Summer Acting Program - Andrel McPherson - Maggie Flanigan Studio 01

Summer Acting Program - Andrel McPherson - Maggie Flanigan Studio 01 The New York summer acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio includes the Six-Week Meisner Summer Intensive. The acting intensive is based on the training that Sanford Meisner created to teach professional actors. Here in this video, Andrel McPherson discusses the acting program. Q: Andrel, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the Six-Week Summer Intensive at the Maggie Flanigan Studio? A: I thought it was about taking your own time to read as many plays as possible, studying other actors and then getting on stage and just figuring it out for yourself and hoping that a moment happens or you feel something by yourself. I had no idea nor did I ever imagine that it would take so much of myself to bring it out there then, which makes sense. Before you started doing work like this, you think that you're doing that and then when you start doing it, it's like, "Oh my gosh, that's a lot more work than I thought it would be." Q: Well, what do you think it means now to train? A: Making everything so personal for yourself and being able to focus tremendously on, not yourself, but what everyone else is giving you in the moment, which is hard because you're always in your head. You're trying to make sure that you're giving the best to them, but then you have to feel it and be in that moment, paying attention to every single detail which is exhausting when you're starting off this type of training. I guess just the most significant thing I've taken away from this is trying to pay attention to my point of view and how I'm feeling in a moment and how I can express that improv through whatever. Learn more about the New York Acting Program at the Maggie Flanigan studio by visiting the acting program and acting classes page on the studio website. Actors who are interested in the programs at the studio should apply online and call the studio with questions by calling (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 plus.google.com/112291205845820496849 https://flic.kr/p/Rz41Ug