Study the Work of a Master: Beginning Meisner Technique Online
Our Beginning Meisner Technique class, which meets online twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays, is for actors who are just starting out with their acting studies or looking to delve deeper into Meisner’s technique. This intensive class is an introduction to master instructor Sanford Meisner’s approach for developing a strong acting foundation.
Instructor: Robert Verlaque
Upcoming Dates
6:30pm - 9:30pm
CLASS MEETS TWICE A WEEK ONLINE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NO CLASS 11/26
Fee: $525/10 classes (plus $75 registration fee for new students)
Meisner said that his approach to training “is based on bringing the actor back to his emotional impulses and to acting that is firmly rooted in the instinctive. It is based on the fact that all good acting comes from the heart, as it were, and that there’s no mentality to it.” Join the ranks of A-list actors who have all been trained in the Meisner Technique, including Stephen Colbert, Tom Cruise, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, and Diane Keaton.
Meisner Technique class will teach you the fundamentals
Learn the basics of this acting technique with a step-by-step approach to working on stage and screen.
You will be led through a series of structured Meisner exercises (including repetition, improvisation exercises, and corresponding scene work) that develop:
- Open, honest listening and responding
- Heightened instincts and imagination
- Increased confidence and access to your impulses
- Organic, truthful, expressive behavior
This class meets twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.
Ready to apply for Meisner Classes?
- No audition is required. You can apply online.
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Upcoming Dates
6:30pm - 9:30pm
CLASS MEETS TWICE A WEEK ONLINE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NO CLASS 11/26
Fee: $525/10 classes (plus $75 registration fee for new students)
About the Instructor: Robert Verlaque
Robert has been a professional actor, director, teacher, and writer for over 30 years and teaches in Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York. He stars in the Disney release “The Games Maker” opposite Joseph Fiennes, Ed Asner, David Mazouz; has guest-starred on “Jessica Jones”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “Saving Hope”, “Warehouse 13″, “Cracked”, “Reign”. Recurring ‘Judge Gus Benjamin’ on “Suits”. He performed in New York in the critically acclaimed world premiere of The Road to Damascus. Robert is also co-starring in the film “Indignation” with Tracy Letts, Logan Lerman, written and directed by James Schamus.
Extensive directing credits in New York, Toronto, and regional theatre. New York directing credits include Labyrinth Theatre Co., Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Acorn Theatre Co., Circle Rep East, The Shooting Gallery, and The Actors Studio, among others.
Robert is a produced playwright and screenwriter, with plays produced in NY, San Diego, and Toronto. His full-length play ‘Icarus Sings’ was workshopped in NY last season for a Toronto production. Among the many talents, he has been fortunate to work with are Christopher Plummer, Mike Nichols, William H. Macy, William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepard, Mary Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Stanley Tucci, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, among others.
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