Written By Mary Daily | Photos by Jeremy Jackson (this article first appeared in UCLA Magazine, April 2, 2024). If you were an actor, how would you prepare to play a particular character? You [...]
Stories of Escape: What Connects "Life of Pi," "Finding Neverland," and "Mary Poppins Returns" -- A Conversation with Screenwriter David Magee, moderated by Jean-Louis Rodrigue April 17, 2019 7:00-9:00 pm Odyssey Theatre Ensemble 2055 South [...]
Established in 2008 in memory of Australian actor Heath Ledger (who served as an ambassador for the organization), the Heath Ledger Scholarship is awarded to an actor who exhibits distinctive and unique potential. The prize [...]
Kristof Konrad embodies virtuoso pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in the new TNT miniseries I Am the Night which premiered January 28th, 2019. Kristof was directed by award-winning director Carl Franklin. Plot Summary: Inspired [...]
Kristof Konrad portrays Mr. Heidl in Amazon Prime's new award-winning series Homecoming. Directed by Sam Esmail, the series stars Julia Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Shea Whigham, Alex Karpovsky, and Sissy Spacek. The series was [...]
Academy Award winner Christian Bale invited Jean-Louis Rodrigue to work with him on his embodiment of Dick Cheney for the film Vice, which chronicles Cheney's political rise from 1974 to 2009. The film also stars [...]
We are honored to announce that Alexander Techworks has become an official donor to support the Heath Ledger Scholarship Foundation in Fall 2018. The winner will receive group classes and private coaching with Jean-Louis Rodrigue [...]
Jean-Louis and Kristof traveled to Mexico City to conduct a 4-day intensive workshop at Universidad de Comunicacion (University of Communication) in Mexico City from August 30 - September 2, 2018. Last Spring, Mexican actress [...]
Jaime Ray Newman is working with Kristof Konrad from July-September 2018 to find the physicality for her intriguing, full-of-twists-and-turn character in Season 2 of NBC's horror hit Midnight, Texas. She embodies Patience Lucero, the co-owner of [...]
Jean-Louis Rodrigue met and began working with Jonathan Tucker in 2014. Since then, Jonathan has decreased the level of tension in his everyday life, as well as in his performance and voice. In addition to their work together [...]
Jean-Louis Rodrigue was invited by the European Film Academy (EFA) to their inaugural event, "The Berlin Connection," taking place on the 15th of June, 2018. Event Manager Nikola Joetze explains the inspiration behind the one-day event: "The [...]
Jean-Louis coached Emmy Award-winner Tatiana Maslany, who stars in the BBC series Orphan Black, for her lead role in the New York premiere of Tracy Letts' Mary Page Marlowe at Second Stage Theater. During the month of April, prior [...]
