Sanford Meisner was one of the founding members of the Group Theater in New York City along with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler. Much like the technique developed by famed Russian actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski, where the Miesner technique has its roots, the Meisner method is a systematic approach to the craft of acting using exercises that build upon each other as the actor progresses further into the study.
Each of the three Group Theater founders went on to develop their own unique versions of the techniques developed at the theater. Meisner’s technique was based, in part, on the belief that to achieve “true” acting performances an actor must work by reacting in the moment to the other actors and the play as a whole as it evolves onstage.
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