coaches / teachers

TheAccentCoach.com - [Los Angeles] Accent/Audition coach: "Learn the tools Great Actors use in their performances. Exude confidence, charm and competence."

The Actors Workshop - Los Angeles
Under the direction of veteran Film Actor and Coach R.J. Adams this long time Film/Television acting school is one of the oldest and most respected in Southern California
 
The Actors Workshop - Orange County
Established in the late 70's, this very prominent Film/Television acting school under the direction of Rob Adams has seen dozens of their actors rise to stardom over the past 3 decades.

Cynthia Bain’s Young Actor Studio - *[Los Angeles] "Cutting-edge training and coaching for today's young actor."

Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Studio**[Los Angeles]

Michael Bofshever Studio [Los Angeles]
  > Author of Your Face Looks Familiar... : How to Get Ahead as a Working Actor

Angela Campolla Acting Studio - *[Los Angeles]
Learn the secrets of audition acting from an experienced Casting Director with 20 years as an Acting Coach.

Creative Combustion Acting Studio *[Los Angeles] Joshua Finkel, Acting Coach and Director [phone coaching available]

Fearless Choices - Charlotte Cornwell **[Los Angeles]

Peter Kelley Acting [Tribeca, New York]  "Professional acting training for film and television. Peter offers rigorous, ongoing classes for actors who are pursuing careers in film and long-form dramatic television and are seeking training to increase their proficiency and comfort on-set."

Ken Lerner *[Los Angeles] "has been an actor on stage, in films and television for over 27 years..."

Michael Margotta - tours Europe, Asia and North America - classes and workshops

The Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio**[Los Angeles] “developed to empower actors with a dependable and exciting technique, inspiring spontaneity, emotional availability and consistency.”

Neblett Acting Studio - [Richmond, VA] NAS offers a range of method-based acting training for all levels, as well as, acting news and links in the Virginia area

Natalia Nogulich *[Los Angeles] Scene Study Class. “I have been teaching Acting for over a decade.  Having studied with Stella Adler and David Mamet, I teach Stanislavski Technique as well as Meisner.”

Steve North The Comedy Coach**[Los Angeles]

Stuart Rogers’ Acting Studios**[Los Angeles]  “I feel that listening is a key to good acting, and Stuart guides his actors to a striking level of connection, listening, and responding. Allison Janney ("West Wing" etc.)

Voiceart by Matt Walters voiceover classes**[Los Angeles]

Yellow Roses Productions*[Los Angeles] / Debra Watson - coaching & classes for adults, teens and kids

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casting

Casting directors - "UK's leading casting resource to film, theatre and television companies seeking vetted,
experienced and professional actors."

David Glanzer Casting [W. Hollywood, CA]
"Whether it’s casting for features, television, commercials, industrials, plays or anything else needing top quality talent, David Glanzer Casting can find the best talent for the job. I have a great deal of experience working with a variety of people. From big name feature directors, to first time independent directors to film students."

ExploreTalent - Acting, modeling, movie auditions, and casting calls for actors and actresses.

The Film Casting Web Site
"If you are casting Reality TV/Film/Theatre/SitCom/Drama/Comedy/Any production,
Send us a casting breakdown and we will refer appropriate actors for the job!"

SeeYourTalent.com - A Southern California casting web site designed to allow talent the most flexibility in promoting themselves the way they feel best.  Upload resume, photos, demo videos and audio for Casting Directors to see.  Also view and submit to casting calls posted by Casting Directors looking for talent.

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groups / schools ...

Acting Corps **[Los Angeles]
"As far as Los Angeles acting schools go, actors should look for two things. One: practical, expert, daily, training to prepare you to work in film and television. And two: a challenging environment to support and encourage you to LEAVE the classroom and the school and find acting work. We do this at the Actors' Boot Camp and at The Acting Corps. Check it out - if not now, when?"

The Acting Place**[Los Angeles]

The Actors Center**[Los Angeles]
Training as an actor can be the most challenging, the most engaging, and significant
experience of a lifetime.  Michael Scott Butler

The Actors' Gang **[Hollywood]

The Actors' Network
Hollywood is a smash-and-grab town. People like to believe in their minds that they're coming here to build a career, but, for the most part, most people I've met are really just here to give it a shot for a few years and see what happens. ... The only way that you're going to create a balanced actor life is if you decide, 'Hey, this is my home.'  Kevin E. West - actor & president

AIA Actor's Studio **[Burbank]

Atlantic Theater Company and School **[New York]

bang   - a teaching studio and performance space dedicated to the ongoing study of improvisation.

