ONGOING WEEKLY CLASSES

Acting For Kids
Wednesdays!

  • Ages: 8-12
  • Starts: September 4, 2024
  • Meets every Wednesday from: 4:30pm-6:30pm
  • Location: San Jose Studio
  • Tuition: $255 per month

    Students will learn and experiment with acting through improvisation and the Meisner Technique. This FUN and CREATIVE class will build up kids' confidence as performers, expand their imaginations, and help them develop a strong foundation for their acting technique. This class is for both beginning students and those who want to further hone their acting skills.

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One on One Coaching

Our coaches are the perfect expanders for you. They are trained, experienced and ready to help you.

Whether it's for an audition, career coaching, or jumping deeper into the craft, we offer different packages.

Professional Youth
Program (Pro Class)

We are now taking applications for our annual professional program fro youth. This is an exclusive program that focuses on getting kids/teens working at the professional level on Television and Film. The program will be taught and headed by Founder and Talent Manager Christy English.

Check our Successes page: Alums Rosalie Chiang & Aaniyah Marwah booked major roles on Disney and Disney+.

Next session will be held September 2024 through January 2025. Group class meetings take place at San Jose Studio.

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REEL SHOOT PACKAGES

  • Ages: All Ages
  • Dates: November 9 & 10, 2024
  • Location: San Jose Studio
  • Cost:

    • 1 scene - $455
    • 2 scenes - $895
    • 3 scenes - $1,295

    ACTOR REEL SHOOT PACKAGE INCLUDES:

    - Scripts written specifically for you, based on the types of roles and projects that you want to be seen in.

    - The opportunity to act in scenes directed by Christy English, owner & founder of the Bay Area Acting Studio.

    - An edited copy of your scene.

    - You will get call times and will NOT need to be there for the entirety of the shoot.

    - We hire a professional director of photography with state of the art equipment

Acting For Teens Mondays!

  • Ages: 13-17
  • Dates: September 9, 2024
  • Meets M-F from from: (4:30pm-6:30pm)
  • Location: San Jose Studio
  • Cost: $255 per month

    This class will develop students' abilities to be in the moment, truthful, and honest in their work, through activities and exercises in class. The Meisner Technique, named after its creator Sanford Meisner, was developed as a way to teach actors to “live truthfully under imaginary circumstances” using a series of foundational exercises that build one upon the other. Through his experience of creating and teaching this series of interrelated exercises, Meisner developed a technique that provides a proven and reliable framework to help actors “get out of their heads” and focus their attention on the core elements needed to act honestly and genuinely.

    Students who master the exercises learn how to stay in the moment, become less self-conscious, and let go of the need to control. The technique provides them with a solid foundation that allows them to be fully present in the moment, which gives them the freedom and confidence to express themselves truthfully while “playing” in the imaginary circumstance. Students are taught how to access their emotions authentically without manipulation or imitation. With the Meisner Technique, the actor develops an intuitive and keen awareness of “who they are” emotionally and physically which allows them to utilize these aspects effectively and instinctively. They learn to connect quickly and deeply to scene partners as well as to their imaginary circumstance. In this way, the work takes on the natural qualities of real life as it is expressed through art. The actor learns to replace “acting” and imitation with genuinely deep and truthful connection.
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