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Powerful Performances

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Max at the 2021 Chain Film Festival, NYC

I've watched Max work as an actor, a director, and a coach. His ability to communicate and build confidence in others is like none other.
– Austin Pendelton, HB Studios.

'If you aren't having fun, you aren't doing it right.'

Technique and Craft

​The craft of acting allows you to take an empty space and fill it with anything you can imagine, take those things you imagined and make them so real to yourself that they become real to everyone around you. That is good for acting. It is a truly remarkable thing, and it’s something anyone can learn.

Max will teach you the techniques first recorded by Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theater which Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagan, and many others have built upon. Lee Strasberg’s Sense Memory exercises allow you to actually FEEL the rain on your skin or the wind in your face.  Sandy Meisner’s repetition exercises let you go past the dialogue and delve into deep, raw emotion. That depth is the difference between a magnetic screen presence or a dull one.

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Using Your Body and Your Breath

Learn how to use your body, voice, and breath to be comfortable even under stressful circumstances. Like being on stage or on camera. We’ll use the techniques from Frederick Alexander and The Laban / Bartenieff Fundamental to control anxiety, create self-confidence, and access deep emotion we hide away from ourselves.

  • Saturday Scene-Study

    Technique and deep scene work every week.

    Sat

    2 hr 30 min

    215 US dollars

  • Film & TV Acting

    Act on a professional film set & learn how to become an actor.

    Starts May 18

    395 US dollars

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  • Acting: Comedy & Characters - Ages 7-12

    An acting class focused on building scenes & characters using creativi...

    Tue

    1 hr 15 min

    220 US dollars

  • On Camera Acting - Ages 13-17

    Join us for 6 incredible weeks of acting for the camera.

    Wed

    1 hr 30 min

    240 US dollars

  • Summer Camp: The Lion King

    A fun, inspiring, and safe environment for performers of different age...

    Starts Jul 15

    700 US dollars

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  • Summer Camp: Justice For Pluto

    A fun, inspiring, and safe environment for performers of different age...

    Starts Aug 5

    700 US dollars

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  • 1 Coaching Session With Max

    Build confidence and learn the craft with 1 on 1 coaching.

    55 min

    65 US dollars

  • 3 Coaching Sessions With Max

    3 Coaching Sessions for either Acting, Auditioning, Voice-Over, Speech...

    55 min

    185 US dollars

  • 5 Coaching Sessions With Max

    5 Coaching Sessions for either Acting, Auditioning, Voice-Over, Speech...

    55 min

    310 US dollars

  • 8 Coaching Sessions With Max

    8 Coaching Sessions for either Acting, Auditioning, Voice-Over, Speech...

    55 min

    480 US dollars

  • Book a Group Acting Coaching Session

    Perform scenes with your friends and fellow actors online or in-person

    55 min

    $25-$35/person

  • 30 Minute Acting Coaching for Kids

    Kids will learn improv, commercial, and acting technique with Melissa.

    1 hr

    30 US dollars

  • Book a Team Building Session

    Develop leadership and team advocacy. Create an environment of, 'Yes!'

    3 hr

    $25/hour/participant
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