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. Revolutionary! Inspiring! Masterful! Essential! From around the world, the critics have raved about his internationally acclaimed series, The Sanford Meisner Approach, which provides actors with indispensable instruction and deep understanding of the Meisner technique.

Shortly before his death, Sanford Meisner arranged for Larry Silverberg to create a written legacy of his teaching techniques. Workbook Four: Playing the Part is the last of the four book series The Sanford Meisner Approach. You can now experience the same training studied by some of out finest actors, including: Robert Duvall, Joanne Woodward, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Gregory Peck, Jon Voight, Eli Wallach and many others.

In Workbook Four: Playing the Part, Larry takes you on a most intimate and personal journey as he teaches you how to take on the life of the character in a deeply authentic, organic, and specific way. As you work through the lessons in Playing the Part, your creativity and imagination will be unleashed and you will learn what it really means to be an actor who is passionate, relentless, and true!

Join the students who have studied with Larry and who have used his books to master the craft of acting.

What people say:

"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

"Silverberg's writing is concise and insightful throughout and makes the technique available to any committed student." — Library Journal

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.