147 W. 25th Street,
New York, NY 10001
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Artistic Director, Master Teacher
Maggie Flanigan has been teaching professional acting classes in New York City for over thirty years. She is the Artistic Director and Master Teacher of the Maggie Flanigan Studio.
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Executive Director, Head of Acting, Master Teacher
Charlie’s unique relationship with Maggie Flanigan began nearly twenty years ago. He received his MFA in acting from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School Of The Arts where Maggie and Bill Esper trained him in the Meisner technique. Over the past 27 years Charlie has also studied and collaborated with many artists including Ben Kingsley, Fiona Shaw, Mark Wing-Davey, and Ellen Stewart.
Acting
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Film & TV, Summer On-Camera
Lawrence Ballard received a BA from the University of Minnesota and an MFA from Rutgers University where he trained with Maggie Flanigan and Bill Esper. Along with his film and TV credits he has extensive commercial, voice over, spokesperson and New York City acting experience.
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Cold Reading, Monologue, Private Acting Coach - Emmy Award Winner
Erin Cherry received her BA in Theatre from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and her MFA in acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where she studied under Bill Esper and Maggie Flanigan. Cherry also has an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Brenda on the Emmy Award winning show After Forever (Amazon Prime).
Movement & Voice
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Head of Voice & Speech
Liz has been on faculty at many NYC acting schools and studios, including: Hunter College, The Linklater Center for Voice and Language, New York City Student Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square Theatre School, and HB Studios. She has led workshops at Columbia Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
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Voice and Dialects
Raife received his BA from Emory University in Theater Studies and Philosophy and holds an MFA in acting from the American Conservatory Theater, and is a member of Actors’ Equity. He is a recipient of the Tanne Award for Artistic Excellence and an NYIT award for Best Play for his 2012 production of Macbeth.
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Movement 1 & 2
Sara Fay George is the founder of The Holistic Method, a physical acting technique designed bring participants into confident connection with themselves and elicit fully embodied storytelling. She worked as the Resident Movement Coach with The Actors Space, Berlin, The Fritz-Kirchoff Schule and has been training actors across America and Europe since 2010.
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Movement 3 & 4
Tina has worked internationally as a Teaching Artist in New York, Australia and Colombia. Her extensive training covers a wide range of acting techniques including Stanislavski, Meisner, Yat Malmgren’s approach to Laban Movement Psychology and Character Analysis, Uta Hagen, The Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints.
Professional Actor Training Faculty (PATP)
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Professional Business Program
Kate Lacey-Kiley studied with Kristin Linklater and graduated with a BFA in Acting from Emerson College. She began her casting career as legendary casting director Marion Dougherty’s intern at Warner Brothers Feature Film Casting. Upon Marion ‘s retirement a year later, Kate became assistant to Marcia Ross, head of Feature Film Casting for Walt Disney and Touchstone Pictures.
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Script Analysis
Nathan Winkelstein has been Associate Producer with Red Bull Theater for three years, serving as Producing Director of The Revelation Reading Series, Education Director of Shakespeare in Schools and the Masterclass offerings.
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Theater History, Playwriting
Elliot is a theatre artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He received an MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama, where he served as Production Dramaturg for 16 productions at the Yale Rep, YSD, and the Yale Cabaret.
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Film History
Jeff received a BA in Film & Television from the University of Michigan, and an MA in Cinema Studies from New York University. He is a full-time staff member at New York University’s Department of Cinema Studies, where he has helped organize numerous international conferences and film screenings.
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Head of Professional Business Program, Commercial Acting I & II
Bill received a BA in Theater from Eastern Michigan University, earning all three union cards by graduation. His TV and Film credits include Criminal Minds, American Horror Story: Hotel, Modern Family, Parks and Rec, The Office, Desperate Housewives, and working with Ang Lee in Taking Woodstock. He has also booked fifty national commercials.
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Reiki for Actors I & II, Nutrition for Actors I
Laura is a lifelong artist, compassionate teacher, and dedicated healer. In addition to being a certified Reiki Master, Breathwork Healer, and Institute for Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Laura holds a BFA in acting from NYU’s Tisch school of the arts. She is the owner and founder of Reiki for Actors.
Private Acting Coaches And Guest Teachers
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Carly Zien
Resident Intimacy Director
Carly Zien is an actress, teacher, and intimacy coach based in New York City. She graduated with an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama in 2014, and has worked extensively in film, television, commercials and theater ever since. She privately coaches actors, works as an Intimacy Coordinator for schools around the city, and teaches acting at Heidi Marshall Studio.
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Mask and Character Development Teacher
Rich Rand began his professional career as a street performer on Fisherman’s Wharf and went on to tour Europe, performing for tens of thousands, with his troupe of lovable clowns.
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Lenard Petit
Chekhov & Clown
Lenard Petit teaches Chekhov & Clown at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. Lenard is a stage director and actor who resides in New York City. He has been working in the theater for thirty years, collaborating with other artists.
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Alyssa Ciccarello
Voice & Speech
Alyssa Ciccarello holds a BFA in Acting from the Experimental Theatre Wing, NYU Tisch. She teaches Voice & Speech classes at the studio and is a Designated Linklater Teacher. Alyssa has performed and created original work in New York, Barcelona, and Rome for both live theater and for film, and she currently collaborates with a range of performers and choreographers in New York and Europe.
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Victor Villar-Hauser
Private Acting Coach Los Angeles
Victor Villar-Hauser is a private acting coach that came to NYC from London in 1995 to study with Maggie Flanigan. In addition to acting, he works extensively in voice-over, dramaturgy, and theater production.
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Michael Pace
Suzuki & Slow Tempo
Michael Pace is a New York based actor, director, producer and teaching artist. Michael holds a BA from the University of Washington and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama where he was the recipient of the Oliver Thorndike Acting Award.
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Shakespeare
Louisa Proske is a director of classics, new plays, and opera, and an acting teacher at the studio. She holds a MFA in Directing from Yale School of Drama, and a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University, UK. She trained with Kristin Linklater and Peter Francis James, and studied Shakespeare with leading scholars at Cambridge University.
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Contact Us
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