Acting Classes in San Francisco, CA

5-hour workshop dedicated to working on the Simplicity of acting, with a dedicated focus on the three most important tools for creating multi-layered characters through scene study, emotion work and acting exercises.

Two full days of personalized coaching for actors – for film, TV and theater – with Director / Producer / Acting Coach – Tom Todoroff You will learn how to: strengthen and find your true voice seek your own good opinion be a text detective change the molecules in the room have talent for your talent think like a producer be the acting...

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Frank teaches the fundamental acting techniques he's learned and used successfully over the years, both as an actor and director. Through participation in theater games and irnprov exercises you’ll increase your comfort level, gain confidence in your performance ability and learn to make bold choices. You’ll also spend time behind the microphone...

A voice acting course? Well, yes. Comedy writing? Yes, that too. Improvising and and writing on our feet? Yes, a lot of that. Many of these techniques were designed for my recent course at Pixar Studios. Funny is what makes us laugh. Comedy tells the truth… about people. And comedy can be taught, even if you’re not funny. Discover comedic techniques...

Comfort On Camera is designed to help you get comfortable with who you are and what you look like on camera. This 2 week course will teach you how to prepare for auditions and focus on your individual needs in order to cultivate awareness, confidence, and skillls for auditions and performances. In this on camera, workout focused class, you will practice...

This exciting acting class teaches you how to utilize the Meisner Technique, Improvisation, and Audition Techniques for TV & Film. This class will dig into doing scene work, teaching you the ins and outs of comedy and drama while developing the craft and technique of acting. You will also learn how to apply all of this to on-camera work and get...

We are honored and excited to have Rolf Saxon (AEA, BAE, SAG/AFTRA) join our staff at SFAA! Currently, he is a Professor of Drama at Ohlone College and has worked at the Berkeley Rep and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has worked extensively in film, television and theatre including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre...

Going deeper into the story is something that all actors must learn. To succeed it must become second nature for you to think “I need to go further lo create more layers in my performance”. But how exactly do you do that, especially in a 30 second script? In this seminar you will continue on the path started by Simply Acting of learning and developing...

This class is where we build and perfect your act. In this group session, multiple comedic points of view will be given to help you develop material quickly and address your performance issues. It is simply a more cost effective, less dysfunctional and more productive way of becoming a competent comedian than found on your own in low end bars or working...

Step back into the 1950’s and follow kids through a day at school, talent show practice and the big sock hop! Actors will lip-sync to classic songs such as Rockin’ Robin, It’s My Party and Jailhouse Rock. This show is jam-packed with goofy jokes, silly characters, and lots of dancing.

Can’t go on vacation? Take an imaginary trip with us to six different continents and explore the stories and culture of each. Camp will cullminate in a presentation of your travels for family and friends.

Build a blanket fort, play your favorite theatre games, and create stories about things that go bump in the night. Students are welcome to wear their pajamas and fuzzy slippers at this all-day theatre camp!

“Within this fathom-long body, lies the world of suffering, its cause, and its liberation.”—Gautama Buddha All oppression involves the body—the body holds and reflects the experience of its oppression. Fear, anxiety, and oppression bleed their way into the habits of our human expression, trapping, binding, and shutting down our natural spontaneity...

Travel through time using acting, singing and dancing skills. Students will help create a one-of-a-kind performance piece based on the discovery of a magical time machine. Dance with the flappers of the 1920’s, act with the ancient Greeks and sing with the cowboys of the American West. Who knows where (or when) we’ll land?!