The Maggie
Flanigan
Studio

Maggie's Teaching Philosophy

Acting at its best is a creative art. A solid craft is needed for the actor to have a mastery of their acting instrument. I have crafted a nurturing home for artists to sharpen their skills and solidify their craft. The work at my studio is based on the Sanford Meisner Technique and my thirty year’s experience teaching this work. I have created a conservatory-based program with a faculty hand-picked by me. All of my teachers have their MFA in Acting and have been trained by me both as actors and teachers.

how to audition

The Art of Cold Reading

Cold reading (more...)

Audition Techniques- Developing Your Unique Technique

Aspiring actors studying the Mesiner acting technique must develop and learn a unique auditioning technique as well. Learning how to audition will make the most threatening aspect of acting, a life of auditioning and constant rejection, not only manageable but, a worthwhile, necessary part of the process. Consistently turning in your very best, deepest, most (more...)

Audition Techniques- Role of a Lifetime

The most resilient actors who have put in year after year of auditioning will tell you that they have simply accepted auditioning as part of the work. Part of their auditioning technique is to see all auditions as an opportunity, albeit a brief one, to act. They treat it as a part, not a chance. (more...)

Audition Techniques- Expect the Unexpected

A very practical consideration is to expect the unexpected. There are as many scenarios as their are auditions. While some commonalities occur each production is extremely unique and each creative approaches their audition expectations differently. Whatever you are guided to do, do it. Directors and producers have a long list of challenges ahead of them (more...)

Audition Techniques- The Jaded Auditor

Jaded behavior on the part of those conducting the auditions is an opportunity for the Meisner trained actor, not a hindrance. When you see auditors in this condition one aspect of your auditioning technique should be to see this as your chance to wake up the room and remind everyone why they are there. They (more...)

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