aras Theatre in Paysandu, Uruguay. He directed an adaptation from the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Our Town by Thornton Wilder translated by Ilse Olivera into Spanish, (a language he does not speak), with actors of Paysandu.[64] Rand produced and co-translated the American premiere of Spanish playwright, Inigo Ramirez de Haro's most controversial play, "We Couldn't Call It What We Wanted To Call It, So We Called It Holy Crap!!" starring Stephen Mo Hanan at La MaMa, E.T.C. directed by Erica Gould in New York City in 2011.[65] Rand directed and appeared in [[Voices from Chernobyl|A Meltdown from Chernobyl, The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster]] by Svetlana Alexievich, a dramatic adaptation by Spencer Smith with Frances Crowe, Ruth Hooke, Sister Jane Morrissey, and Jean-Claude van Itallie across northern New England at churches and meeting houses.[66][67] Rand created and moderated a Drama Desk Panel Event, The Art of Storytelling, at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City, interviewing Bertie Carvel, Jayne Houdyshell, Kristine Nielsen, and David Hyde-Pierce.[68]
References
- ↑ Novick, Julius (October 1, 2010). "Harold Clurman: 'The Priest of a New Kind of Theatre". Dramatics (Magazine) (2): 24–31.
- ↑ "Ronald Rand stars in Let It be art at Actor's Theatre" (newspaper). Vol. 43, no. 21. St. Simons Island, Georgia: The Islander. May 25, 2015. p. 13.
- ↑ "Ronald Rand Celebrates 20 Years Touring As Harold Clurman In Let It Be Art!" (webpage). broadwayworld.com. January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Workshop by Rand" (webpage). courierjournal.net. Courier Journal. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ↑ Ruiz, Edlyn (March 26, 2013). "Let it be Art" (webpage). Cayman 27. Cayman 27.
- ↑ Criscitiello, Alexa (July 14, 2021). "Ronald Rand Stars in LET IT BE ART! At Greece's International Festival" (website). www.Broadwayworld.com. Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
Goodwill Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand, during his 20th year touring around the world to 25 countries will perform at the Theatre of Changes' 17th International Festival of Making Theater in his celebrated solo play, LET IT BE ART! as Harold Clurman, "the Elder Statesman of the American Theatre," on August 2nd at Theatre of Change, 19a Tritus Septemuriou Street in Athens, Greece.
- ↑ Braun, Phyliss (October 27, 2006). "Renowned Director will be Focus of Play at IT" (newspaper). Arts & Location page: Arizona Jewish Press.
- ↑ O'Flaherty, Dennis (November 3, 2006). "Play's Focus is a Legend of the Stage". Arizona Daily Star (newspaper). Accent page.
- ↑ Stadt, Judy (February 10, 2013). "The Lunch and Judy Show:A Special Interview with Ronald Rand" (webpage). Washington, D.C./: DCMetroTheaterArts.
- ↑ "'Let It Be Art! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion' At The Ritz February 29" (webpage). Quadcitiesdaily.com. QCDNews. February 14, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ↑ Collier, Monica (September 10, 2017). "CREATE How Extraordinary People Live to Create and Create to Live" (website). Spotlight: timesdaily.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ↑ "The Staff" (webpage). New York City: The Soul of the American Actor.
- ↑ "Acting Teachers of America A Vital Tradition" (webpage). New York City: Allworth Press. 2015.
- ↑ "Richard Skipper Celebrates Solo Transformation on Stage with Ronald Rand". blogtalkradio.com. February 22, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
For the first time ever, world-acclaimed solo performer Ronald Rand and Goodwill Cultural Ambassador in 25 countries reveals how a solo performance is born, takes off, and can change the face of the world. Step inside his extraordinary two-hour transformation becoming 79-year-old theatre director Harold Clurman in his celebrated solo play LET IT BE ART! to discover an organic process creating your own dynamic solo performance on stage using Stanislavski's original acting chart "The Method of Physical Actions" to live completely inside your storytelling.
- ↑ Gates, Tory (April 26, 2022). "Ronald Rand, "Solo Transformation On Stage" Author on the Brown Posey Press Show" (Broadcast in Books). www.blogtalkradio.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
Ronald Rand has performed among, but was also trained by giants of the theatre. An actor known around the world for his portrayal of Harold Clurman in the one-man show "Let It Be Art!" Rand outlines not only his own life and career, but that of many of his peers in "Solo Transformation On Stage: A Journey into the Organic Process of the Art of Transformation," his latest release on Brown Posey Press.
- ↑ "Ronald Rand" (webpage). SunburyPress.com. Sunbury Press. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
RONALD RAND Author – Goodwill Cultural Ambassador – Performing Artist Ronald's inspiring books include "Solo Transformation on Stage: A Journey into the Organic Process of the Art of Transformation," "CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live to Create and Create to Live" and "Acting Teachers of America." Dedicating his work towards the affirmation of humanity as a Goodwill Cultural Ambassador and Performing Artist, Ronald has thrilled audiences over the past twenty years as Harold Clurman, the "Elder Statesman of the American Theatre," in his solo play, LET IT BE ART! in three critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway productions, in 25 countries, across twenty states, at the World Theatre Olympics, and at over fifty universities and colleges.
