THE FOLSTER STUDIO
An Artistic Home for the Actor
“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”
Our work utilizes and synthesizes the best in
actor training and development.
“Over the past several decades, I’ve been extremely fortunate to have trained at length with many of the finest, most accomplished acting teachers and innovators in our industry. This “theatrical cross-training” has afforded me the incredible opportunity to experience all of these approaches up close and personal, and notice their inherent strengths, challenges, differences—and most importantly, where they agree.
Standing on the shoulders of their many accomplishments, through years of painstaking inquiry, trial and error, I’ve hit upon an integrated, fluid, organic way of working that includes the very best of their contributions, while adding innovations of my own. The result is a breakthrough in holistic actor training, a complete approach that meets the modern actor at any level of development, one that I’m honored to share with you.”
The work at the Studio are divided into four parts: Instrument, Technique, Script Interpretation and Scene Study. Particular attention is applied to Characterization and how that character exists within the world of that particular story. Steeped in the Method, Adler and Meisner techniques while including our own innovations such as Script Inquiry® and The Map For Building the Role, we cultivate a specific, fluid way of working particularly well-suited to the professional challenges and fast turnaround times of today’s actor.
"Living Authentically Within the World Of the Script" is the organizing principle of all the work. The process is highly individualized, adapting to each actors' particular strengths and challenges, guiding them on the road to greater truth, specificity and freedom.
Our diverse community of members ranges in experience from folks just starting out to professionals who can be seen regularly in everything from Academy Award-nominated films, to major film festivals (Cannes, Tribeca, South By Southwest, etc.), to every major television network and streaming platform available, to Broadway, Off and Off-Off-Broadway, National Tours and Regional Theatre.
