MEISNER INSTITUTE CERTIFIED MEISNER TEACHER

Marquelle Young began her journey impacting audiences as an Oratorical State and National Speech Champion before the age of 12. From then on she continued her professional theatre career working with the likes of Kenny Leon, Patdro Harris, and Tyler Perry. As a graduate of the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, she began her Meisner training under Larry Moss’s tutelage: Steve Perlmutter. This is where her true passion for the Meisner technique was born.

After graduating, she continued to study Meisner and incorporated Sandy’s techniques into her own adult acting classes. She noticed the profound impact it had on her students and under the guide of Scott Trost, Executive Director at the Meisner Institute, Marquelle received her training as a Meisner Institute Certified Meisner Coach.

With a true passion for all aspects of the arts, she is an award winning director, producer, and actress. Including projects such as Hulu’s Dopesick, BET’s American Soul, Fox’s Our Kind of People, Verizon, Lego, Google, Capitol Records, LifeTime, and Cosmopolitan to name a few.

Over the years her students have including actors, but also doctors, authors, even a Rabbi. For Marquelle, this Meisner work is not just a technique for acting, it’s a way of life. A way to begin trusting yourself and your instincts as an artist and even beyond this creative industry. Contrary to many, the work is not about breaking or tearing down an actor, it’s about finding the simplest way to the truth. She believes this step by step work can heal, uplift, and awaken a person through the exercises, creating a space for you to live truthfully. Her goal is to educate and empower the next generation of talented creatives to help create a world filled with empathy and understanding.