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A 1-day in-person masterclass. Work with top NYC acting coach Heidi Marshall to deepen your process of acting on camera and take your work to the next level so that you’re truly set-ready.
If you feel blocked as an actor or yearn for more fulfilling roles, this is an opportunity to develop your approach so that you can attract the kind of work that you want to be doing. Unlock your artistry and practical understanding of how film is a visual medium and you are visual storytellers. Heidi teaches this class in NYC, LA, Atlanta, Chicago, and more cities!
Work with top NYC acting coach Heidi Marshall to deepen your process of acting on camera and take your work to the next level.
If you feel blocked as an actor or yearn for more fulfilling roles, this is an opportunity to deepen your approach so that you can attract the kind of work that you want to be doing.
In this masterclass you will:
There will be a working lunch break.
The audition process can feel self-defeating if it’s only approached with the goal to “get hired.” Not only that, but the process of being on set can be extremely frustrating and unsatisfying if approached with mindset of being “hired” talent only. The one-eighty switch is to become a collaborator in the storytelling and a great contributor of ideas. If you are truly in pursuit of your artistry and the project’s intention, then that makes for a much more interesting actor. Creatives want to work with collaborative actors to build incredible projects together. Be that actor.
This same approach applies to creating a WONDERFUL and alluring audition. People love to watch the artist inside the art, and not just the actor trying to be hired.
Let’s access the artist in all that you do.
My process of working with actors is to encourage and strengthen your love for acting while cleverly uncovering your creative choices. Also, I love to get actors off their “plan” with the scenes—watching an actor execute a set plan is predictable and uninspiring to the actor themselves (!) and of course to viewers. Watching a free and inspired actor play is exactly what attracts more work to you.
You are being hired for your ideas, your creativity, your imagination. Let’s activate it!
Seeking actors who are committed to the work, open to growth, self-reflective about your own process, and eager to be in community with other inspired actors.
Actors who want to take back their art.
Actors who seek to trust their instincts over all else.
Actors who know they are ready to work.
Actors who want to thrive as artists.
For this masterclass, we are inviting seasoned actors who have strong experience in the audition process or on professional sets. In truth, actors learn from working alongside actors of all levels and experiences and, in fact, that is exactly what happens on set. For this intensive day, we are going to collaborate, build, and up-level each actor’s skill and intention. Please show up committed and prepared. This is not for beginners.
ACTING COACH: Heidi’s career has spanned over 25 years and includes time as the lead Casting Director at Telsey+CO for the Broadway musical RENT, as well as for 70+ projects in theater, film, television, commercial, and voiceover. She’s coached countless actors into roles for Film, TV, and Theater. Most recently, she coached and prepped Halle Bailey for her audition and screen test for Disney’s upcoming The Little Mermaid. Heidi’s active filmmaker career informs her director’s eye and influences her aesthetic for working with actors.
For full acting coach bio, click here. For filmmaker portfolio, click here.
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It was an amazing class as always. I love how Heidi brings the best out of each and every actor I’ve seen her work with! Her genuine curiosity to find the gold in each scene and her generosity always sets the tone for everyone to play and be free and have an amazing experience.
A breath of fresh air in looking at a script and a hug feeling in coaching form. It feels like love and kindness with some deep learning, whenever I get to learn from Heidi. I can’t wait to afford her coaching for all of my work. No joke. It’s on my vision board. 🙂
This masterclass experience was so clarifying and grounding in all the tangible takeaways in how to prepare and perform a scene. It gave me clear guidelines on how to approach a film script and put a scene on its feet. It really drove home to importance of visual storytelling and how as an actor you play into that.
Uncomfortable, fun, inspirational, educational. I ran home the night after our masterclass and gushed to my family that I had the most wonderful time! I said it was challenging and uncomfortable, but so much fun to step into a new form of acting.
You are a fabulous teacher, with more than the usual set of tools to teach an actor to be a more authentic actor and become better and better at the craft! Love the safe spaces you create!
Heidi is a humble, incredible acting coach. She sees everyone as equals, and that is very clear as she coaches. She leaves you with helpful tools, such as how she breaks down a script in a way that’s easy to take with you afterwards. Along with breaking down the script, in this Masterclass, Heidi coaches you one-on-one by the kind of actor you aspire to be.
I left motivated. I want to continue to do the work and I’m itching for auditions to resume so I can put what I learned into play. I would describe it as a class that will set you up for success.
It’s a practical experience, fully rooted in work. Heidi creates a supportive, encouraging and fun environment that is welcoming and warm. That’s not to say it’s not rigorous. It is. But there is kindness in her rigor that is so refreshing!
Full disclosure — please note that we do not guarantee that actors in these classes or workshops will be hired for any project that we might direct, produce, or cast. We teach and coach because we enjoy supporting and nurturing actors as you develop your personal process for auditioning, working and creating your own work.