The Acting Studio – New York

Met James Price at The New York Film Academy as my first Meisner teacher.
The man taught me to «Live truthfully under imaginary circumstances,» and from there I was able to let go of the idea of acting and just focus on my scene partner and react off of them. I was hooked, post graduation I continued my study with The Acting Studio. A nice space located in Shetler Studios with a collection of necessary classes for the young actor and progressive fundamentals for the working actor.
I have taken both James Price and John Grabowski’s class and they truly are a great balance.
James shows you tools, setting you up with the basic mechanics of Meisner, basically deprograming you from everyday life and gets you to listen and concentrate on the moment.
John takes it to the next level. As a working actor I have used the knowledge from James’ class and brought it to my approach. I have come back numerous times for John Grabowski’s advance scene study classes, and I always discover something knew, often reminded that there is always more to learn, and as throughly convinced of the actor family the Acting Studio provides. John helps you develop a «directors eye», an important tool for a working actor to gauge rehearsals and develop a more refine craftsmanship to the work, the character, the scene, the relationship, the moments, etc.
I see actors here I have seen in Acting Studio productions and take classes with them. You learn as much from James & John, as much as you do from your fellow actors.
Come here for a education. Build a network and community. Come back and keep learning!

James Price is a New York treasure. Anyone looking for clear and complete training as an actor should consider Mr. Price.

I did the full two year program. Prior to my study at The Acting Studio I came to New York and worked in the office at a small school for 5 years. After my training at The Acting Studio I booked a regional «White Christmas» playing Bob Wallace, I have travelled the country on the 1^st National Tours of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Billy Elliot and have been successfully employed as an actor for the last 5 years. James is great. I always feel welcome when I stop by, and am often invited to sit in and watch the work, and I love it. The friends I made during my study with the Acting Studio are still my friends today. If you want to be a better actor, feel more confident in auditions and in rehearsals, and ultimately in front of an audience, this is the place.

I decided that it would be fun to take some acting classes a while back. I always had a huge passion for theater. So I decided to take an introduction to Meisner a while back with these guys.
The teacher was James, who is the artistic director of the studio (and founded it like over 20 years ago). It is a Meisner based studio so the Intro class had a lot of repetition exercises. The class was really interesting for people who want to be professional actors but not fun for people who just want to take acting classes for personal enrichment, confidence, or public speaking.
Also, James is downright mean sometimes. So you have to be ok with having your ego crushed over and over again. Which, I guess is what will happen if you become a professional actor, but not really necessary if you just want to pursue acting classes for your own leisure.