Train with David A. Cox
A rare opportunity for adult actors to study with a teacher who trained directly under the legendary Sanford Meisner.
David A. Cox is one of the few remaining teachers with a direct connection to Sanford Meisner’s original teaching. This is not watered-down technique. This is lineage.
Villa Rica, GA 30180
The Meisner Technique
The Meisner Technique is a renowned acting method developed by Sanford Meisner, a prominent member of the Group Theatre in the 1930s.
At its heart, the technique helps actors develop truthful, spontaneous, emotionally connected performances. It is centered on living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.
Instead of over-planning, overthinking, or performing from the neck up, actors learn to listen, respond, and allow behavior to come from the truth of the moment.
Truth
Actors learn to behave honestly under imaginary circumstances.
Listening
The work trains actors to truly receive from their scene partner.
Impulse
Actors become less stiff, less forced, and more alive.
Presence
The actor learns to stop “acting” and start living in the scene.
The Handwritten Letter from Sanford Meisner
David studied directly under Sanford Meisner in New York City in Meisner’s private class. He attended classes during a powerful period of Meisner’s teaching, when the work was being shaped by the man himself.
Later, when David began teaching the Meisner Technique, he wrote to Sanford Meisner asking permission to teach his method.
Sanford Meisner wrote David back and gave him permission to teach the technique.
That matters. In a world where many people use famous names loosely, this letter gives David’s teaching a direct and meaningful connection to the original source.
About David A. Cox
David A. Cox began his teaching career in Hollywood, California in 1973. Before that, he studied directly under the world-famous acting teacher Sanford Meisner in New York City in Meisner’s private class.
David spent several years in New York City performing in the Off-Off-Broadway movement, writing, acting, and directing in Greenwich Village alongside many working actors and writers of that time.
He later moved to Vermont and founded the Brandon Playhouse, where he taught students for two years. In 1977, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked professionally in film and television and founded the American Renegade Theatre Company.
As Artistic Director of the American Renegade Theatre Company from 1988 until 2005, David directed and acted in more than 65 plays. He also took two productions to Off-Broadway in New York City, where they received strong reviews.
During this period, David began teaching the Meisner Technique. His work combines the teachings of Sanford Meisner with Michael Shurtleff’s audition approach, giving actors a practical and powerful way to grow in both scene work and auditions.
David has taught in Hollywood, Austin, and now Georgia. Words In Motion Acting Studio is honored to make room for this level of experience, history, and craft inside our studio.
Why This Class Matters
Some acting classes give actors exercises. This class gives actors roots.
David’s training is connected to one of the great American acting traditions. For actors who want more truth, more confidence, and more freedom in their work, this class offers a serious place to grow.
At Words In Motion Acting Studio, we believe actors need craft, business, and mindset. David’s class speaks deeply to the craft. It helps actors stop performing at the idea of a scene and start living inside it.
Become the Professional Actor You’ve Dreamed Of
Join David A. Cox for adult acting classes at Words In Motion Acting Studio in Villa Rica.
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Words In Motion Acting Studio
210A W Montgomery St., Villa Rica, GA 30180
