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🎭 In EP07, Kevin & Carson sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright & actor Stephen Adly Guirgis. They talk about his rise with LAByrinth Theater Company, his legendary playwright/director collaboration with Philip Seymour Hoffman, and his deep connection to the Meisner Acting Technique. 🏆

STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS is a member and former co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater Company. His upcoming stage adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon, starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, will bow on Broadway next year. He won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Between Riverside and Crazy, which was revived on Broadway in 2023. His plays include Our Lady of 121st Street (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle nominations), Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Fringe First Award, Barrymore Award, Olivier nomination), In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (with Sam Rockwell), and The Little Flower of East Orange (with Ellen Burstyn and Michael Shannon). All five were directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and originally produced by LAByrinth. His Broadway play The Motherf**ker with the Hat (six Tony nominations, including Best Play) was directed by Anna D. Shapiro and starred Chris Rock and Bobby Cannavale. In London, his work has premiered at the National Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse, and the Almeida (directed by Rupert Goold). Guirgis co-created Netflix’s The Get Down with Baz Luhrmann. As an actor, he has appeared in theater, film, and television, including roles in HBO Max’s Winning Time (opposite John C. Reilly), Owen Kline’s Funny Pages, Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret, Todd Solondz’s Palindromes, and Brett C. Leonard’s Jailbait (opposite Michael Pitt). A former violence prevention specialist and HIV educator, he lives in New York City.

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In EP06 PT2, Kevin & Carson hold a visual demo 🎭 of Meisner's famous (or infamous) Repetition Exercise. 🎉 They invite actors CHARLOTTE FOUNTAIN-JARDIM (DOC on Fox) & LAURA SOHN (Agent Alina Park on NBC's The Blacklist) to participate, while Kevin coaches them through the moment-to-moment work 🔁. This episode gives viewers a real-time look at an exercise that’s often misunderstood — and shows how powerful it can be when done truthfully 💥👀.
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LAURA SOHN was born and raised in New Jersey. She has appeared on Instinct, NCIS: New Orleans, God Friended Me and is most notably known for her role as Agent Alina Park on NBC's The Blacklist. Laura received her BFA in Acting from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

CHARLOTTE FOUNTAIN-JARDIM has appeared in Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Natty Knocks, and most recently as Molly Parker's daughter in DOC on Fox. BFA, Acting, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

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In EP06 PT1, Kevin and Carson dive into the origin and theory behind Sanford Meisner’s landmark repetition exercise. 🔁

They explore how and why Meisner developed it, what sets it apart from other acting techniques, and how it trains actors to respond truthfully in the moment. 🎬✨ Whether you're new to Meisner or revisiting the work, this conversation lays the foundation for a deeper understanding of the craft. 🎭🧠

👀 Stay tuned for Part 2 next week! We’ll move from theory to practice with two amazing Meisner-trained actors walking us through the exercise in action. 🎤🎭

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