Young Actors Space - Acting School | Backstage

Young Actors Space

Personnel:

Patrick Day, Director/Private Coach

Nora Eckstein, Teacher/Private Coach

Scott Alan Moffitt, Office Manager/Dialect Coach

Jule Nelson Duac, Teacher/Private Coach

Natalie Halloran, Teacher/Private Coach

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Class Details

15 students per class. Private coaching available. All levels. Auditing is permitted. Fall, winter, and spring sessions. Summer conservatory.

Specialties:

Acting Technique/Scene Study, Young Performers, Improv & Comedy, On-Camera Technique, Private Coaching, Voice/Dialects/Accent Reduction

Comments:

Young Actors Space, established in 1979, is a school for performers as young as age 5 to adults. Develops young talent in the craft of acting for the last 30-plus years.

Classes are structured with half improvisation and half scene study. Using truth-based improv to accentuate the uniqueness of each actor. Approach makes written text seem improv'd. Trains actors to make strong specific choices based on the writer’s intent. YAS is a process-oriented school. Private coaching, on-set coaching, and career consultation also available.