About Elizabeth

• Elizabeth Birnkrant (she/her) was introduced to Meisner at the age of 14 by an acting teacher in her home town of New York, and fell in love with the exhilaration of working with the technique. She went on to study Meisner at The William Esper Studio, and at The School at Steppenwolf, where she also trained in The Viewpoints with Tina Landau. Elizabeth found Black Box during a period of her life in which she was sure she had quit acting. The problem she encountered was that after six years of trying to find personal and professional fulfilment elsewhere, she felt not only unfulfilled, but estranged from herself. She had been receiving emails from Black Box for about a year, and decided to try out a class. During her pre-B1 interview, Black Box founder Audrey Francis asked Elizabeth why she wanted to take class at the studio, and she responded, “I don’t know if this is what is missing from my life, but I thought I’d try to find out.” Within five minutes of her first B1 class at Black Box, Elizabeth felt like she had found her way home. She completed the Studio program, and found it to be a relief and a joy to return to train in elements of Meisner and Viewpoints. She continues to use both techniques, as well as those unique to The Black Box Method, in her acting work today. She later trained to teach, and has been a Black Box instructor for over ten years. Elizabeth has trained with many wonderful acting instructors, at many different schools, in New York and Chicago. She is a graduate of The University of Chicago, with a degree in English Language and Literature. As an actor, Elizabeth has worked with Steppenwolf, Court, Theater Wit, Eclipse, The Artistic Home, First Floor Theater, Roadworks, Pegasus, Wildclaw, and many others. Television: Chicago Fire. As an instructor, Elizabeth values the many varied experiences, lives, and backgrounds that Black Box students bring with them to their study of acting. She is passionate about helping each individual student to own their worth, to trust their intuition and their body, and to bring their true voice to their work. She looks forward to working with you!

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