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Sandra began her teaching career in New York City. In 1992, she moved to Minnesota and founded The Performance Studio, located in the heart of Minneapolis' (MPLS) downtown theatre district. In 2000, she opened an LA branch of The Performance Studio West. As artistic director, she teaches classes based in: Stanislavski Method, Robert Lewis Script Analysis, and Sanford Meisner Technique. She creates an environment that supports artistic growth for both teens and adults. Actors become more confident through practicing these methods. (To her knowledge, Sandra is the only teacher in LA and MPLS teaching Robert Lewis' approach.)
Sandra hosted many guest instructors at The Performance Studio including: David Lind - Chekhov; Julia Carey - Shakespeare; Eric Holmgren - Actor's Movement; and Saule Ryan - voice, Roy Hart Theatre of France. While in Minnesota, Sandra also taught classes at the colleges of Macalaster and St. Olaf.
Wide Variety Theatre (WVT) is an important part of The Performance Studio. Sandra founded the theatre in Minneapolis. WVT gives her students an avenue to apply the techniques she teaches to a script, and perform it in front of an audience including Industry Professionals. Many actors get representation and work from WVT. Performing in LA and MPLS, Sandra has cast, directed and produced 58 productions of Wide Variety Theatre.
Sandra worked as a stage actress in New York City for 10 years. Her training included: intensive study with former Head of the Yale Drama Department and acting master from The Group Theatre, Robert Lewis; and Meisner Technique with Kathryn Gately. Her many credits include: the world premiere of Currents Turned Awry, by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, D.L.Coburn; Hello Bob, by Broadway playwright, Robert Patrick; and Beiderbecke's Last Drunk, winner of the Samuel French One-Act Festival. As an actress, she has appeared in film, television, and commercials. (An enjoyable film moment was beating up California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jingle All The Way. And recently, on television, playing the wife of a man who has a giant hook impaled through his neck in TLC's Untold Stories of the ER.)
Sandra debuted as a director in New York City, at the Nat Horn Theatre. She has directed over 250 plays in NYC, LA, AND MPLS including: Alan Ball's, Five Woman Wearing the Same Dress; The Owl and the Pussycat, by Bill Manhoff; Ikee, Ikee, Nye, Nye, Nye, by Lanford Wilson; and Hidden this Picture, by Aaron Sorkin.
Sandra is a writer and producer with an MN writing team, H.B. Creations. Along with her own writing, she also co-created and executive produced an original sketch comedy called Irelene Television Theater. This unique idea, along with other television concepts created by H.B. Creations has caught the interest of: CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, TBS, Bruckheimer Films, DreamWorks, Carsey-Werner, Bette Midler, and Imagine Entertainment.
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"Sandra has what I call 'eagle-vision'...If it weren't for Sandy I would've never been able to do "United 93." She gave me the tools to go to emotional depths I had never gone before..."
~Trish Gates, Lead Actress, in Oscar Winning "United 93". TPS Alumnus.
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THE PERFORMANCE STUDIO
Sandra K. Horner ~ Artistic Director
818-997-6740 office
SKHperformance@aol.com
www.sandrakhorner.com
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