Method Acting Lessons in Basking Ridge. Amazing Teachers.

I have studied under Strasberg expert, Marsha Haufrect for many years. I work with method techniques to help the student discover what is true and authentic in the character being portrayed.

I am available to teach Method Acting. Hour sessions are available but count as two 30 minute sessions back to back.

My professional background and experience includes acting (stage & screen), directing, and playwriting. As a result, I often include aspects of each discipline in my work with Actors (including teacher development training sessions).
I present students of all ages with creative challenges within the scope of select (Spolin/Stanislavski-based) theater exercises and games, later providing them with more advanced opportunities to incorporate the related skills into their scene-study work.

I teach some techniques you don't necessarily learn in acting school which are practical and immediately usable.
ACTING
What do you do when you get the script?
Using subtext to bring realism to your performance.
Line delivery: tricks of the trade.
AUDITION
Do you have the right monologue to fit the parts you can play?
Suggestions for a monologue(s) to fit your persona. You need more than one to fit the different genres of the play or film you are auditioning for.
How to break it down, the importance of changes.
Tactics for attacking the cold read: what to do while you're waiting in the lobby after they just handed you your "sides."
Also, refer to ACTING (above).
DIALECT
Double your chances to be cast by having a variety in your bag-o-tricks.
British Receive Pronunciation: consider the number of plays written by Brits, and then listen all the Americans doing RP in films. Other: Irish, Scots, Cockney, and Romance languages.
PRACTICAL SHAKESPEARE
How to scan so that it helps your ...

I have been teaching and coaching actors for 20 years. My students work professionally on stage, TV and film. Within the first few lessons, you will understand how to create a character. Soon, you will have the skills to book a role. I specialize in method acting, but draw upon my experience at The Second City (improvisation) in Chicago and other training I have had. I love working with students of all ages and experience levels; I can't wait to meet you!

With almost thirty years' coaching talent to both professional theatre and commercial television and film. No matter where you are on your journey; I can help you. Recent students have appeared in award-winning short films at the Sundance Film Festival and the Burbank Film Festival, 2019. The Intern, (2015) opposite Robert De Niro. College and summer intensive programs have been awarded to conservatoire programs at AMDA, New York. The Rockettes, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, (RADA), London, England.
Whatever your goals: From ‘how to break into showbusiness’ -career coaching, understanding the character on the page, to enunciation and elocution for speaking in theater, I look forward to helping you!