Madness in the methods? Companies in New York and Texas take on a plethora of techniques in workshop productions about actor training.(SPECIAL SECTION: APPROACHES TO THEATRE TRAINING)(Theatre MITU and Rude Mechanicals of Austin)

From: American Theatre | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

IF YOU'VE EVER had to walk like a manatee or dance like a giraffe, chances are it was in acting class. Think back. Did your high school teacher, a misunderstood soul who wore all black, throw fits during tech rehearsals? Did you secretly admire your college professor even though you hated it when she insulted your posture? Maybe you went to graduate school and had a coterie of coaches, one more mystical than the next. Can you cry on command? Laugh like a hyena?

Acting techniques abound. Stanislavsky, Meisner and Adler are all part of a theatre nerd's lexicon. But what, ...

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