Avoid the traps of bad acting and awaken to what makes performing exciting, joyous, and breathtakingly real. Larry Silverberg, the author who introduced the Meisner Technique to actors through his acclaimed four-volume workbook series, has now written a Meisner guidebook for young actors. In Meisner for Teens: A Life of True Acting, Silverberg speaks directly to teenage actors, guiding them step-by-step through the demanding and thrilling exercises of the Meisner Approach. In this workbook and acting journal wrapped in one, students keep a journal in which they define their desires and refine their skills of observation: learning to listen carefully to other people and pay keener attention to their own responses. Through dialogue work in pairs, young actors learn to engage immediately and directly with their partners. True acting develops through this increased sensitivity and fearless response to others. Meisner for Teens: A Life of True Acting, based on Silverberg¿s highly praised workshops for teens, will help teen actors to free themselves from self-consciousness and the pressures of performance to achieve truth on the stage¿and in life. Larry Silverberg, director of the True Acting Institute, is an actor, acting teacher, and author of many books on acting. He is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse, where he studied with legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner, and is considered one of the foremost authorities on the Meisner Technique. He has written an internationally acclaimed four-volume series on the Meisner Technique called The Sanford Meisner Approach: An Actors Workbook. His other books include Loving to Audition and The 7 Simple Truths of Acting for the Teen Actor (all published by Smith and Kraus). Silverberg teaches acting in his world-renowned professional actors training program, The Meisner Intensive Training Program, which he holds at universities, colleges, and acting studios around the world. He is also the founder of the True Acting Institute Association and is on the teaching faculties of The International Institute of the Performing Arts in Paris and European Act.