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Hei. I love your acting posts, and I have read them several times. I even read, and then watch the clips, and go back and forth between them so that I can see what you are talking about. And I have learned so much that I didn`t see before. You are so good at "analyzing" everything. I was wondering if you have ever considered writing about the hotel scene, or the Even clip (in S4)? 1/3

In one of your posts an anon asks: "hey viki! do you know anyone on here who acts or has taken acting lessons?" a question that I guess was to someone else, that you answered. Maybe you know this already, but Henrik did take a class once. "In the summer of 2015, he traveled to New York City and went on an 8-week intensive acting course at Maggie Flanigan Studio and gained an introduction to the Meisner Technique." (google translated) info at savethedramaprod. In the “Less is more”: a musing on the acting in SKAM. Posted on behalf of my actor anon, who doesn’t yet have her own blog" post, it says in the end: " I might in the future write out my favourite scenes on a separate blog. Cuz I need to talk about Tarjei’s eyes (in a non-creepy way)". Do you know if there is a post about that somewhere?

hiya anon! what a sweet and lovely surprise; i haven’t talked about them for so long, so i’m glad people really like them. and such a compliment too, i’m so happy!! thank you, lovely person!

that podcast bit; never heard of that before but how interesting! i knew he had gone to some acting courses in NYC but that acting studio seems very prestigious. i never heard of the meisner technique before but man, reading up about it.. i can certainly see some influence of that technique in henrik’s acting! if only i had known earlier, haha. from what i can see that technique is especially valuable in the idea of (realistic) Acting and Reacting, something which henrik and tarjei have shown to quite excel in; don’t necessarily react to the lines that you are given, but react to the tone.. the way in which the other actor gives you those lines. ah, so wonderful! considering a lot of the story in season 3 is not seen in what is said but rather in what isn’t said (and thus Reacting), that does make for an interesting technique to use!

Lastly; the tarjei’s eyes post is actually my post on Isak’s 9.10 phonecall scene. also known as my favourite moment of tarjei’s acting in skam (although.. s4′s even clip in which he shows a brilliant emotional trajectory is quite a close second). his eyes in that phonecall scene tell you all you need to know about isak’s emotions, and that is so wonderful.

ah, thank you for this lovely ask, once again anon! i do say it a lot but man, i just love acting, and talking about it, and skam’s acting in particular. 💚

#i have a lot of feelings about acting in skam #gosh that tag.. has been a while #henrik holm #tarjei sandvik moe #skam production #acting #skam meta #Anonymous #ask

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Letting Go and Being Present

Reiki Class for Actors is an acting class at Maggie Flanigan studio taught by Laura Pensiero. In this blog Laura discusses letting go of the work and being present in the moment. Letting Go of the Work and Being Present in the Moment The critical yet challenging final step for an actor is letting go of […]

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Letting Go and Being Present

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Two Year Acting Program: Xandra Leigh Parker

In this interview, Xandra Leigh Parker discusses exactly what it's been like to examine at the two year acting program in the studio. [caption id="attachment_14980" align="alignleft" width="800"] Two Year Acting Program - Meisner Studio Philadelphia - (215) 600-1669[/caption]

How did you make the choice to research in a small selective training program like this?

I think it's turned out great. I get plenty of time in class. I get to work on all thing that is different. I get to use everyone. You get to know everybody and it becomes a very familiar environment due to that, and it gives you the freedom to do things you didn't know you're prepared or capable to do. I believe that it's worked out really wonderfully for me. I believe it's significant because it's such a long program that you get to really get all those things for this, I guess. Absolutely. I am starting to feel exactly what Charlie's talking about before he is about to say it, so I think that it's starting to gradually fall away, which is nice. I think each individual's critiques are absolutely tailored by him to what they're specifically needing to operate on. [post_author]

Your class, specifically, is quite tight-knit, not just the acting class, students which are taking similar classes, how has that been for you personally in class and at the studio?

Amazing. It is like I've got a family slightly. I believe it's an environment because of how tight-knit we are.

And you're enrolled in the professional actor training program, how can you believe, taking all of the auxiliary classes, you are only on your first year, but how do you find that already profiting you into the acting class?

Immensely, maybe not even only in my acting classes but also in life, because I'm carrying a lot of the self-wellness classes also. I think that things had a good grasp on, it is incredible just how much I did not know and how much I've instituted that at the rest of my life. I believe the entire program builds on itself really well. I'm not sure how to say this. I think that they slowly aid the acting program without you realizing it until you're about halfway through and you start to see of the small things.

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You had worked formerly before you arrived here, what finally made you decide to come and examine and commit to the program, take out time in career and actually commit to training?

I felt like I didn't have a solid way of working however. I'd pieces, but I didn't have a solid foundation to having the ability to go in and do my work. If I had been doing fantastic work, it was almost and not out of training. I think that the choice was by far the best one. I have seen before much differently and almost wish I could go back and do it again, how I'd have approached roles. I feel that my life experience with all the training program has been beneficial for me, I am glad I'm hitting on it in this time, definitely.

How do you believe the two Charlie and your classmates have helped you increase your standard on your own? What you're willing to commit the functions you are growing, to the job you are working on, how have they helped you increase your standard?

As soon as you have one of those classes which you feel completely hastened, you want it more and more and more. It is almost like you want your self. It isn't a competition with your classmates, but you want to be certain that you're always pushing and always striving to do something which scares you because that feeling is unfakeable, I think, and has been a few of the scariest classes but also the finest things that I was scared to do so, even to strategy for a topic, have been monumentally helpful. [caption id="attachment_8976" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Meisner Technique Two Year Acting Program - Xandra Leigh Parker[/caption]

And compared to other places you have researched or taken classes, how do they compare to Maggie Flanigan Studio?

