“NO ACTING PLEASE” – CONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKI

Method Actors
   AL PACINO   MERYL STREEP  PAUL NEWMAN      SEAN PENN
GARY OLDMAN  DANIEL DAY-LEWIS    LAURENCE FISHBURNE
     JAMES DEAN  ROBERT REDFORD  DUSTIN HOFFMAN
   JOHNNY DEPP   MARLON BRANDO  STELLA ADLER  LIAM NEESON
LEE STRASBERG  JOHN C. REILLY  JENNIFER CONNELLY MATT DAMON
     ROBERT DE NIRO  CHRISTIAN BALE   JACK NICHOLSON
  MONTGOMERY CLIFF   PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN   EMILY WATSON
DENZEL WASHINGTON  CHRISTOPHER WALKEN    JAMES GANDOLFINI
     NAOMI WATTS  JEAN RENO    VINCENT D’ONOFERIO
     RUSSELL CROWE  VAL KILMER   DAKOTA FANNING...

The STANISLAVSKI METHOD will prepare you for work in FILM, TV, COMMERCIALS, or THEATRE.

LEARN THE MOST TIME-HONORED APPROACH TO THE ACTING CRAFT.

Whenever an actor “pretends” or creates something that is not organic, their performance will be representational. They’re pretending. The best anyone can hope to get from an audience with this kind of work is a “pretend” response. But, if the artist is truthful and actually experiences the emotions that go along with his or her character’s actions, then the audience will experience the emotion too. (For more, see “What is the method”)

About the Atwater Playhouse:
The space itself is a 45-seat, intimate but spacious brand-new theatre. This theatre and school were opened with the intention of presenting drama in the most honest, organic way possible. The Atwater Playhouse is a Method acting theatre. All work and performance done in the space is treated with the same amount of respect for the acting craft that Constantin Stanislavski preached in his writings and teachings. The theatre is also available for private rentals.