meisner summer acting program kate pitney 03

Q: Kate, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six week summer intensive? A: I thought that it meant to try and prepare yourself to jump into anything that was thrown at you. I think I maintain that view now, but I think I have more of an understanding of what it means to be ready for anything to be thrown at you at any moment and how visceral that is if that makes sense. Q: Well, what do you think it means now, besides being ready to jump in at any moment? A: I think it means being able to-- It's so hard to sum up. Yes. I think, in general, it just means having a process and having an understanding of how to approach things that are given to you, and just the ability to be present in the moment when you're working. Q: What happened over the course of these six weeks that changed your perspective on training? A: I think the beginning with the repetition exercise is- breaks down everything that you thought you knew about acting. All of the previous scene work or anything else that I had done before just seemed like it didn't matter because we went back to the basics at first. I think that that made me shed my beliefs prior to them. Then moving on from that when we eventually moved into scenes, I think I approached them much more- I don't know, in a different way than I did before. Q: Have you studied the Meisner technique before, or were you familiar with it before you started? A: My mom had studied with Sandy Meisner so I knew about the technique. I've heard a lot about the repetition and things like that, but I've never done it myself, which was really interesting to jump into. 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 twitter.com/MeisnerActing www.facebook.com/MeisnerActing/ https://flic.kr/p/24YVA2F

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