THE ACTIVATED CLASSROOM
Margolis Method Fundamentals for Educators
a new self-paced online course
Turn abstract acting concepts into concrete, repeatable theatrical practice.
Teach students to shape impulse, justify action, embody language, and build fully realized theatrical moments from the smallest seeds of an idea.
Early-Bird Discount Ends May 15
Early-Bird Discount Ends May 15
Train with specificity. Teach with clarity. See your students transform.
Enroll now before the doors officially open on May 1st.
Get an early-bird $100 discount and begin your Margolis Method journey when the time is right.
Help Break Habitual Patterns
Identify and release the habits that keep students stuck in imitation, indication, and generalization.
Shape Creative Instincts
Guide students out of intellectual acting and into embodied decision-making, where thought and action align.
WHAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO
Take the Mystery Out of Acting
Share practical studies, clear language, and repeatable structures that inspire students to practice independently.
Offer Transformative Feedback
Learn to see what is happening in the actor’s body, voice, and use of text more clearly.
Awaken Embodied Imagination
Train the actor’s body as a source of impulse, intention, and dramatic life on stage.
Train Generative Actors
Help performers move beyond “doing” and build motivated work from the smallest seeds of ideas.
WHAT IS MARGOLIS METHOD?
Margolis Method is a living, evolving approach to actor training that turns abstract acting concepts into concrete, repeatable theatrical practice.
Rooted in universal physical principles like weight, momentum, resistance, and rhythm, it helps actors understand how impulse becomes action, how the body generates vocal life, and how performance becomes specific, legible, and alive.
It makes the invisible teachable.
Rather than asking students to simply “feel more” or “be more expressive,” Margolis Method offers concrete physical pathways into presence, specificity, imagination, and transformation. Students learn how energy moves through the body, how impulse becomes action, and how physical choices shape emotional and imaginative life.
It builds agency from the inside out.
Students are not positioned as passive recipients of instruction, but as active participants in their own development. They learn how to track their process, make informed choices, and engage challenges with curiosity rather than self-judgment. This helps them become owners of their own growth and supports a more trauma-informed pedagogy — one that builds bravery, autonomy, and resilience in the room.
It gives each artist room to emerge.
Because the Method is grounded in shared physical principles rather than aesthetic preference, it creates space for each student’s unique voice to emerge. No two actors solve the work in exactly the same way — and that difference is not only welcomed, but essential. Margolis Method harnesses universal principles in order to nurture the individuality of each artist.
It changes the culture of feedback.
Equally important is the Method’s emphasis on how we communicate about the work. Educators learn how to guide students in offering and receiving feedback that is safe, specific, and objective — rooted in clear observation rather than personal opinion. This creates a learning environment where dialogue is constructive, respectful, and actionable, empowering students to articulate what they see, what they are doing, and how they can grow.
For educators, this means gaining a reliable language and structure that can support a wide range of learners across all disciplines, styles, and experience levels.
In practice, Margolis Method becomes more than a technique.
It becomes a dynamic framework for teaching and learning — one in which rigor supports imagination, structure supports freedom, and both educators and students are engaged in an ongoing process of discovery, responsiveness, and embodied understanding.
Margolis Method is not a style to imitate.
It is a training system that strengthens every style of performance.
WHAT’S INSIDE THE COURSE
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Where Choice Begins
Discover how stance, weight, direction, and internal-to-external transitions shape performance from the very first breath.
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From Impulse to Structure
Explore how to turn raw personal impulse into clear, repeatable, character-driven action.
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Making the Invisible Visible
Unlock the connection between gravity, resistance, and stage picture to bring inner life into visible theatrical form.
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Turning Concept into Craft
Activate the conditions that channel honesty, listening, and vulnerability into concrete theatrical practice.
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Specificity Elicits Creativity
Experience how embracing limitations opens more options and deepens dramatic exchange.
Training Is Performance
Feel how repeatable physical and vocal exercises transform the everyday body into a powerful actor-instrument.
The Drama of Distance
Physically infuse space with poetic meaning to reveal the underlying, unspoken stories on stage.
