We had to run workshops in acting technique where we got into groups of people who were in our scenes in the play and we made a masterclass which we presented to the class. We did ours on Meisner. We decided to explain a little bit about Meisner, by giving them some facts to listen to and then we ran our scene. We then told them to look for the differences as we applied Meisner's repetition exercise to the scene.
This was a fairly simple workshop, but it allowed them to effectively understand his teachings, why he thought these things and how they would help a scene come to life. I think we showed this really effectively, as we got some great feedback.
People said there was a good balance of information and acting for them to stay interested and to understand what we meant. They also said that we made it really clear the differences and the development in the scene and you could clearly see the difference in relationships start to come through.
They also said that watching it, helps you to understand it more and really see the point of it. It helps you to visually see it, as well as understanding the difference in just the text. It was a lot more interesting to watch and clearly showed how it works.
I think we did an effective masterclass, as everyone seemed to understand what we have done and why it does help to show the ways in which it can improve a text and generally speed a text along and give the whole play a good pace to keep the audience interested.
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