Weekly Classes
Be anywhere in the world and take an award-winning weekly class from the comfort of your own home utilizing the video conferencing app ZOOM!
September 2020
No Audition Required | Ages 8-Up | Session 1: September 18 - October 30 | Session 2: October 30 - December 18 | Cost for 6-Weeks: 625.00 | Pro-rating available!
Can't make every week? Pro-rating available! Inquire here!
Payment Plans Available – please call our office at 212.315.3010 or email here to set up a payment plan today!
Choreographer & Dance Instructor: Austin Marquez
Back by popular demand!
Join us for our Online Dance Call experience Class, for actors and singers who want to improve their dance skills in a safe and supportive environment!
Every Friday, students will be sent a video lesson from Austin, focusing on a different musical theatre dance genre. Austin will present a new combination for each of the six sessions. The class will not only cover choreography, but students will learn terminology and technique specific to each style.
Once you watch the weekly video, you have the weekend to film yourself performing that week’s choreography and submit it to us using Google Drive by Monday. Then we’ll schedule a roughly 15 min ZOOM meeting between Austin & you based on your schedules where he will provide individual feedback on your performance. He’ll also be able to break down difficult steps with you via video and watch you perform and offer guidance and feedback.
NEW COMBOS FOR RETURNING STUDENTS! Continue to hone your dance skills and join us for all weeks!
Week One: Golden Age Musical Theatre
Week Two: Tap - Soft Shoe (no tap shoes required)
Week Three: Fosse
Week Four: Hip Hop
Week Five & Six: Contemporary Jazz
No Audition Required | Ages 10-20 | Tuesdays, September 22 - October 27 from 4-6 PM ET | Cost for all 6-Weeks: 695.00 | Cost Per Week: 145.00
Can't make every week? Take each week as a standalone masterclass!
*Students that are registered for the full 6-week program have the opportunity to perform in the showcase for 4 Talent Reps and loved ones! Those who register for standalone masterclasses DO NOT have the opportunity to perform in the showcase.
Ages 10-20: Spots Still Available!
Ages 12-20s: SOLD OUT! Join the Wait List Here!
Limited to 11 Students!
Each week, take a masterclass with a different Broadway Star!
Payment Plans & Make-Up Class Available – please call our office at 212.315.3010 or email here to set up a payment plan today!
Are you getting a callback but not booking the role? Do you simply want to improve your audition technique? Learn the ins and outs of every aspect of the musical theatre audition experience (acting, singing and dance) from some of Broadway’s biggest stars!
Auditioning for a musical is more than just singing 16 or 32 bars. Learn the ins and outs of the full musical theatre audition experience, from the vocal audition to the dance call to chemistry reads, in which actors are paired with potential co-stars.
Under the guidance of five major Broadway Stars, we will hone every aspect of the musical theatre audition from A-Z.
Week One: The 32-Bar Cut Audition
Broadway Instructor: Tony Nominee, Caitlin Kinnunen of THE PROM, BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (Ages 12-20s) & Broadway’s Ben Fankhauser of NEWSIES (Ages 10-20).
Week Two: The 16-Bar Cut Audition
Broadway Instructor: Tony Nominee, Grey Henson of MEAN GIRLS, BOOK OF MORMON (Ages 12-20s) & Broadway’s Michael Lee Brown of DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Ages 10-20).
Week Three: Monologue Work
Broadway Instructor: Broadway’s Adam Jacobs of ALADDIN, LES MISERABLES, LION KING (Ages 12-20s) & Broadway’s Cheech Manohar of MEAN GIRLS (Ages 10-20).
Week Four: Chemistry Reads (Scene Work)
Broadway Instructor: Broadway’s Joe Carroll of FROZEN, BANDSTAND, CINDERELLA, ONCE (Ages 12-20s) & Broadway’s Alex Boniello of DEAR EVAN HANSEN & SPRING AWAKENING (Ages 10-20).
Week Five: The Broadway Dance Call
Broadway Instructor: Broadway’s Ben Cook of MEAN GIRLS, WEST SIDE STORY, RAGTIME, TUCK EVERLASTING & BILLY ELLIOT.
Week Six: Final Showcase for Family, Friends, & 4 Scouting Talent Reps
Put your new skills to the test in front of Family, Friends, 2 Scouting Talent Agents, and 2 Scouting Talent Managers!
