Hours: Friday 7:00-9:00 pm Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm This method focuses on teaching the acting approach of Earle Gister, former head of acting at Yale University. The work is in transformation, analysis of the text and putting the focus on a source outside of self. It uses Gister’s unique Principle of Action, which requires the actor to focus on affecting their scene partner rather than self-generating emotion. This creates a unique flow of energy between actors that is the key to powerful, effective acting. Designed for intermediate to advanced actors, this weekend retreat will use text from modern theater to give students an immersive, working understanding of the methodology. Students will work in two-person scenes to learn how to deal with text analysis, character development and context. Many scenes will also include monologues, and the entire class will learn how to approach both monologues and soliloquies. This class will take your acting to the next level in a supportive environment that encourages the actor to make discoveries, take the focus off of self and connect with another actor in a profound way. There is no bigger expert on Gister's teachings than Joe Alberti. He possesses hundreds of hours of class recordings from Earle's classes, and also has in his possession every single teaching notebook from Earle's private collection--boxes and boxes--given to him by Earle's family after his passing in 2012. Only 12 people are permitted to enroll in this weekend.