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.”
Accents of the UK
With instructor Adam Fristoe
Starting August 14th
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.
Accent Reduction/ General American Workshop
With instructor Adam Fristoe
August 25th
Does your regional accent limit your opportunities and ability to play a large array of characters? Is it keeping you from getting auditions and jobs?
Learn General American, a neutral accent used by actors across the United States.
Develop your ear to accurately hear yourself and others, and assess how to make changes.Experience how adjusting your voice can create vulnerability, clarity and presence.
Connect the technical side of speech to the art of acting with instructor Adam Fristoe.
Kids on Camera/Self- Taping Tips For Parents FLORIDA workshop
With Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
August 25th
In this workshop led by Drama Inc. co-founders, Catherine Dyer (Stranger Things), and Jason MacDonald (The Vampire Diaries), students will learn how to breakdown a script, perform the scene on camera and take redirect. After lunch parents will join for playback then we’ll move into the self-taping portion of the day. You’ll learn how to ensure you submit THE BEST self tapes. We’ll cover eyelines, equipment, framing, editing, etc.
FREE Chubbuck Preview
With instructor Jerri Tubbs
August 28th
This preview is for those who are new to the Chubbuck Technique or instructor Jerri Tubbs.
This technique maintains a focus on producing and nurturing working actors in a rigorous professional environment. It is our mission to empower our students with the tools to become successful and to make dynamic, empowered choices in their work.
Chubbuck Intro – Level 1
With instructor Jerri Tubbs
Starting September 6th
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.
Kids On Camera
With instructor Jordan Brown
Starting September 8th
Students will go through games and exercises to help stimulate student’s creativity and help them find a sense of fun and freedom to apply to their acting work. We will cover: Script analysis, Character study, Working with a reader, and more!
Teens On Camera
With instructor Jordan Brown
Starting September 8th
Teens will work on Cold Read, Commercials, Audition Techniques, Character Development and Script Analysis.
Class will work with the teens on their discovery and creation of a character through improv, cold reads, and script analysis to help them trust their instincts and training when applying it to their acting work.
Comedy Improv Workshop & Showcase
With instructor Matt Stanton
One Day Workshop
Sept. 8th 10 am – 5 pm
One Evening Performance
Sept. 9th 7 pm curtain
Time to put those improv class skills up in front of a crowd! We will tackle shortform games and longform character creation in the workshop, a day designed to find chemistry and make bold choices in the context of stories made up on the spot. The next evening we’ll showcase for your invited friends and family a “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” style game format in the first half followed by an episode of a hilarious improvised soap opera in the second half.
Create Your Own Content FREE Preview
With instructor Jonothan Mitchell
Sept 9th
This is a free preview for people who are interested in the Create Your Own Content Workshop but would like to know more about what will be covered. Led by instructor Jonothan Mitchell.
Meisner On Camera (MOC) w/ Dustin Lewis “Living Truthfully On Camera”
With instructor Dustin Lewis
Starting Sept 10th
I always get questions about how to take what you learn in my Meisner 6-Month Intensive and use it for on camera work.
This is that class!Whether you have taken Meisner with me or another studio, this on camera Meisner focused class will not only get you more comfortable in front of the camera but put your Meisner training to work. This class will guide you to make bold, honest choices within the world that is given on the page. I will help you find your true selves in every audition by doing and living truthfully in the frame.
Accents of the UK
With instructor Adam Fristoe
Starting September 11th
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.
Movement Integration for the Actor
With Instructor Sherrie Peterson
Starting September 13th
This class is so much more than Movement but it is actually the Mind, Voice, and Body Integration that is the goal of this class that will cover a variety of techniques and processes including Linklater-based vocal production and movement technique drawn from the work of Michael Chekhov, Michael Lugering, and Rudolf Laban. She will cover some Alexander technique to address relaxation as well, combined with the workshopping monologues and scenes.
On-Camera 1 – Wednesday Class
With Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting Sept 19th
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.
Create Your Own Content
With instructor Jonothon Mitchell
September 30th
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.
On-Camera 1 – Saturday Class
With Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting Sept 22nd
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.
From Audition to Set
With instructor Alex Collins
Starting October 9th
This class is not an acting class in the normal sense. Actors must already arrive to this class with experience and ability. This class is designed to give actors the knowledge, tools, and motivation to become better at self-taped auditions and auditioning in the room, which allows them to both
‘book the room’ as well as the job. In this class, actors will: Work with scenes from episodic TV and feature films. Ideally, current or recently produced projects and whenever possible, projects shooting in our region. Assignments will include: On-camera auditions, live ‘in person’ auditions, and either chemistry reads or on ‘on set’ assignments as if the actor has made it to a network test or booked the job. Actors may be paired up with multiple scene partners for chemistry reads, receive blocking instructions, as well as acting direction, all on the fly and under pressure to deliver.
Prep 8 w/ Erica Arvold
With instructor Erica Arvold
Starting October 14th or 15th
Prep 8 is a deep sequential dive into each step of the Arvold Warner Total Preparation curriculum carried out over the span of eight classes within a two month time frame. Each three (3) hour class contains nuanced analyzation and character development guided by the 10-step Total Preparation process presented in the Arvold Warner Studio’s core curriculum. Prep 8 will be helmed by master teacher Erica Arvold. For both beginner and intermediate actors, Prep 8 is appropriate for those who are embarking upon their craft practice as well as those who have already taken AWS’s Total Preparation intensives and are desiring further understanding and practice of each step. Actors will work on two film/television scenes (one self-assigned, another provided) throughout the two months and develop an ability to make strong and bold choices while deepening craft skill and developing full and nuanced characters appropriate for auditioning and set work. Prep 8 is not a scene study class; Prep 8 is a preparation and character development class focused on the discovery and harnessing of one’s own craft tools and process.
On-Camera 1 – Saturday Class
With Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting Nov 3rd
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 – Wednesday Class
With Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Starting Nov 7th
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.
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.
