Beginning Meisner Technique

Meisner Technique

Don’t Act It -- Live It.

Really Listen & Truthfully Respond

Access & Trust Your Impulses

Heighten Your Instincts & Imagination

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“The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.”

Sanford Meisner

Are you ready to stop acting and start living your scenes? 

The secret to good acting is to not act at all. Meisner Technique takes actors out of their heads and helps them focus on the other actor, responding instinctively and spontaneously in the moment. This course is for both actors just starting out and actors with training who want to experience a new technique.

This course starts with repetition and incrementally adds more complex exercises. The goal is for the actor to work unselfconsciously and truthfully with ease, trusting the impulse of the moment. 

Meisner Technique is for you if you...

Want to learn how to express organic, truthful behavior on stage and screen.
Desire a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to the Meisner Technique.
Are ready to add a new technique to your actor toolbox.

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After this course, you will…

Have increased confidence and access to your impulses.
Perform roles with heightened imagination and bold instincts.
Use the reality of what's happening in the moment and achieve truthful spontaneity.

Upcoming Dates

Mon November 25 - Mon February 17
6:00pm - 9:00pm
INSTRUCTOR: Nicolas Landry. Meets IN PERSON once a week on Mons
Fee: $595/10 classes (plus $75 registration fee for new students)
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Meisner Technique Will Teach You The Fundamentals

Instructors: Nicolas Landry and Ravin Patterson

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  • This class has a prerequisite of Beginning Technique or the equivalent. No audition is required. You can apply online. 
  • Select the LOG IN/CREATE ACCOUNT button to submit your application. 
  • Questions? Call us at 212-741-0209 or send an email to studio@tschreiber.org so we can help.
 
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Nicolas Landry (Meisner Technique, Scene Study) has been involved in the acting profession for over thirty years, devoting ten years alone to the study of The Meisner Technique with many teachers including, James Price, Jeff Goldblum, Martin Barter and Sanford Meisner. His working credits include television shows such as DAYS OF OUR LIVES, GUIDING LIGHT, AS THE WORLD TURNS, GENERAL HOSPITAL and the Showtime series, RUDE AWAKENING starring Lynn Redgrave. He has also appeared in several national commercials, Independent feature films, including HOBOKEN LOU which was nominated for the 2002 b-movie award. His many stage credits are regional and off off Broadway including, the Dramalogue's Critics Choice award for the twentieth anniversary of BENT and his portrayal of Coleman Shedman in Romulus Linney's HOLY GHOSTS. In addition to acting, Nicolas received the much coveted HASSELBLAD MASTERS award as semi finalist for outstanding photography. His writing credits include the novel, INDIAN ECHOES and is currently working on a second novel set to be published Fall 2023.

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Ravin Patterson has been performing in New York and across the country for the last 10 years. She has held lead roles with Shakespeare and Company, The Boise Contemporary Theatre, Oldcastle Theater Company, The Chelsea Repertory Company, and many more. She is a graduate of The Acting Studio and is now a teacher there. Ravin can be seen on-screen in The O.A. (Netflix), Placebo Heart (Tubi) and Space Available (Amazon Prime). In addition to acting, Ravin is a playwright. She was awarded a playwriting residency with The New Jersey Play Lab where she began developing her play EXIT 1. She received a commission from Jersey City Theater Center and Montclair State University in collaboration with The New Jersey Play Lab to write Dante’s Renaissance, Ravin has also produced for television, film and theater.

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