Playhouse Abuses w/ Andrea Geones and Michael Laskin

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4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Returning this week are actors, Andrea Geones and Michael Laskin. Andrea and Michael teamed up to create a code of ethics for acting classes with one goal in mind: to create a safe and healthy environment for actors and acting students. After experiencing the unhealthy and cult-like culture fostered within many acting classes where sexual, financial, and psychological abuse were the norm, they created https://www.findyouractingclass.com/ and wrote a code of conduct for acting teachers to agree to and endorse, as well as guidelines to help teachers ensure that they are running their classes ethically. Andrea is a Los Angeles native. In addition to acting and piano, she has studied singing, guitar, and flute. She currently is in school earning a b.s. in nutritional sciences while she pursues her career in acting. She is also a freelance writer for online publications, including where she originally wrote about the cult-like atmosphere of acting classes. You can find her article here: https://www.wordsbetweencoasts.com/actors-beware-you-may-be-in-a-cult/ Michael Laskin has been a working actor for over 40 years, across all platforms: film, theatre, and television. Twelve years ago he started The Michael Laskin Studio, an acting studio in Los Angeles. His book, “The Authentic Actor - the Art and Business of Being Yourself” has been praised as a fresh, newly examined, and non-dogmatic approach to the work and the life of an actor. In the second half of Rachel's two-part discussion with Andrea and Michael, the actors break down their code of ethics and describe the personal experiences that directly inform many of the guidelines. Andrea explains the feelings of vulnerability and helplessness that acting students often feel and shares about the emotional abuse she experienced from teachers. Michael provides more insight from his perspective as an experienced teacher and explains how his outrage at the abusive practices became a catalyst to join Andrea in pursuit of a healthier and safer environment for students. Before You Go: Rachel examines how systems of control keep people in place by manipulating them into a feeling of scarcity and explains why claims of exclusivity can be a red flag. Thanks to our newest Patreon supporters, Deborah Schneider and Rosa Egede!! You can always help support us for free by leaving a review on Apple/ iTunes, it really helps the visibility of the show! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION http://www.michaellaskinstudio.com http://andreageones.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.7	Hi, everybody.
0:15.3	I am so happy that you're going to be able to hear part two of my conversation with Michael Laskin and
0:23.1	Andrea Giannis. They are both actors and Michael also runs an acting studio. And they decided to come
0:32.2	on the show to be able to talk about their effort in infusing an ethical code into the world of acting and acting
0:42.0	teachers, acting studios. While they know they can't necessarily enforce it per se, although I wish
0:49.6	they could, they can present it. And it's so beautifully developed and sensitively done and important.
0:59.1	And it's something that really could be applied to so many different environments where the
1:04.4	person in charge takes control and takes over in a way that crosses boundaries, in a way where they make it about themselves
1:12.5	and their ego aggrandizement, and they can end up being cruel and really cause people to be
1:20.7	very confused or broken down or dependent, all the things that can interfere with you, actually having self-confidence
1:31.3	and being able to do things in a way that you really should have been able to if someone hadn't
1:37.8	gotten in your way. Michael Laskin has been a working actor for over 40 years across all platforms, film, theater, and
1:47.2	television.
1:48.5	Twelve years ago, he started the Michael Laskin studio, an acting studio in Los Angeles.
1:54.7	His book, The Authentic Actor, The Art and Business of Being Yourself, has been praised as a fresh newly examined and non-dogmatic
2:04.3	approach to the work and the life of an actor. And Andrea is a Los Angeles native. She started
2:13.2	playing the piano at age five and did her first play when she was nine, playing Snoopy,
2:18.8	in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. In addition to acting and piano, she has studied singing,
2:25.0	guitar, and flute, multi-talented. She currently is in school, earning a bachelor's in
2:31.2	nutritional sciences while she pursues her career in acting.
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