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GET CREATIVELY UNBLOCKED!
MONDAY NIGHTS
from 6-9:30pm
Matthew Corozine's Advanced
Meisner Class
April Magen's Intro to Meisner Class
Ongoing Meisner-based classes!
Once-a-week, for 4 consecutive weeks: $215
Single class: $60
*If you are new to MCS Miami and enrolling for the first time, you must register with 4 weeks at $215 for four consecutive weeks (not the single class).
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The Broadway, television & film acting coach, teacher, and theater director, brings his transformative"Get Outta Your Head" Meisner-based technique classes to Miami.
ADVANCED MEISNER with Matthew Corozine
Matthew guides each student through the art of listening, to go past their “stories” and hidden blockages, to be completely present in each moment. The space belongs to the student – each actor is empowered to go beyond what stands in their way to being a fully expressed artist.
MONDAY NIGHTS
from 6-9:30pm
Once-a-week, for 4 consecutive weeks: $215
Single class: $60
*If you are new to MCS Miami and enrolling for the first time, you must register with 4 weeks at $215 for four consecutive weeks (not the single class).
INTRO TO MEISNER WITH APRIL MAGEN
MEISNER WITH APRIL MAGEN and ben gleichauf
THURSDAY NIGHTS
from 6-9:30pm
Once-a-week, for 4 consecutive weeks: $215
Single class: $60
*If you are new to MCS Miami and enrolling for the first time, you must register with 4 weeks at $215 for four consecutive weeks (not the single class).
All levels welcome!
THURSDAY NIGHTS
from 6:30-8:30pm
“Learn by doing!” Improvisation is an essential component in the actor's tool box. It has been defined as the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to one’s surroundings. This is a fun, high energy Improvisation acting class which engages every student on every level. It is designed to stimulate spontaneity and creativity through improvisation exercises, theatre games, and unscripted scene work. The class is structured to cultivate the actor’s innate skills. Students will develop basic and advanced acting skills, including: Sensory recall, concentration, emotional investment, subtext, diction, body control/awareness, blocking, timing, and “living in the moment”. Students will learn to use their body and voices effectively on stage and to interact naturally without self –consciousness. They will also learn the necessary techniques that place them on the path toward dynamic, creative and believable acting! With a “Whose Line is it Anyway?” vibe, this is certainly an uplifting, fast paced, “risk and respect” fun class where you are free to be YOU!!
Once-a-week, for 4 consecutive weeks: $120
Single class: $35
NOTE: Current MCS Meisner students receive a discounted rate of:
$25 per class ($100 for 4 weeks)
short form improvisation(18+) WITH LINDA "POPS" JARVIS-GUERREA
Our Team
April Magen
MCS Acting Teacher
and Associate
Linda “Pops” Jarvis-Guerra
MCS Improv Teacher
Ben Gleichauf
MCS Teacher
April Magen has been instrumental in coordinating MCS' expansion to Miami, including securing our location for in-person classes, and spreading the word to the Miami arts community.
April began her career as a principal dancer with the acclaimed Donald Byrd/The Group in New York City in 1990, after receiving her BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 2016, April has been the Director of Global Partnerships at Design Miami, overseeing both fairs in Basel, Switzerland, and Miami, Florida. Prior, she was the Director and Co-Owner of Magen H Gallery in New York City exhibiting Post-war French decorative art, sculpture, and ceramics for over ten years. During her time at the gallery, She produced the acclaimed publications: Art et Industrie: A New York Movement and La Borne 1940-1980: A postwar movement of ceramic expression in France. She has been a student of Matthew Corozine since 2002 and is excited to be a part of MCS’s expansion to Miami in 2021.
Linda “Pops” Jarvis-Guerra is a native of South Florida. She has been working as a professional actress, improviser, director, writer, and acting teacher for over four decades. She has studied with Circle Repertory Theatre Company, Chicago City Limits, and the Second City Touring Company, among others. “Pops” has performed in numerous stage productions in roles ranging from Blanche Dubois in “A Streetcar Named Desire” to Florence in “The Odd Couple (Female Version)”, as well as appearing in commercials, T.V., and film. She was a lead player in Miami’s premier improv company, “Mental Floss” and co-founder of “Laughing Gas Comedy Improv Troupe”.
While studying for her BFA at MDCC-N and FIU, she formed the improv troupes “Wit Happens”, “’Till Someone Puts An Eye Out”, and was the artistic director of “Miami Theatre Sports”. She has directed countless stage productions across South Florida., some of her favorites include "The Wiz", "Chronicles of Narnia", “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” and Jules Fiffer’s “Hold Me”.
Her acting students, throughout the years, have been cast in various television, film and theatre roles and have been accepted into top University acting programs including Carnegie Mellon, NYU TISCH, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, and Berkeley. From 2007 thru 2017 while teaching at a prestigious private school in Miami, her students consecutively ranked number one in the State of Florida Thespian competitions. As an advocate for theatre for social change, "Pops" has written and directed several acclaimed "Drug Awareness, Red Ribbon" productions for teens and young adults. Her unique fun and engaging teaching style makes coming to class an adult creative playground. She currently lives in Miami, is married to Carl Guerra (professional stand-up comedian) and she is a proud mother to her son, Dylan Guerra.
“Pops” is super excited to bring her expertise in improvisation and acting to the MCS family.
Ben has spent over a decade studying, teaching and utilizing the Meisner acting technique and strongly believes in its power to inspire, unlock, and advance artists in every genre from beginning to advanced levels. Ben received his BFA in Musical Theatre and BA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine and his Masters in Educational Theatre from The City College of New York (CUNY). He is the current Fine/Performing Arts Department head and theatre teacher/director at Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory in southern Florida. Recent directorial projects include Mamma Mia!, Dracula and Chicago. An accomplished performer, Ben has been seen on the national tours of Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, The Anaheim Ballet as well as with Disney Cruise Line (Mainstage Performer). Off-broadway/NYC credits include Red Hot and Blue (Theatre Row), 4@15 (York), and Mr. Marmalade (MCS). Regional Credits include West Side Story (5 times throughout the country), Cats, Wedding Singer, Chicago and Guys and Dolls among many others. Ben also spent two summers performing at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Proud Actors Equity member.
The Space
Scottish Rite Temple
471 NW 3rd St.
Miami, FL, 33128
PARKING
FREE parking behind the building.