Andrew@YAS - The Young Actor's Studio

December 22, 2016

Acting Classes for Beginners

What are good acting classes for beginners? Good acting classes for beginners recognize there are certain roles a student can excel playing right away. The key is for the teacher to discover what roles a new actor can connect to readily, and also determine what roles may be more of […]

October 19, 2016

2016 Fall Kids Photos

October 19, 2016

How to Get an Acting Job

“How to Get an Acting Job” I’m in an acting class but haven’t gotten an acting job? Why? I have a few acting students who work really hard on their acting every day. They meet with their scene partner, rehearse, memorize their lines and go on auditions—but yet, they don’t […]

October 11, 2016

An Actor’s Life

“AN ACTOR’S LIFE” Being an actor is a series of ups and downs and highs and lows. For example: First you get the audition, then the call back, and finally… you almost booked the acting job. Or you’re cast in a hit play, but the shows closes and you’re […]

October 11, 2016

Film Acting for Kids

FILM ACTING FOR KIDS “Acting on Film” How can I help my child get ready to act in movies? Is there a difference between theatre acting school and a film acting school. This is a question I get all the time at The Young Actor’s Studio and my answer is […]

October 8, 2016

An Interview with Playwright Bekah Brunstetter

ABOUT BEKAH BRUNSTETTER Bekah Brunstetter hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and currently lives in Los Angeles.Plays include Going to a Place where you already are (South Coast Rep Commission), Cutie and Bear (Roundabout Commission) A Long and Happy life (Naked Angels Commission), Be A Good Little Widow (Ars Nova, Collaboraction, The Old Globe), Oohrah! (The Atlantic Theater, Steppenwolf Garage, […]

September 29, 2016

Emotional Acting?

I’ve heard that actors act using their own emotions from life. How can I do this when I have just a normal ordinary life with nothing exciting about it? All you have are your own emotions. That is all you need and I can assure you that you and your […]

September 29, 2016

A Television Interview with Artistic Director Jeff Alan-Lee & Skip E. Lowe

September 29, 2016

Keeping What’s Natural in an Acting Class

I read an article in New York Times yesterday in which Sofia Coppola discussed the casting of some fairly new teenage actors as lead roles in her latest film “Bling Ring”. “I think with people that age, it’s exciting to find kids that are unknown. There’s sort of a naturalness, […]