1st Year Meisner Technique

We always say that Year One is dedicated to you learning who you are and bringing that self-knowledge to your craft.  To be a great actor, you absolutely must know yourself.  For that reason, the first year is a personal journey, learning where your passions lie and where your defenses creep in. Growth as an actor doesn’t happen without growth as a person.  

You will be introduced to the fundamentals of acting through improvisational exercises that gradually become more challenging. You will learn how to work off your acting partner, craft personalized imaginary relationships with them, and know how to activate high stakes with concretized objectives. Your emotional range will increase, and your ability to apply your imagination fully and specifically to a scripted scene will strengthen. By the end of the first year, if you have applied yourself diligently and passionately, you will have developed a strong sense of who you are and bring your unique self to create emotionally truthful, imaginative, and exciting performances. Only those who successfully complete Year One can be invited into Year Two of the program.

This class meets twice a week.

Classes are 3-4 hours and outside of class rehearsals are required.

Wednesdays at 6:30 and Saturdays at 10 am (8 months)

Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio

4713 Lankershim Blvd North

Hollywood, CA 91602