Film and TV Acting with John M.

My Credentials: MFA Carnegie Mellon. MA San Francisco State, BS Penn State HB Studio NYC Instructor at City College of San Francisco, Carnegie Mellon University; private group classes San Francisco and New Orleans. Theatre Critic for 5 years in San Francisco (For my reviews, go to BerkeleyDailyPlanet Search “Eye from the Aisle.”) Director in SF Bay Area, and General Director of Piedmont-Oakland Repertory Theatre. Past membership: Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, American Theatre Critics Association. San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, American Federation of Teachers 2121. I have a lot of disagreement with the state of actor's education. It is took often ethereal and slippery. Too often it is about the teacher. Technique is from the Greek word for art. Definition of technique: a way of carrying out a particular task. I strive to make the lessons so that the student doesn't need me, and doesn't need a director to hold their hand on every line and every move.