Geof Prysirr hails from upstate New York and currently lives in Los Angeles. He simultaneously studied and taught acting as an undergraduate at SUNY Binghamton. While there, he began working with Arthur Lessac (The Use and Training of the Human Voice) and Sue Ann Park (Goodman School of Acting). During his two years of post-graduate work, he became personal assistant to Mr. Lessac and co-developed the book “Body Wisdom: The Use and Training of the Human Body.” After graduate school, Geof moved to Manhattan and became a founding member of the off-Broadway theater company, Colonades Theater Lab, where he trained the company as well as acted in it. During his twelve years in NYC he gained success as an actor while continuing to work with others on their own development. Not wanting to become known for one specific methodology, Geof chose to broaden his approach by studying Meisner, Feldenkreis, Warren Robertson, Alexander, Linklater, and Method. He then moved to LA where he continued to work and teach professionally for ten years, becoming one of those actors who many recognize and whose name no one knows. In 1998, he made the decision to devote himself entirely to his coaching work. Currently, he is one of the pre-eminent acting coaches in Hollywood and New York, hired for private teaching and on-set coaching (the TV series “Once and Again” and the film “Bee Season,” among others).
Simultaneously, he has cultivated his reputation in the communication arts, most recently as a legal trainer for corporations in managing-within-the-law and anti-harassment. He leads workshops/seminars, guest teaches at universities, and works within a very diverse community of performers, lawyers, children/adolescents, sales associates, and corporate professionals.
The thrust of his work with actors revolves around a vocal, physical, and emotional synthesis as applied to communication dynamics and overall self-development. He believes that having a grasp of one’s strengths, knowledge, and integrity of one’s instrument creatively frees the actor to perform the interferences, obstacles, struggles, and conflicts of the characters they play. Geof approaches acting as a paradoxical study of learning how to act by learning how not to act. He has translated this approach to both life-education as well as the specific skill of acting.
His eclectic background includes professor, performer, director, produced screenwriter/playwright, entrepreneur, and professional pizza-maker.
He is currently writing a series of books about his work.
Dear friend Geof,
It’s been so long.
How can I reach you.
I would appreciate so much to be able to be in contact with you.
I remember you in a very complete way.
Trust that you are well.
Love always
Antoine