- ↑ Cannon, Louise (April 21, 2022). "Interview with Stage Actor/Author/Goodwill Ambassador – Ronald Rand". Bookmarks and Stages by Lou. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
Ronald Rand is an actor, author and Goodwill Ambassador. Ronald Rand has appeared in many theatre plays, his latest is the solo play, Let It Be Art! about the life of Harold Clurman, which he tours worldwide. He is also the Founder of the newspaper – "The Soul of The American Actor." His book is "Solo Transformation On Stage" and is available now to purchase and includes a foreword by Stephen Lang, most recently famous for playing the part of Miles Quaritch in the Avatar movies by James Cameron.
- ↑ "At the Shore Today: Theatre Figure Harold Clurman Celebrated in Cape May Stage Show" (website). inticity.com. The Press of Atlantic City. June 7, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
Rand, who also wrote the play, stars in the solo performance, taking viewers on a journey through Clurman's long and varied career.
- ↑ "Let It Be Art!" (website). Aurovilleradio.org. Auroville Radio. December 24, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
In front of our eyes we could see vivid image of 79 years old Harold Clurman, co-founder of the famed Group Theatre of the 1930s in America. Harold Clurman was known as a "True Man of the Theater" who brought a world of new knowledge.Harold Clurman was brought to us on Christmas evening by incomparable Ronald Rand, who truly transformed himself through two hours long preparation into the elder statesman of the American theater.
- ↑ Rao, Phalguni (March 2, 2018). "Theatre Olympics 2018: American actor Ronald Rand talks about his play Let It Be Art!, how he prepares for the role" (website). Firstpost.com.
- ↑ Nath, Dipanita (February 24, 2018). "Theatre Olympics: Portrait of an Artist American performer Ronald Rand on creating a play on his teacher, the great theatre director Harold Clurman" (website). The Indian Express.
- ↑ BWW News Desk (January 28, 2018). "Ronald Rand will represent the United States in the 8th Edition Theatre Olympics in India" (website). broadwayworld.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ↑ Gacheru, Margaretta Wa (November 7, 2019). "Theatre festival seeks to take drama to the people". www.businessdailyafrica.com. BusinessDailyAfrica.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ "International theater festival opens in Sarajevo" (website). www.aa.com.tr. September 29, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ Boange, Dilshan (November 24, 2019). "A Life Lived in the Art of Theatre" (website). www.sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Ronald Rand Represents USA In Let It Be Art! At Sri Lanka's Colombo International Theater Festival". Broadwayworld.com. July 8, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ↑ "Clurman Festival Launches with Rand's Let It Be Art!, 5/4" (webpage). broadwayworld.com. April 21, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Protege dons the role of dramatist on stage" (Newspaper online). Home: District: Deccan Herald. February 19, 2015.
- ↑ H. Janardhanaravaru, Janny (March 1, 2015). "Ronald Rand in his one man show" (website). Rangayana. Home: news: Rangayana, Mysore, Government of Karnataka.
- ↑ Kelley, David (May 7, 2015). "It's Showtime in Greensboro!" (website). The Bridge.
- ↑ "AN EVENING WITH CHARLES DICKENS READING "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" Comes to Tuscumbia Roundhouse". broadwayworld.com. November 16, 2018.
- ↑ Delinksi, Bernie (June 24, 2017). "New York actor finds oasis in Tuscumbia" (website). timesdaily.com.
- ↑ Hays, Kathy (June 15, 2018). "Rand Portrays Captain Keller in "The Tuscumbia I Know: A Talk by Captain Keller" (Newspaper). Colbert County Reporter. p. 5.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J. (July 19, 1991). "TV Weekend; The Art and the Passion of O'Keeffe and Stieglitz". The New York Times (webpage). Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ↑ "American actor Ronald Rand – a temporary resident of Sarajevo". Radiosarajevo. September 23, 2013. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016.
- ↑ Staff (March 22, 2013). "'Let it be Art' set for Harquail Theatre" (website). Cayman Compass.
- ↑ "Ronald Rand's Art of Transformation Master Workshop" (website). Amelia Island Tourist Development Council. February 10, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ↑ Stillinger, Donna (November 6, 2015). "Workshops seek to turn actors into characters" (website). Brunswick News.
- ↑ Hollingsworth, Kendyl (July 1, 2019). "timesdaily.com". TimesDaily. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Drama Desk Nominating Committee & Current Members" (webpage). Drama Desk. January 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Drama Desk Spring Panel Discussion" (webpage). theatricalindex.com. Theatrical Index. February 13, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Schedule for Vijay Tendulkar Festival". iaac.us.com (webpage). Indo-American Arts Council. September 29, 2004.
- ↑ "TRU 2010 Panels & Events" (website). truonline.org. February 17, 2010.
- ↑ "Sandy Shurin Show". New York City: World Talk Radio. June 12, 2010.
