Mr. Ernie Martin

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  Ernie Martin Martin Acting Studios: Teaching an Acting Craft Rooted in Organic Behavior, Reality and The Imagination Martin Acting Studios
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  Ernie Martin is one of the most revered acting teachers to emerge from New York's legendary Actors Studio. Mr. Martin is a graduate of The American Theatre Wing's Professional Drama School and a student of Lee Strasberg.
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  During the following years, Mr. Martin divided his time between New York and Los Angeles, building his now highly respected and distinguished reputation throughout the theatre community as teacher and director.
  
  Among the critically acclaimed productions directed by Mr. Martin are David Rabe's "In the Boom Boom Room," winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award; "All My Sons," by Arthur Miller; Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing" in New York at the Joseph Jefferson Theatre; "Where's My Little Gloria" at the Hudson Guild Theatre, and "Mama's Little Angels" at the Quaigh Theatre.
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  At the Actors Studio in New York, Mr. Martin directed two revivals by Tennessee Williams: "At Liberty" and "Orpheus Descending" with Ann Wedgeworth.
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  In the 1970's, Mr. Martin lectured at Fordham University in NY. The topic: "The Creative Behavioral Approach of the Actor in Psychology. In California at the Pasadena University of Design parallel in the Arts. In 1987, Ernie Martin was featured teaching a class in the film, "Hello, Actors Studio," (a history of the Studio) a French-Canadian Production directed by Annie Tresgot.
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  During the same year, Mr. Martin was invited to do a seminar at Lincoln Center, the program: "The Master Teacher and the Actor's Career. >p> Also during the 1980's, Mr. Martin directed Spain's premiere production of Nikolai Gogol's "Diary of a Madman" starring one of Spain's leading actors, Fermi Reixach at the Theatre Romeo in Barcelona. He was also Drama Coach and Line Director on the movie "The Black Pearl" which was filmed in Madrid and Majorca. In 1982, Mr. Martin designed and built his own theatre, The Ernie Martin Studio Theatre on West 43rd Street in the heart of New York's theatre district, a drama school for professional and beginning actors, which also house a theatre for student productions. He also established the Actors Creative Theatre, a non-profit theatre and acting company. After creating a Writers and Directors Unit, Mr. Martin produced and directed numerous original plays that were developed in the Unit and performed by the Acting Company.
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  In February of 1992, Ernie Martin was elected to the position of Artistic Director of the Actors Studio West for a period of two years.
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  From January through April 2001, Mr. Martin directed two One Act plays by Eugene O'Neill, "Hughie" and "Before Breakfast" at the Mercat de Les Flors (The Lincoln Center of Barcelona, a 750 seat theatre).
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  Since returning from Spain, Mr. Martin has directed various staged readings of original plays, and directed the Actors Creative Theatre productions of Joe McDonald's A Reed In the Wind and Sage Allen's Before the Next Blue Norther, both at the Abingdon Theatre in New York City.
  
  In 2006 Mr. Martin joined forces with Fermi Reixach once again to direct at 20th Anniversary of Diary of A Madman, due to it's huge success in Spain, and it was performed in Catalonia, Madrid, and Barcelona. He has been Guest Master Teacher at the highly acclaimed Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Martin is featured in Eva Mekler's book "The New Generation of Acting Teachers."
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  Mr. Martin is now retired, having passed the teaching torch to his daughter Diánna, and is working on his memoirs. He lives with his wife, actress Ann Wedgeworth, in New York.
  
  Mr. Martin is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio, as an actor, teacher, and director.
  
  UPDATE: Ernie Martin has, at my prompting, posted a web page of his own. It details much of what is outlined here, including elements from the original website, but was trimmed to suit Ernie's tastes. Please visit the page of The Ernie Martin Studio Theatre that was recently posted for Ernie Martin.

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  "I've trained with Ernie Martin for fifteen years and more than anyone he has had the greatest influence on my acting style. Since Dianna Martin was a child I've watched her wholeheartedly absorb Ernie Martin's wisdom, insight and reflections on life and the art of acting.
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  It attests to the training and exposure to Ernie Martin,a protege to Lee Strasberg and Artistic Director at the Actors Studio West Coast and her mother Tony Award winner Ann Wedgeworth. Living and breathing in the world of film and theatre has definitely paid off.
  
  More recently Dianna accepted an audition for a role which she was not evidently right for but came in with incredibly bold choices and such emotional truth that the director accepted an entirely new vision of the piece and cast her in the role.
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  Any success and abilities I have as an actor now are due to Dianna and her father, the great Ernie Martin.
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  "It was in the winter of 1983 when I was acting as the Moderator of the Playwrights and Directors Workshop at the Actors Creative Theatre in New York, a Division of the Ernie Martin Studio Theatre, established by renowned Acting Teacher and Director, Ernie Martin. It was there I first met Dianna Martin, the teenaged daughter of Ernie and his Tony Award winning wife, Ann Wedgeworth.

