The studio’s deepest goal is helping young actors becoming comfortable with, and ultimately take ownership of, the full range of who they are. Rather than hiding qualities they think are undesirable or altering themselves for approval, students learn to recognize their own emotions, personality, traits, quirks, imagination, behavior, and individual perspective as creative material. This approach will help develop them both a distinctive artistic voice, and give them greater confidence in life.

Whereas a lot of training for young people is primarily external: hitting marks, taking direction, booking tips, and playing the character the “right way” based on the teacher’s interpretation. Our technique, inspired by Stanislavski, begins with the actor working on themselves. Through the use of imagination, exploration, and improvisation students become less manufactured and more responsive, impulsive, specific, and personally connected in their work. 

This allows our young artists to give truly distinct and memorable work. Many of our students have made phenomenal contributions in the arts because they have an authentic, original voice that is not merely following the trends. 

Progress is a student becoming more comfortable expressing themselves in a wider range of roles. Some students enter the studio full of humor, but have a hard time being vulnerable; whereas other students are full of vulnerability, but have a hard time in confrontation. The goal is for students to be able access and express it all: humor, silliness, anger, courage, joy, sadness, excitement, love, fury, and so forth. 

Our students have a wide range of personal goals at the studio. We also want to work with each individually to help them realize their personal creative goals.