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Alex is currently teaching classes at Mulholland Academy. See below.
..teach goals..
If I have a technique, it is laying the groundwork for actors to exercise, rehearse, and perform as much and by any means possible. All while aiming for a constant state of being loose and precise at the same time- exceedingly loose in body and spirit, and very, very precise in action. I use technique from a wide swath of the contemporary and classical technique landscape.
My observation- over many years in the trenches, sorting training and performance challenges - is that any real lasting absorption and then practical benefit of actors “technique” only really comes from a very slow cook. Time. By all means, whatever it takes- however long it takes, absorb technique and use it to “put a little gunpowder” to your scene work, but then.. forget it.
Technique, any kind, it was never necessarily meant to teach you how to act. It is there to help you question.. activate..refine..it is to be used when you’re stuck, flat, off the mark, and significantly, to help you adjust, and finally, to right you when you are just not quite serving the “original intention” of the writer’s vision. You will have such days.
The road to a cold dead place that is mediocrity is littered with skilled smarty pants act technicians. It’s not enough.
Situationally intelligent, honest, spontaneous and very human acting is another thing; it is what we all wait for.
The actor’s job? Before you even get to this answer, give time and space to answering this: why, why act? Why are you doing this? Your understanding of this, settling it, it is i believe more important than so called..talent.
As you move to figure that out the job of the actor, there’s this: show up to play, very willing, open, working off the other actor with generous abandon and, at the same time, maintaining spontaneity and specificity with text -in rehearsals and especially at show time. And doing so, again and again, day after day as honestly and humanly as you can; your take on the world at that moment, using no more, no less than is needed, and then putting it all together out there-on stage, on camera- as a reflex. Unwavering, consistent, persistent, steady about things one day at a time, it all adds up to something.
Go at it, always, with ebullience and an open heart - because you WANT to do so. All the above..I believe it is the surest path for actors to be watchable, believable, and crucially, to perform for stage or camera in a way that consistently serves the story.
- Alex Murphy
“Learn to ask: what does the character in the script want? What does he do to get it? What is that like in my experience?..Every scene should be able to answer these three questions: “Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now?” -David Mamet
Alex Murphy Winter Classes, 2025
Link to classes Alex will conduct at Mulholland Academy Follow the link to view specifics for all Fall classes available from mid September to late October, 2024 - class descriptions, dates, and pricing.
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/courses/
A quick look at Alex’s Winter Classes: __________________________________________________
Fusion Technique II,
with Short Play Production
Dates: Saturday January 18 – March 1, 2025.
Duration: 7 weeks.
Times: 3pm – 8pm / All seats Taken https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/fusion-technique-i/
Fusion Technique III,
with Short Play Production
Dates: Sunday Jan 26 - Mar 9, 2025.
Duration: 7 weeks.
Times: 3pm – 8pm /All Seats Taken https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/fusion-technique-i/
Acting for the Camera – Intermediate/ Advanced
Dates: Tuesday January 14 – February 25, 2025.
7 sessions
Times: 6pm – 10pm. / All Seats Taken https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/acting-for-the-camera-2/
Meisner Technique – Introduction
Dates: Wednesday January 15 – February 26, 2025.
7 weeks. Times: 6pm – 10pm (4 hours)/All Seats Taken https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/meisner-technique/
Meisner Masterclass
Dates: Thursday, January 16 – February 27 2025.
7 weeks.
Times: 6pm– 10pm (4 hours). All Seats Taken https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/meisner-masterclass/
Acting for the Camera – Intermediate/ Advanced
Dates: Tuesday January 14 – February 25, 2025.
7 sessions
Times: 6pm – 10pm. / All Seats Taken https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/acting-for-the-camera-2/
Actors for this class must have some previous act training. We may ask for a resume or a taped monologue if you are new to the studio. The 5 week series will move steadily and efficiently to give all actors the best chance to get material for SHOWREELS. Actors will be sent some scene material to learn before our 1st class. Actor are expected to search for and choose a 1 minute monologue, contemporary. We will work on this and shoot it in the 1st class.
Your mentor, Alex Murphy, will reach out to all actors via email before start of class.
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Just below, are visual suggestions of the actor training disciplines Alex will offer in rotation throughout the studio season, September through July, at Mulholland Academy, and, when time and space available, on tour as a “guest” teacher.
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Alex teaches a weekly schedule of classes throughout the year at Mulholland Academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Please view this link for a sample of these classes, and a description of some of his classes and workshops. Additionally, you may begin viewing other classes Mulholland Academy offers each 7 week cycle throughout the year here:
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/courses/
Using the link just above, hit the “Courses” page at the top right of the page for seasonal studios classes in motion now, and coming soon-there are both Advanced training classes, and classes for the Beginner, and for students wanting to start training seriously, building a base in Mulholland Academy’s series of Foundational level acting classes. Also, you may link in deeper to Mulholland’s 3 different Diploma programs:
1- The One Year, Full time Professional Acting Diploma Program, 2-The Two Year, Part Time Pro Performance Professional Diploma Program 3- The International Foundational Diploma Program for actors just starting.
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/one-year-diploma-acting-programmes/
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As he has since 2019, Alex Murphy serves as Program Director for Mulholland Academy’s One Year, Full time Professional Acting Diploma Programme, The Two Year, Part time, Pro Performance Professional Diploma Programme, and the One Year, Part Time, International Foundational Acting Diploma Programme.
At Present, it gives me great satisfaction to announce that all 3 diploma programs at Mulhohttps://www.mulhollandacademy.com/one-year-diploma-acting-programmes/lland Academy in 2024/2025 are ALL SEATS TAKEN.
Please see the links below if you wish to apply to any one of the these Diploma training programs for the 2025/2026 season. We are currently accepting applications for September 2025/2026 programs.
Each program is designed to accommodate different levels of act training. Also, you may information regarding out our Professional Diploma programs. We are currently accepting applications for September 2025/2026 programs.
Again, See the “One Year Acting Diploma Programmes” page on Mulholland Academy’s website for info on the various levels of diploma acting study:
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/one-year-diploma-acting-programmes/
You’ll get a full overview, guidelines, and pricing for each of the following diploma programs:
1- The One Year, Full time Professional Acting Diploma Programme
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/one-year-diploma-acting-programmes/
(*Note: The Professional Acting Diploma Program has been fully sold out for the 2024/25 season. You may apply to be put on the “waiting list.”)
2- The Two Year, Part Time, Pro Performance Professional Diploma Programme
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/2-year-part-time-professional-diploma-acting-programme/
(*Note, this program is sold out for the 2024/2025 season. You may apply to be put on the “waiting list.”
3- One Year, Part Time, International Foundational Acting Diploma Programme
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/international-foundational-acting-diploma-programme/
Go to this link for full information, and to submit application”
https://www.mulhollandacademy.com/one-year-diploma-acting-programmes/