- ↑ "Eugenia Zukerman" (webpage). The Soul of the American Actor. November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Edward Albee (1998). "Speech To The American Council For The Arts" (webpage). The Soul of the American Actor.
- ↑ Rinda Frye; James Lundstrom (November 8, 1977). "An Account of a Conversation with Jerzy Grotowski about Theatre and Paratheatre – November 8 and 9, 1977" (webpape). The Soul of the American Actor.
- ↑ "A Celebration For Ronald Rand's New Book "Create!" and Benefit For AMHOF" (website). quadcitydaily.com. September 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Author Ronald Rand will be at Hall of Fame for book signing" (website). shoalsinsider.com. September 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Ronald Rand's Create: Discussion and Signing" (website). June 2017 Events: The Drama Book Shop. February 24, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ BWW News Desk (June 19, 2017). "Ronald Rand to Host Panel for New Book 'Create' at Barnes & Noble" (webpage). BroadwayWorld.com.
- ↑ "Book Event/Panel Discussion: Ronald Rand's "Create! How Extraordinary People Live to Create and Create to Live"" (website). thoughtgallery.org. July 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Acting Teachers of America: A Vital Tradition" (webpage). Barnes and Noble.
- ↑ Wood, Mark Dundas (September 6, 2007). "Book Review" (webpage). Backstage.
- ↑ Cristi, A.A. (December 7, 2021). "World-Acclaimed Solo Performer Ronald Rand Releases New Book SOLO TRANSFORMATION ON STAGE Featuring interviews with Christopher Plummer, Ben Vereen, Eve Ensler, Billy Crudup, Olympia Dukakis, Adrienne Barbeau and more" (webpage). broadwayworld.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
For the first time ever, Ronald Rand allows us to enter into his two-hour transformation as he embodies 79-year-old Harold Clurman, the "Elder Statesman of the American Theatre," as he brings him to life in his world-acclaimed solo play, LET IT BE ART! performing in 25 countries and twenty states.
- ↑ Tidwell, J.R. (March 25, 2022). "World's A Stage: Author Covers Art of Solo Performance" (newspaper). Colbert County Reporter. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
On Thursday, March 17, Rand was a guest at the regular lunch meeting of the Civitan Club of Tuscumbia at the Helen Keller Library. Rand gave an in-depth presentation of his new book, including insight into what went into making the work and why decided to put the book together in the first place. The author and actor will next be performing in Iceland as part of the Act Alone Festival.
- ↑ Putnam, Leah (April 5, 2022). "13 Theatre Books to Take to the Park This Spring" (website). playbill.com. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
Solo performer Ronald Rand shares a step-by-step guide to creating your solo performance using Stanislavski's original acting chart and his own two-hour transformation into Harold Clurman. Included in the book are interviews with performers of solo plays such as Christopher Plummer and personal experiences with others like Stella Adler.
- ↑ Neshat (January 7, 2013). "Ibsen – Opera in Progress" (website). aurovilleradio.com. Auroville Radio. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
For theater lovers weekend will bring unique event in many ways. In the interview with director Jill, and actress Heeba Shah we find out why Ibsen, why opera in progress. Libretto was done by Ronald Rand, who visited Auroville last year with his play, and series of workshops, and music is work of Hartmut Von Liers, but however it is, for the first time that Ibsen will be in opera, and it is Hartmut's first opera composing, and for Auroville is the first opera performance ever. Audience will confront with Ibsen's passion for self realization.
- ↑ "Actors Chamber Theatre 55 audience promised a delight in Ljupaf" (webpage) (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. October 23, 2013.
- ↑ Mess Festival (October 4, 2013). "Vanja Popović Awarded with the Golden Laurel Wreath for Contribution to Theater". SarajevoTimes.com (webpage). Sarajevo Times.
- ↑ "The Award Winning "Ljupaf" on the Home Scene" (webpage) (in Bosnian). RadioSarajevo.ba. June 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Over the weekend performed two shows" (webpage) (in Croatian). Sarajevo/: Radio Television Zenica. April 6, 2015.
- ↑ Malagic, Medina (November 20, 2013). "'Ljupaf' at Kamerni Theatre". sarajevotimes.com. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
The theatre play 'Ljupaf', directed by American actor, director and Professor Ronald Rand, and roles by Zana Marjanović, Muhamed Hadžović and Moamer Kasumović will be performed in Kamerni Theatre on 22 November at 20:00.
- ↑ Sanchez, Enrique (December 10, 2017). "Tonight Premieres "Our Town" directed by Ronald Rand" (website) (in Spanish). El Telegrapho.
- ↑ "La MaMa Presents Holy Crap!! April 28 – May 15" (website). www.broadwayworld.com. April 20, 2011.
- ↑ Jacobs, Leonard (July 15, 2009). "What If Chernobyl Happened in America? New Documentary-Theater Piece Investigates". clydefitchreport.com.
- ↑ Schaktman, Harvey (July 25, 2009). "Meltdown- Voices from Chernobyl". Earth Thrives.
- ↑ "Caricatures, Flying Coffee Cups, and Schadenfreude on Broadway".
External links
- Ronald Rand at IMDb