TRISTAN SCHAFFER-GOLDMAN

No that's not Lucius Malfoy (if only), it's one many looks I sported in an original one act history play entitled Captain of Color, performed at the Mystic Seaport Museum! The play follows the life and times of Paul Cuffe, the black merchant sailor and abolitionist who contributed heavily to the relocation of freed American slaves back to Africa. With one other actor playing the title role, I had to play a whopping 11 different characters, switch between 4 different accents,

For those of us eligible to work in the U.S., the last leg of our LAMDA journey involved showcase performances in NY and LA in which we each got to perform a 3 min. duologue with a partner. Luckily for me, I was able to do 2 scenes: one as Ariel from Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman and the other as Benji in Amy Herzog's short play Christmas Present. We kicked off the first week of our tour with 4 performances at the incredible Playwrights Horizons in NYC and enjoyed several Q

Today we opened Hamlet in repertory at LAMDA, directed by none other than world-renowned director Michael Attenborough! As our final show of the MA in Classical Acting, this has been our opportunity to apply everything we have learned in our studies this past year. And apply we have, and with great aplomb! It has been an absolute pleasure and honor to delve into the role of Hamlet, and though this might seem obvious to anyone with an appreciation for Shakespeare or this play,

I've never had more fun with a character than I did with Lord Foppington in our performance of The Relapse by John Vanbrugh at LAMDA. While it was merely a workshop performance as part of our MA in Classical Acting, and therefore significantly cut down, I still got the opportunity to tap into an extremely unique, challenging, and utterly enjoyable role. There's nothing quite like being given permission to be as big as you want, because once you fop, the fun don't stop...

I got certified in RP (Received Pronunciation aka BBC English) at LAMDA!