MASTERCLASS: THE ART OF THE MESSY ACTOR with Heidi

MARCH 2024 – NYC 

A 2-day in-person masterclass with Heidi that pushes you to take risks in your auditions and to overhaul the preparation habits that hold you back on camera. 

In this class, we work on (re)settling your ease on camera, (re)building your confidence in the audition room, paying attention to details in your audition prep, and owning your unique strengths in roles.

Prerequisites: Previous training or professional experience. If unsure, email team@heidimarshall.com to inquire.
FILM/TV ACTING & AUDITIONING: PART 1 with Heidi

APRIL 2024 

Find ease acting on camera in a safe and small class.

Exploring truth on camera is both technique and philosophy. Learn to allow your specificity to anchor you, and trust yourself in the moment-to-moment work that follows. Get extra attention to self-tape techniques that will blow your mind with inspiration, plus a detailed look at your own tech setup. Online acting classes challenge the actor to develop a complete awareness of what the camera loves and needs.

Prerequisites: Open to all
FILM/TV ACTING & AUDITIONING: PART 2 with Heidi

MARCH-APRIL 2024

Deepen your work with Heidi and forcibly knock down your personal obstacles on camera by embracing the unique you.

Take your progress from Part 1 to the next level by finally tackling the things that block you and make you feel stuck. Reinforce who you authentically are so you can highlight what ultimately causes you to book the job. Get focused feedback on your online images and materials.

Prerequisites: Heidi's Part 1
The Acting Collective & Creators Circle

ONGOING 

An ongoing virtual community that welcomes actors committed to the journey of being an artist.

Become a member to get access to a slate of events that help you stay in process. Drop into workshops for regular opportunities to act, weekly group coaching with Heidi, and insight from working professionals. Participate at your own pace and become part of a community that cheers for your artistry and natural talent. Now offering Creators Circle as an add-on for actors who want to create their own work!

Prerequisites: Open to all
CLASS TRILOGY PACKAGE with Heidi Marshall

ONGOING OFFER

We are now offering the three most popular and sought-after acting classes from the studio in one package.

These three classes are carefully crafted and personally taught by Heidi Marshall herself. By signing up for this offer, you gain access to: Part 1, Part 2, and Genre.

Prerequisites: Open to all
BUSINESS OF ACTING SERIES with Mathia Vargas

ONGOING 

3-Part Private Training Series to “take the temperature” of your career and help you create a customized business plan. 

A one-on-one, 3-session course where we take a deep dive into how you’re running your business. We will assess your goals, current business plan, and marketing materials. You’ll learn to take inventory of your network, track your auditions, and research your markets. You’ll finish with a sense of control and a customized plan to make sure you always stay on track.

Prerequisites: Open to all
PRIVATE TRAINING SERIES with Athena Colón

ONGOING 

3-Part Private Training Series to topple those personal stumbling blocks so that you see a noticeable up-level in your skills in the audition room and on set.

Athena gives customized training tailored to your individual needs and strengths. This one-on-one, 3-session sequence covers it all: improve the way you move on camera, figure out how to work the beats, bring the internal monologue to life, and whip your self-tape technique into shape.

Prerequisites: Open to all, including Teens
PRIVATE COACHING FOR CREATORS with Johnny Sánchez

ONGOING

Private coaching for actor-creators: FROM IDEA → TO SCRIPT 

Start to get your inspiring project ideas outta your head! Focus on sifting through project ideas and articulating them to others, whether that’s through a script or pitch deck. This is not a writing class—this is an opportunity to work with a professional script doctor and writer-producer who understands the internal mechanisms that make stories work as films.

Prerequisites: Open to all
PRIVATE COACHING FOR CREATORS with Stephanie Little

ONGOING

Private coaching for actor-creators: FROM PAGE → TO PRODUCTION → TO POST

Get one-on-one guidance from Stephanie Little (actor-writer-producer-director) on moving your project through any phases of pre-production, production, and post. Stephanie offers practical advice on budgeting, financing, hiring cast & crew, shooting schedules, marketing, film festivals, distribution, and more!

