On-Camera & Voice Over
On-Camera and Voice-Over Weekly Classes give students the unique opportunity to work on scenes and audition sides from television shows, films, and commercials. Each program focuses on the different acting techniques needed to excel in that particular art form. Classes are taught by Television, Film and Voice-Over Actors, NYC Casting Directors and Talent Reps.
Payment plans are available, please contact us for more information!
September 2025
Ages 11-20 (scenes divided by age & level; email for an age exception) | Saturdays, Sep. 20 - Oct. 18 | 11 AM - 1 PM | Cost 575.00
Payment Plans Available at Checkout, or if you need a custom plan, email or call (212) 315-3010
Call (212) 315-3010 to mix and match any of A Class Act NY's 5 and 6-week class offerings and SAVE!
Serious minded students only!
Instructor: TV, Film and Broadway Actor John Patrick Hayden (FLEISHMAN’S IN TROUBLE, YOUNGER, TARTUFFE)
Learn Anne Bogart’s widely used Acting Technique, Viewpoints!
Through scene-work and exercises students will learn the core principles of this popular acting method!
Delve deeper into your work!
About Viewpoints
Anne Bogart's Viewpoints is a physical acting technique. It provides a framework for actors and directors to explore movement, space, time, and relationships, fostering collaboration, spontaneity, and heightened sensory awareness. Viewpoints emphasizes a non-hierarchical approach to performance, encouraging performers to respond to each other and their environment in a dynamic and intuitive way.
Final Showcase for Loved Ones & Talent Reps
Class concludes with a Showcase for loved ones and a few scouting Talent Reps.
Ages 11-20 (scenes divided by age & level; email for an age exception) | Saturdays, Sep. 20 - Oct. 25 | 11 AM - 1 PM | Cost 650.00
Payment Plans Available at Checkout, or if you need a custom plan, email or call (212) 315-3010
Call (212) 315-3010 to mix and match any of A Class Act NY's 5 and 6-week class offerings and SAVE!
Concerned about missing a class? Not to worry, there will be one virtual make-up class offered - Date TBD!
TV/Film/Voice-Over Instructor: Sean Patrick Doyle (BARRY, LAW & ORDER, THE BOXTROLLS)
Hone both on-camera and voice-over technique with a seasoned TV/Film, Broadway & Voice-Over actor!
Focus of Class:
• Uncover differences in script structure and style between Multi-Cam and Single-Cam episodics.
• Learn techniques for vocal transformation, and apply to zany Animation and Video Game characters.
• Master the nuances of tone, inflection and pacing to create dynamic Commercial and Promo reads.
• Finesse your self-tape techniques and gather hands-on experience in a professional voice-over booth.
• Learn key VO and On-Camera terminology, and on-set and booth etiquette.
Final Showcase for Loved Ones & Talent Reps
Class concludes with a Showcase for loved ones and a few scouting Talent Reps.
Ages 7-11 (scenes divided by age & level; email for an age exception) | 5-Week Session 1: Sundays, Sep. 21 - Oct. 19 | 6-Week Session 2: Sundays, Oct. 26 - Dec. 7 | 11 AM - 1 PM | 5-Week Session 1 Cost: 575.00 | 6-Week Session 2 Cost: 650.00 | 11-Week Session Cost: 895.00
Payment Plans Available at Checkout, or if you need a custom plan, email or call (212) 315-3010
Register for either session or register for both sessions and SAVE! Call (212) 315-3010 to mix and match any of A Class Act NY's 5 and 6-week class offerings and SAVE, too!
Concerned about missing a class? Not to worry, there will be one virtual make-up class offered - Date TBD!
TV/Film & Voice-Over Instructor: Sean Patrick Doyle (BARRY, LAW & ORDER, THE BOXTROLLS)
Hone both on-camera and voice-over technique with a seasoned TV/Film, & Voice-Over actor!
When we work on voice-over, we do it in an actual, professional NYC Recording Studio! Learn how to use the VO equipment!
Focus of Class:
• Uncover differences in script structure and style between Multi-Cam and Single-Cam episodics.
• Learn techniques for vocal transformation, and apply to zany Animation and Video Game characters.
• Master the nuances of tone, inflection and pacing to create dynamic Commercial and Promo reads.
• Finesse your self-tape techniques and gather hands-on experience in a professional voice-over booth.
• Learn key VO and On-Camera terminology, and on-set and booth etiquette.
Final Showcase(s) for Loved Ones & Talent Reps
Each session culminates in a performance for loved ones & a few scouting Talent Reps!
Ages 11-19 (scenes divided by age & level; email for an age exception) | 5-Week Drama Session: Sundays, Sep. 21 - Oct. 19 | 6-Week Sitcom Session: Sundays, Oct. 26 - Dec. 7 | 11 AM - 1 PM | 5-Week Session Cost: 575.00 | 6-Week Session Cost: 650.00 | 11-Week Session Cost: 895.00
Payment Plans Available at Checkout, or if you need a custom plan, email or call (212) 315-3010
Register for either session or register for both sessions and SAVE! Call (212) 315-3010 to mix and match any of A Class Act NY's 5 and 6-week class offerings and SAVE, too!
TV/Film Instructor: TBA Soon!
Cover the ins and outs of two popular genres of Television: Sitcoms (Comedic TV Shows) and Dramas, which can include both Serial Dramas (continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion) and Procedurals (series that focuses on how crimes are solved or some other aspect of a law enforcement agency).
Students learn the acting techniques needed for one, or both, of these very different yet very popular genres of television shows!
Focus of Class:
• Scene Study & Character Development: Learn how to identify operative words, objectives, conflict, tactics and acting beats within the text and how to make your character come to life
• Learn how to portray complex characters
• Learn how to bring out the funny in sitcom scenes by cultivating and connecting to your personal joy and opening your comic receptors
• Learn how to develop a relationship with the camera
• Improve on-camera physicality
• Work on active listening skills; learn how to be a generous & present scene partner
• Hone audition technique and learn how to make a proper homemade self-tape
Concerned about missing a class? Not to worry, there will be one virtual make-up class offered - Date TBD!
Final Showcase(s) for Loved Ones & Talent Reps
Each session culminates in a performance for loved ones & a few scouting Talent Reps!
October 2025
Ages 11 & Up | Saturdays, Oct. 25 - Dec. 6 | 11 AM - 1 PM | Cost 650.00
Payment Plans Available at Checkout, or if you need a custom plan, email or call (212) 315-3010
Call (212) 315-3010 to mix and match any of A Class Act NY's 5 and 6-week class offerings and SAVE, too!
Instructor: TV, Film Actor, & Sketch Writer & Director, John Patrick Hayden, (YOUNGER, FLEISHMAN’S IN TROUBLE, DAREDEVIL)
Your instructor, John Patrick, has directed sketch comedy troupes in NYC that have won various awards!
Through improv games, students learn to create characters & story lines that come to life!
In our "SNL Style Class" bring in characters and John Patrick will help craft these ideas into sketch scenarios.
Lots of Oscar Winning actors have appeared on SNL.
This class is an incredible way to build muscles that will be helpful to you as an actor in other aspects of our profession, such as:
• in live performance when things go awry
• in auditions when a casting director asks you to improv
• on-set when your director asks you to improv
• when you’re on a sketch show and you have to roll w/ the punches & often use improv as a tool
Final SNL Style Showcase w/ Talent Reps
On the last day, we emulate an SNL show with different sketches and characters YOU created. Loved ones & a few Scouting Talent Reps will be in attendance!