You can hit an acting studio in this town by throwing a rock in any direction. The list of acting coach options, as well as acting technique options, are endless.
Here are just a few of the choices available to the working actor. You can book a coach/class to teach you:
*How to access your feelings
*Improv ("Yes And...")
*Cold reading
*Psychological Gesture (Showing the state of mind of the character)
*Adler/Meisner/Strasberg (All forms of American Method)
*Disney!!!!
*Classical Acting
*Practical Aesthetics (Literal/Want/Essential Action/As If)
*Affective Memory (Calling on the memory of a similar situation to those of the character)
*Voice Acting
Sounds great doesn't it???? All valid acting techniques that intersect with each other in different areas of the acting spectrum.
How does an acting coach make a living? Well....
An acting coach can charge you for a "private" lesson running 30-mnutes to an hour. We've paid anywhere from $40-$180 for an hour lesson.
Course tuition can vary from monthly ($200-$300) to paying for an entire course in advance ($600-$1000).
You also have to ask:
*Is the coach good with adults and kids or does he only work with one of the groups?
*Does the end of the course lead straight into another course/tuition fee?
*Who has the teacher coached to success in the past?
*Does the teacher specialize in the acting skill you want to work on?
*Do you click with the teacher?
*Do you have the same goals as the teacher in terms of what you hope to learn?
Not all teachers are created equal. Zach has been lucky. He found a great teacher right when we moved to town. He recently found a second acting coach that has helped him exercise different acting muscles. The two teachers are different in their approaches but both of them have valid artistic viewpoints.
And when it comes down to it, growing as an artist is a wonderful thing for every actor.
The IMDb page of the ever evolving artist.
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