On stage since 1993.

I started acting professionally in 1993, working from the Stanislavski-based technique I learned as an undergraduate: play the action, pursue the objective. It was a solid foundation. Then, at Purdue, came three years of intensive Meisner training, and that is where I really learned my craft.

Yes, I’m a Meisnerite. The method is still my primary way into a truthful, responsive performance. But no single technique fits every actor, which is why I rebuilt my introductory course as Acting: Methods. Students work through Stanislavski, Meisner, Hagen, Strasberg, Bogart and Michael Chekhov, and build a reliable method suited to their own instincts.