As head of the acting department of The Neighborhood Playhouse for
forty years, Sanford Meisner was considered one of the greatest
acting teachers of our time. As a founding member of The Group
Theatre, Mr. Meisner also acted in many of its stage productions,
including Awake and Sing!, Paradise Lost, An American Tragedy,
Golden Boy, and Crime and Punishment. Some of the thousands of
actors he taught in his classes at The Playhouse include, among
others, Elizabeth Ashley, Barbara Baxley, James Broderick, James
Caan, Keir Dullea, Robert Duvall, Lee Grant, Lorne Green, Tammy
Grimes, Anne Jackson, Diane Keaton, Louise Lasser, Darren McGavin,
Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck, Suzanne Pleshette, Tony Randall, Jo
Van Fleet, Jon Voight, Eli Wallach, and Joanne Woodward. Mr.
Meisner died in 1997.
After earning a degree in philosophy from Yale, Dennis Longwell
studied acting with Sanford Meisner in the 1960s. He has also
worked as an actor, teacher, and museum curator. His monograph,
Steichen- The Master Prints, 1895-1914, published by the Museum of
Modern Art in 1978, is the definitive book on the early photographs
of Edward Steichen. Mr. Longwell is currently a visiting Associate
Professory of History of Art and Design at the Pratt Institute.
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