Located in Atlanta, Georgia, we offer acting classes, workshops, audition taping, coaching, headshots, demo reels, career counseling, and more.
All classes are, adult classes, 18 and over unless otherwise specified.
SCHEDULE AUDITION TAPING
Click here to schedule a taping session with our optional coaching service. Last minute tapings email tapings@dramainc.net.
OPEN CLASSES
Our motto is, “Actors, well trained.” We offer a wide range of classes for actors at all levels who seek to perfect their craft.
ADVANCED CLASSES
Our “Advanced Classes” are for the actor who has a background in Television and film but still wants to work on keeping their skills fresh.
ONE ON ONES
A 1 hr private career counseling session tailored to fit your specific needs from headshot/resume advice to demo reel issues to help with your imperative online presence – anything!
WORKSHOPS
We offer a variety of workshops by industry professionals from all over the country. Everything from commercial audition workshops, casting director Q&A’s, to actor branding. Workshops are constantly being updated so be sure to join our mailing list.
ACTOR SERVICES
We offer a variety of actor services including “One on One,””Film Festival Consultation“, “Headshots with C. Dyer Photography”, and “Demo Editing With Back to One Creative.”
VIRTUAL – Acting Fundamentals
With Jason MacDonald
First Sunday of every month
This class will introduce brand new actors to the varying elements of our craft and business and prepare them for On Camera 1.
IN PERSON On Camera Basics – Wednesday
With D.I. Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting Feb 28, 2024
Don’t think there’s a difference between acting on stage and in TV/film? Do you watch a movie or TV show & say, “I can do that and better”? Then this class is for you. Drama Inc.’s On-Camera 1 teaches the beginning actor, as well as the seasoned stage actor, the basics of acting on camera for television and film. We’ll teach you how NOT to act. What? You’ll learn about eyeline, camera blocking, master shots, mics…
IN PERSON On Camera Basics – Saturday
With D.I. Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting Mar 2, 2024
Don’t think there’s a difference between acting on stage and in TV/film? Do you watch a movie or TV show & say, “I can do that and better”? Then this class is for you. Drama Inc.’s On-Camera 1 teaches the beginning actor, as well as the seasoned stage actor, the basics of acting on camera for television and film. We’ll teach you how NOT to act. What? You’ll learn about eyeline, camera blocking, master shots, mics…
IN PERSON Improv for the Actor
With Instructor Abel Arias
Starting Mar 17, 2024
Having a strong working knowledge of basic improv skills is vital for any actor. Introduce yourself to (or review) the basic tenets of improvisation and stagecraft, then apply these techniques to creative storytelling. This class will prepare you for improvising with anyone anywhere, creating honest, in-the-moment performances. Learn listening, give and take, and stretch your character skills in a made up world.
IN PERSON – The Breakdown
With D.I.Partner Catherine Dyer & Instructor Dustin Lewis
Starting Apr 5, 2024
You will learn a clear concise, process to quickly break down your text/scene/script a variety of memorization techniques to help develop your own process physical & mental relaxation techniques & confidence builders to change that nervous energy into excitement
VIRTUAL Quick Turnaround
With D.I. Partner Catherine Dyer
Starting Mar 7, 2024
This class will give you the tools to break down the sides, research the project, memorize and make strong choices in a short amount of time. Each week you’ll receive a script with a quick turnaround time for submission. You’ll also learn some basic tips for taping at home.
Viewpoints: Movement for the Camera
With Eliana Marianes
Starting Mar 25, 2024
The Viewpoints technique is perfect for the actor who wants to get out of the head and into the body. It’s an energizing movement method designed to teach you to follow your impulses, free yourself from judgment, and make bold choices
IN PERSON Viewpoints Level 2
With Eliana Marianes
Starting Jun 3, 2024
This Level 2 class encourages actors to use physicality and their scene partners to deepen the internal life of their characters. Through a deeper exploration of the Viewpoints movement and voice technique, actors will learn to use their bodies to tell the story, build strong characters, and create relationships.
Note: Prior Viewpoints experience / training is required to take this class.
Workshop: Fade In: First Steps to Screenwriting
With Geoffrey Gunn
Mar 10, 2024
Do you have a great idea for a film, but have no idea where to begin? Or maybe you have too many ideas, and don’t know which one to follow? Or perhaps you have an idea, but aren’t sure if it’s a feature, TV series, or short?
In this workshop we’ll focus on learning the fundamental “pre-writing” tools you can use to identify, test, and develop your idea into something you can confidently bring to page one of your screenplay.
