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First Year

The emphasis of the first year of Sanford Meisner’s work is to develop a truthful instrument. Through exercises and scenes, beginning with the repetition exercise, the student will learn the fundamentals of acting. At the end of the first year these fundamentals will be ingrained, enabling the student to work in an open, spontaneous and truthful reality.

Second Year

The emphasis of the second year is on character work. Through challenging scenes and exercises, students will learn how to bring themselves organically to the character, giving them the necessary tools to work in the professional world.

Cold Reading

This class is highly recommended for all students. In an intimate setting, only four students per class, the students will learn how to read like actors, discover what is actable in the material and make acting choices.

Six-Week Intensive

This class serves as an introduction to the Sanford Meisner Technique. Over six weeks, meeting three times per week students will be taken through the Meisner process from the introduction of the repetition through the first scene.

Scene Study

Students not enrolled in the Meisner curriculum can work on specific challenges regarding scene work.

Private Coaching

Private Coaching Available for specific auditions or issues the student is working on.

Workshops

Throughout the year workshops will be held on dialects, actions and Shakespeare.

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