It takes a lot to surprise me. Incredibly meaningful and tremendously thoughtful.
Maggie Flanigan Studio Inc
The Maggie Flanigan Studio in NYC professional actor training program teaching the Meisner Technique.
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com We are proud to be NYC’s most respected professional actor training program. We welcome aspiring actors interested in going the distance with themselves; risk-takers who want to feel safe, nurtured, and yet pushed in a way they could have never imagined in order to fulfill their fullest artistic potential. Charlie and all of the faculty approach every day honor
Huge congrats to all our 2nd Years who are now equipped with the following:
- To pay attention
- To observe behavior
- To cultivate curiosity
- To seek understanding
- To listen
- To have empathy
- To imagine
The actors greatest resource is not talent.
It is a fascination with human behavior.
06/01/2026
Acting is an art form. Serious training matters. Congratulations to my second year students 💙
05/29/2026
If you learn how to do good work consistently, that air of desperation is going to diminish to something unrecognizable in you.
05/26/2026
The best acting, truthful acting, truthful artistry, is in the actor’s ability to be able to drop all of the walls and that requires courage.
05/20/2026
Acting is not about performance. It is about creating truthful human behavior.
Talent is cheaper than table salt. The ability to consistently create vivid, organic, fully realized
human behavior does not happen by accident.
It is built through process and technique.Through craft. Through serious training. Through failure. Through the willingness to work deeply, specifically, and honestly over time. It requires vulnerability, empathy, and courageous
honesty.
That is what we teach.
*Link in Bio to apply.
05/19/2026
We believe acting matters because people matter. Human behavior matters. Stories matter. Empathy matter. Art matters.
Everyone who attended our “Experiential Open House” got to witness our manifesto in real life.
Summer Intensive begins June 12th!
We’re still taking applications before we start a waitlist.
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Address
147 W. 25th Street 5th Floor
New York, NY
10001
Opening Hours
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |