If you want to become an actor, one thing you’ve got to understand is that it means you’re going to be watched and listened to…very closely.  Almost in microscopic detail.  And you’ve got to be comfortable with that.  You’re saying, “Look at me: I’m going to do this well enough to grab your attention–and hold on to it.  Because me and my fellow performers… we’ve got a story to tell, and we want to tell it the best we can.”

If you want to be an honest actor, you can’t hide behind tricks, props, poses or stunts, and you definitely can’t hide behind your own fear.  You’ve got to lose the fear and tell the truth.  Once you decide you want to be an actor, it drives you to seek a way to search for answers.  And wanting it–really wanting it–is half the battle.  Follow that desire and you’re halfway there.

We’ve got exciting Diploma and Certificate Programs in Acting here at IAFT.  Whether you’re just spreading your wings for the first time or you’ve already gotten your feet wet, our classes allow you to dive into progressive exercises and innovative scene work to fortify your approach to building the character you’re playing.  Learning and working with skills such as story analysis, internal and external research, and centering on your primary tools–concentration, intuition, imagination, inspiration, and most critically, relaxation and personalization–will take you to the next step of finding the truth in every performance you give.

Our classes will have you doing advanced on-stage and on-camera scene work to help extend your range and deepen your understanding of the skills required for excellence in performance.

Over this past summer, we completed a popular series of intensive and mind-expanding workshops and now our full four-term and two-term programs rev up in January 2013.