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  Instructors have included Ernie Martin, Ann Wedgeworth, Anna Pileggi (a wonderful teacher I studied with in St. Louis), Larry Singer (who, although I only studied with briefly due to my father's coming out of retirement, I felt was extremely insightful), David Robinette (as a fellow actor, student of my father's, and friend, we have sat in on each other's classes and shared valuable knowledge), and Susan Main (a Linklater instructor who is an amazing teacher).
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  Of all my instructors, of course the two that I received the most training from were my parents, Ernie and Ann.
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  From practically living in my father's theatre - where the Mint Theatre now resides (Ernie built that theatre, it was the first one in the building back in 1981/82; last time I was at the theatre to see a friend's play, I realized that they had kept my father's design and layout almost to a "T"...but just changed the paint, it seemed...it was an emotional experience)...to going on movie and tv locations with my mother as a child, to dinner parties with so many of the folks you see in the front rows of the Academy Awards - to having dinner and discussing the day with them at home and having so many of my life lessons taught to me starting out with "...so you see, Diánna...it's like in acting, how you have to have a strong objective..." - the idea of my being able to discuss and train actors comes as second nature to me because that is how I grew up.
  
  As you can see from Ernie Martin's bio on this site, his career has been extensive. He has taught, coached, and directed actors on both coasts and in Spain - such as Sean Penn, Harvey Keitel, Lorraine Bracco, David Zayas, Calvin Levels, Lauren Hutton, Jeff Goldblum, Chaz Palminteri, the late Anne Pitoniak (original cast of 'Night Mother), Mary McDonnell, Ben Vereen, Anthony Edwards, Francis Fisher, Fermí Reixach and many, many more. He was also the Artistic Director of the Actors Studio West Coast for two years in California.
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  If you talk to people in the industry who were around during those times, they will tell you "Oh, of COURSE I know Ernie Martin! He was the best teacher around! Both Arthur Penn and Elia Kazan wrote letters saying that Ernie was one of the best teachers they knew of in the business.
  
  So, the same way that many teachers will say "I am a disciple of Lee (or Stella or Sandy - OR one of THEIR disciples)" - I say that I am a disciple of Ernie Martin.
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  Some actors, like David Zayas, always make sure to mention that Ernie was his teacher; and for that I am grateful.

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  After five years hosting, directing, and producing live television and radio in St. Louis, Diánna returned to her hometown in 2000 to continue on that course and perhaps return to her love of acting...and eventually decided that her love of the arts made her want to pursue acting and directing theatre and film, as well as teaching - following in the footsteps of her parents, Tony Award-winning actress Ann Wedgeworth and acting teacher/director Ernie Martin.

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  Published on: 4/21/1989    Last Visited: 7/10/2007  

  I have known Ernie Martin for a number of years through his association with the Actors Studio.He has participated there as a teacher, director, judge, moderator and actor.
  
  Recently he was included in "The New Generation of Acting Teachers" published in 1988, and I would not hesitate to say he is one of the top acting teachers in America today.His work in the areas of sensory exercises, scene study and improvisations are outstanding and make for a well-rounded craft.
  
  I would recommend Ernie Martin as a teacher or director of theatre.

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  Published on: 4/2/2006    Last Visited: 5/26/2007  

  The Actors Creative Theatre Ensemble Company is a Not-for-Profit professional and vital group under the administrative guidance and artistic leadership of Ernie Martin.
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  Ernie MartinArtistic Director

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  Published on: 3/25/2006    Last Visited: 7/10/2007  

  Ernie Martin is one of the most revered acting teachers to emerge from New York's legendary Actors Studio.Mr. Martin is a graduate of The American Theatre Wing's Professional Drama School and a student of Lee Strasberg.
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  During the following years, Mr. Martin divided his time between New York and Los Angeles, building his now highly respected and distinguished reputation throughout the theatre community as teacher and director.
  
  Among the critically acclaimed productions directed by Mr. Martin are David Rabe's "In the Boom Boom Room," winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award; "All My Sons," by Arthur Miller; Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing" in New York at the Joseph Jefferson Theatre; "Where's My Little Gloria" at the Hudson Guild Theatre, and "Mama's Little Angels" at the Quaigh Theatre.
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  At the Actors Studio in New York, Mr. Martin directed two revivals by Tennessee Williams: "At Liberty" and "Orpheus Descending" with Ann Wedgeworth.
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  In the 1970's, Mr. Martin lectured at Fordham University in NY.The topic: "The Creative Behavioral Approach of the Actor in Psychology."In California at the Pasadena University of Design parallel in the Arts.In 1987, Ernie Martin was featured teaching a class in the film, "Hello, Actors Studio," (a history of the Studio) a French-Canadian Production directed by Annie Tresgot.
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  During the same year, Mr. Martin was invited to do a seminar at Lincoln Center, the program: "The Master Teacher and the Actor's Career."
  