Muscular Grammar
Transform two-dimensional text into a three-dimensional performative act by physically manifesting the dynamics of grammar.
The Generative Actor
Step into the center of the creative process by fusing the skills of the actor, director, and playwright.
On the Precipice
Own reliable, repeatable dramatic structures for building scenes from the tiniest seeds of ideas.
WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING
FAQs
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The course opens on May 15, 2026, and once it is live, you can begin at any time. No synchronized starting pistol, no need to rearrange your life around a launch day.
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The course includes approximately 20 hours of training, divided into 10 thematic sessions. Each session contains 5 to 10 focused lessons you can complete at your own pace. So yes, you can go deep — no need to wait for a sabbatical.
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Yes. We’re guessing you already have at least seven overlapping deadlines. You can move through the material on your own schedule, pause when needed, and return to the lessons and exercises as often as you like.
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You can! The course was designed for working educators. The material is broken into manageable sessions, and many participants begin using the work in their teaching immediately — often before they finish the full course.
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You will have lifetime access. That gives you plenty of time for both comprehension and hindsight — and for revisiting the material whenever you want to refresh your teaching or return to a concept with new eyes.
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Each session includes video lessons, extensive written notes, quizzes to reinforce key concepts, and teaching insights that help you bring Margolis Method directly into your classroom or studio. Plenty to geek out over.
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Not at all. This course is designed as an entry point for educators who are new to Margolis Method, while still offering depth and structure for those who already know the training. So whether you’re brand new or already Margolis-curious, you’re in the right place.
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This training meets you where you are, and every exercise can be modified as needed. The focus is not on being “in shape,” but on developing specificity, awareness, and a deeper understanding of how the body generates dramatic life. The body you currently occupy will do nicely.
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Nope. This course is for acting teachers, directors, vocal coaches, movement instructors, and theatre educators who want practical tools to help students develop specificity, imagination, and connect vocal and physical expression. If you work with performers, you’re in the conversation.
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The course is designed for educators, but many actors find it deeply valuable as well — especially those who want to understand the why behind the work, create their own material, or eventually lead a room. If you’re an actor who wants a deeper relationship to Margolis Method, you’ll find a great deal here.
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That’s absolutely fine. This course can support you now as a learner and later as an educator. The training gives you a strong foundation in Margolis Method, so when you step into the classroom, studio, or rehearsal room, you’ll already have language, structure, and practical tools to draw from.
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Yes. The course is designed to be immediately applicable in university, conservatory, and studio settings. You’ll leave with practical studies, clear language, and repeatable structures you can begin using in your teaching right away.
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Because Margolis Method is not an abstract theory; it’s a physical training system with clear exercises, precise language, and repeatable structures you can use right away. This course helps you see more, teach more clearly, and build more specific, alive, and dramatically compelling work in your students. It turns “I know something’s off” into “I know what to do.”
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Yes. You can choose the one-time payment option and save, or select the monthly installment plan if that works better for you. We’re very much in favor of making the logistics less dramatic than the training.
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You can take the course independently or choose the guided version, which includes one-on-one meetings with Kari Margolis and Margolis Method faculty. These sessions give you space to ask questions, receive feedback, and get support as you apply the methodology in your own teaching. It also gives us the chance to work with you directly, which is one of our favorite parts.
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Yes. This course is designed to be both a stand-alone experience and the prerequisite for the Margolis Method Certification Program. It gives educators the foundational training needed before moving into certification. The guided option is required to receive a Certificate of Completion or enter the Certification Program. This is the place to begin if you’re interested in dipping your toes, deeper study, guided mentorship, or the next phase of the training.
Do the Work. See the Shift. Or It’s On Us.
Margolis Method is not theoretical. It is physical, specific, and repeatable.
Engage fully with the training. Do the studies. Apply the work.
If you don’t experience a clear shift in:
How you see the actor
How you give feedback
How the work comes alive in the room
We will refund your enrollment within 30 days.
We believe in the integrity of this training—and we stand behind it.
