Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio, a dynamic Los Angeles acting school, based in the heart of Los Angeles’ entertainment industry, announced today the “Future of Acting with Elizabeth Mestnik” promotion. Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio will award one lucky winner with a free admission to the Fall 2011 Acting Foundations Class (Value $530).
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We’re excited to announce that we’re giving away two $25 AMC Gift Cards to the lucky winners of our March Giveaway (February 21st – April 1st, 2011)
All you have to do to enter is Connect with us on Facebook and/or Twitter and mention the Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio with a link to our site and why you think acting classes are important.
The Elizbeth Mestnik Acting Studio (EMAS) isn’t just a Professional Acting Training Program. It is a community of actors, writers, producers and directors who are out there putting their stamp on the Entertainment Industry in Hollywood, New York and across the country. EMAS is proud of all the work current students and alumni are producing. Here’s a short list of what our members have booked, released, shot, performed, produced or developed in just the past 6 months.
Vanessa Alderete: Film: Confessions of a Gangster.
Glen Alexander: Founder Three Feathers Theatre Company
Sharif Atkins: TV: White Collar, The Good Wife, the Preacher’s Kid
Whitney Ayers: Theatre: Off Broadway: Sex, Relationships, and Sometimes Love, Renegade Theatre LA TAPE, Film: Egg Nog, A Brief History of Women.
Chris Bensinger: Broadway Producer: La Cage Aux Folles-TONY AWARD, American Idiot-TONY NOMINATION, Street Lights- New York Music Festival ’09
Jeannie Bolet: Film: Spiral, Strange Food, TV: All My Children, Webseries: After Hours. Signed with Val Maur Talent.
Nelson Domingo: Theatre: Actor’s Workout Studio’s The Comedy of Errors, Signed with JLA Talent, Founder of Three Feathers Theatre Company
Charles Davis: TV: The Game, Night and Day (tv movie), Signed with CESD.
Colin Day: Film: The Lonliest Road in America, Theatre: Elephant Theatre, Love Bites, Block Nine.
Allison Dykstra: TV: True Jackson
Silvana Gargione: LA Improv Fest and Boston Improv Fest. Theatre: Sylvia Plath is my Co Pilot.
Lily Holleman Film: UrFrendz, Kitty Kitty (short) (post-production), T.V. Southland, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union ,Theatre: South Coast Repertory Circle Mirror Transformation (January 2010)
Jackie Kamm: Film: Nipples & Palm Trees.
Susane Lee: TV: True Jackson, TV movie: Kosher Pig
Cat Love: Founder Three Feathers Theater Company
Jordana Oberman Film: The Preening Swan (post-production), Mushroom Hunt (short). Theatre: Dear Harvey.
Ketryn Porter : Webisodes: The Alarmingly Charmingly Cousins, Klassy (in production) Pilot: Dudes in Toyland
Katie Ross: Film: Night Drive
Richard Robichaux: Film Lead: Bernie opposite Jack Black, TV: Better off Ted
Brad Schmidt: Broadway Debut: Lombardi
Lynn Trickey: Theatre: Actor’s Workout Theatre The Comedy of Errors, Signed with JLA Talent.
Billy Towers: Film: 3’s A Crowd , The Ghost Hunter.
Johnny Wactor: Film: Hold Up, Let Me Explain, Punctured, Golden Box, The Grass is Never Greener. Webseries: Hollywood Girl. Signed by Bobby Ball Agency
Ken Weiler: TV: Private Practice, Days of Our Lives, Film: Shrink
Christopher T. Wood: Film: Friends with Benefits , TV: Without a Trace
John Wilhovsky: Film: Young Again , Empress Vampire (post-production), The Gates of Heaven (short), 365 Days.
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Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio
6581 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, CA
(323) 528-6280
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Hollywood, CA 90038
(323) 528-6280
The Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio is welcoming in warm arms our new upcoming acting classes beginning from the 20th of September. We are all very excited and love new projects and acting adventures. See our website to find out what we are all about and be sure to read about the Meisner technique and our beginner and advanced classes.
We welcome you all to our acting class. Thanks.
Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio
6581 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90038
(323) 528-6280
How is the Meisner Technique different than other approaches to actor training? Why would you pursue this type of program over all the other acting classes in Los Angeles? In this age of immediate gratification and short attention spans, it seems like The Meisner Technique may fall out of favor, and yet it is still one of the most respected techniques in Hollywood. Why?
The Meisner Technique demands that an actor make a commitment to their training, and if you are in a program that follows Sanford Meisner’s syllabus, this training will take place over 9-months. This is serious training for serious students. Those who come to Hollywood to get famous quickly and easily wouldn’t even consider something like this. So why should you make this sacrifice of time, effort, and yes – money? What does the Meisner Technique do that is so special?
To put it simply – it gets you in actor shape.
I have always compared Acting to other difficult endeavors like playing an instrument or sports, endeavors that also show that whatever effort you put in shows in the product you put out. So, to continue this metaphor, if acting is like, say… Gymnastics… then Meisner is the daily workout at the gym to get strong and flexible. The more traditional acting skills (objectives, actions, character biography etc) are like learning the different elements, – (the cartwheel, the back flip, the somersault etc.) Most Acting Classes teach you the elements, but don’t know how to get you into shape.
Now I will be honest with you. I can do a somersault, and I can even do a cartwheel – but they are pretty pathetic because at the age of 42, I’m really not all that strong and flexible. But if I worked out every day to increase my upper body strength and the flexibility of my spine, those elements would look much better. And when Olympic gymnasts do these elements, we are in awe, because they dedicate themselves to knowing the elements and being fit enough to execute them.
The actor who understands the “elements” like playing an action, or making a character choice, but isn’t emotionally connected to the material leaves the audience cold, or even worse – uncomfortable for the actor. Like me doing my somersault, we don’t want to see it again! The out of shape actor can make sense of a part, but will lack the heart. And we need for the audience to be drawn into our performance, to feel what the actors feel – and if the actors feel nothing – well, the audience will feel nothing. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH! So we train, rigorously, like professional athletes, to take our performance to the next level. To put our abilities on par with the best actors out there.
So why take Meisner? Because it gets you to:
THE ABILITY TO DO THE ABOVE MEANS YOU ARE IN ACTOR SHAPE!
When you complete a Meisner Technique program and can put it on your resume, it also says a lot to the people who might hire you about how dedicated you are to mastering your craft. A casting director who sees that you have completed a true 1 or 2-year Meisner Program knows what they can expect. Spontaneity, emotional range, self-knowledge, brave choices and truthful behavior.
That is why you invest in a Meisner Technique Training Program. To get in shape. Quite simply, to be the best.
Have you always wanted to try acting but felt intimidated and unsure where to start? Recommended by NBC’s Talent Development Initiative, the Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio (EMAS) in Los Angeles is where trained professionals work with small groups of 12-14 student actors at a time to instill the most effective, efficient techniques to help them mature in the craft. For beginning actors, the Acting Foundations class, part of the Basic Technique series offered at EMAS, the perfect way to get your feet wet. This class is excellent for new students to gauge how advanced their skills are, and it provides a safe environment for them to learn new tools to be successful in the acting world. Meetings start September 23rd and are on Thursday nights at 7:00PM; the class runs for 12 weeks until December 9th.
The Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio takes training actors seriously and uses effective techniques to help students develop a useful, impressive skill set – it is no wonder that it is one of the top acting schools in Los Angeles. Visit www.emasla.com for more information.
Ranked as L.A.’s top acting school by CBS
Top Ranked Acting School by backstage.
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