The Meisner Acting Intensive 2008

Improvisation for the Actor

What people are saying about the classes:

"It has been so helpful to me because I've had these basic ideas articulated to me so clearly. It's making a difference to me in my teaching."
-Robin Monteith, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Greensboro College

"Thank you so much for this class and all the guidance and support. It's been my 'emotional yoga'. I'm sure there's some Sanskrit word for it but that's what Meisner is for me."
-Marnie Telfer

"I've found it immensely enjoyable and frustrating. The enjoyable parts have been, in approximate descending order: Finding out that I can be deeply emotionally affected by imagining something on purpose, gaining a deeper sense of connection with scene partners, especially during repetition, watching and learning from other performances and questions from the class, watching you teach."
-David Davis

"The class is making my head spin. Sometimes I am afraid. Sometimes I am exhilarated. Amazingly, the work puts me in touch with myself and what makes me tick. What more could you ask from any experience!! Thank you again for the class. You are a gentle, kind, trustworthy, honest aggressive spirit. Were you a boy scout?"
-Jerome Johnson, Instructor, Wake Technical College

"Your class has been by far the best I've ever taken...There are things that I've been after that I've named now... -Brian Berger

"I LOVE the focus that you put on the students!! I feel that you really concentrate on each of us, and really HEAR us. That is great!! Please, don't ever lose that!!"
-Matias Garcia

"Emotional preparation, coming in full and then listening, attending, etc: This is complex & interesting & challenging. So I'm learning & stretching & trying & failing. I appreciate the seriousness you bring to the class, the preparation, the commitment & patience you show. And the humor and compassion."
-Sheila Kerrigan, author of The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process (Check out her book at: www.collaborativecreativity.com)

"The first part of the Meisner study has been tremendous-- I finally feel like I'm becoming the actor I always wanted to be."
-Brian Sowell