Mine For The Meaning

&Memorization Class

As actors, we tend to want to figure out how to play the scene as soon as possible. BUT let’s start by making sure we  understand the scene  so that nothing is lost when acting it. It’s a surefire way to give you the best chance of success within your class work, auditions and onstage or on set.

No preparation necessary. Just show up ready to learn some great techniques to implement in your work. This is an intimate, relaxed, collaborative and fun environment to get better at understanding what the playwright intended. 

We also focus on how to memorize in the most effective way so that you become more than just an actor remembering lines and start to exist as a human who allows the words - yes, all of the correct words - to  flow authentically.

NYC Acting Class
NYC Acting Class
NYC Acting Class
NYC Acting Class
NYC Acting Class

What students are saying:

  • Mark is the most dedicated teacher I have ever had. You can tell he cares so much about his students and how he can best support each of our individual growth as actors. I look forward to his monthly Mine for the Meaning classes where I learn so many valuable skills that I apply when reading a scene for the first time.

    - Sara

  • In Mine for the Meaning (M4TM), my AHA! moment was when I found out that determining how I feel about characters off the bat was not helping me get 'specific' in the way I thought it was. In

    trying to be more "specific", I would try to decide why a character made a certain choice or label a character because of a choice they made. "He is harsh/selfish when he is blaming her for trying to get over their son's death." I am closing myself off to options. The ways a person may be contradictory, imperfect, and more human than I was allowing for. It's important to keep yourself open to all of the options for meaning. When you aren't predetermining the meaning of the line, you can let it be what it wants to be in the moment with your partner. What you feel honestly in those circumstances.

    - Brooke

  • I attended this month’s ‘Mine For The Meaning’ class last night with this phenomenal, open hearted and intelligent crew and for three hours we were immersed in the world of curiosity, exploration and a deep reverence for our personal collective humanity. I left with that warm honey feeling, thinking ‘my god, this is why we do what we do’.

    - Caylie

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