Martin-de Maat-Obituary

Martin de Maat

Chicago, Illinois

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Martin de Maat, Artistic Director of The Second City Training Centers and influential improvisation teacher who trained thousands of actors at The Second City, Columbia College and Omega Institute, among others. Brother of Patricia and Albert de Maat; nephew of Josephine Forsberg and Lee...

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Marty de Matt was, without a doubt, the FINEST acting instructor in the world. I studied with him at Columbia College and at the end of my studies with him, which lasted only two semisters, I believe my acting skills could handle any situation. He was that good. I hear about people studying with acting coaches for years...forget that. Marty produced instant results and they were awesome results. I am now a professional writer and I plan to have feature films produced in the future and my...