BiggerPockets.com - Actor's Headquarters
"Acting Resources for Actors & Actresses... everything you need to start or maintain a successful acting career
in film theater commercials or television."

California State Summer School for the Arts CSSSA

Cry Havoc Company **[New York] **"a resource for young theater directors, actors, and playwrights."

The Comedy Circle
"a place for comics of all levels of experience from first timers to established headliners to interact,
network, and find ways to create a better environment for comics."

Connection Theatre Company **[New York]**"We are an artistic collective committed to providing Actors, Directors, Writers and Designers the opportunity to grow in their craft.

Creative Actors Alliance
We are a group of Los Angeles based actors that have banded together to take charge of our careers, and provide a motivation and support system for each other and our projects. Based on the old saying, our motto is "The Industry helps those who help themselves!"

DAP Ensemble **[New York] **"to provide a supportive and educational environment for Directors, Actors and Playwrights within an atmosphere of professionalism. DAP encourages its theatre artists to live their craft to the fullest expression of their passion for and potential in the theatre."

Developing Artists  [New York]
"Our purpose is to provide young artists with the tools to succeed as working actors, musicians and writers in the theater community. Through classes in playwriting, acting and improvisation students are exposed to fundamental theater arts techniques designed to build confidence, explore self-expression, empower their creative voice and instill professionalism."

DiaTribe  "a collective of writers and actors creating original works for stage and film... meets weekly
to workshop members' new and in-progress works."   [Hollywood, CA]

Edgemar Center For The Arts   [Santa Monica CA]
"serves as collaborative rehearsal and performance space open to artists of all disciplines and experience levels. It is a space in which professional and classical theater productions, dance performances, visual arts and films collaborate with independent, experimental, and student works in various stages of development. Additionally, ECA serves all facets of the Westside community by offering public arts programs. The programs include ticketed performances and educational outreach courses for children and senior citizens."

The Factory - "is full of hard workers, devoted to creating inspired and exciting projects in the dramatic arts.
We are all actors, but more accurately, we are artists. We came together in L.A. to act on our constant need to create, perform, explore, succeed, fail, challenge, raise issues, learn and grow." **[Los Angeles]

Fresh Bread Productions  **[New York]

Gail A. Stocker Presents
"is a Los Angeles-based comedy consulting company designed to find comics and performers
for corporate events anywhere in the world."

The Groundlings

Holebrain Productions **[New York / LA] "an ensemble of artists dedicated to making theatre in its own time, with its own signature, with its own power tools."

Hollywood North - Acting & Modeling
“Hollywood North helps actors, models, photographers, casting directors and talent agents communicate more efficiently with each other.  Actors and models have the ability to create personal portfolios which include photographs for the talent industry to access. Hollywood North offers a variety of benefits to its community and refreshing content that keeps pace with the entertainment industry.”

IO West - the Los Angeles arm of the ImprovOlympic in Chicago

The Juilliard School

L.A. Stand-Up Comedy Boot Camp
Award-winning TV producer Joe Falzarano’s standup workshop offers a fresh alternative to the standard “academic” style classes. You’ll get the insiders perspective from the guy who spent 10 years developing comics while running NYC’s Original Improv and Carolines and produces comedy TV for HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, and more."

Laurel Springs School
"Some schools label themselves home schools, independent study programs, distance learning programs, individualized education programs (IEPs), Virtual Schools or online/web-based learning. At Laurel Springs, we integrate all these components to provide students with an educational experience that is supportive and personalized.

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts

Los Angeles Theatresports: The Improvisational Theater Company

Marnie Cooper School of Acting -
"Marnie Cooper has been teaching acting for the past twenty years. A former child actor and longtime student of acting herself, Marnie has won much acclaim for her work with children and has been featured on national television and in popular print media. She has developed her own unique and phenomenally effective way of teaching acting to children and teenagers..."

The NAIADES Coven - A Los Angeles Improv Comedy & Nude Performance Company

National Arts and Disability Center program list
Visual, Performing, and Multidisciplinary Arts Programs and Classes for Children and Adults with Disabilities
in the Greater Los Angeles Region

Phantom Projects
"is a new form of peer activism created by a 17-year old in 1997 that utilizes live theatre productions and real teens to promote healthy decision-making and positive living to teens throughout Southern California. In addition to bringing motivational shows to school campuses, churches, and youth groups, the teen troupe performs theatrical classics to sell-out audiences at the 1,264 seat La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts such as The Diary of Anne Frank, Our Town, and The Miracle Worker."

