About the Book:

Meisner for Teens is truly a first. Never before has a book for teen actors offered these specific and simple ways to open your heart, your mind, and your soul to your acting partners and to the world around you.

Larry Silverberg is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Sanford Meisner technique of acting and an internationally acclaimed author. Just as thousands of students have done in his workshops for teens all around the world, as you absorb the lessons in Meisner for Teens, you will learn how to avoid the traps of bad acting and you will awaken to the specific ingredients that make acting thrilling, joyous and breathtakingly real. You will discover that the pressures of "performing for the audience" will lift, the worries about "am I good enough" will evaporate and the fears of fully expressing yourself will disappear. This "class in a book" will help and guide you toward growing as an actor and an artist who has the courage and the strength to be completely who you are, to be totally yourself, to reclaim your unique voice and your truthful point of view and to become a true actor for life!

There is urgency here! Larry Silverberg knows how important your acting is to you, he also knows the pressures you face every day in your life and how that often gets in the way of being truly free to act. The sad fact is that 95 percent of actors are working in ways that are false, artificial, hollow and lifeless. Now, with the lessons offered in Meisner for Teens, you will rise to the top 5 percent of all actors. Moving, intimate, and profoundly human, this Meisner guidebook by renowned author and master acting coach, Larry Silverberg, offers you the keys to working in ways that are deeply passionate, vibrantly alive, simple, and true.

What people say:

"Silverberg brings another indispensable resource to young actors with his workbook instruction guide on the Meisner technique. Silverberg speaks directly to teenagers and challenges them to think critically about their purpose in becoming a character and living truthfully on stage. What I love about this book is its interactive nature. Acting is doing, and here Silverberg engages teens in his writing so they don’t get lost in his instruction. In Meisner for Teens, performers define their desires, outline their technique, and refine their skills of listening and observation. For young performers eager for all-encompassing training, Meisner for Teens is a must-have." — Backstage

"When Larry writes, it is as if he is talking directly to you. You feel in personal touch with his enthusiasm, his passion and his insight. Take it from me, it is a good feeling." — April Shawhan, UCLA School of Theatre

About the Author:

Larry Silverberg is a widely renowned authority on the Sanford Meisner technique of acting. He studied with master teacher Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School in New York City, and wrote the internationally-acclaimed, four-volume series the Sanford Meisner Approach, widely considered the primary source for training actors at studios worldwide. In addition to being one of the most published acting coaches in the world and an award-winning actor and director, he is also the Master Teacher of Acting and Full Professor at renowned Shenandoah University Conservatory of Theatre.