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Listen—it’s great that you do a stellar Stanley Kowalski, but maybe think twice before bringing a scene from “Streetcar Named Desire” to your acting class. As Backstage Expert and acting coach Anthony Meindl (Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop) says, all actors should make it a point to be reading plays—especially new plays! There’s a wealth of material out there to sink your teeth into, and Meindl breaks down what you should be doing to find it.
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Anthony Meindl
Anthony Meindl is an award-winning writer-director-producer, creativity expert, inspirational speaker, and artistic director of Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop (AMAW) with studios in Los Angeles, New York, London, Sydney, and Vancouver.
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