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. Only offered at 650 Hamilton Avenue SE location.
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 to 2hr 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.
VIRTUAL ON CAMERA
This is a weekly on-camera class designed for actors who are out-of-state, cannot make it to our in-studio classes, or would like to perfect their self-taping process.
ACTOR SERVICES
We offer a variety of actor services including “one on one,” “headshots with c. dyer photography”, and “demo editing with back to one creative.”
Intro to Accents Workshop
With instructor Adam Fristoe
April 21st
Learn the skills you need to create authentic regional and foreign accents. We will play with sound, get intimately familiar with how we produce and shape sound, and learn the basics of several staple accents that commonly come up in auditions. Mastering accents can take a long time. It is a skill, like any other, and requires a lot of practice, diligence and courage. Approach this course with patience, a plan to practice outside of class, and a willingness to play.Develop your ear to accurately hear and alter your accent. Better understand the use of articulators, resonators, placement, breath and alignment Learn techniques to research, transcribe and perform dialects and accents. Become more expressive, more marketable and have fun playing a new array of characters.
Tactical Training Workshop
With instructor Matt Clanton
Starting April 22nd
The focus of this workshop is to prepare actors to safely and correctly
portray law enforcement, security, and military characters for TV/Film. Each
student will receive hands-on training in handling firearms and the use of
proper tactical movement for camera.
Accents of the UK
With instructor Adam Fristoe
Starting April 26th
Learn the skills you need to create authentic accents based in the UK. We will play with sound, get intimately familiar with how we produce and shape sound, and learn the basics of several staple accents that commonly come up in auditions. Mastering accents can take a long time. It is a skill, like any other, and requires a lot of practice, diligence and courage. Approach this course with patience, a plan to practice outside of class, and a willingness to play. Develop your ear to accurately hear and alter your accent. Better understand the use of articulators, resonators, placement, breath and alignment Learn techniques to research, transcribe and perform dialects and accents. Become more expressive, more marketable and have fun playing a new array of characters.
Traditional Meisner 6 Month Training Track
With instructor Dustin Lewis
Starting May 6th
The definition of Acting is “living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” In order to do this we must learn to strip away the confines that society has put on us and respond truthfully in every moment. Meisner has developed improvisational exercises that bring the actor back to the beginning where they learn to know themselves and can act in a place where no barriers exist. They will come away from this training with the ability to have a truthful experience with another actor. And when the actor has an experience, the audience has an experience.
Chubbuck Intro – Level 1
With instructor Jerri Tubbs
Starting May 10th
In this class students will break down the text according to “The Power of the Actor” – 12 steps, and all of the emotional exercises in the book and then apply it to scene work. The goal is to get every student to learn how to be proactive and win an objective in the scene while creating a dynamic performance. While there is no filming element to this class, the technique is designed especially through the use of inner monologue and inner objects to be captured, truthfully for the camera.
Total Preparation I: Art Meets Craft
With instructors Erica Arvold & Richard Warner
Starting May 15th
Total Preparation I offers actors personal, in-depth co-instruction and practical, professional advice on the entire audition process from master teachers Richard Warner and Erica Arvold. The class specifically addresses film & television auditions and is for intermediate adult actors (college-level and above). Completion of this class, which introduces the first five steps of the Arvold/Warner 10-step preparation checklist, is a prerequisite for Total Preparation II: Character Exercises.
Total Preparation II: Character Exercises
With instructors Erica Arvold & Richard Warner
Starting May 17th
This four-hour intensive class expands and deepens the craft concepts introduced in Total Preparation I. Actors explore in-depth the final five steps of the Arvold/Warner 10-step preparation checklist, participate in group exercises and receive individual coaching through scene work led by master teachers Richard Warner and Erica Arvold. Required prerequisite: Total Preparation I
Improv for the Actor: Level 1
With instructor Matt Stanon
Starting May 22nd
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.
The Breakdown: Prepare, Relax and Let Go!
With instructors Catherine Dyer & Dustin Lewis
Starting June 1st
How many times have you said, “I knew the lines perfectly in the car/shower”? How many times have you said, “I get so nervous in the waiting/audition room”? How many times have you just sort of said your lines with meaning & not made informed, confident & detailed choices?
All that will change in our new class, THE BREAKDOWN. Cat & Dustin will help you build a working foundation that you will use for the rest of your career!
Improv for Teens
With instructor Ryan King
Starting June 6th
This class will use theater games, character work and group scenes to teach the fundamentals of improvisation. Students will learn to trust their instincts, make confident choices and work as a team in order to create original stories in a shared environment.
On-Camera 1 – Wednesday Class
With Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting June 6th
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…
Students will be taped on camera every week using actual TV and film scripts. They will receive notes and tips and will have the opportunity to re-tape using director’s notes. And they will learn from watching fellow students.
On-Camera 1 – Saturday Class
With Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting June 9th
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…
Students will be taped on camera every week using actual TV and film scripts. They will receive notes and tips and will have the opportunity to re-tape using director’s notes. And they will learn from watching fellow students.
Script Analysis and Scene Study (SASS)
With Co-Founders Claire Bronson & Scott Poythress
Starting June 12th
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. Class Outline. Students will be paired up and assigned scenes. We’ll then outline the process for breaking down scripts, mining them for every nugget of information necessary for character development. Students will continue this process on their own in preparation for Week 2. Students will bring in their fully analyzed scripts. The class will then review everyone’s progress and fill in any blanks in character development together. Everyone will be up on their feet, making dynamic choices fueled by their research, and playing off their scene partners. This is where students will work toward making more specific, bold choices. Students will come in performance ready. Taking all of the research and all of the character development from the previous three weeks, they will now be encouraged to let it all go… living truthfully in the imaginary set of circumstances that this class has helped to define for them!
Create Your Own Content
With Instructor Jonothon Mitchell
Starting June, 24th
You’ve got the perfect idea for the next great web series, short film, or sketch. What’s next? In this workshop you will learn variations on the necessary methods to develop your own original content start to finish. By the end of this workshop your gem of an idea will be pitch-worthy, branded, and ready to take on the world.
Script Analysis and Scene Study (SASS)
With Co-Founders Claire Bronson & Scott Poythress
Starting July 10th
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. Class Outline. Students will be paired up and assigned scenes. We’ll then outline the process for breaking down scripts, mining them for every nugget of information necessary for character development. Students will continue this process on their own in preparation for Week 2. Students will bring in their fully analyzed scripts. The class will then review everyone’s progress and fill in any blanks in character development together. Everyone will be up on their feet, making dynamic choices fueled by their research, and playing off their scene partners. This is where students will work toward making more specific, bold choices. Students will come in performance ready. Taking all of the research and all of the character development from the previous three weeks, they will now be encouraged to let it all go… living truthfully in the imaginary set of circumstances that this class has helped to define for them!
Drama Inc. is located in GRANT PARK just South of Zoo Atlanta.
Taping services are offered at this location only.
650 Hamilton Avenue SE, Suite I, Atlanta, GA 30312
Drama Inc. is an acting studio in Atlanta, Ga which guides actors of all levels as they explore Atlanta’s rapidly-growing TV and film industry as well as offering an environment for advanced and veteran actors to sharpen their skills.
