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[caption id="attachment_8515" align="alignleft" width="800"] Acting Studio Southwest Philadelphia - Meisner Studio Phildelphia[/caption] The Acting Studio Southwest Philadelphia was founded to fill a substantial gap in American actor training. The studio is rooted in the belief that a rigorous and inspiring conservatory-based training program should remain small, intimate, and nurturing while challenging students to meet the highest professional expectations. The Maggie Flanigan Studio was started with Maggie’s reputation as the clearest and most definitive teacher of Sanford Meisner’s technique, and has evolved over the last 15 years into the most respected professional actor training program in the United States. Professional Training Includes Integrity Lead now by Charlie Sandlan, the Maggie Flanigan Studio has assembled an exceptional faculty with the experience and integrity to carry Maggie’s vision and high standards to a new generation of aspiri...

Actors can benefit a great deal from an acting coach Southwest Philadelphia , as long as they are open to the process. Receiving more individualized attention from an acting teacher or private acting coach can be a rigorous process that strips away many of an actor’s preconceived notions of their skills. Even more challenging, the job of an acting coach is to get to the the very bottom of the actor as a person, look into and listen for their deepest notions of who they are as a human being and begin to draw this out to use in the development of a character. The Best Acting Coach Southwest Philadelphia Instills Trust and Security [caption id="attachment_8529" align="alignleft" width="800"] Acting Coach Southwest Philadelphia - Maggie Flanigan Call 215-600-1669[/caption] An actor’s innermost thoughts and feelings can be difficult to expose to a larger class of actors. A good acting instructor and coach should create a safe space and know how to create a s...

When many actors hear the words Meisner Training Southwest 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 Southwest 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 m...

3 Reasons: Why Study the Meisner Technique Southwest 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 Southwest 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 t...

When it comes to Acting Classes Southwest Philadelphia, the Maggie Flanigan Studio is highly respected and considered by many to be the studio where serious actors receive the best professional actor training. The studio was created to provide a unique conservatory based acting program for talented young artists to receive the highest quality Meisner technique instruction and Meisner training . As an acting studio, we are committed to the belief that acting, at its best, is a creative art. However, excellence can only be achieved through mastery of the actor’s craft . Since 2001, the Studio has grown into a community of dedicated and talented teachers along with serious actors working together in a challenging and supportive professional environment. More generally the Studio has also become a magnet for talented theater artists, playwrights, cinematographers, working actors, graduates and directors interested in Meisner work, meisner acting and Meisner acting classes. Professional A...

Voice and Speech Class for Actors Southwest 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 for Actors Southwest 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 Southwest Philadelphia - Four Semesters [caption id="attachmen...

Master Class for Actors Southwest 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 Southwest 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 unantic...

The heart of the Two Year Acting Program Southwest 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 Southwest 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 ca...

The Meisner Summer Intensive Southwest Philadelphia is a six-week, 18 class acting program that provides students the opportunity to get the beginning third of Meisner’s first year of Meisner Technique training. There are many summer intensive programs that actors can choose from in the Philadelphia Pa area. If you are in Philadelphia, you can sign up for a fun two months of theater games and pats on the back. You will finish not knowing a thing about the craft of acting, nor possess any understanding of the art form. If you are interested in truly doing something substantial with your summer, and want to spend your money wisely you must first know what you want, and then do your due diligence to seek it out the most qualified and reputable Meisner Summer Intensive. Meisner Studio Philadelphia 1701 Walnut St Ste 703 7th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-5235 (215) 600-1669 http://meisnertechniquepennsylvania.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/QaQB9KLxMLw https://plus.google.com/10201690124130484551...