“Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That’s true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting like you.”  -Sanford Meisner

Meisner Masterclass

All actors for Meisner Masterclass must have previously followed Meisner training through the “Independent Activity/Knock at the door” improvisations phase for a minimum of 6 to 8 full workshops sessions.

Weekly, in the Meisner masterClass with Alex Murphy, we’ll warm up by returning to full on Repetition practice as a ballet dancer returns to the dance bar- working for honest moment by moment impulse as habit, the very basis for flow in all other exercises.

We’ll briefly jump back into Indie Activity/Knock at Door improvisations, using this recap to stress deep dive specificity with “Preparation/Daydream” practice as a preface to all exercises. 

We will engage various signature stages of the Meisner “Knock at the Door/Independent Activity” improvisations leading ultimately to sessions working with the advanced architecture of the “relationship” and “domestic exercise” improvisations.

There will be scene text assigned to all actors to prepare, rehearse and exercise with, getting it ready to be shot on camera near the end of our 7 week cycle. Actors will work on the scene materials with Alex-though, additionally, each pair of actors will be urged to rehearse on their own as well.     

On our final day, we’ll do a staged presentation of the assigned scenes for an invited audience. 

*For Professional or Pro Performance Diploma Students only