Workshop: Inside the Casting Process
With Olubajo Sonubi
Mar 17, 2024
Actor’s rarely get to know the casting process from the inside. Now that he’s stepped away from mainstream casting and is more involved in the creative process, Olubajo Sonubi is sharing his passion at Drama Inc with this four hour workshop: Inside the Casting Process.
10 Good Pages: Intro to Screenwriting
With Geoffrey Gunn
Starting Mar 17, 2024
10 Good Pages is an introductory screenwriting class with the goal of helping writers develop a practical toolkit for short and feature film writing. Whether you’re a beginner or more experienced writer looking to tackle a specific film project, this course will give you the time and space to apply and experiment with writing techniques for the big and small screen.
IN PERSON Meisner Foundations
With Instructor Taurean Cavins-Flores
Starting May 7, 2024
The key to your success as an actor is “Living TRUTHFULLY under imaginary circumstances”. How can we accomplish that?
We believe it starts with the Meisner Technique and understanding its key factors of being in the moment, listening, freely being able to use your imagination, and letting yourself be affected truthfully by the other human in front of you.
This class is a prerequisite to our full 6 Month Meisner and Movement Intensive.
IN PERSON Intro to Chubbuck
With Instructor Jerri Tubbs
Starting Mar 24, 2024
This class is open to students who are new to this technique and its vocabulary and is best suited for those that have little to no technique training. If you’ve previously taken Chubbuck at DI or elsewhere and want to get a refresher, you are welcome to jump in to this 8 week session until we resume the ongoing class
IN PERSON Script Analysis & Scene Study
With D.I. Co-Founders Claire Bronson & Scott Poythress
Starting Mar 5, 2024
Objective of this class…is for every actor to leave with a fully-equipped tool belt, in regards to breaking down a script, and the ability to apply that new found knowledge to their performance.
VIRTUAL Emotional Access
With April Billingsley
Starting May28, 2024
This class is designed to expand your emotional range and capacity. The aim is to teach you how to create deeper, more interesting, and more consistent performances.
IN PERSON Emotional Access
With April Billingsley
Starting Mar 13, 2024
This class is designed to expand your emotional range and capacity. The aim is to teach you how to create deeper, more interesting, and more consistent performances.
Terry Knickerbocker Intensive
With Terry Knickerbocker
May 6 – 9, 2024
Now is your chance to study with the man who not only has created his own Two Year Conservatory Program in Brooklyn, but who has also coached Sam Rockwell towards his Oscar Winning performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Oscar Nominated performance in Vice. He has spent years coaching clients including Michelle Williams, Boyd Holbrook, Emmy Rossum, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chris Messina, Austin Butler, and Zac Efron.
In this 4 days intensive, we will explore bold choices, rich relationships, authentic inner lives, and full use of your imaginations. All of this should support your work to be lively, rich and free. Be prepared to work and play hard.to be lively, rich and free. Be prepared to work and play hard.
IN PERSON The Essence of Linklater
With Instructor Kathleen Hogan
Starting Feb 29, 2024
This Linklater-based class is a synergy of Linklater fundamentals with a unique mix of exercises developed by Kathleen over the span of her training. In this class, we will explore vocal techniques and step-by-step practical exercises that allow actors to free their individual voices when they speak. Speaking is a physical act engaging the senses, the emotions and the breath. By liberating our voices, we can unite the voice, the senses, the emotions, and the breath with the character. In this way, we use the entirety of ourselves, and are fully present and authentic in our work.
HYBRID Meisner with Movement for the Camera: A 6 Month Intensive
With Instructors Dustin Lewis & Eliana Marianes
Starting TBA 2024
Ready to get serious about your acting? Our Meisner and Movement Intensive is the closest you’ll get to a full conservatory-like program in the Southeast. Invest in your acting technique with Dustin and Eliana for 6 months, and get ready to take your work to a more truthful, emotional level. Featuring a combination of traditional Meisner training and the Viewpoints movement technique, the intensive is a comprehensive blend of internal and external acting approaches designed to craft a process that works for you.
Turning onto Hamilton Ave. from Boulevard, Drama Inc is the white brick building on your left with parking in front.
650 Hamilton Avenue SE, Suite I, Atlanta, GA 30312
We believe that working on the craft of acting and exploring acting technique is an essential and ongoing process. Drama Inc’s principal goal is to provide a safe and supportive yet challenging space to guide actors of all levels while also providing practical, current “real world” info on navigating the business side of this ever-changing industry.