About the Book:

Larry Silverberg is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Sanford Meisner technique of acting and an internationally acclaimed author. He is especially renowned for his four volume series of Sanford Meisner Approach workbooks.

The End of Acting Technique encompasses his experience of decades of dedication to the craft of acting, summarized with great clarity and effectiveness, offering a simple way to reach the heart of the work. A must for all artistic truth seekers. It is more than a guidebook for acting. Larry Silverberg illuminates with precision and essentially the fundamental passages for an authentic, living acting.

What people say:

"I teach acting to 9th-12th grade theatre students who are already, at their young age, mired in bad habits, social anxieties and complex self-images. Getting them to give in to process over product, work in the 'right now' is a challenge. Larry's insights, revealed in the pages of this book, will encourage young actors to work from a place of instinct, intuition and unfettered understanding of their own human natures. Larry puts things in such simple straight-forward ways, demystifying and purifying the alchemy of acting." — Scott Keys, director of the theater program at Booker High School's renowned Visual and Performing Arts Program

"Larry Silverberg cares deeply about actors and acting and his insights make a vital contribution to the craft. In The End of Acting Technique, he has distilled his many years of teaching experience into a gem of a book destined to be on every actors' required reading list. Beautifully refined and crafted, Larry's writing is deeply inspirational. As an acting teacher, this book makes me even more excited to work with acting students. As an actor, it inspires me to reconsider my practice and ignites my longing to dive deeper into the work. Larry always finds a way to sharpen and refine the craft. A must read." — Valerie Campbell, Associate Professor Emerita in Drama within the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary

"In The End of Acting Technique Larry Silverberg cuts through the jargon that plagues today's acting schools and confound their students. Larry takes the unnecessary 'mystery' out of acting and succinctly gets to the heart of what actors must do to bring life to the stage or screen. Larry's approach is simple, but demands an actor's heart, soul, mind, strength; and a commitment to the craft." — Steven Pounders, Professor, Department of Theatre Arts, Baylor University

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.