Joy Morris
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About Joy
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Joy is an educator/filmmaker/writer and risk taker.
She co-wrote, co-directed and was executive producer for a feature film, ‘THE NIGHT OF THE COYOTE.” She's written two books on acting, For The Love Of It, is used in many schools across the country. Also translated in Spanish, it is used in Latin America and My Little Black Book Of Acting, an easy guide for the actor.
In the early 70’s, Joy left her Southern roots, seeking to experience her life as she imagined it. She drove alone across country to Los Angeles. Not knowing anyone or the area, she pulled into a service station and asked the attendant, “Where’s a safe place to live?” The young man directed her to Woodland Hills. She moved in to an apt that day, sent for her two children and her adventures began.
For fifteen years while married to the renowned acting coach, Eric Morris, she trained and taught at the Morris Acting Studio in Hollywood. During this period she co-founded, The American New Theater. She conducts seminars in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago and most of the major cities across the states. In 1994 at her studio in New York, a young actor from Buenos Aires asked her to do a seminar in his country. The experience proved to be one of the best in her life and as a result she returns each year to teach hundreds of students in Buenos Aires. If you would like to know about Joy en Buenos Aires go to joybue.blogspot.com
At the University Of Southern California, she taught a directors class. Actors have a tough job and Joy wanted directors to be sensitive to the difficulty of an actor and their vulnerability. She taught techniques on how to work with actors and how to get what they need and at the same time be sensitive to the exposure of the actor.
After moving to New York in the early nineties, Joy delved into a busy life of teaching. She opened her own studio on Eight Avenue where she taught acting classes, produced and directed over one hundred showcases for agents and casting directors. She also directed over twenty plays, including a one-act play of her own called, WHO’S GOT THE EDGE, a story about friends and competition. It played at The Madison Avenue Theater starring Rodney Rowland and Mark Mathieson.
The Morris technique takes its origins from the philosophy of the infamous Russian acting teacher and director, Konstantin Stanislavski. Lee Strasburg brought the ideas to the states forming ‘The Group Theater’ in New York City. Although Joy teaches a ‘method style’ of acting, her work is greatly influenced by the teachings of Dr. Carl Jung’s theories. In her work she emphasizes the different archetypes in our personality and the truth of self-expression.
In the early 70’s, Joy left her Southern roots, seeking to experience her life as she imagined it. She drove alone across country to Los Angeles. Not knowing anyone or the area, she pulled into a service station and asked the attendant, “Where’s a safe place to live?” The young man directed her to Woodland Hills. She moved in to an apt that day, sent for her two children and her adventures began.
For fifteen years while married to the renowned acting coach, Eric Morris, she trained and taught at the Morris Acting Studio in Hollywood. During this period she co-founded, The American New Theater. She conducts seminars in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago and most of the major cities across the states. In 1994 at her studio in New York, a young actor from Buenos Aires asked her to do a seminar in his country. The experience proved to be one of the best in her life and as a result she returns each year to teach hundreds of students in Buenos Aires. If you would like to know about Joy en Buenos Aires go to joybue.blogspot.com
At the University Of Southern California, she taught a directors class. Actors have a tough job and Joy wanted directors to be sensitive to the difficulty of an actor and their vulnerability. She taught techniques on how to work with actors and how to get what they need and at the same time be sensitive to the exposure of the actor.
After moving to New York in the early nineties, Joy delved into a busy life of teaching. She opened her own studio on Eight Avenue where she taught acting classes, produced and directed over one hundred showcases for agents and casting directors. She also directed over twenty plays, including a one-act play of her own called, WHO’S GOT THE EDGE, a story about friends and competition. It played at The Madison Avenue Theater starring Rodney Rowland and Mark Mathieson.
The Morris technique takes its origins from the philosophy of the infamous Russian acting teacher and director, Konstantin Stanislavski. Lee Strasburg brought the ideas to the states forming ‘The Group Theater’ in New York City. Although Joy teaches a ‘method style’ of acting, her work is greatly influenced by the teachings of Dr. Carl Jung’s theories. In her work she emphasizes the different archetypes in our personality and the truth of self-expression.