The dedication is different. Everybody here is here for the correct reasons. This is wanted by them. They are eager to work for this, and that is just unlike a lot of studios I had been in. The proportion of men and women that are searching for the right motives, who are here to train to be a true artist, to make choices that are courageous and bold and to take it. I believe that is a major difference. And you feel secure here in order to try that stuff. I think that it's very individual. I really feel as if I have a specific relationship. They instruct each pupil to what they need marginally differently. I believe it's absolutely individualized, and I feel that's my favourite thing about it. My connection with my instructors is different than another pupil's, and that it should be.

What would you say to somebody that's possibly a buddy that's been working in the company for some time but hasn't really dedicated to training or else they feel like they're stuck or perhaps somebody you have just met at a workshop and they're maybe toying or considering committing to a two-year program especially, maybe not your understanding in studio?

I'd say, going back to college is a very hard choice for me because I had been worried I was taking a step back. But at the exact same time, I felt like I didn't have the principles and at least in the start of the year no matter how frustrating the fundamentals are, and they certainly were, I believe it's constructed a much more solid foundation for myself to attempt frightening things, and I feel that is the thing I'd say to individuals that are contemplating doing that. Should youn't have a foundation that is solid, how do you build a career? So I'd say, "Surely. Jump in and get it done." This is the place for me.

Well, you are finishing up your first year at the moment and you're going to be heading to the second year at the autumn, are you really excited? How do you feel about that?

I am quite excited. We've gotten small tidbits that everything hasn't been given by years away, but I am really eager to try out each of the things that we keep pushing and keep pushing and keep hearing whispers around. Yes, I'm very excited for the year. [caption id="attachment_14981" align="alignleft" width="800"] Two Year Acting Program - Meisner Studio Philadelphia - (215) 600-1669[/caption]

So, Xandra, a few pupils who you started the first year with, in September, is no longer here, what does that say about the program, the passion, and the dedication it takes to become a serious actor?

I think this program focuses on artistry, first and foremost, and taking chances, but in addition, it focuses on work ethic. There is a lot demanded of you and most of it's on yourself. And, of course, the classes ask that you construct onto it, but in case you're not working for yourself, then you're not actually doing anything. I believe that this program thus far has coached me to drive, and push, and push and always work hard. Charlie warned us at the start that that was the thing we're going to have to do, it is simply to work as quickly as you can. And he was right. I don't think I have ever worked as hard in a program before, and I'm really glad that I'm.

And what could you say to a fellow actor who is out there auditioning, maybe not reserving, they're working and want to be booking, that's fearful that training will take away their validity, or set them inside their head, or take away what makes them special. That coming into a program like this would get in the manner that. What would you say to them?

I think that this program can help you explore your individuality. It Kind of illuminates it if anything. I have found a great deal more about myself and my own issues with acting or blocks that I've given myself all my tension and what that means for me personally as an individual. I believe that it can help you open up your individuality more than anything else. You've got a clearer idea of who you are what you believe, and as a person, and what matters actually strike against you. I believe, it's the opposite if anything else. [caption id="attachment_8499" align="alignleft" width="800"] Two Year Acting Program - Charlie Sandlan in Acting Class with Students[/caption]

Two Year Acting Program: Schedule an Interview

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Two Year Acting Program: Xandra Leigh Parker

In this interview, Xandra Leigh Parker discusses exactly what it’s been like to examine at the two year acting program in the studio.

Two Year Acting Program – Meisner Studio Philadelphia – (215) 600-1669

How did you make the choice to research in a small selective training program like this?

I think it’s turned out great. I get plenty of time in class. I get to work on all thing that is different. I get to use everyone. You get to know everybody and it becomes a very familiar environment due to that, and it gives you the freedom to do things you didn’t know you’re prepared or capable to do. I believe that it’s worked out really wonderfully for me. I believe it’s significant because it’s such a long program that you get to really get all those things for this, I guess. Absolutely. I am starting to feel exactly what Charlie’s talking about before he is about to say it, so I think that it’s starting to gradually fall away, which is nice. I think each individual’s critiques are absolutely tailored by him to what they’re specifically needing to operate on. [post_author]

Your class, specifically, is quite tight-knit, not just the acting class, students which are taking similar classes, how has that been for you personally in class and at the studio?

Amazing. It is like I’ve got a family slightly. I believe it’s an environment because of how tight-knit we are.

And you’re enrolled in the professional actor training program, how can you believe, taking all of the auxiliary classes, you are only on your first year, but how do you find that already profiting you into the acting class?

Immensely, maybe not even only in my acting classes but also in life, because I’m carrying a lot of the self-wellness classes also. I think that things had a good grasp on, it is incredible just how much I did not know and how much I’ve instituted that at the rest of my life. I believe the entire program builds on itself really well. I’m not sure how to say this. I think that they slowly aid the acting program without you realizing it until you’re about halfway through and you start to see of the small things.

youtube

You had worked formerly before you arrived here, what finally made you decide to come and examine and commit to the program, take out time in career and actually commit to training?

I felt like I didn’t have a solid way of working however. I’d pieces, but I didn’t have a solid foundation to having the ability to go in and do my work. If I had been doing fantastic work, it was almost and not out of training. I think that the choice was by far the best one. I have seen before much differently and almost wish I could go back and do it again, how I’d have approached roles. I feel that my life experience with all the training program has been beneficial for me, I am glad I’m hitting on it in this time, definitely.

How do you believe the two Charlie and your classmates have helped you increase your standard on your own? What you’re willing to commit the functions you are growing, to the job you are working on, how have they helped you increase your standard?

