The Meisner technique (one of the most widespread and renowned acting techniques of the past century) was designed to create work that is raw, spontaneous, truthful, and alive. This teaser workshop will give participants a taste of the technique’s foundational principles in order to hone students’ listening skills, which are essential to every great performance. With practice of this technique, students will develop more self-awareness about their inner experiences, respond organically and intuitively off an acting partner’s emotional life, and break through habitual patterns to spark more freedom in their work.
This class is equally suited for seasoned actors looking to deepen truthfulness and spontaneity in their performances as well as any human interested in cultivating their voice and taking risks in a safe space. Participants will be encouraged to show up as the most authentic versions of themselves, with a willingness to look at the social habits that may be getting in the way of honest human connection.
Instructor: Carolyn McCandlish has taught at NYU Tisch, the Terry Knickerbocker Studio, Acting Studio Chicago, and The Actors’ Center D.C. She trained with Terry Knickerbocker as an actor then as a teaching apprentice in a two-year Meisner conservatory program. Some of Carolyn’s favorite credits are The Spoon River Project (Green-Wood Cemetery), Crimes of the Heart (Fable Farm), Stomp and Shout (Babel Theatre Project), Donnie Darko (American Repertory Theater), and the interactive 24-hour film Whispers in the Dark (Lincoln Center). She was a founding member of art.party.theater.company and the interactive improv ensemble Playing With Reality. BA from Harvard, MSW from NYU.
- Thu 6:30–9:30pm
10/2
$85
