More Acting Classes in Chicago, IL

This in depth class will help actors plan their careers and lives over the next five years. It will utilize Jane’s book, The Actor’s Business Plan which is a pre-requisite for the course. Actors will leave this class with an actual sense of direction! There will be one assignment that needs to be brought to class.

To act, you have to be able to book the job first. Having solid monologues in your audition repertoire is often the key to opening that door. In this ten week class, you will develop the skils necessary to reliably find, cut and rehearse monologues for theater and film auditions.  Working (and regularly auditioning) actor, Michael McKeogh, will...

The Suzuki Method is a rigorous and physically demanding approach to actor training. It was devised by Japanese Theatre Director Tadashi Suzuki to help his actors develop the tools and skills necessary for his demanding stage productions. Using elements of Modern Ballet, Kabuki Theatre, and Indian Kathakali Dance, among others, the training focuses...

If you’re an actor, then you know you always need more training and professional development to keep your chops sharp and to develop new ways of acting, earning, and the business of the arts. You’ll discover that there’s a lot more to it than you thought! Join Kathleen Puls Andrade for an 8-week course in the VO basics. You don’t...

As performers, we seek to free the fullest potential of the body as an instrument. With voice work, the actor becomes aware of the body, frees the breath, and allows expression to become sound. In order to be available to spontaneous impulses, the voice work delves into the emotional relationship between the voice and the body.  This eight...

Want to see how stories from your life can play out onstage? This is the class for you! Master Piven instructor Susan Applebaum draws on her experiences creating 2017’s Wise Women and Witches for the [email protected] series to share her unique process of adapting personal stories for the stage.  Class will focus on training students in...

Throughout her 45-year career, Jane Brody has been fully immersed in both the artistic and commercial worlds of acting as a casting director, producer, agent, actress and teacher. In this hands-on workshop, Jane shares her insight into the realities of being an actor and gives you practical tools to help formulate a realistic 5-year plan. Her humane...

Often, it can feel as though acting a song requires two separate minds: one in service of the music and one in service of text. This class will fuse these processes to allow both music and text to serve as entryways to the emotional life of your performance.  We will develop your confidence as a singing actor by providing the tools needed to...

Whether you’re an actor, singer, story-teller, or just a daily voice user, this weekly one-hour session will strip away tension forming habits to aid in the full expression of self and the voice.  Following the first portion of the Linklater progression and a fusion of mind-body methodologies, the class will reveal the depth and power of your...

Freeing the Voice Whether you’re an actor, singer, story-teller, or just a daily voice user, this weekly one-hour session will strip away tension forming habits to aid in the full expression of self and the voice. Following the first portion of the Linklater progression and a fusion of mind-body methodologies, the class will reveal the depth and...

This sleek and sly workshop is designed to help you develop stage presence, find a performance style that works for you, and connect with an audience. Theatre and movement exercises will be used to guide you in preparing for stage work or just upping your public speaking confidence. These exercises draw from burlesque/cabaret tradition, acting styles,...

This workshop takes the fundamentals of stage presence and adds lessons on character creation and persona development to increase your working knowledge of the stage. Who you are on stage influences style choices: are you campy or vampy? Classy or sassy? Or do you not care for rhymes at all? Having a developed stage personality is a central part of...

The shows are preceded by a workshop with a pro from the show. This Fall, Jacob Mills “Behind the Mask” will train you in mask performance. Features Four of Chicago’s Finest Variety Performers, Our Host Brad French, “That Juggling Guy,” The Semmerling Mask Players, Music, Dance and more in a Family Friendly Format.

This workshop will help you learn find the confidence it takes to embrace the sensuality of stillness. Whether you freeze up or freak out when performing, it's difficult to be motionless on stage. Learning to project control and emotion in those moments is an indispensable skill you'll learn in this class. This course is designed to help you channel...

In the Bantu language, “muntu” means “the essence of humanity.” It’s what the Muntu Dance Theatre seeks to express in its work and to touch in its audiences. Founded in 1972, the Chicago-based Muntu performs authentic and progressive interpretations of contemporary and ancient African and African-American dance, music, and folklore....