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The Maggie Flanigan Studio is not a collection of acting classes.

 

It is a professional actor conservatory in New York City built upon a simple belief: every class should serve the development of the actor.

 

Truthful acting demands far more than talent. It requires a free voice, an expressive body, a disciplined imagination, emotional resilience, intellectual curiosity, and a rigorous process for creating behavior.

 

Our conservatory curriculum develops every dimension of the actor's instrument. Each semester builds upon the last. Every discipline supports the others. Nothing has been added simply to fill a schedule.

 

The result is an actor capable of creating truthful, vivid, transformational human behavior — and sustaining a lifetime devoted to the craft.

THE CONSERVATORY EXPERIENCE

Our conservatory is completed over two years.

 

Each year serves a distinct artistic purpose.

 

The first year develops the actor's instrument by establishing the fundamental principles of truthful acting.

 

The second year teaches the actor how to transform that instrument into character and fully realized human behavior.

 

Together, they create a complete artistic education rooted in the Meisner Technique and supported by one of the most comprehensive conservatory curriculums available to professional actors training in New York City.

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FIRST YEAR  —  Building the Instrument

The first year is devoted to building the actor's foundation.

 

Students learn to listen deeply, respond truthfully, trust spontaneous impulses, and create vivid human behavior grounded in truth rather than indication and manipulation. At the same time, they develop their voice, body, emotional life, and artistic awareness through an integrated conservatory curriculum.

 

Every class strengthens the work happening inside the acting classroom.

SECOND YEAR  —  Transforming the Instrument

With the foundation established, the second year shifts toward character, transformation, and interpretation.

 

Students learn to analyze scripts, create psychologically complex characters, master advanced vocal and physical technique, work on camera, and prepare for the artistic and professional realities of a career in theatre, film, and television.

 

Throughout the year, actors are challenged to bring greater specificity, imagination, and originality to increasingly demanding material while remaining grounded in truthful human behavior.

CHOOSE THE PROGRAM THAT FITS YOUR GOALS

Every actor arrives with different experience, schedules, and professional commitments.

 

Our conservatory offers multiple pathways while preserving the integrity of the training.

Professional Actor Training Program

Core Program

Bare Essentials

Summer Acting Program

Professional Business Program

Professional Actor Training Program

Core Program

Bare Essentials

Summer Acting Program

Professional Business Program

To schedule an interview contact the studio during business hours by calling

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ACTING STUDIO NEW YORK NY

The Maggie Flanigan Studio is the leading acting studio in New York City where professional actors train for long careers. The acting programs at the drama school are based on the Meisner Technique and the work of Sanford Meisner. The two year acting program includes acting classes, movement classes, voice and speech for actors, commercial acting classes, on camera classes, cold reading, monologue, playwriting, script analysis and the Meisner Summer Intensive.

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Call to Schedule an Interview

(917) 794-3878

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CONTACT

Address:

147 W 25th St 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001

Phone:

(917) 794-3878
(332) 262-7852
(917) 768-3852
(917) 606-0982

Email:

studio@maggieflaniganstudio.com

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MEISNER SUMMER INTENSIVE

For actors who want to experience the Meisner Technique in an intensive format, the Maggie Flanigan Studio offers a Summer Acting Intensive in New York City.


The Summer Intensive gives actors a concentrated introduction to the principles of Meisner training — deep listening, truthful response, and the development of spontaneous behavior — in an immersive, conservatory environment.

TRAIN FOR A LIFETIME

We do not prepare actors simply for their next audition. We develop artists for a lifetime devoted to the craft.


If you are looking for a conservatory that values discipline, imagination, integrity, and truthful human behavior, we invite you to learn more about the Maggie Flanigan Studio.

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MAGGIE FLANIGAN STUDIO

ACTING PROGRAMS

A Professional Actor Conservatory for the Serious Artist

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Call to Schedule an Interview

(917) 794-3878

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EVERY CLASS HAS A PURPOSE

Most acting studios offer classes.

 

We have built a curriculum. Every discipline strengthens another, creating an education that is greater than the sum of its parts.

  • Acting develops truthful behavior.

  • Voice develops expressive freedom.

  • Movement develops physical availability.

  • Script Analysis develops artistic intelligence.

  • Film and Theatre History cultivate inspiration.

  • Alexander Technique develops awareness.

  • Self-Care for Actors develops resilience.

  • Acting for the Camera prepares actors for today's industry.

  • Clown cultivates play, vulnerability, radical openness, and the courage to be fully seen.

 

Together, these disciplines create artists capable of meeting the demands of a professional acting career in New York City and beyond.

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