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Agape Theater Company is thrilled to announce their partnership with Alexey Efremov to offer professional acting classes for performers of all ages in our 2026 calendar year. Interested in participating? Read more about Alexey below and check out our website for details!

Alexey Efremov is an acting teacher who was trained at one of Russia's most exclusive theater schools. With over ten years of experience teaching acting, He brings a deep and diverse foundation in performance methodologies to his classrooms. His approach is rooted in the Stanislavski Method, which was further developed by Maria Knebel and other great practitioners. This tradition embraces an integrated, holistic approach, combining text analysis, affective memory, improvisation, and impulse-based work into one organic process. In his practice he also integrates elements associated with American practitioners such as Strasberg, Adler, Meisner. This means that students are guided to engage with given circumstances, text analysis, and character objectives, while also using improvisational etudes, affective and sense memory exercises, and partner work to awaken authentic, moment-to-moment reactions.