Acting Classes in Chicago, IL

Voiceovers: Audiobook narration is a dynamic, intensely creative career that grows more viable every day as the demand for books, podcasts and audio plays booms. Is your voice right, will listeners love you as their guide? Eric Yves Garcia’s audiobook narration class is the ideal and accessible jumping off point: finding genres that will suit a new...

Important: This course is for New Students only. For Returning Students, please proceed to this course. Only New Students can avail of these promotional prices. Clients cannot purchase a 2nd 3-Part class for $99. We will not be able to warrant promotional price purchases for returning students. This is an on-camera class that stresses acting for...

Important: This Price option is for New Students Only. For Returning Students, please proceed to this course.  Only New Students can avail of these promotional prices. Clients cannot purchase a 2nd 3-Part class for $99. We will not be able to warrant promotional price purchases for returning students. -- The advanced class gives advanced and...

Develop creative writing and performance skills while discovering your inner comedic genius! These classes are designed for both professionals to get valuable open mic time and those just looking for a fun self enrichment time to meet new professionals and help generate and share some much needed laughter. Every session will start with an open mic...

Join us for this amazing How To Become A Working Actor Webinar with Top Agent & President of bio-coastal Avalon Artists Group! This class will be held online through the Zoom platform. This will be a live, interactive seminar with a Q&A and Craig will answe any questions you might have about the industry. You will be able to send us your headshot,...

As an actor, technique is your calling card. Technique is the cornerstone of all great work. This class consists of transformational exercises that will accelerate your growth exponentially, helping you to reach your full potential as an artist and human being.  The roots of creativity are explored. We go to the source, the wellspring where it...

Would you like to be an actor? Explore the basics of acting in a safe, positive and encouraging environment. Learn how to break down a script or prepare for an audition. Create and develop believable characters through effective use of imagination.  Breathe life into every scene and move people emotionally. Work on film & T.V. scripts with...

Join us for this amazing How To Become A Working Actor Webinar with Top Agent & President of bio-coastal Avalon Artists Group! This class will be held online through the Zoom platform. This will be a live, interactive seminar where you will have a Q&A and Craig will answe any questions you might have about the industry. You will be able to...

Learn how to break down a scene, find your character, and practice like it's a real audition, ask questions and learn about the business of acting.

Meisner-based technique class where you will learn to work specifically, understanding how to work and how to lift the material off the page and make it your own. You will understand WHAT works, WHY it works and HOW it works.  Each class will cover an exercise that will move you forward to understanding the WAY TO WORK. Human Connection/Heart...

This is a ‘drop in’ class. This moment to moment class gets you present in behavior, word and action. By experiencing your partner, you discover yourself. This exercise will help you connect with your emotional life by being in the present with your partner. A must for any actor. ‘When you speak from the heart, everything you say is true.’

This class is designed for the beginning / amateur adult actor. This class is a great introduction to the Barrow Group approach and foundation for the craft. The class highlights quick and powerful ways to make your performance more natural and spontaneous. Students will work with ensemble building games, script analysis, and scene study. No experience...

There are five areas of concentration in our on-going curriculum: Scene Study, Cold Reading, Interview Technique, Improvisation and Character Development. Students are not allowed to critique other students, but are instead encouraged to comment positively on specifics within any actor's performance. Direction is given through choices, emotional development,...

Commercial Acting instructor Bill Coelius, who has starred in over 50 national commercials, is the perfect person to help you learn every skill you need in the commercial audition room. This small, dynamic class provides every student, whether new to the business or a seasoned actor, with a set of skills that takes the guesswork out of the commercial...

Technique includes:     HUMAN CONNECTION: Moment to moment, action/reaction.   IMPROVISATIONS:  Learn to be SPECIFIC in relationships,   objectives and circumstances. SCRIPT WORK:   Break down material into moments and actions. (on camera) We begin each class With a centering movement and medi...