I’m calling this video “Session 7.5” because it’s not just a recap. You can work through the video below, on your own time, to learn the Meisner approach to “Learning the Lines”. But first some administrative notes:
Our Ongoing Meisner Workshop
We plan to teach 8-week intensives (like the one you’re finishing now) twice per year. When we’re not doing that, we will be meeting weekly for ongoing two-hour workshops on Saturday afternoons. They are free and open to the public! We’ll go deeper on Meisner and other acting topics, but it’s also a place to help prepare when you have an audition or a role coming up.
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Sanford Meisner on Spoon River
The following excerpt from the 8-hour Archival Meisner footage has Meisner working with actress Frances Sternhagen (who some of you might remember as Cliff Clavin’s mother on TV’s “Cheers”), on emotional preparation for a Spoon River script. I think this part is especially good. And if you could watch up to 3:10:00, that would be great. That’s about 18 minutes of viewing time, but well worth it in my opinion: