wish your work was making a greater impact?
“Roland believes in art and in artists. His teaching is not a series of platitudes or abstractions. He tells you actionable things you can do to get better connected to community, to promote your work, and to break out of the myth of the lone artist working in isolation.”
baffled as to why some shows hit and others barely see the light of day?
“I think he’s a wonderful man, a great theatre person, who knows what he’s talking about, and just incidentally, he’s able to bring out even the shyest in the room, so all participate fully. Can’t go wrong with him!”
know this:
roland tec is a teacher
who will get to know your work deeply and then reflect back for you a clear-eyed vision for
how it can find its best form
on its way to its best audience.
“If you’re looking for a teacher of the arts, look for these 4 qualities: someone who is passionate about the craft, someone who is currently active in the field creating new work, somebody who’s articulate and inspiring in the way they talk about the craft and finally, a person who brings joy to their art and their teaching. Roland Tec is all those things and much more.”
There are two ways to study with Roland. You may combine them from time to time depending on your specific goals.
2
ways
to go
one-on-one online sessions
the RT Private Studio
online group workshops
RT Online workshops
You may study with Roland privately if you’ve already been accepted into one of his writing workshops.
Or you may submit 2 writing samples if you prefer to just pursue private work.
Explore some of the workshops Roland offers for filmmakers, playwrights, songwriters and producers seeking to make a greater impact on the world
through their art.
Roland's teaching philosophy
is based on 3 core principles.
three core principles
Pioneer
There is no paint-by-numbers career manual for you to follow. Whether you're a writer, director, performer (or all of the above), the best way forward starts with the actual creation of your next new work.
Discomfort
When you stretch beyond your comfort zone, exciting expansion soon follows both in the quality of your work and in how it’s received by the world.
Community
The biggest mistake you can make is thinking you can do this alone. Collaboration is the key to unlocking your hidden artistic potential.
“I don’t think I would have ever pushed through the way that I needed to and wanted to if I hadn’t met Roland, if he hadn’t been as excited and interested in what I was doing in my work and hadn’t helped me to find that excitement again in myself. That’s what he continues to do for me and has in the years since.”
Playwright, Educator, Advocate and Thought Leader Gary Garrison on what makes Roland Tec a great teacher.
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they’re called
the performing arts
for a reason.
(You know… tree in the forest and all.)
“I performed my monologue that night and I heard the laughter and immediately felt relaxed and focused. I emailed a link to the YouTube to a friend and he asked: ‘Where did you get that audience?’
I got it from Roland.”
“I had the pleasure of singing, improvising and acting under the direction of Roland Tec as a member of the New Opera Theater Ensemble. Not only is Roland a natural teacher, but his formal training in music composition at Harvard and Brandeis and knowledge of the voice informs his process and supports musical growth while maintaining vocal health. ... Roland encourages personal development so that performers can elicit the best of themselves in the service of making authentic contemporary art. I look back on my NOTE experiences with Roland Tec as one of the richest music-theater experiences in my life.”