Parzival a Journey of Initiation
“Having been a teacher of the Parzival block for 25 years, I can attest that Séamus’ many-leveled rendering would be a true gift to any high school. They will be able to relate! Audiences of all ages are deeply moved by his performances.”
Bring the Parzival legend to your community.
Séamus offers performances of this new verse adaptation of Parzival. He also gives speech and drama workshops for students, teachers and adults.
Now scheduling for the upcoming school year!
“One experiences nothing short of being in the presence of a master bard and storyteller when receiving what Seamus offers to his audience. We become more than listeners. Rather are we are literally transported into a realm of living imaginations and palpable power words that he creates in our midst.”
Séamus Maynard completed his degree in acting at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. While there, he studied speech, classical acting and Shakespeare with Patsy Rodenburg. Prior to that he trained intensively in the Michael Chekhov Technique for several years studying and performing with Ted Pugh and Fern Sloan who founded the Actor’s Ensemble based in Hudson NY. Séamus co-founded a two year acting training entitled Shakespeare Alive! which was based on the teachings of Michael Chekhov and Rudolf Steiner’s indications for speech and drama. Alongside Shakespeare Alive! Séamus studied speech formation with renowned speech artist Christy MacKaye Barnes. He then attended Artemis School of Speech and Drama in West Sussex England where he studied speech formation with Christopher Garvey. Currently, Séamus teaches the art of speech at Inner Work Path workshops and retreats (www.innerworkpath.com). Séamus also supports and facilitates the arts program on behalf of Developing the Self Developing The World (www.developingtheself.org). He is also the co-author of a distance learning course for EduCareDu entitled, Speech and Drama as Living Arts. (www.educaredo.org)
Séamus has taught acting, speech and movement at Emerson College in England, Stephens College Missouri, California State University’s Summer Arts program, The New School NYC, Saint John’s College in Istanbul Turkey and is a faculty member for The Michael Chekhov School Hudson, as well as MICHA (the Michael Chekhov Association).
As an actor and musician Séamus has worked with Improbable Theatre (London), The Belgian National Theater, Triple Shadow (La Mama NYC), Heads Theater Company (NYC) and The Actors Ensemble (NYC & Hudson NY). Séamus is a co-founding member of Third Wheel Collective – a collaboration based theater company. As a musician, Séamus studied classical guitar and composition with classical guitarist and composer Ed Flower. Séamus composes for and co-founded Quiet In The Head, a music group that composes original, instrumental music for violin and classical guitar. He also writes and performs with an acoustic folk group called Living Roots. He is the author of the book Parzival a Journey of Initiation.