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, 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 Core Class is an On-Camera Audition Class that focusses on five television genres: single-cam, multi-cam, procedural drama, serial drama, and hybrid/streaming. It simultaneously introduces the ZBS Whole Self Approach, which focusses on the Core Experiences: the energetic states that precede emotion—things like fear, loss, joy, presence, etc. This system of self-awareness, 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
Taught by JC Brandy & Kym Priess
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)
Register by clicking here.
Course Description:
Rooted in a deep exploration of the Core Experiences, the Whole Self Improvisation Class is different than any improvisation class in the city. With the focus on 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, text analysis skills and emotional flexibility.
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 is an on and off-camera class that focusses 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:
The On-Camera Class focusses on four vital elements of On-Camera Work: Self-Tape, In-Room Audition, Testing and On-Set. It simultaneously introduces the next step in the ZBS Approach—a seven-step process to becoming a character, all the while empowering students to design their own process within the framework of the approach.
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 Michael Connors
Tuesdays from 4 pm to 7 pm
Pricing:
$375 every four weeks, with a minimum commitment of 20-week, 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 has a similar focus on growing an actor’s talent from the inside out and accessing the material through unpredictable means, but it focusses it through the lens of On-Camera Scene work. Scenes will be rehearsed, shot and edited by the class. This class is also complemented by a study of great performances and a book study, which looks at those performances in the context of their larger cultural relevancy.
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 Benjamin Beyler & Gabrielle Elyse
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:
The Zoom-Based Advanced Audition class focuses on navigating the new and ever-unpredictable world of zoom based auditioning. The class will ground the actor in both zoom-specific approaches to auditioning, as well as be a great overall workout that works cross-genre with constantly changing obstacles. Prepare to strategize, adjust, and be surprised/surprise us as you work to sharpen your audition chops for the exciting and unexpected world of zoom-based auditioning!
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 John Lavelle
Wednesdays from 4 pm to 7 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
Mondays from 5 pm to 8 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.