CLASSES FOR KIDS AND TEENS
Ages 7-8 and 9-12
ZBS has become one of the industry leaders for professional actor training for young actors. Our students have had leading and recurring roles in films, television shows, and theatrical productions.
The Kids and Tweens ZBS cutting-edge curriculum is focused on a whole-self approach to the acting process: fusing advanced acting technique with self and artistic development. All classes are designed for professional working actors.
ZBS also accepts enrichment funds from approved Charter School programs for class payment. If your child is currently registered with iLead Schools, Sky Mountain, Excel Charter Academy, Heartland Charter School, Blue Ridge Academy, Yosemite Valley Charter, Sage Oak, Granite Mountain, Monarch River Academy, Cottonwood School, Clarksville Charter, Winship Community, Lake View Charter, Feather River Charter School, please e-mail us at info@zakbarnett.com for program details.
Course Description:
The Young Kids Class introduces the ZBS Whole Self Approach for kids 7-8 years of age. The class works both on and off camera and incorporates elements of auditioning, improvisation, and scene work, as well as introduces self-awareness exercises that help the young actor develop their emotional maturity and intellectual capacity. The class introduces acting as a self-study and lifelong practice, much like a martial art.
The class has a 20-week commitment, after which the student continues ongoing monthly classes until they are ready to progress to their next class.
Class Details:
Online Section
Classes are currently on hiatus. For more information, email us at info@zakbarnett.com.
Pricing:
$325 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 20-weeks, and then ongoing monthly enrollment; OR
$375 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 1-year, and then ongoing monthly enrollment, by enrolling in ZBS L.A. Membership
(Classes are capped at 16 students)
Register by clicking here.
Course Description:
The Core Class is an On-Camera Audition Class that focuses on six television genres as well as vertical shorts: single-cam, multi-cam, procedural drama, serial drama, sci-fi, dramedy. It simultaneously introduces the ZBS Whole Self Approach, which focuses on the Core Experiences: the energetic states that precede emotion—experiences like fear, loss, joy, presence, etc. This mindfulness practice for actors, and how it relates to the material and at the actor’s instrument, becomes the foundation for the work at ZBS.
Class Details:
In-person Section
Taught by Miguel Luciano
Saturdays from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Online Section
Taught by Elaine Whae & Samia Mounts
Saturdays from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Pricing:
$375 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 20-weeks, and then ongoing monthly enrollment; OR
$399 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 1-year, and then ongoing monthly enrollment, by enrolling in ZBS L.A. Membership
(Classes are capped at 16 students)
Register by clicking here.
Course Description:
The Craft Class focuses on the actor’s inter-dependent systems of creation: Physicality, Voice, Imagination, Relationship and Language. After exploring each of these access points to the actors’ instrument, an actor begins to use the full range of what their instrument offers in both audition and performance scenarios.
Participation in this class is by audition or invitation only. To be considered, send in a reel or a recent self-tape and resume to info@zakbarnett.com.
Class Details:
Hybrid Section (In-person + Online)
Taught by Bailey Humiston
Sundays from 10 am to 1 pm
Pricing:
$375 every four weeks, with a 20-week commitment, and then ongoing monthly enrollment; OR
$399 every four weeks, with a 1-year commitment by enrolling in ZBS L.A. Membership, OR
(Classes are capped at 16 students)
Please e-mail studio for enrollment.
Course Description:
This course explores different on-camera environments with an emphasis on self-tapes and understanding your individual casting. You’ll work with more complex material (emotionally, physically, technically), expand your personalization tools and capacity, and get attuned with your specific essence/type. Ultimately, you’ll learn to stay connected authentically in challenging situations and with challenging material, create a broader creative and technical palette, and a clearer sense of your casting.
Participation in this class is by audition or invitation only. To be considered, send in a reel or a recent self-tape and resume to info@zakbarnett.com.
Class Details:
Hybrid Section (In-person + Online)
Taught by Bailey Humiston
Saturdays from 11 am to 2 pm
Pricing:
$375 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 20-weeks, and then ongoing monthly enrollment; OR
$399 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 1-year, and then ongoing monthly enrollment, by enrolling in ZBS L.A. Membership
(Classes are capped at 16 students)
Please e-mail studio for enrollment.
Course Description:
TReclaim your creative agency and say goodbye to self-tape fatigue with the signature ZBS Three-Take Approach. Built entirely for the actor rather than a rigid industry system, this course flips the script on auditions by turning a mechanical requirement into a deeply satisfying creative playground.
Through our clear, proven structure, you’ll spend less time overthinking and more time generating bold, organic choices that are undeniably original and uniquely your own—most often in far less time than standard self-tape methods require.
Best of all, this process equips your team with two truly distinct, strategic takes to submit—a battle-tested approach proven to help actors land numerous series regular roles. Elevate your craft, give your reps maximum submission impact, tap back into the joy of performance, and sharpen your instincts as both an actor and a filmmaker.
Participation in this class is by audition or invitation only. To be considered, send in a reel or a recent self-tape and resume to info@zakbarnett.com.
Class Details:
Hybrid Section (In-Person + Online)
Taught by Shelby Wulfert
Saturdays from 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Pricing:
$375 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 20-weeks, and then ongoing monthly enrollment; OR
$399 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 1-year, and then ongoing monthly enrollment, by enrolling in ZBS L.A. Membership
(Classes are capped at 16 students)
Please e-mail studio for enrollment.
Course Description:
The Master Class alternates between craft, scene study, and on-camera audition. The focus is on creating a link between the actor’s personal development and their acting work, thus resulting in performances that are at once completely alive and unpredictable. Class is complemented by a book study and simultaneous commitment to outside personal practices like meditation, journaling, etc.
Participation in this class is by audition or invitation only. To be considered, send in a reel or a recent self-tape and resume to info@zakbarnett.com.
Class Details:
Hybrid Section (In-Person + Online)
Taught by Zak Barnett and Miguel Luciano
Sundays from 2:30pm-5:30pm
Pricing:
Contact studio for session-to-session rates; OR
$475 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 1-year, and then ongoing monthly enrollment, by enrolling in ZBS L.A. Membership,
(Classes are capped at 16 students)
Please e-mail studio for enrollment.