As soon as you have one of those classes which you feel completely hastened, you want it more and more and more. It is almost like you want your self. It isn’t a competition with your classmates, but you want to be certain that you’re always pushing and always striving to do something which scares you because that feeling is unfakeable, I think, and has been a few of the scariest classes but also the finest things that I was scared to do so, even to strategy for a topic, have been monumentally helpful.

Meisner Technique Two Year Acting Program – Xandra Leigh Parker

And compared to other places you have researched or taken classes, how do they compare to Maggie Flanigan Studio?

The dedication is different. Everybody here is here for the correct reasons. This is wanted by them. They are eager to work for this, and that is just unlike a lot of studios I had been in. The proportion of men and women that are searching for the right motives, who are here to train to be a true artist, to make choices that are courageous and bold and to take it. I believe that is a major difference. And you feel secure here in order to try that stuff. I think that it’s very individual. I really feel as if I have a specific relationship. They instruct each pupil to what they need marginally differently. I believe it’s absolutely individualized, and I feel that’s my favourite thing about it. My connection with my instructors is different than another pupil’s, and that it should be.

What would you say to somebody that’s possibly a buddy that’s been working in the company for some time but hasn’t really dedicated to training or else they feel like they’re stuck or perhaps somebody you have just met at a workshop and they’re maybe toying or considering committing to a two-year program especially, maybe not your understanding in studio?

I’d say, going back to college is a very hard choice for me because I had been worried I was taking a step back. But at the exact same time, I felt like I didn’t have the principles and at least in the start of the year no matter how frustrating the fundamentals are, and they certainly were, I believe it’s constructed a much more solid foundation for myself to attempt frightening things, and I feel that is the thing I’d say to individuals that are contemplating doing that. Should youn’t have a foundation that is solid, how do you build a career? So I’d say, “Surely. Jump in and get it done.” This is the place for me.

Well, you are finishing up your first year at the moment and you’re going to be heading to the second year at the autumn, are you really excited? How do you feel about that?

I am quite excited. We’ve gotten small tidbits that everything hasn’t been given by years away, but I am really eager to try out each of the things that we keep pushing and keep pushing and keep hearing whispers around. Yes, I’m very excited for the year.

Two Year Acting Program – Meisner Studio Philadelphia – (215) 600-1669

I think this program focuses on artistry, first and foremost, and taking chances, but in addition, it focuses on work ethic. There is a lot demanded of you and most of it’s on yourself. And, of course, the classes ask that you construct onto it, but in case you’re not working for yourself, then you’re not actually doing anything. I believe that this program thus far has coached me to drive, and push, and push and always work hard. Charlie warned us at the start that that was the thing we’re going to have to do, it is simply to work as quickly as you can. And he was right. I don’t think I have ever worked as hard in a program before, and I’m really glad that I’m.

And what could you say to a fellow actor who is out there auditioning, maybe not reserving, they’re working and want to be booking, that’s fearful that training will take away their validity, or set them inside their head, or take away what makes them special. That coming into a program like this would get in the manner that. What would you say to them?

I think that this program can help you explore your individuality. It Kind of illuminates it if anything. I have found a great deal more about myself and my own issues with acting or blocks that I’ve given myself all my tension and what that means for me personally as an individual. I believe that it can help you open up your individuality more than anything else. You’ve got a clearer idea of who you are what you believe, and as a person, and what matters actually strike against you. I believe, it’s the opposite if anything else.

Two Year Acting Program – Charlie Sandlan in Acting Class with Students

Two Year Acting Program: Schedule an Interview

To learn more about this Meisner technique and also the two-year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan studio, see us online or phone the studio during regular business hours at (215) 600-1669.

This blog post was published here first: Two Year Acting Program at Maggie Flanigan Studio

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Summer Acting Programs Katie Meirose

