In the early part of the last century . . .

              The Group Theatre revolutionized the American theatre by incorporating a form of training based on "the system" of Constantin Stanislavski. The Group became a huge commercial success, and generated some of the greatest acting teachers of the 20th century: Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Robert Lewis, and most importantly Sanford Meisner.

              However, even in its triumphs, "the system" was evolving, and competing schools of thought emerged. Stella Adler and Sanford Meisner broke from Strasberg's psychological "method", after finding from Stanislavski that the system had grown from its earlier incarnation. Adler began teaching classes of her own and incorporated the new innovations, and Meisner formulated and began to teach "the reality of doing”, a new technique.

              Meisner created a tangible, teachable approach — and after Stanislavski, this was the next great step in the evolution of the training of actors . . .

Today . . .

              Teachers of "method-oriented" training claim to pass on the psychological
techniques of Strasberg, garnered directly from 25 years of study with Strasberg.
However, should it really take 25 years of study to learn, or teach, any craft?
               Teachers of the "Meisner technique" have become academic, offering certificate programs to students wishing to learn from Meisner's protégés, and surely, these diverse personalities pass on, as best as possible, what each of them recalls.
               Some studios have faculty that are "primarily performing artists". Certainly, these teachers are committed performing artists, but are they committed Master Teachers?

Where is the next step?
Where is the next revolution?
Isn't there a Master Teacher,
      who has built upon the venerable work of the lineage of Great Master Teachers  —
              evolving, revolutionizing, and completing the craft?

Yes.

Stanislavski conceived of a system,
Sanford Meisner shaped it into a teachable approach,
Robert Patterson has developed it into a complete craft.


              The Work that is taught at The Robert Patterson Studio, IS the new revolution in the teaching of The Craft of Acting.
Robert Patterson's complete approach has been developed in over thirty years of teaching experience, and is as revolutionary as the Group Theatre was 70 years ago.
              This is not "technique" from a year of basic exercises and a year of character work, after which a student applies his bag of tricks for life; this is acting as a complete craft, learned as one continuous action. When the student finishes, the work can then be applied to a role as one continuous action, leaving no "acting problems," no holes, and no questions. It is called "The Work", because it is just that — it is the way an actor works, and it is complete.