Meisner Acting Workshop to be offered at Ulua Theatre

Jim Jarrett, star of the international touring one-man show "Vincent," will offer a two-day Master Actor's class in the Meisner technique. The workshop is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on April 5 and 6 at the Ulua Theatre. This is a rare opportunity and space is limited so interested students should contact the Ulua Theatre right away to reserve their spot in the class.

Sanford Meisner was one of the earliest actors of the Group Theatre, along with Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, and Harold Clurman, among others. This theatre company brought Stanislavski's "Method Acting" technique into practice and prominence in America.

In 1933 Meisner became disenchanted with pure "Method" acting and felt that an American approach was needed to help American actors achieve the goal of "living truthfully under imaginary circumstances." He began to develop this approach at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where he remained for over two decades, until leaving to work for Twentieth Century Fox in Hollywood.

Meisner later returned to the Neighborhood Playhouse, serving as head of the Drama Department until 1990, while also co-founding schools in the West Indies and in North Hollywood. The Sanford Meisner Center is a school and theatre still operating today in North Hollywood.

Famed playwright Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible etc.) has described Meisner as "the most principled teacher of acting" in this country. "[When] I am reading actors I can pretty well tell which ones have studied with Meisner. It is because they are honest and simple and don't lay on complications that aren't necessary."

Meisner has taught such esteemed actors as Gregory Peck, Grace Kelly, Diane Keaton, James Woods, Susan Sarandon, Sydney Pollack, and many many others. Jim Jarrett began studying with Meisner in 1987, becoming one of only a handful of people in the world personally trained by Meisner to teach the Meisner Technique.

In addition to maintaining a successful career as an actor, Jarrett is the founder and director of San Francisco's Meisner Technique School of Acting. He is offering this three day intensive workshop as a gesture of aloha and support for the efforts of Jason Scott Lee's Ulua Theatre at Pu Mu. The cost for participation is only $40 per person for the full two days, with all proceeds going to the Ulua Theatre.

We are sending the word out to YOU, the friends & supporters of Ulua Theatre before announcing this to the public, so you have the first opportunity to reserve a spot in this workshop! To reserve your space, please send your check as soon as possible to:

Kilauea Productions P.O. Box 831 Volcano, HI 96785

Space is limited! Checks must be received by April 1st. Please provide a telephone number so we can call to confirm receipt and guarantee your spot in the class.

For more information about this event and about the Ulua Theatre, please visit: www.ulua.org or email: uluatheatre@earthlink.net