Charise Greene

Reviews

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:24:48 +0000

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“As Joanna, Charise Greene has a natural ease on stage which is very attractive. We believe her as the play’s conscience. Greene creates a nice balance of shrewdness and naivety.”
-NYTheatre.com

“Greene gives a highly compelling and convincing performance, with a nuanced juxtaposition of Joanna’s strength and seeming frailty. She reveals Joanna’s combination of disillusionment and courage progressively, giving the character a convincing and delightful development through the play.”
-ColumbiaSpectator.com

“On the opposite end of the power spectrum is the struggling adjunct, Joanna (a passionate Charise Greene) who, when not serving coffee to the others, desperately seeks a balance between her idealism and her need for tenure track.”
- TheaterMania

The Choice: On the Stage, an Insider’s View of College Admissions.

“Joanna, a struggling but ambitious adjunct, played by the highly focused Charise Greene, is brought in to complete the triumvirate when its third member is taken ill, and she becomes the pawn of her elders.”
- Blog Critics

“It was Charise Greene as the doctor who shimmied and shook her way into the limelight.”
-StarringNYC

“Incredible energy and dexterity from Charise Greene…How these women maintain a shape to the whole is miraculous, and the incredible finale is the biggest, best surprise of all.”
-Theatre Mirror

“Inadmissible,” at NYC’s Canal Playhouse

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:32:45 +0000

“Inadmissible,” at NYC’s Canal Playhouse

Charise is playing Joanna in the new three-person play by screenwriter D.B. Gilles, “Inadmissible,” at downtown theater Canal Park Playhouse. Joanna is an adjunct lecturer and playwright who offers a fresh young perspective to a corrupt graduate acceptance committee of three. The process, however, changes her deeply, and she in turn irreversibly alters the lives of her mentors in this dynamic play about power.

Coaching

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:48:16 +0000

Charise’s strength as an acting coach lies in her ability to free up the body and voice, resulting in emotionally committed, theatrically daring story-telling. Focusing on specificity and ease, she helps bring the actor’s individual choices to the surface, allowing the imagination to activate and inspire. Charise holds an MFA in Acting from the Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium (Stephen Sondheim fellow), a BA in Theater from UC Berkeley, and a certificate of completion from The Studio New York. Charise is a voice and dialect coach for NYU Stella Adler’s productions and is on faculty at Child’s Play NY. She teaches the following classes in the undergraduate department of theater at Barnard and Columbia:

Advanced Acting
Acting Chekhov
Acting the Contemporary Scene
Audition Workshop
Introduction to Acting
Senior Acting Thesis Advisement (performance and research)

Click here to view Charise’s Teaching CV
*References available upon request. To book a coaching session, email her at charisegreene@gmail.com

“I was dreading an upcoming audition for a prestigious study abroad program, and past experience had left me feeling inadequete as a performer. I turned to Charise. Her immediate enthusiasm and commitment to my work and my improvement was exciting and touching. I did not have room to doubt myself in the presence of Charise’s unending energy; she worked with me until I was at my best. I am thrilled to report that I was admitted to the program. Every day I am struck with how lucky I was to have been coached into not only a stronger performer, but also someone who believes in herself. Some people are made to inspire. Charise Greene is one of those people.”
-Christina McCarver, Columbia College

“Coaching with Charise has helped me free both my body and voice from tension when acting, thus increasing my concentration allowing me to make bolder choices in the moment. Charise will take you to the next level in your work (whatever that may be). She is fiercely intelligent with a huge heart.
-Jaclyn Bishop, Actress and Singer, NYC

“Charise creates a safe environment where actors can take the risks necessary to let their performance turn from ordinary to miraculous. We worked on everything from age to working class London dialect, demonstrating a wide range of vocal expertise. Her knowledge of period and style put everyone at ease in the rehearsal room, and I’m certain I’ll keep her on speed dial for future projects.”
-Douglas Widick, Stella Adler Company, North Coast Improv

“What Charise offers the actor is unmatchable. She is not just a good coach, she is a lively spirit and an intelligent theatre-maker, and I can honestly say that I was never so confident in myself, as an actor and a person, as I am after just five months under Charise’s tutelage.”
-Yasmeen Jawhar, Barnard College

“Charise is a truly special acting teacher. Her class is a process of release and discovery (as opposed to pressure and expectation) and the results are tremendous. In Charise’s class, you not only learn how to make great theater, it happens through you and your classmates.”
-Lorenzo Landini, Columbia College

Canary

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:11:59 +0000

“Canary,” at New York Theater Workshop

Charise is playing Jo in a reading of Molly Rice’s “Canary” at New York Theater Workshop on May 19 and 20. Jo is described as pretty and does her best to hide it with her crazy “Avant-Garde” getups, made from the artsy detritus of the past three decades, and weird ballpoint tattoos. She has assigned herself the quest of making something New in the world. She is prickly and ridiculous and tough and alone. She has a thick Kentucky accent.

stella adler

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:22:34 +0000

Teaching at NYU & Stella Adler Studio of Acting

In the fall, Charise will join the faculty at NYU. She will be the vocal and dialect coach for all productions at NYU’s Stella Adler Studio, coaching both the NYU students and those attending the conservatory.

teaching at barnard

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:32:58 +0000

Teaching at Barnard & Columbia

This coming Fall at Barnard & Columbia, Charise will be teaching three classes: Advanced Acting, an Audition Course for graduating seniors and Introduction to Acting. She will also be the Senior Acting Thesis Advisor. This past Spring she taught Acting Chekhov.

LITERARY P(ARTS)

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:25:25 +0000

LITERARY P(ARTS)

Charise is writing a short play for Billy & Co., which will be produced in the LITERARY P(ARTS) series the first weekend in June. Billy & Co. is a Williamsburg-based theater company that explores new, creative processes that connect artists with other artists who wouldn’t conventionally cross-collaborate. For tickets, go to Billy & Co.

Versailles

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:30:24 +0000

Versailles

Charise will play the lead in a staged reading ‘Versailles’ Richard Ploetz in Emerging Artists EATfest at Tada Theatre

Directed by: Ian Streicher
Performance Date: March 20 at 1:00pm
Click here for Tickets
Tada Theatre is located at 15 W.28th Street on the 2nd Floor

Darleen and Trent Go to Raj Palace

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:23:13 +0000

Darleen and Trent Go to Raj Palace

Charise will be playing the title character in ‘Darleen and Trent Go to Raj Palace,’ at The Living Theater, produced by Women Center Stage.

Directed by: Mia Rovegno
Performance Dates: Saturday, March 5th at 3:00pm & Sunday, March 6th at 7:00pm
Click here for Tickets
The Living Theater is located at 21 Clinton Street (just below Houston Street at Ave B)

Tunnels of Love

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:18:34 +0000

Tunnels of Love

Charise is currently shooting the film ‘Tunnels of Love‘, directed by Brett Harding, a feature comedy shot entirely in the NYC subway trains and station platforms. The plot centers on couples who get off by making love in public, interspersed with various other character offshoots, examining their relationships to each other and to the transit system.