Summer Acting Programs - www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/summer-acting-programs/summe... Meisner Summer Acting Programs - Contact Maggie Flanigan Studio - Call (917) 789-1599 The summer acting programs at the Maggie Flanigan Studio include the Meisner Summer Intensive. In this interview, Katie Meirose talks about studying Meisner for the first time. The acting programs at the Maggie Flanigan Studio are founded in the Meisner training technique. Serious students who want to experience Meisner training as originally intended by Sanford Meisner, should apply online and contact the studio at (917) 789-1599 with any questions that they might have about enrollment. youtu.be/0mzEOA_iph0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRHidgcTOQ&feature=youtu.be Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/100897218937179347163 best acting program new york, best acting program in the U.S., Meisner technique training, Meisner Intensive, summer acting program, meisner summer intensive ================= Q: Katie, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six-week summer intensive? Before I began the intensive, I really thought that acting was something anyone could do with enough work. After doing the intensive, I really realized that it's an artistry and a craft that you have to create for yourself and really work at. Not everyone has the drive and the ability to be what it means to be a good actor. Q: What happened over the course of the six weeks that changed your perspective on that? I really realized that you can't half-*** anything. You really have to go all in and really work hard. That's the only way it pays off. And that it's important to work to the best of your ability and take yourself very seriously. Q: What did you learn over the course of these past six weeks that was a surprise or that changed you, about yourself? I realized how important this was to me. It really cemented that this is what I love to do, and it's something that I seriously want to continue and want to be good at and want to continue my training with. Q: Have you ever studied Meisner before? I never studied Meisner before this, so it was very different. Q: What is your biggest takeaway that you're taking away specifically from the Meisner technique itself. The thing that is resonating with you the most. I think what I most importantly learned is how important the other person is, and how it is to let other people affect you and not focus so much on yourself as an actor but on those who are with you. Q: You're still in school. You're training in college. Are you [unintelligible 00:01:42] major? Yes, I'm in acting major. I'm getting my BFA. Q: What have you felt the biggest difference was, compared to your training, your BFA program to the training you just went through these past six weeks? My training here has been a lot more intense. It's not that my BFA isn't taken seriously, but the intensity is a lot different. There's a higher expectation and therefore gives me a more desire to grow and to work even harder. Q: There are a lot of summer-intensive programs, a lot of Meisner Summer Intensive programs, especially in Manhattan. Why did you decide to come to Maggie Flanigan Studio? I chose Maggie Flanigan because when I was doing the research, the mission statement really aligned with my personal views of what acting is and should be. I had been told that this was the most accurate approach to Meisner that is available, as far as really doing exactly what Meisner intended and being truthful to his work. Q: Yes, a lot of Meisner teachers put their own spin on [crosstalk]. Yes, they're not really Meisner. Q: There, Maggie and Charlie are teaching it exactly [crosstalk]. Which is what I wanted. Q: What have you found to be unique about your experience here? Is there something like-- You're in school taking classes. I'm sure you've been acting before college. What have you found to be unique about the studio? Working with Charlie has been a very unique experience. I've never worked with a teacher who's quite like him, which has been very refreshing. He expects a lot out of his students, which I think is wonderful and he should. It really makes me rise to the occasion. It's been a really interesting and unique experience, just working with someone who cares so passionately about the art and his students. Q: Which class are you in? I'm in the Meisner acting. Q: The morning, afternoon, or evening? I'm in the evening. Q: The evening? Yes. Q: It's only a six-week program and it feels like a short amount of time, but since you're in class three days a week and working so closely with the other students in your class, how has this sense of community helped you through these six weeks? Well, what's great about being with people who are like-minded is we're all frustrated about the same things, but we all have a really serious desire to push through those frustrations. I've met some really, really wonderful actors who want to do the same thing as me or are just as passionate about me- about it as I am. That's been a really nice experience, to be able to share that and spend so much time with people who really care about what they're doing. Q: You mentioned frustration. There's a lot of highs and a lot of lows when you're going through this program. Was there a particular moment that sticks out for you in your mind, either in the activity, in a rehearsal, where you finally felt like it clicked, or your understanding was really starting to deepen? Definitely when we did the activity and I had to be at the door and walk in. That was really challenging. You don't really realize how difficult it is to be standing up there and having to work off someone. It's not something that you do as much as we like to think in everyday life. As soon as I did that, and I really had an honest truthful experience. I lived to do something. That was the moment that it really clicked. It made sense to me why we were doing the things we were doing. Q: How would you describe Charlie as a teacher? Charlie is passionate, very knowledgeable. He expects a lot out of the students which I appreciate. I don't want to be taught by someone who lets me do the minimum. He certainly does not allow that. He expects the best out of everyone, which allows me to rise to my full potential. Q: What would you say to someone who was thinking about doing the Summer Intensive Program but maybe thought, "Oh, I have BFA. I don't need more training, more-- It's a big time commitment. Financially, I don't know if I can commit to that"? Maybe they were thinking about doing it but were finding a lot of excuses or reasons why they shouldn't. What would you say to that person about coming here? If you're serious about acting as an artist and as a carrier, then training is the most important part. What's going to set you apart is good training. You will receive that here. It's worth the time commitment, it's worth the money because, in such a short time, three or six weeks, I have really- I feel like I've really evolved as an artist and have a greater understanding of what it is and why I'm here, doing what I'm doing. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/24ZwtRV

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Summer Acting Program - Maggie Flanigan Studio 02 Q: Katie, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six-week summer intensive? Before I began the intensive, I really thought that acting was something anyone could do with enough work. After doing the intensive, I really realized that it's an artistry and a craft that you have to create for yourself and really work at. Not everyone has the drive and the ability to be what it means to be a good actor. Q: What happened over the course of the six weeks that changed your perspective on that? I really realized that you can't half-*** anything. You really have to go all in and really work hard. That's the only way it pays off. And that it's important to work to the best of your ability and take yourself very seriously. Q: What did you learn over the course of these past six weeks that was a surprise or that changed you, about yourself? I realized how important this was to me. It really cemented that this is what I love to do, and it's something that I seriously want to continue and want to be good at and want to continue my training with. Q: Have you ever studied Meisner before? I never studied Meisner before this, so it was very different. Q: What is your biggest takeaway that you're taking away specifically from the Meisner technique itself. The thing that is resonating with you the most. I think what I most importantly learned is how important the other person is, and how it is to let other people affect you and not focus so much on yourself as an actor but on those who are with you. Q: You're still in school. You're training in college. Are you [unintelligible 00:01:42] major? Yes, I'm in acting major. I'm getting my BFA. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/24Zwe7e

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Summer Acting Program - Maggie Flanigan Studio 02 Q: What have you felt the biggest difference was, compared to your training, your BFA program to the training you just went through these past six weeks? My training here has been a lot more intense. It's not that my BFA isn't taken seriously, but the intensity is a lot different. There's a higher expectation and therefore gives me a more desire to grow and to work even harder. Q: There are a lot of summer-intensive programs, a lot of Meisner Summer Intensive programs, especially in Manhattan. Why did you decide to come to Maggie Flanigan Studio? I chose Maggie Flanigan because when I was doing the research, the mission statement really aligned with my personal views of what acting is and should be. I had been told that this was the most accurate approach to Meisner that is available, as far as really doing exactly what Meisner intended and being truthful to his work. Q: Yes, a lot of Meisner teachers put their own spin on [crosstalk]. Yes, they're not really Meisner. Q: There, Maggie and Charlie are teaching it exactly [crosstalk]. Which is what I wanted. Q: What have you found to be unique about your experience here? Is there something like-- You're in school taking classes. I'm sure you've been acting before college. What have you found to be unique about the studio? Working with Charlie has been a very unique experience. I've never worked with a teacher who's quite like him, which has been very refreshing. He expects a lot out of his students, which I think is wonderful and he should. It really makes me rise to the occasion. It's been a really interesting and unique experience, just working with someone who cares so passionately about the art and his students. Q: Which class are you in? I'm in the Meisner acting. Q: The morning, afternoon, or evening? I'm in the evening. Q: The evening? Yes. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/24Zwe8r

