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Voice and Speech Class for Actors Philadelphia includes four separate 24-class, 12-week semesters dedicated to the voice and speech development necessary for any serious actor. The training is based on the brilliant vocal training created by the world’s foremost voice teacher Kristin Linklater. [caption id="attachment_8475" align="alignleft" width="800"] Voice and Speech Class Philadelphia - Meisner Studio Philadelphia[/caption] A resonant voice and clear speech are defining characteristics of a well-trained professional actor. The Maggie Flanigan Studio strives to produce actors with range and nuance. The human voice is an incredibly intimate and revealing part of our individuality. If the goal is to create fully realized human behavior, then developing the voice is a core requirement to serious professional actor training. Voice and Speech Class for Actors Philadelphia - Four Semesters [caption id="attachment_8472" align="alignleft" ...

Master Class for Actors Philadelphia is a ten week, 10 class scene study class taught by our Artistic Director and Master Teacher Maggie Flanigan. This class is filled through a personal interview with Maggie, and is geared toward well trained, professional actors who are looking to challenge themselves with rich, complicated material from the greatest playwrights of the theatrical canon. [caption id="attachment_8461" align="alignleft" width="800"] Master Class for Actors Philadelphia - Maggie During Class at the Studio[/caption] Professional actors often find that years out of a classroom working and pursuing an artistic career can slowly corrupt the fundamentals necessary to creating a character. The majority of issues that come up for an actor can be traced to fundamentals. Maggie Flanigan’s Master Class will reconnect an actor to these important components of an actor’s technique; placement of concentration, listening from unanticipated moment to una...

The heart of the Two Year Acting Program Philadelphia at the Meisner Studio Philadelphia lies in the Meisner technique training developed by Sandy Meisner. A member of the legendary Group Theater of the 1930’s, Meisner created a way of training actors that is rooted in truth and the artist’s imagination. The work begins with a very basic repetition exercise that starts to hone the actor’s ability to really listen, answer, and respond. The First Year: Core Fundamentals [caption id="attachment_8432" align="alignleft" width="800"] Scene Study Class - Two Year Acting Program Philadelphia[/caption] Over the nine months that make up the first year of training, the work evolves into a deeply rich improvisational exercise encompassing all of the fundamentals of acting. The actor then brings this work to three rounds of scenes during the first year. The goal is to bring the exercise work to text. The exercise is of no value if the actor cannot bring the fundam...

3 Reasons: Why Study the Meisner Technique Philadelphia? 1. Meisner Trained Actors Create Fully Realized Human Behavior In 1935, Sanford Meisner began his teaching career at the Neighborhood Playhouse and developed over many decades one of the most fool-proof ways of instilling actors with fundamental skill and technique. When taught accurately, the full two-year actor training should accomplish two things; year one creates a truthful acting instrument rooted in fundamentals, and year two teaches the actor how to read and interpret a script, break it down, and create a character. [caption id="attachment_8406" align="alignleft" width="770"] Meisner Technique Philadelphia - Maggie Flanigan Teaching at the Studio[/caption] Most actors pretend and indicate. They do not listen; they wait for their cues, ready to “act” their line readings. The most important reason to immerse yourself in the Meisner technique is to develop your ability to truthfully do unde...

When many actors hear the words Meisner training Philadelphia , most refer back to the hodge-podge of repetition exercises from their college theater classes. Meisner training and repetition are indelibly linked, but unfortunately most teachers and actors have no clue about how the truly sophisticated technique that Sandy Meisner created should be taught. The Truth About Meisner Training [caption id="attachment_8359" align="alignleft" width="800"] Meisner Training Philadelphia - Meisner Studio Philadelphia - Call (215) 600-1669[/caption] The Meisner Technique, when taught as Sandy intended over two years, is the best way to not only ground actors with the fundamentals of the craft, but also instill the ability to break down a script, producing an actor who can create organic, vivid, human behavior consistently. When I see studio’s offering “Meisner Classes”, it’s often no more than two students standing across from each other for months on end, repeati...

So you want to start singing? Great! You might be so excited you can’t wait for your first lesson. If you are like most people, you may also be filled with a little trepidation or even outright anxiety. Here are 5 pieces of advice to help make that first lesson a great one.   1. You Are Not Supposed To Know Anything Yet. Your teacher is not a judge on American Idol. Remember that when you walk into your first lesson and first learn how to start singing, it is their job to teach you, not your job to impress them. Relax, take a deep breath, and enjoy   learning how to sing   from someone who has dedicated their life to it. They will appreciate you acknowledging their expertise, and you will be relieved from the pressure to perform.   2. Love Your Mistakes. Mistakes are not mistakes, they are part of the learning process. Imagine that instead of learning to sing, you were learning to   play guitar . Would you cringe and crumble every time you plucked the wrong n...