JILL BESS
A lifetime of theatre, with over 40 yrs experience.
An award-winning Playwright & Actor. Director. Artist. Teacher. VO Actor
MEISNER ACTING CLASSES
Meisner Class for Adults, 18 and older
PRINCIPLES OF ACTING-
An Introduction to the Meisner method of Acting
Taught by Jill Bess
An introduction to the Sanford Meisner approach to beginning acting technique. Twenty acting classes
(two 3-hour classes per week) are conducted in
a 10-week session.
In this class the actor works to learn and apply fundamental acting principles through a step-by-step progression of exercises that develop his/her ability to work organically,
and to create truthful and expressive behavior in acting.
Although this class serves as a beginning acting class, it is for all levels of acting,
from beginner to the well-seasoned actor.
Class size & Commitment - Jill is looking for 15-25 extremely committed actors,
ages 18 and older, to begin Part 1 of the Meisner Method.
Full commitment at all classes
AND out of class rehearsals is required.
Call Jill now at 907-250-3633 for a pre-enrollment interview for questions and details and to save your spot.
All students are urged to complete a 15-minute on the phone interview before registering.
Cost of class is $600 if paid in full by first class or $215 X3 - paid on weeks 1, 4 & 7.
Jill's Bio
JILL began her theatre career in Southern California where she performed professionally in shows in the L.A. area, including Fiddler on the Roof, Company, Dames at Sea, Strider, and Godspell at the Huntington Hartford Theatre in Hollywood. Jill holds a BA in Acting from U.C., Irvine and studied the Meisner method with Maria Gobetti at the Victory Theatre in Burbank for two years. In 2013 she received her Meisner Teaching Certification from True Acting Institute, where she studied with Master Teacher Larry Silverberg. In Alaska, Jill performed in A Christmas Carol with the original Alaska Repertory Theatre and spent two madly creative years with Mr. Whitekeys in the Whale Fat Follies. She is a director, visual artist and award-winning actress and playwright who, during the last thirty years, has worked in over 150 shows in California, Nevada and with nearly every theatre company in Alaska. Jill has directed over 60 shows including Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, Blyth Spirit, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, her award-winning one-woman show The Mommy Dance (recently updated and restaged at Cyrano’s in 2022 with Linnea Hollingsworth as Mommy) and her newest play, The Old Woman Who Lost Her Voice. Jill has served as the Artistic Director for Anchorage Community Theatre, Founding Artistic Director for Alaska’s Broadway Kidz and taught theatre at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School from 2007-2020. In 2014 she founded Alaska True Art (originally Alaska True Art), where she coaches acting and teaches Improvisation and Meisner classes.