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Summer Acting Program - Maggie Flanigan Studio 02 Q: It's only a six-week program and it feels like a short amount of time, but since you're in class three days a week and working so closely with the other students in your class, how has this sense of community helped you through these six weeks? Well, what's great about being with people who are like-minded is we're all frustrated about the same things, but we all have a really serious desire to push through those frustrations. I've met some really, really wonderful actors who want to do the same thing as me or are just as passionate about me- about it as I am. That's been a really nice experience, to be able to share that and spend so much time with people who really care about what they're doing. Q: You mentioned frustration. There's a lot of highs and a lot of lows when you're going through this program. Was there a particular moment that sticks out for you in your mind, either in the activity, in a rehearsal, where you finally felt like it clicked, or your understanding was really starting to deepen? Definitely when we did the activity and I had to be at the door and walk in. That was really challenging. You don't really realize how difficult it is to be standing up there and having to work off someone. It's not something that you do as much as we like to think in everyday life. As soon as I did that, and I really had an honest truthful experience. I lived to do something. That was the moment that it really clicked. It made sense to me why we were doing the things we were doing. Q: How would you describe Charlie as a teacher? Charlie is passionate, very knowledgeable. He expects a lot out of the students which I appreciate. I don't want to be taught by someone who lets me do the minimum. He certainly does not allow that. He expects the best out of everyone, which allows me to rise to my full potential. Q: What would you say to someone who was thinking about doing the Summer Intensive Program but maybe thought, "Oh, I have BFA. I don't need more training, more-- It's a big time commitment. Financially, I don't know if I can commit to that"? Maybe they were thinking about doing it but were finding a lot of excuses or reasons why they shouldn't. What would you say to that person about coming here? If you're serious about acting as an artist and as a carrier, then training is the most important part. What's going to set you apart is good training. You will receive that here. It's worth the time commitment, it's worth the money because, in such a short time, three or six weeks, I have really- I feel like I've really evolved as an artist and have a greater understanding of what it is and why I'm here, doing what I'm doing. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/24Zwe8B

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The New York summer acting programs at the Maggie Flanigan studio train professionals actors based on the acting technique that was created by Sanford Meisner. In this interview Angie Elliston discusses how Meisner training during the six week program was different than she expected. Q: Angie, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six weeks summer intensive? A: What did I think it meant to train as an actor? I suppose that I knew it had a lot to do with not just getting in tune with your emotions, but also it had things to do with movements and voice. I know it had a lot to do with a lot of other things. Sometimes I thought when I'm growing up; I would watch on TV how actors would train. It's just like looking at each other like marrying what you're doing and stuff, and you got this cliche about it. When I first got here, I did not expect that it would be this way because I remember Charlie came in the first day and he didn't even tell us how it was going to be. He just started telling us that you're going to repeat what I'm saying, but you're going to change the plurals. He does like that first Meisner technique which is the repetition. We were all just in shock. We were all amazed at how it worked so well. We learned how to hear, how to pay attention to the other person. We started realizing that in everyday life, these are things that we think we do, but we don't. You also learn a lot about yourself and the behavior of other people. I guess I did not know much about acting mostly because of where I come from. Then, coming here I thought it would be more about movement and expression, but it was not. It's more about internal. When you work with what's inside, you start working with the outside. It just automatically it starts showing the outside and that's the acting process. I just had to say that it was very unexpected everything I've learned. Q: What do you think training as an actor means now? Angela: Training as an actor now, after everything that we've learned and just these six weeks, I've determined that training has a lot to do with the relationship you have with yourself and accepting your emotions and learning how to just dive into different types of-- I don't know how I could put this. I would say like the relationship that you have with yourself and understanding how you work and accepting any emotions. Charlie made an example like suppressing your feelings. I had that problem at the beginning with certain emotions. I learned to accept those emotions and told myself that it's okay for them to come because it's me. It's my emotions. I'm entitled to my feelings. That's something that he kept repeating along through the semester and the summer. It stayed with me. I learned that it's just more about the relationship you have with yourself and observing other people. People watching is essential, listening and just paying attention and just trying to see and read the other person. That's like a ride. He used this metaphor. It's always going to stay with me. Acting is like a water skier. The other person is the boat that guides you around the water, and you were the water skier. You flow wherever the ship goes- it takes you. Q: What happened during the six weeks that changed your perspective? Was there a particular moment in the exercise? Was there a moment of rehearsal, a personal discovery that changed your view of what it means to train as an actor? Angela: I learned a lot in many different ways in rehearsals and class. In class, I would say that I learned, mostly when I would see Charlie teach the others, like my classmates. When I'm in the scene, I can't see myself. I don't know what I'm doing. I love what he says, and his feedback and I write that down, and I consider them and then everyone else, I see what they're doing. Well, we're all on the same level. We're all making the same mistakes. I learned mostly by looking at everyone else helped me. It worked better because we were an intimate group. We were a small group. We got to know each other better that way. Just seeing everyone grow from day one to now, the last days it's pretty amazing. We're all proud of each other as well. There's no competition or anything. We're all helping each other. Rehearsals, well the first day, Charlie immediately gave us an active partner. It was weird because I didn't know him, but we got to know each other well through the exercises, which is the Meisner of asking each other questions, repetition, and we grew together. I learned a lot just through my partner, helping each other, watering each other like we were plants. That's how I viewed that. I learned a lot through rehearsals, and Charlie says that's where you grow, and it's genuine. You build through repetitions and through seeing other people's mistakes in class, and that's mostly how I think I've grown in this summer. Q: What did you learn about yourself that was a surprise or that changed you? You mentioned a little bit before about suppressed-- Angela: Yes, that's what I was about to say. I was surprised on how certain types of feelings, mostly feelings of intense sadness or-- Something that shocked me, something that I did not know about myself that I learned here was because I didn't know how to stand up for myself. I didn't know that. He said it. I guess everyone noticed, but I had no idea. He speaks through the repetition and the conflict exercises that, this is Meisner training, I wouldn't have to stand up for myself. Here I had my partner just fighting with me, and Charlie's told me to take things personally, take it in because as an actor, you have to take things personally and be comfortable with conflict. How is there going to be any conflict if you don't stand up for yourself? I didn't, I would just let this pass, and I noticed that I just brushed off any insult or conflict that was trying to happen. I didn't want anything to do with it. I realized that I run away from my problems and I don't stand up for myself. Instead, I walk away from it. I finally learned to confront it, and when I did eventually stand up for myself and face my partner on the scene, I was blown away, and I almost had hysteria. I wouldn't stop crying, and it felt so real. Then after we finished, I had to review everything that had just happened because I had forgotten entirely. That's how it felt like to be in the moment and be out of your head and focus on the other person, which is what acting is all about. Q: How would you describe Charlie as a teacher? Angela: Charlie is-- I guess what I liked about him is that he's passionate about his students. He takes everything very seriously, and since day one, he says that you've got to want this. Almost in every class, he always finishes the course with something to take home with, some nice motivation, which was still really lovely. He's harsh. He will challenge you. He doesn't have much patience, but that's only because he has a lot of passion, and he does explain that. That's just how he is. That's important because if you want to be an actor, it is a challenging industry, and no one is going to give you mercy; no one's that nice to you. It's very raw. It's very harsh, and Charlie teaches you that, and he says it from the beginning like this is how it is. He challenges you If you need to want this, and you're going to get so frustrated with yourself, and he will make you frustrated with yourself. That's the point, that's how you grow. Once you finally achieve that stuff, you feel so much-- You build, you feel so much better, and you realize that everything he did, he knows exactly what he's doing. I think that's how I would describe him. He challenges you, and he is super passionate about all of his students and what he teaches. Q: There are a lot of summer intensives in Manhattan, a lot of Meisner summer intensives. Why did you decide Maggie Flanigan Studio was the place for you? Angela: Maggie Flanagan is not trying to sell you the school and the classes or anything. It's all just very genuine and authentic. I think that's what I liked about it. When I did more research on it, and I had heard of other people who studied here, I was intrigued. When I met Charlie, I saw that he was genuine about this. He wasn't trying to sell me anything. Instead, he said, "I want to see if I want to teach you. I want to see if you are passionate about this because you have to be because this is intense. This is real life. This is acting." I guess that was my impression of it. Q: You mentioned before how your class helped you watching the other students and the sense of community since you were a small class. How did that closeness to the other students help you through the six weeks? Angela: I would say that because there were fewer students, there was less competition, more time for one another. More time for my partner and me, and also for the others. It's always like there's more time for one another. You feel closer to Charlie as well. We all realized that we're in this together. I think it's just you feel more intimate. You feel like more closer to them. If there were more people, it wouldn't be the same at all. I like that it was a small group and we all got to know each other better. We all are so different from different places around the United States. The age gaps are enormous, but we're all at the same level, and we were all struggling. At the same time, I felt like we were all holding hands together and we were getting through this. That's what I liked about it. Because it was small, we were closer. Admission to acting programs, including the six week summer intensive at the Maggie Flanigan studio is based on an interview with Charlie Sandlan. Students who are ready to commit to a professional actor training can learn more by visiting the studio website or by calling the studio during regular business hours at (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/TsqaRE

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Summer Acting Program - Angie Elliston - Maggie Flanigan Studio 02 Q: Angie, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six weeks summer intensive? A: What did I think it meant to train as an actor? I suppose that I knew it had a lot to do with not just getting in tune with your emotions, but also it had things to do with movements and voice. I know it had a lot to do with a lot of other things. Sometimes I thought when I'm growing up; I would watch on TV how actors would train. It's just like looking at each other like marrying what you're doing and stuff, and you got this cliche about it. When I first got here, I did not expect that it would be this way because I remember Charlie came in the first day and he didn't even tell us how it was going to be. He just started telling us that you're going to repeat what I'm saying, but you're going to change the plurals. He does like that first Meisner technique which is the repetition. We were all just in shock. We were all amazed at how it worked so well. We learned how to hear, how to pay attention to the other person. We started realizing that in everyday life, these are things that we think we do, but we don't. You also learn a lot about yourself and the behavior of other people. I guess I did not know much about acting mostly because of where I come from. Then, coming here I thought it would be more about movement and expression, but it was not. It's more about internal. When you work with what's inside, you start working with the outside. It just automatically it starts showing the outside and that's the acting process. I just had to say that it was very unexpected everything I've learned. Q: What do you think training as an actor means now? Angela: Training as an actor now, after everything that we've learned and just these six weeks, I've determined that training has a lot to do with the relationship you have with yourself and accepting your emotions and learning how to just dive into different types of-- I don't know how I could put this. I would say like the relationship that you have with yourself and understanding how you work and accepting any emotions. Charlie made an example like suppressing your feelings. I had that problem at the beginning with certain emotions. I learned to accept those emotions and told myself that it's okay for them to come because it's me. It's my emotions. I'm entitled to my feelings. That's something that he kept repeating along through the semester and the summer. It stayed with me. I learned that it's just more about the relationship you have with yourself and observing other people. People watching is essential, listening and just paying attention and just trying to see and read the other person. That's like a ride. He used this metaphor. It's always going to stay with me. Acting is like a water skier. The other person is the boat that guides you around the water, and you were the water skier. You flow wherever the ship goes- it takes you. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/Tsq25S

