Meisner Technique II

DRA4269.01
Course System Home Terms Spring 2025 Meisner Technique II

Course Description

Summary

This course will advance the work of Meisner I into the exploration of text and scene work. We will discover how to transform words on the page into vital improvisation by continually giving up our ideas of how we think a scene should be acted and trusting in what is actually happening between the actors on stage, in the moment. We will embark on a process of character development that teaches us how to ask the questions that will align the needs, desires and deeply held beliefs of the character with our own. The class will require extensive out-of-class preparation, with a minimum of six hours a week for rehearsals and the crafting of exercises.

Prerequisites

Meisner Technique or equivalent training. Conversation with and permission of the instructor (jrohn@bennington.edu).

Please contact the faculty member : jrohn@bennington.edu

Corequisites

Dance or Drama Lab Assignment

Instructor

  • Jenny Rohn

Day and Time

Academic Term

Spring 2025

Area of Study

Credits

4

Course Level

4000

Maximum Enrollment

12