Tightrope dancer image by Maria Brubeck


"Sandy’s approach has always been for me the simplest, most direct, least pretentious and most effective."

Academy Award winning director
Sidney Pollack

 

"Here was a man who, especially to my generation in the sixties, actually knew something. One of the first authentic people that I, and most of us, had ever met in our lives. Of course he was autocratic about those things that he believed in because he knew them to be the truth. And we knew we were being exposed to the truth--that is, to some-thing that was absolutely practicable, which absolutely worked, and which we wanted desperately to learn."

David Mamet on Meisner

Note: The Meisner Intensive demands a high level of maturity and as such is not a class for children. The minimum age is 17.

Youth Theatre classes in the Triangle:
Raleigh Little Theatre
The Artscenter (Carrboro)
MovieMakers (Durham)
North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre
Young People's Performing Co. (Durham)
Stars Youth Theater (Holly Springs)


 

The Meisner Weekend Intensive
July 17-18, 2010

 Professional.
Affordable.
Unforgettable.

Instructor: J Chachula


Back by popular demand, Flying Machine is again offering a unique weekend acting workshop (12 hours over two days) designed to give students both a solid introduction to The Meisner Approach as well as real acting tools they can use now. Anyone who hungers to bring more truth and power to their performances, regardless of their experience level, will find this work highly valuable.

We will begin with Meisner's famous Repetition Exercise, a unique game designed to leave you present, open, and responsive to your partner. From there you will explore your own unique point of view through improvisational exercises based on personal meaning. You will dig deep into your imaginations and discover what it means to tap into your emotional life and use it to make a role your own!

There is no text work in this workshop, and nothing to memorize. There will be some “homework” to do, however, to help all of us get the most out of the weekend.

The weekend will likely challenge you as few acting classes have, and if you’re willing to give the work your fullest attention, you’ll begin to develop the skills that bring intensely human performances to the stage or screen.


SCHEDULE:
 Saturday: 10 AM-5 PM (with one hour for lunch)
Sunday: 11:30 AM-6 PM (with a half-hour break)

COST: The workshop fee is $75.00. Full payment is due BEFORE the first day of the Intensive you want in order to hold your place in class, since space is limited to 16 students.

LOCATION:
Classes wil be held at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh. For more information and to request a registration form please call me any day of the week at 919-954-8847 between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. or e-mail me at wachula5@yahoo.com.