Focus of Class:
• Hone your singing, dancing and acting skills
• Learn to present yourself confidently in dance auditions
• Master what it takes to pick up combinations quickly
• Unlock the keys to success from Broadway's biggest stars
Final Showcase:
On the final day, showcase what you have “workshopped” with your Broadway teachers and perform it live on zoom for family, friends and 4 scouting Talent Reps, 2 Agents and 2 Managers!
For Serious Minded Students | Ages 12-20s | Wednesdays, September 23 - October 28 from 4-6 PM ET | Cost 675.00
Limited to 12 Students!
Payment Plans Available – please call our office at 212.315.3010 or email here to set up a payment plan today!
Instructor: 3x Tony Nominee & TV Actor, Christopher Fitzgerald
Each week participants will boldly explore different approaches to becoming free, full, and funny in front of the camera. Using a combination of psychology, improv, and preparation, participants will practice scene work and “play” to release their inner funny. The main thrust in all our work together will be connecting to our own sense of personal joy. It’s through that joy that all great work springs from.
Focus of Class:
• Cultivating and Connecting to your Personal Joy
• Developing a Relationship with the Camera
• Dealing with and Mastering Nerves
• Improv Techniques to Open your Comic Receptors
• Using Mistakes to your Benefit
Final Showcase with 4 Talent Reps: Together, we will work towards an online final showcase in which family, friends, 2 scouting agents, and 2 scouting managers will Zoom in to see your performance!
Participants will need a computer, smartphone, or tablet with a front facing camera, and you must download the free ZOOM app to participate!
No Audition Required | Ages 8-11 | Wednesdays, September 23 - October 28 from 4-6 PM ET | Cost 650.00
Limited to 12 Students!
Payment Plans Available – please call our office at 212.315.3010 or email here to set up a payment plan today!
Instructor: On-Camera & Broadway Actor, Sean Patrick Doyle
This on-camera class is geared toward actors interested in learning how to bring out the funny in sitcom scenes! We will be using real scripts from Disney & Nickelodeon shows!
Focus of Class:
• Learn to identify comedic clues within the text
• Learn how to use your physicality on-camera
• Learn how to land jokes and bring out the funny
• Learn proper on-camera sitcom acting and audition technique
• Learn how to stand out from the crowd at auditions
Final Showcase with 4 Talent Reps: Together, we will work towards an online final showcase in which family, friends, 2 scouting agents, and 2 scouting managers will Zoom in to see your performance!
Participants will need a computer, smartphone, or tablet with a front facing camera, and you must download the free ZOOM app to participate!
October 2020
No Audition Required | Ages 14-20s | Sundays, October 4-December 6 from 2-5 PM ET | Cost 695.00
1 SPOT LEFT!
ACANY’s Fall 2020 Virtual Play
Director: Broadway & TV Star, Joe Carroll (FROZEN, BANDSTAND, CINDERELLA, THE POLITICIAN, NEW AMSTERDAM)
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. It’s almost in Canada. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.
ALMOST MAINE is an ensemble show written by Tony Nominated Actor and Playwright John Cariani (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, SOMETHING ROTTEN, THE BAND’S VISIT).
This show is made up of two person scenes and monologues that will ensure every member of our cast has their moment to shine! There’s no such thing as a lead role in this production, as all parts are equal in size.
There is no audition required to participate, actors must submit a self tape prior to our first rehearsal. Roles will be handed out on October 4.
Please Prepare: A one-minute contemporary monologue from a published play. If you need a monologue, you may request one after registration.
The entire rehearsal process will take place via zoom. Actors will utilize zoom’s features, such as breakout rooms, to rehearse 1-on-1 with their scene partners and Joe, our director.
On our final day, we will film the production using virtual backgrounds and the actor’s own home environments. The show will be edited together, and we’ll be hosting a viewing party with the cast, family, friends, and scouting industry guests 2 weeks later!
November 2020
No Audition Required | 2 Sessions Split by Age: 8-11 & 12-20s | Wednesdays, November 4 - December 16 from 4-6 PM ET | Cost: 650.00
Limited to 12 Students!
Payment Plans Available – please call our office at 212.315.3010 or email here to set up a payment plan today!
Instructor (Ages 8-11): TV Actor, RJ Brown (13 REASONS WHY, CHICAGO PD, GIRLS)
Instructor (Ages 12-20s): TV Actor, James Leo Ryan (THE BLACKLIST, LAW & ORDER: SVU, NCIS)
In this comprehensive course, we will cover the ins and outs of 2 wildly popular forms of TV series: Procedurals (series that focuses on how crimes are solved or some other aspect of a law enforcement agency) and Serial Dramas (continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion).
