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In this in-depth interview, studio founder William Esper talks in detail about how acting is taught at the studio, covering the skills and techniques students will learn in both the first and second years of their training. From the book The New Generation of Acting Teachers (Penguin), by Eva Mekier
READ MOREA few months ago a young man in his mid-twenties came to interview with me at my New York studio. He admitted that he knew almost nothing about acting; indeed he had only acted on one occasion and that was in a high school play.
READ MOREI seem to occupy a unique niche in American actor training. I have been teaching acting at my own studio in New York for the past 20 years. For the past 16 years I have also headed the MFA and BFA Professional Actor Training Program at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.
READ MOREALTHOUGH IT WAS OVER 45 YEARS AGO, I still have a vivid memory of my first acting class with SANFORD MEISNER.
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