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Summer Acting Program - Angie Elliston - Maggie Flanigan Studio 01 The New York summer acting programs at the Maggie Flanigan studio train professionals actors based on the acting technique that was created by Sanford Meisner. In this interview Angie Elliston discusses how Meisner training during the six week program was different than she expected. Admission to acting programs, including the six week summer intensive at the Maggie Flanigan studio is based on an interview with Charlie Sandlan. Students who are ready to commit to a professional actor training can learn more by visiting the studio website or by calling the studio during regular business hours at (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/Tsq251

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The Meisner Summer Intensive at the Maggie Flanigan Studio allows actors to experience the first part of the professional actor training program as initially conceived by Sanford Meisner. In this section of the interview at the studio, Austin Kairis talks about starting the six-week summer acting program. Actors who are interested in the Meisner Summer Intensive can visit the studio website to learn more about the summer acting programs. Admission to the studio is based on an interview with the head of acting for the studio, Charlie Sandlan. Interested actors should begin the process by completing the online studio application. Q: Austin, tell me about your background in acting before you started the Six-Week Summer Intensive at Maggie Flanigan Studio. A: My experience in acting before I came to Maggie Flanigan was pretty much just high school, president of the drama club, things like that. It wasn't anything super challenging, and it was just fun. It was always something I loved. When I was 12, I was the lead in a college production. That was my lead to things. My family doesn't know anything about acting, so we had no idea how to get into the business, so I was doing like a community-- My parents didn't even want me to be in it necessarily, but they knew that I liked to do it. They found a community college that I auditioned for. I was the lead in this community college play. That just trickled into high school and things like that. Then we found out that you should get an agent or something like that in Chicago, so I got one, but that took a little bit different route with modeling and stuff. I had a one-liner on Chicago Fire and a one-liner in a movie that was shot in Chicago. I didn't have any technique at all. It was pretty much just luck, maybe raw talent, and only my charisma. Q: What were you doing before you came to the studio? Were you studying anywhere else in New York, were you taking classes, auditioning? A: I was not auditioning at all in New York, but I did take a few classes at Susan Batson Studio. I did like it, but I didn't have any foundation to use. Also, I'm not 100% sure I love the Strasberg technique. I want to learn more about it may be. I do like Meisner a lot. I studied at UCB. I love comedy. I feel like there was a part of me which I still love comedy and it hits hard. I have a lot of respect for it, but there was part of me that thought I wasn't severe enough to do dramatic work. After talking to some friends, I heard Maggie Flanigan come up over and over and over again. I've always known when I studied on Stella Adler, Meisner, Strasberg; I always knew that Meisner was something that I wanted to do. I thought I had a vivid imagination and I feel like this is the one that takes advantage of that. That's how I knew I wanted to do this program. Q: What do you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six-week Summer Intensive? A: Honestly, I'm not even entirely sure I had an opinion on what it meant to be a trained actor. Charlie has also said it before; actors are the least respected art form because anyone can do it. Anyone can do it. That doesn't mean you're doing it well or doing it with a purpose, intention, emotion. As you see, you can watch a great Netflix series. The stars are there; they're acting, they're saying their lines to each other. I don't know. I feel like this training is making me more attuned to who I am as a person and what kind of artist I want to be. I don't want to be just an actor; I want to be an artist. I am an artist. Through that artistry, I decided to act, and that's how I do it. Before, I didn't have too much of an idea of training. Now I realized how important training is. Q: What do you think it means to train now as an actor? A: What do I think it means now to train as an actor? I think it means to have a real severe, dedicated disciplined passion for acting. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you're not committed to putting in the work and the discipline, you might get far, I don't know, but you're not going to be fulfilled in at least the way that I'm learning to be authentically happy doing my art, if that makes sense. Q: What happened during the six-week Summer Intensive specifically that changed your perspective on acting and training? A: A lot of failures, honestly. A lot of falling but having the gumption and the bravery to keep coming back because it's something I do care about, and then finding ways to look at a failure as an opportunity to learn and succeed in something else. Just the idea that the community that we built here and how vulnerable you can be and intimate. That's really what I fell in love with the studio. It's just such a high culture to be a part of. It's so welcoming to be as free and expressive and imaginative as possible. That's the mark that made me happy to be here. I love the studio. I love the people. I like what we're learning. It's not always easy. It's most of the time not easy at all, but I'm not here to be patted on the back, I'm here to learn how to be what I'm destined to be. Q: What did you learn about yourself during the Summer Intensive that was a surprise or that changed you? A: I learned way too much about myself. I learned that I'm such a people pleaser. I learned that I have a thematic cord of unrequited love. I just learned that-- I learned-- I could talk about this forever, but I learned a lot about myself. What has meaning to me, what it means for me to be an artist, what it means for me to be a passionate person, to have discipline. Yes, I just learned a lot about the inner workings of how my emotions run within myself, and how my imagination works, and just how I maneuver with people outside of acting like how I interact with my family, how I communicate with people on the street. It's just opened my eyes to-- I'm not 100% there yet, but to knowing more and more of who my authentic self is when you cut out all the societal or normalized perceptions that we have of ourselves or that we think that others have of us. Q: Two part question, when you started the Summer Intensive, was it your intention to do the six weeks and not go into the two-year program? A: Yes. Q: What made you after the six weeks Summer Intensive, make the big commitment to take the leap and join the two-year program? A: Yes, I only thought I was going to be in the six-week program. Just because I was testing the waters, I'm not going to lie. It's a big financial commitment, and it's a big time commitment. I have a lot of other commercial and time commitments, but it's something that I care about. It's the one thing I care most about is being an actor. I found a way to make it happen for me to join the first year. What really made me commit to that decision was just saying how much I did grow in only six weeks and then having the confidence in myself to know that I'm able to take on this task and to keep learning and growing, and even though it might not be at the pace as everyone else, that's something that I also loved and learned about Maggie. Inherently, it's a competitive environment because it's school. You're not trying to compare yourself to others, you're supportive, at least at the studio. Supportive of one another, and you work and learn from each other because you're partnered, and you get so much from the other people. I think that the community that I built over the summer made me. Even if I didn't know they'd be going into the first year, I knew I could build that same community here because that's just the environment that it cultivates for artists. https://flic.kr/p/2fAyLXc

