MICHA the Michael Chekhov Association

09/28/2026

MICHA Members!
Have you missed a MICHA Monday this year?
Check out our video archive!

All the MICHA Mondays from the past year and beyond are all available to watch and revisit! Enjoy!

www.michaelchekhov.org/micha-video-archive

09/27/2026

Take a Listen!
Episode 3 Featuring Danielle Carter is now available to listen and enjoy!

www.michaelchekhov.org/podcast

09/26/2026

Join Us October 12th at 12:00 PM for MICHA Monday!

Beyond the Physical: Awakening the Imaginary Body
with Alesia Fortel

In the Michael Chekhov method, we work with imagination and energy — it is the invisible that actors transmit from the stage or screen. But before that, one must go through a path of establishing contact with the energetic body and learn to guide it, while giving freedom to the future character. This is exactly what we will do in our MICHA Monday!

09/01/2026

Sarah Kane joins us Monday, September 21st at 12:00 PM ET!

Exploring the Ideal Center with Sarah Kane

The ideal centre lies both at the heart of Michael Chekhov's technique, with the potential to inform everything we do as actors and at the same time the first step towards what, as Chekhov said, the actor most longs for: transformation, transformation into character. It has the ability to awaken the artist in each of us in a gentle, easy way: please join the exploration and let your creative imagination play with and explore the ideal centre!

08/26/2026

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The Michael Chekhov technique is a psycho-physical acting technique that uses movement and imagination to foster transformation. 

08/26/2026

We had the most incredible August MICHA Monday! Thank you to everyone who joined us especially Dawn Arnold who led us all in a beautiful exploration of gesture.

07/24/2026

Please Join Us for our monthly MICHA Monday
August 24 @ 1 PM ET

Free for MICHA Members AND non-members alike!

“ It is a special kind of gesture which is rich and without boundaries. It is the greatest aid to us.” Michael Chekhov Archives Jan 16, 1937

Is it time to dig in a bit deeper, to ask ourselves what Chekhov means by gesture? Let’s explore a concept we love - or are learning to love: how to act by means of gesture. Michael Chekhov made gesture the core of his approach. Let’s challenge ourselves to get some new views of gesture. Bring a role, a bit of text, or a vision you would like to create. We’ll find it with gesture!

RSVP at MichaelChekhov.org

07/02/2026

MICHA's 2026 Workshop and Festival: Awakening the Inspired Actor was filled with joy, storytelling, and a renewed vigor of community building.

We want to thank all of our participants, interns, staff, and faculty for bringing their full creative spirits to this work. Together we created an atmosphere of connection, support, and fire.

We also want to thank Emerson College for hosting our workshop and festival this year.

Join us for our next MICHA Monday with Danielle Carter happening July 13th at 5PM ET.










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06/20/2026

Join us for MICHA Monday July!

Discovering the Body's Hidden Intelligence with Imaginary Centers
with Danielle Carter

Michael Chekhov's Imaginary Centre’s is one of the most powerful tools in the actor's toolkit. By shifting awareness into a point of the body and using your imagination, you unlock a new quality of movement, a presence, an inner life — a character. No forcing, no manufacturing. Just sensation that transforms.
Explore Michael Chekhov's Imaginary Centres and unlock a quality of presence that transforms performance from the inside out.

Stop building characters. Start inhabiting them.

This is a workshop for artists who want to sharpen their tools, expand their creative range, and rediscover what it feels like to be genuinely surprised by their work.

FREE FOR MEMBERS!
RSVP at www.michaelchekhov.orgcarter

Please note the time for this MICHA Monday is at 5:00 PM!

06/07/2026

"Only our human heart and being must be shown on the stage."

Michael Chekhov
Lessons for Teachers