Acting for Adults

Meisner

In-Person Class

Meeting Mondays

Opens Quarterly

$250 per month

Instructor: Isaac Byrne

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Class requires a 3 month commitment.

The Meisner technique begins with step by step exercises designed to hone the actor’s ability to listen, respond, and to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances. It’s often the “magic pill” that helps unlock actors in their ability to improvise truthfully, craft deeply meaningful objectives for themselves as actors, and to develop their active listening skills. The Meisner technique is highly valued for its active—“doing” approach to learning the foundations of acting, and it’s simple but highly effective psychological approach to acting. Based on the Stanislavsky system, Meisner technique is especially renowned for its effectiveness with emotional preparation and “unblocking” actors. Learning this technique is like core strength for actors; it makes you an all around stronger, faster, and more flexible “athlete of the heart!”
Students can audit this class the first two weeks of open enrollment.

Meisner Dynamics

Mondays 6:00pm – 7:45pm MST | $250

This section is on-going and welcomes beginners as well as those with some past Meisner training. You will move through the progressive modes of Meisner training, building skill upon skill, while opening up artistically. This section opens enrollment every three months with a limited number of spots.

The Meisner system is sequential and our program is broken into modules.

Enrollment for Module One, welcoming new students, opens quarterly.

2022 Open enrollment:

Students can pursue virtual enrollment in this class & join from anywhere.

Isaac visits regularly to work with AZAA students.

Advanced Meisner Dynamics

Mondays 8:00pm – 10:00pm MST | $250

Using the guiding principles of the Meisner Technique, this class dives into deeper challenges for the advanced actor: Relationships, Criminal Action Problems, Physical and Vocal Impediment work, Death scenes, and Characterization. This demanding yet inspiring work will develop a technical foundation that will give them a compass to navigate the most complicated roles and challenges facing actors.  Invitation only.