Workshop Outline

Workshops are deliberately small and select, offering a safe and supportive environment and a personal approach to growing a strong acting foundation. The actor learns how to “craft”– how to do actor’s homework in order to be able to reliably produce authentic, personal, imaginative and meaningful behavior in alignment with the given circumstances.

STAGE 1:

 INTRODUCING THE TMS METHOD

  • Familiarization
    1. Self reflection: Video diary
    2. Actor observation & analysis 
    3. Core collection 
    4. Targets
  • Meisner acting technique introduction
    1. Understanding the method
    2. Neutralizing the actor
  • Setting the scene
    1. Scene selection
    2. Making the part your own
  • Group discussion & feedback session

STAGE 2:  

EXPLORING THE TMS METHOD

  • Foundation  activities
    1. The reality of doing
    2. The word repetition 
    3. Follow your instinct 
    4. Silence
  • Rehearsing the scene
    1. Scene rehearsal
    2. Making the part your own
  • Group discussion & feedback session

STAGE 3:  

IMPLEMENTING THE TMS METHOD

  • Preparation activities
    1. The independent activity
    2. Truth and public solitude
    3. The pinch and the ouch
    4. The knock at the door 
    5. Particularization : The magic AS IF
  • Performing the scene
    1. Scene run
    2. Video diary: Making the part your own
  • Group discussion & feedback session