Summer Acting Programs NYC - Sam Willett Interview - Call (917) 789-1599
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Date: 12/03/2018

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The NYC summer acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio focuses on the Meisner Summer Intensive and the Meisner Technique. During this interview Katie discusses with Sam Willett how the acting program changed her thoughts about professional actor training.

After graduating college with a degree in theater, taking acting classes and working in NYC for a few years, I expected to be farther than I was. In the summer program I learned that I need to take my time and actually work on my technique.

Q: What did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six-week Meisner summer intensive?

A: Well, I had already graduated college with a degree in theater and I've been in the city for a couple years working and taking classes and I guess I thought that that was enough, not that was enough but I gave myself a time when I wanted to be working more and I thought that I would be farther than I really am. I learned that I need to take my time and actually work on my technique.

Q: What happened to you during the six-week summer intensive that changed your perspective on acting in training?

A: One of the main things is being able to see moments more clearly especially when you watch films or television or plays or even watching people in class, there are so many things from the beginning of the six weeks that I didn't see that I was missing and now at the end it's so much more clear and even in everyday lives you see so many things that happen when people are interacting with each other and you see how people try to not let it affect them.

Also, I didn't realize how important voice and speech and movement was, even in college I didn't really care about those classes because I didn't really understand what they were for, but when you're in these classes it's so apparent. The physical and the vocal problems that arise when you are working with this technique you can really see how voice and
speech and movement can really help you to be free.

Q: What did you learn about yourself during this six-week intensive that was a surprise about yourself that change you?

A: I really just learned to trust myself and believe in myself more and that if I let myself just be that I'm still able to work off of someone and to allow things to happen to me, I used to think that I had to work harder to build up an emotion or to make something happen. I guess, I just learned to trust myself more and that things will happen if I just have confidence.

Q: How do you describe Charlie as a teacher?

A: Charlie is really intense but in a good way where he helps to break you down so that you can finally just be human and be open and honest, but I do feel like he is there to support you when you are just open and scared and not know and you're out there and vulnerable and you don't know what's going on and he has a nice balance I guess.

Summer Acting Programs NYC - Sam Willet Interview - Call (917) 789-1599

Learn more about the summer acting program in NYC, as well as the other individual acting classes included in the summer acting programs at the Maggie Flanigan Studio by visiting the acting programs page on the website or by calling the studio directly at 917-789-1599.

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