Prerequisites: Open to all
CRAFT YOUR PORTFOLIO CHANNEL

ONGOING 

When you are looking for ways to lure talent reps and casting directors to you, start with a Portfolio Channel!

Build an online portfolio that shows your acting range and types while proving your ability to put together strong self-tape submissions, no matter where you are in your career. Show reps and CDs how they can get you hired.

Prerequisites: For both new and seasoned actors
MASTERCLASS: FINDING YOUR ARTISTRY IN PREP with Heidi

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.

Prerequisites: Previous training or professional experience. If you're unsure, email team@heidimarshall.com to inquire.
GENRE, TONE & STYLE: DELIVERING NUANCED AUDITIONS with Heidi

Create the tone of a story by understanding the world you are in. Learn how to make nuanced, committed choices so that you can expand your range as an actor and become a valuable collaborator. 

Get inspired to meet the demands of every project, no matter what genre it is. Cultivate your ability to adapt your acting quickly and confidently so that you’re ready to deliver super tight auditions and take in-the-moment direction on set.

Prerequisites: Open to all
HOW TO BOOK & SURVIVE A CO-STAR with Athena Colón

Short scenes, lots to do.

Demystify co-star roles and prepare the “under-5” audition with confidence. Whether you’re new to co-stars or seasoned but hitting a ceiling, learn and practice the key skills needed to survive and thrive in these fast-moving scenarios.

Prerequisites: Open to all
WORKSHOP: ACTORS AS CREATORS with Heidi & Johnny Sánchez

For actors who want to take charge.

This is an era in which actors inspire the creation of TV series, films, web series, and more. Your career is in your hands. All you need to do is unlock your creativity and purpose so that your passion and motivation can flow. Next dates TBD—in the meantime, please join the Acting Collective + Creators Circle!

Prerequisites: Open to all
BRITISH BASICS with Accent Coach Jack & Danielle Pinnock

A 90-min class that will give you the tools and confidence you need to perfect your British accent and create a successful acting career.

This is a fully interactive class with expert instruction and feedback on the British accent with Accent Coach Jack alongside star of CBS Ghosts and social media star Danielle Pinnock. Using a combination of practical exercises, vocal warm-ups, and character analysis we will achieve a flawless accent that is true to the character you are playing.

Prerequisites: Open to all
SHAKESPEARE’S TOOLKIT with Rob Clare

An eminently practical 5-week workshop series that will equip actors flexibly and confidently to interpret Shakespearean text with freedom and individuality, showing that what may appear to be challenges are in fact creative opportunities.

Prerequisites: Open to all
CHARACTER POV: FROM AUDITIONS TO CREATING YOUR OWN WORK with Athena Colón

Are you ready to surrender how you think your scene should go? Are you ready to PLAY and ignite real moment to moment connections in the scene? Let’s create a strong POV for your character and surrender the rest.

Prerequisites: Open to all
PLAYING TEENAGE ROLES with Athena Colón

Convincingly channel the teen energy you need to realistically portray teenage characters in film and TV. 

Explore the technical and artistic on-camera skills required to convincingly embody the teenage spirit so that your auditions and performances ring true. Open to adult and teen actors. Practice accessing the vulnerability and emotional extremes that mark a teen’s coming-of-age journey.

Prerequisites: Open to all (min. age 13)
THE NUTS & BOLTS OF SELF-PRODUCING with Stephanie Little

Get guided through the process of bringing your own content from page → production → post → platform.

From Chaplin to Issa Rae, the best way to kick off and sustain your acting career is to produce your own work. Don’t wait for the f*cking phone to ring or that special email to parachute into your inbox. Take control of your career and help break your own stereotype by producing your own content.

Prerequisites: Open to all
SELF-TAPE: WORKING THE FRAME with Athena Colón

Start sending in auditions that capture the best of you and radically inspire creative teams with clear, vivid choices.

In this 3-week class, find the missing link between your inner life and physicality so that you can visually pop on screen. Learn how to liberate yourself from so-called “rules” of how you should and shouldn’t move in the camera frame. Breathe new life into your self-tapes and see a visible difference in your freedom on camera!

Prerequisites: Open to all (including alumni of Athena's classes and/or Private Training Series)