Examples of Procedurals (LAW & ORDER, THE BLACKLIST, SCANDAL)
Examples of Serial Dramas (13 REASONS WHY, RIVERDALE, THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA)
Actors will learn how to give nuanced, subtle performances and create authentic and believable characters.
We’ll begin our sessions by working on dramatic monologues from plays, and then dive into various types of on-camera scene work, where students will have the opportunity to work alongside a scene partner.
Actors will learn how to give nuanced, subtle performances and create authentic and believable characters.
We’ll begin our sessions by working on dramatic monologues from plays, and then dive into various types of on-camera scene work, where students will have the opportunity to work alongside a scene partner.
Focus of Class:
• Learn how to give a natural, nuanced and subtle performance
• Scene Study & Script Analysis
• Master Physicality for Performing Dramatic TV Material
• Work on Active Listening Skills and Identifying Intention
• Learn On-Camera Technique to Set You Apart in Auditions
Final Showcase with 4 Talent Reps:
Together, we will work towards an online final showcase in which family, friends, 2 scouting agents, and 2 scouting managers will Zoom in to see your performance!
Participants will need a computer, smartphone, or tablet with a front facing camera, and you must download the free ZOOM app to participate!
LA Talent Manager Mitchell Gossett and LA Casting Director & Producer, Joey Paul Jensen’s Acting Lab
No Audition Required | Ages 10-20s | Thursdays, November 5 - December 3 | 4-6 PM ET | Cost 675.00
Payment Plans Available – please call our office at 212.315.3010 or email us to set up a payment plan today!
Work with both LEGENDARY Talent Manager Mitchell Gossett and LEGENDARY casting director/producer Joey Paul Jensen in an online 4-Week Zoom Acting Lab!
Mitchell Gossett is a top Los Angeles Talent Manager who runs a renowned scouting operation at Industry Entertainment Partners, a bi-coastal management firm. Mitchell has discovered and represented some of Hollywood’s biggest stars including Jennifer Lawrence, Zendaya, Darren Criss, Rachel Brosnahan, Kristen Bell, among others. Joey Paul Jensen is an award-winning Los Angeles Casting Director and Producer who has mentored many actors over the course of her 20 year storied career.
In this class, learn how to access and train your instincts to command the moment, and live the life of your character underneath the words. Discover the space where a character and an actor’s own personality meet. Learn techniques that reduce natural distractions that hinder spontaneity.
Focus of Class:
• Learn and explore Mitchell and Joey's approach to Great Acting
• Learn techniques that help spontaneity flourish and develop more sensory awareness of your choices
• Build perspective on your work from the casting point of view
• Discover how your commitment to the work leaves a lasting impression
• Ease performance anxiety in front of a camera or audience into “ no big deal”
• Get out of your head and into your body through monologue work, scene work, exercises and presentation
• Conquer physicality and movement concerns in self-tape auditions
• Both Mitchell Gossett and Joey Paul Jensen will provide career guidance and advice
No Audition Required | Ages 9-20 | Thursdays, November 5 - December 17 from 4-6 PM ET | Cost 650.00
Limited to 12 Students!
Payment Plans Available – please call our office at 212.315.3010 or email here to set up a payment plan today!
Instructor: Voice-Over Actor, Sean Patrick Doyle (THE BOXTROLLS, Commercial Radio Spots for BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD and RUBY TUESDAY’S)
Voice-over acting is unlike any other type of acting. It requires an actor to make specific and original acting choices that are outside of the box using just their voice.
Learn how to create characters for cartoons and animated feature films and how to perform more naturally for commercials and radio spots!
While much of the entertainment industry is currently on hold, Voice-Over is still going strong! Since much of Voice-Over is recorded separately, many VO actors can record from their home!
Focus of Class:
• Learn how to create animated characters for cartoons and feature films
• Work on naturalistic reads for commercials and radio spots
• Learn how to nail VO auditions
• Get tips from a pro about recording Voice-Over auditions and jobs from your home!
Final Presentation for 2 Agents and a Casting Director: Three industry guests including 2 scouting Voice-Over and Commercial agents plus a top Voice-Over casting director will come in to hear the kids present the material they have honed during our final class. We’ll also have a Q&A with the Casting Director, and the Instructor about the business! Family and friends will also be invited to attend this presentation.
Participants will need a computer, smartphone, or tablet with a front facing camera, and you must download the free ZOOM app to participate!