CLASSES FOR TEENS
Ages 13-17
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 Teens 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, please e-mail us at info@zakbarnett.com for program details.
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:
Hybrid Section (In-Person + Online)
Taught by Gabrielle Elyse
Saturdays from 10:30 am to 1:30 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)
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Course Description:
Rooted in a deep exploration of the Core Experiences, the Whole Self Improvisation Class is different from any improvisation class in the city. With the focus on specificity and personalization, as well as working through artistic blocks that limit an actor’s range, creativity, and emotional risk, this course has you living and playing on the edge of your comfort zone—and then gently nudging you beyond it. This class will be using improvisation as a tool to deepen the actor’s imagination and emotional flexibility. It is also a great class for people interested in using the improvisation process to create scripted material.
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:
Online Section
Taught by Sue-Kate Heaney
Sundays 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)
Please e-mail studio for enrollment.
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
Taught by Sue Kate
Sundays from 10 am to 1 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 Michael Connors
Sundays from 10:30 am-1:30 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)
Please e-mail studio for enrollment.
Course Description:
The Advanced On-Camera Class takes a more directorial approach with Actors, helping them deepen and further define their process in approaching the work. A primary focus of this class is the practice and application of partnered Scene work for the Camera, utilizing variations on Shot Coverage (Master, Medium and Close up) and the need for both emotional and behavioral continuity across that coverage. Other areas of focus will include but are not limited to; shooting Monologues for Film & Television, the Art of listening and reacting, and deepening Audition skills.
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:
In-Person Section
Taught by Miguel Luciano
Saturdays from 10 am to 1 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:
This class bridges your continual growth as a person with your continual growth as an artist. At its heart fo the class is Zak’s trademark technique called, “The Unanswerable Question”, which connects the personal, driving question of your life to your acting, resulting in work that is original, connected and revelatory. In terms of structure/, the Master Class alternates between whole self improvisation, scene study, self tape work and the creation of your own work, but the throughline is an emerging confidence in your unique artistic voice.
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:
Online Section
Taught by Zak Barnett
Mondays from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
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.