(August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) .¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´ Sanford Meisner was a renowned acting teacher at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. In his book “On Acting”, Meisner used improvisation as the basic starting point in his actor training classes in a form called repetition. Here is a quote from the book Meet Your Playful [...]
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Repetition – Sanford Meisner
Posted: 3rd August 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: acting, Improvisaion, Meet Your Playful Self, Sandford Meisner, theatre
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Theatre experiment – Story of a “little” tour – Part 2
Posted: 21st July 2010 by cord in The ProjectsTags: Beckett, improvisation, theater, theatre
Artwork created by Alvin Felch On to Viroqua, WI This town was “probably” named so after a Mohawk girl who lived “down east.” “A Connecticut man saw her perform in a theatre, liked the name, and bestowed it later on the Vernon county settlement. What better place to bring “Krapp” than a town that was [...]
Theatre Experiment – Story of a “little” Tour
Posted: 19th July 2010 by cord in The ProjectsTags: Beckett, improvisation, theater, theatre
Artwork created by Alvin Felch In The Beginning Link to video…Some words of KRAPP. After 40 years of teaching, acting, and directing, it was time to launch an experiment with a goal: to bring a unique theatre experience to small towns and villages of Wisconsin. Since it would take a lot of time, commitment to [...]
KRAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Posted: 30th December 2009 by cord in The ProjectsTags: Beckett, improvisation, theater, theatre
Wrestling with a tape recorder What joy in approaching a Krappy New Year?? I first performed the role of Krapp in Samuel Becketts Krapp’s Last Tape in April of 1994. Yes, that was some 15 years ago. I am about to perform the role again – but it wasn’t easy. Do you know how hard [...]