Discipline and Willingness

Actors and students of all levels are warmly welcomed. As a lifetime New Yorker, I find Los Angeles (largely due to geography and density of population) comparatively chilly. It is our mission to remedy this remoteness and isolation, by creating a joyful community of skilled artists. Individual will is powerful. Like-minded group support is omnipotent.

Class environment is unusually supportive. Acting lessons are designed to help the actor shed "competitive defense mechanisms," facilitating access to one's unique vulnerability, which is the cornerstone of all great acting. Work to be expressive, rather than impressive.

The work is all-encompassing and prescriptive, based on each individual's specific needs, with a strong concentration on vocal work, as the authority of one's acting is directly proportional to the muscularity of one's voice. The rate of progress and transformation is breathtaking.

The material is challenging, ranging from the Greeks, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Williams and Miller, to new playwrights, original material, musical pieces and cold reading for film and television. The Art, Spirituality and Business of an Acting Career. Each individual, with guidance, chooses their own materials as all art stems from a point of view. Strong writing creates strong actors.

"Your most direct route to being a working actor is to study and train with those who have manifested professional work themselves"

Class is offered in two sessions on Wednesdays.

Classes are held Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. in Santa Monica.

For Tom's 2-Day Actor Training Intensives in New York City and around the world go to http://actnowevents.com/

Classes start with Voice and Speech training with Anne Burk and Kahlil Joseph beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.

The Magicopolis Theater
1418 Fourth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401

For an interview/audition,
call 310.428.3388
or email actnow@tomtodoroff.com