Really Listen & Truthfully Respond
Access & Trust Your Impulses
Heighten Your Instincts & Imagination
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 meets online twice a week -- perfect for actors just starting out who want an intensive experience or actors with training who want to bring more immediacy to their work.
Taught by Robert Verlaque (The Umbrella Academy, Star Trek: Discovery, Jessica Jones, Reign, Indignation, Boardwalk Empire, Suits), this course starts with repetition and incrementally adds more complex exercises that culminate in moment-to-moment scene work. The goal is for the actor to work unselfconsciously and truthfully with ease, trusting the impulse of the moment. Outside rehearsals with a scene partner are required.
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.
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
6:30pm - 9:30pm
CLASS MEETS TWICE A WEEK ONLINE MONDAYS & THURSDAYS FOR 5 WEEKS IN EST
Fee: $525/10 classes (plus $75 registration fee for new students)
Meisner Technique Will Teach You The Fundamentals
Instructor: Robert Verlaque
Ready to apply?
- This is an open level class and 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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Sanford Meisner
ACCOLADES
Robert Verlaque has been a professional actor, director, teacher and writer for over 30 years and teaches in Toronto, Los Angeles and New York. Recent acting credits include guest star appearances on Netflix’s hit series Umbrella Academy, CBS’s Star Trek-Discovery, and Frankie Drake Mysteries for PBS. Robert has guest starred on Jessica Jones, Boardwalk Empire, Saving Hope, Warehouse 13, Cracked, Reign and recurring Judge Gus Benjamin on Suits.
His film credits include The Games Maker opposite Joseph Fiennes and Ed Asner. Robert co-starred with Tracy Letts in the film Indignation, written and directed by James Schamus. He performed in New York in the critically acclaimed world premiere of The Road to Damascus.