Playhouse West **[Los Angeles]
".. a training ground for actors, writers and directors founded by Robert Carnegie and Jeff Goldblum in 1981. As an adjunct to our on-going acting classes, we produce plays in repertory, using exclusively our current students, which are directed by.. staff members and students. Playhouse West is also intrinsic in the production of film projects, from feature lengths to shorts."

The Ruskin School of Acting **[Los Angeles]
Sir Anthony Hopkins has been hosting voluntary classes at Santa Monica, California's
Ruskin School Of Acting on weekends... Teaching everything from Shakespeare, Chekhov
and Pinter to scenes, theory and monologues, Hopkins often stays long after the three-hour
classes to work with students one-on-one. [imdb.com celebrity news 16 Jan. 2002]

The Sanford Meisner Center **[North Hollywood]

Schoolcreative -
"offers part and full time programs for film and television acting taught by Cannes award winning and Emmy nominated professionals. The instruction is results oriented and we take great pride in mentoring our students to the careers they want." [Vancouver, B.C.]

The Second City Training Center / Los Angeles   "is a natural outgrowth of a rich educational heritage. Based on the work of Viola Spolin, Second City's scholastic explorations have advanced the disciplines of acting and comedy. Ms. Spolin's "Theater Games" are a dynamic influence in theatrical training across America."

ShowBizKid
".. shortens the path between the entertainment professionals and the young talent looking for roles. ShowBizKid caters to Actors, Models, Talent Scouts, Parents, Managers, Agents, Casting Directors, Directors, Producers, Ad Agencies, Theaters, and all other affiliated businesses. Additionally, we post all available auditions in film, television, theater, commercials, voiceovers, print, and other media. Our systems utilize the most advanced technology to enable online, real-time updates with no additional costs to our members."

Theatre League Alliance of Southern California

Theatre of Arts - Performing Arts Academy **[Los Angeles]

Theatricum Botanicum**[Los Angeles]

Unstoppable Actors
".. run by and for actors... Our goal is to shatter the absurd notion that acting professionally is a hobby for only a select few, and that without a 'break' given by the industry, there is no hope for success.  We do this by emphasizing the two factors that truly determine success, and that most actors neglect to seriously consider: ATTITUDE & BUSINESS."

West Coast Ensemble **[Los Angeles]
"a multi-ethnic company of professional actors, writers, directors and technicians working together to produce a full four-show MainStage Season and a Parallel Season of smaller, challenging plays, as well as Studio Series productions."

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  misc. resources

Acting-1.com - Acting, The Passion and the Dream 
Acting, Theater, Film and the Arts. Free resources and acting news.

The Acting Website -The UK’s Free Entertainment Directory - a new special contacts directory for the Film, Theatre TV and Radio industry.

ActorNation - "an exciting, FREE newsletter.. once a month. Every issue is jam-packed with:   
* Acting Articles    * Product Reviews    * ActorTrack Tips-n-Hints    * User Spotlights    * Special Offers

ActorTrack v2.0 - FREE trial of ActorTrack is the FULL RETAIL VERSION and is good for logging & tracking up to 5 Auditions and Callbacks. This will allow you to see for yourself how powerful the ActorTrack software program is.

Actress Amy Hoerler:::Showbiz Links - a wide range of helpful resources for actors

A Minor Consideration**[Los Angeles] - "a non-profit organization formed to give aid and support to child actors - past, present and future."

Backstage.com industry publication

Caryn.com Eye On The Industry: Filmmaking, Acting & Screenwriting Resources

Former Child Star Central

Hollywood Success - APS / Associated Producers Services, Actors Promotional Services, and APS Productions...
"a networking organization, a support system, and a highly effective "marketing machine" for Entertainment Industry professionals -- producers, directors, casting directors, agents, managers, entertainment attorneys, film financiers, and a limited number of professional actors and actresses."

Internet Movie Database - the major listing of titles [film, tv, other], crew, release info etc

Janedoe - has worked in film, television, and theatre as an actor, writer, and producer.

Rising Stars Talent Management
David Matis - "Personal Management for kids, adults, and athletes; private coaching & consulting also available."

Young Performer   "The Journal for Families in the Entertainment Industry"

books : acting......articles : acting... acting videos / dvd........

*acting.......acting 2.......acting 3......acting: teen/young adult

interviews. - including actors, other filmmakers

*filmmaking: resources: interviews, articles, sites****books: filmmaking

****nurturing talent.........nurturing talent : teen / young adult.........coaching

****home page :: -Talent Development Resources......site map* **books etc