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Summer Acting Program - Angie Elliston - Maggie Flanigan Studio 03 Q: What happened during the six weeks that changed your perspective? Was there a particular moment in the exercise? Was there a moment of rehearsal, a personal discovery that changed your view of what it means to train as an actor? Angela: I learned a lot in many different ways in rehearsals and class. In class, I would say that I learned, mostly when I would see Charlie teach the others, like my classmates. When I'm in the scene, I can't see myself. I don't know what I'm doing. I love what he says, and his feedback and I write that down, and I consider them and then everyone else, I see what they're doing. Well, we're all on the same level. We're all making the same mistakes. I learned mostly by looking at everyone else helped me. It worked better because we were an intimate group. We were a small group. We got to know each other better that way. Just seeing everyone grow from day one to now, the last days it's pretty amazing. We're all proud of each other as well. There's no competition or anything. We're all helping each other. Rehearsals, well the first day, Charlie immediately gave us an active partner. It was weird because I didn't know him, but we got to know each other well through the exercises, which is the Meisner of asking each other questions, repetition, and we grew together. I learned a lot just through my partner, helping each other, watering each other like we were plants. That's how I viewed that. I learned a lot through rehearsals, and Charlie says that's where you grow, and it's genuine. You build through repetitions and through seeing other people's mistakes in class, and that's mostly how I think I've grown in this summer. Q: What did you learn about yourself that was a surprise or that changed you? You mentioned a little bit before about suppressed-- Angela: Yes, that's what I was about to say. I was surprised on how certain types of feelings, mostly feelings of intense sadness or-- Something that shocked me, something that I did not know about myself that I learned here was because I didn't know how to stand up for myself. I didn't know that. He said it. I guess everyone noticed, but I had no idea. He speaks through the repetition and the conflict exercises that, this is Meisner training, I wouldn't have to stand up for myself. Here I had my partner just fighting with me, and Charlie's told me to take things personally, take it in because as an actor, you have to take things personally and be comfortable with conflict. How is there going to be any conflict if you don't stand up for yourself? I didn't, I would just let this pass, and I noticed that I just brushed off any insult or conflict that was trying to happen. I didn't want anything to do with it. I realized that I run away from my problems and I don't stand up for myself. Instead, I walk away from it. I finally learned to confront it, and when I did eventually stand up for myself and face my partner on the scene, I was blown away, and I almost had hysteria. I wouldn't stop crying, and it felt so real. Then after we finished, I had to review everything that had just happened because I had forgotten entirely. That's how it felt like to be in the moment and be out of your head and focus on the other person, which is what acting is all about. Q: How would you describe Charlie as a teacher? Angela: Charlie is-- I guess what I liked about him is that he's passionate about his students. He takes everything very seriously, and since day one, he says that you've got to want this. Almost in every class, he always finishes the course with something to take home with, some nice motivation, which was still really lovely. He's harsh. He will challenge you. He doesn't have much patience, but that's only because he has a lot of passion, and he does explain that. That's just how he is. That's important because if you want to be an actor, it is a challenging industry, and no one is going to give you mercy; no one's that nice to you. It's very raw. It's very harsh, and Charlie teaches you that, and he says it from the beginning like this is how it is. He challenges you If you need to want this, and you're going to get so frustrated with yourself, and he will make you frustrated with yourself. That's the point, that's how you grow. Once you finally achieve that stuff, you feel so much-- You build, you feel so much better, and you realize that everything he did, he knows exactly what he's doing. I think that's how I would describe him. He challenges you, and he is super passionate about all of his students and what he teaches. Q: There are a lot of summer intensives in Manhattan, a lot of Meisner summer intensives. Why did you decide Maggie Flanigan Studio was the place for you? Angela: Maggie Flanagan is not trying to sell you the school and the classes or anything. It's all just very genuine and authentic. I think that's what I liked about it. When I did more research on it, and I had heard of other people who studied here, I was intrigued. When I met Charlie, I saw that he was genuine about this. He wasn't trying to sell me anything. Instead, he said, "I want to see if I want to teach you. I want to see if you are passionate about this because you have to be because this is intense. This is real life. This is acting." I guess that was my impression of it. Q: You mentioned before how your class helped you watching the other students and the sense of community since you were a small class. How did that closeness to the other students help you through the six weeks? Angela: I would say that because there were fewer students, there was less competition, more time for one another. More time for my partner and me, and also for the others. It's always like there's more time for one another. You feel closer to Charlie as well. We all realized that we're in this together. I think it's just you feel more intimate. You feel like more closer to them. If there were more people, it wouldn't be the same at all. I like that it was a small group and we all got to know each other better. We all are so different from different places around the United States. The age gaps are enormous, but we're all at the same level, and we were all struggling. At the same time, I felt like we were all holding hands together and we were getting through this. That's what I liked about it. Because it was small, we were closer. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/Tsq26y

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