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Robert Westley

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Choreographer, Stunt and Fight Coordinator
Bernhardt/Hamlet
Participates in 1 Session

Robert has choreographed movement and staged violence for Tony Award nominated Broadway and Obie Award winning Off-Broadway productions, regional theaters, internationally acclaimed opera, and films developing unique and exciting performances of dance, clowning, aerial acrobatics, puppetry, and martial art. Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet starring Janet McTeer (Tony Nomination), A Bronx Tale: The Musical directed by Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks and Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro, Hand to God (Tony Nominated), Gettin’ The Band Back Together; Off-Broadway: Teenage Dick (The Public Theater), Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (Manhattan Theatre Club), Things of Dry Hours (New York Theatre Workshop); Regional: The musicals of The Sting and The Honeymooners (Paper Mill Playhouse), Romeo & Juliet (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Bedroom Farce (Westport County Playhouse). Upcoming: Theresa Rebeck’s Mad House directed by Moritz Von Stuelpnagel and starring Bill Pullman and David Harbour, London’s West End. Robert is a member of SDC and SAG-AFTRA.

Sessions in which Robert Westley participates

Saturday 9 July, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour

When a script calls for stage combat, theatre makers turn to fight directors and choreographers to keep the performers safe while making the scene in question appear as authentic as possible. But how does this work fit into the larger project of moving the plot along, defining characters, and illuminating important themes? Members of the Society of American Fight Directors will reveal how they help tell compelling stories on stage.