The Home of the Meisner Technique

In 1935, Sanford Meisner, one of the greatest acting teachers of the 20th Century, joined the acting faculty of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. In 1940, he became head of the acting program. It was here that the world-renowned Meisner Technique was born.

~The Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC

Shawna Lynn Cox is a 2014 Alumni.

A life long dream come true.

~Shawna Lynn Cox

Explore the Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC, where “an ounce of behaviour is worth a pound of words.”