“Cultivate the courage to overcome any challenge, the dedication to master the craft and the space to express your own CREATIVITY.”
The Technique
The technique I teach is designed to foster deep emotional connection through detailed script analysis and personal work. It comes from years of study with Larry Moss and other teachers, along with my own experience as an actor, director, and coach.
My goal is simple: to help you feel fully engaged so your work is alive, present, and connected. Technique isn’t about planning or controlling a performance—it’s there to fire you up, explore ideas, and help you step fully into the character’s circumstances, letting the work live organically in each moment.
Every actor works differently, and every role has its own demands. I draw from both personal experience and imagination, which allows for a more open and flexible approach to the work, without unnecessary limitations.
Our work together builds on what’s already working in your process, while introducing tools that can deepen and expand it. Whether you’re preparing a role or continuing to grow as an artist, the focus is always on honoring the material with a truthful, unique take on the character you’re playing.
Expanding your technique often reconnects you to the reason you loved acting in the first place. Above all, my aim is to create a space where you feel supported, challenged, and inspired—so you can bring your full self to the work and live truthfully in imaginary circumstances.
Actors who have worked with Michael
Classes
The Books
“Finally, someone has taken all the confusing and befuddled books on technique and made them into an understandable, easy-to-use workbook that can be carried on set to be used as a reference guide. This book is an acting bible!”
— Evan Peters (American Horror Story, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
“The Work of an Actor is superb. Personal, nurturing, concise, bottom-line reality of what it costs physically, technically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally to become a contender. In short, an outstanding achievement.”
— Diane Venora (Golden Globe Nominee, Heat)