  Also during the 1980's, Mr. Martin directed Spain's premiere production of Nikolai Gógol's "Diary of a Madman" starring one of Spain's leading actors, Fermi Reixach at the Theatre Romeo in Barcelona.
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  In 1982, Mr. Martin designed and built his own theatre, The Ernie Martin Studio Theatre on West 43rd Street in the heart of New York's theatre district, a drama school for professional and beginning actors, which also house a theatre for student productions.He also established the Actors Creative Theatre, a non-profit theatre and acting company.After creating a Writers and Directors Unit, Mr. Martin produced and directed numerous original plays that were developed in the Unit and performed by the Acting Company.
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  In February of 1992, Ernie Martin was elected to the position of Artistic Director of the Actors Studio West for a period of two years.
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  From January through April 2001, Mr. Martin directed two One Act plays by Eugene O'Neill, "Hughie" and "Before Breakfast" at the Mercat de Les Flors (The Lincoln Center of Barcelona, a 750 seat theatre).
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  Since returning from Spain, Mr. Martin has directed various staged readings of original plays, and he is presently teaching his own professional classes in New York City and has been Guest Master Teacher at the highly acclaimed Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.Mr. Martin is featured in Eva Mekler's book "The New Generation of Acting Teachers."
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  Mr. Martin is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio, as an actor, teacher, and director.

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  Published on: 3/25/2006    Last Visited: 7/10/2007  

  "No," shouts Ernie Martin, scratching his head vigorously in the under-heated and cold room."Baby," he says, "you must release.You must get rid of all your tensions."Then he goes behind the girl with the two plaits, the thin silk blouse, and white jeans, gives her a rub in the neck, tells her to move her legs and presses with his hand against her stomach: "Loosen up, Nastassja.
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  Ernest Martin doesn't care at all that the 16 year-old Nastassja was a star in Germany after having made two movies.
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  To Ernie, (as he is called by all of his students) all students are the same.He is a teacher at the mecca of all future stars and starlets, where now Nastassja is one of 27 students.
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  Ernie is still telling her everything twice."Be loose, baby, stay very loose!"And when Nastassja, with a fragile and still shy voice whispers, "Yes," Ernie smiles contentedly.
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  To study until the day comes when Ernie puts his arms around her shoulders and says: "Hey baby, now you are opened up.Get the hell out of here and good luck.

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  Ernie MartinVisit Ernie Martin's Web Site(Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers)
  
  Ernie Martin is one of the most revered acting teachers to emerge from New York's legendary Actors Studio.Mr. Martin is a graduate of The American Theatre Wing's Professional Drama School and a student of Lee Strasberg.
  ...
  During the following years, Mr. Martin divided his time between New York and Los Angeles, building his now highly respected and distinguished reputation throughout the theatre community as teacher and director.
  
  Among the critically acclaimed productions directed by Mr. Martin are David Rabe's "In the Boom Boom Room," winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award; "All My Sons," by Arthur Miller; Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing" in New York at the Joseph Jefferson Theatre; "Where's My Little Gloria" at the Hudson Guild Theatre, and "Mama's Little Angels" at the Quaigh Theatre.
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  At the Actors Studio in New York, Mr. Martin directed two revivals by Tennessee Williams: "At Liberty" and "Orpheus Descending" with Ann Wedgeworth.
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  In the 1970's, Mr. Martin lectured at Fordham University in NY.The topic: "The Creative Behavioral Approach of the Actor in Psychology."In California at the Pasadena University of Design parallel in the Arts.In 1987, Ernie Martin was featured teaching a class in the film, "Hello, Actors Studio," (a history of the Studio) a French-Canadian Production directed by Annie Tresgot.
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  During the same year, Mr. Martin was invited to do a seminar at Lincoln Center, the program: "The Master Teacher and the Actor's Career."
  
  Also during the 1980's, Mr. Martin directed Spain's premiere production of Nikolai Gogol's "Diary of a Madman" starring one of Spain's leading actors, Fermi Reixach at the Theatre Romeo in Barcelona.
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  In 1982, Mr. Martin designed and built his own theatre, The Ernie Martin Studio Theatre on West 43rd Street in the heart of New York's theatre district, a drama school for professional and beginning actors, which also house a theatre for student productions.He also established the Actors Creative Theatre, a non-profit theatre and acting company.After creating a Writers and Directors Unit, Mr. Martin produced and directed numerous original plays that were developed in the Unit and performed by the Acting Company.
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  In February of 1992, Ernie Martin was elected to the position of Artistic Director of the Actors Studio West for a period of two years.
  ...
  From January through April 2001, Mr. Martin directed two One Act plays by Eugene O'Neill, "Hughie" and "Before Breakfast" at the Mercat de Les Flors (The Lincoln Center of Barcelona, a 750 seat theatre).
  ...
  Since returning from Spain, Mr. Martin has directed various staged readings of original plays, and he is presently teaching his own professional classes in New York City and has been Guest Master Teacher at the highly acclaimed Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.Mr. Martin is featured in Eva Mekler's book "The New Generation of Acting Teachers."
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  Mr. Martin is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio, as an actor, teacher, and director.

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  Published on: 4/19/1993    Last Visited: 12/2/2006  

  A year after the conversation, Ernie Martin, artistic director of the Actors Studio West, arrived for a three-week stay.
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  "I see very few people with this desire to learn," Martin said.
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  If this continues, Washington University will go beyond Yale," Martin said.

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