Teaching Emotional Truth

Without Emotional Damage

A safer, clearer way to work with high-stakes emotional material

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This class is free. We go live online on Tuesday, March 24th @ 7pm Eastern

Emotion is the most feared & least understood aspect of acting.

Actors everywhere quietly carry the same fear: "what if the emotion doesn’t come?”, “What if I can’t cry?”, "What if I feel nothing?”, “What if I have to fake it?"


And when actors don’t have a reliable, truthful way to meet the emotional demands of a script, something painful happens: they push, they force, they pretend, or they simply hope it will “work” this time."


The result is acting that's false, strained, exaggerated, or bizarre—and audiences feel it immediately.

What If Emotion Was No Longer a Mystery—or a Risk?


What if emotion were not something actors were told to chase,

summon, or manufacture—

but something that emerged naturally from truthful,

human behavior under clear, teachable circumstances?

Yes, Save My Spot

In this masterclass

you will learn

  • Why many approaches to “emotional acting” unintentionally confuse, overwhelm, or shut actors down
  • The persistent myths about emotion that create fear, blockage, or emotional self-consciousness in the classroom
  • Why asking actors to “try to feel” often undermines truthful behavior and emotional availability
  • What emotion actually is—and how it naturally arises from clear, human action
  • A clear, teachable, repeatable framework that allows emotion to emerge organically and safe


This work is not about emotional tricks, personal trauma, or self-exploitation. It is about teaching human truth—responsibly, sustainably, and with deep respect for the actor.


The Breakthrough: Emotion Is an Outcome — Not a Goal

The central breakthrough of this master class is simple and profound:  Emotion is not something you do. It is something that happens as a result of truthful human behavior under imaginary circumstances.


When your students stop trying to produce emotion & instead learn how to live truthfully within given circumstances, emotion emerges—powerfully & honestly.


This class will show you exactly how.

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Meet Your Teacher:

Larry Silverberg

Larry is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Meisner Approach to acting. Author of the Meisner Approach books, Larry has trained thousands of actors and teachers around the world. His work is grounded in truth, humanity, and the power of authentic connection — guiding teachers and actors alike toward artistry that is alive, spontaneous, and real.