Actorium
An Acting School rooted in Meisner Technique training and Method Acting for text
The skeleton and the colour of a performance
Michelle Meyrink+How do you work out a plan for a performance and then drop it so that you are alive in the moment? In the attached clip you can see Actorium student Nancy Kato's progression in her work. In the first clip (black and white) she is focused on her Objectives...
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Over-thinking your role?
Michelle Meyrink+A topic that came up a lot this week was over-thinking scenes. But the question is not actually a matter of whether or not you’re over-thinking a scene, the question is whether or not you’re thinking about the right things. This 1st Set of questions are examples of...
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Obstacles to the Super Objective
Michelle Meyrink+Character Development: Obstacles to the Super Objective When taking on a role, one of the first exercises is the identification of "the battle" that your character goes through. What's life without a battle right? When does it ever not happen? The first step then is...
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Clarifying Goals in Acting
Michelle Meyrink+The training that we do in scene study at Actorium is based on Meisner and Method techniques. The ultimate goal in this training is for the actor is to be living and responding freely in the moment. This is an important factor at every level. I judge an actor’s work...
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Stop Doing it Right
Michelle Meyrink+In the beginning, actors work very hard to do a scene, or play a role 'correctly'. They struggle to meet the demands of the script to the point where they follow it like an architect may follow a blueprint. They no longer allow themselves the freedom of natural...
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Outside the Lines
Michelle Meyrink+In order to be able to fulfill a role you must be able to extract a character from the script. What does extract a character from the script mean? It means you are able to play the character as a separate entity. You are able to separate the character from the story....
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