Classes
Study on-camera acting with top coach Heidi Marshall and her team of teaching artists. View all acting classes NYC & online below.
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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.
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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 what’s missing in your online images and materials.
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This on-camera class equips you to 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.
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 weekly group coachings with Heidi that rotate over different days/times with replays available! Attend monthly masterclasses to gain in-the-moment 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!
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The Youth Acting Collective is an ongoing virtual community for young actors to play and work!
Become a member to get access to weekly “Youth Heidi Hour,” which are virtual opportunities to circle up with Heidi and your fellow artists to keep your acting muscles sharp and stay in process. Replays available! Every quarter, we offer bonus events such as Parents Q&A, Creating Your Own Work, and an industry Guest Workshop to expand your understanding of how empowered you can be.
ONGOING OFFER
We offer Heidi Marshall’s signature trilogy of on-camera acting classes in one bundled package: Part 1, Part 2, and Genre.
Save $200 off a value of $1695, and enjoy the flexibility to join each 4-week class anytime within a year of purchase.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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3-session customized coaching series for MFA auditions, university auditions, monologue open calls, showcases, and more.
Megan gives customized coaching based on the specific needs of your audition or showcase so that you are as prepared as possible to be in the spotlight. This one-on-one package includes a preliminary consultation on audition material with an eye on essence, type, and roles, PLUS three in-depth coaching sessions from a whip-smart, experienced coach of both working actors and student actors.
APRIL 29th, 2025
IN PERSON: No camera. No lights. No stage. Just you acting and getting coached.
Work, craft, and practice the art that matters to you. In this masterclass-style workshop, a few actors work scenes on their feet while everyone else observes. Bring your curiosity for growing and collaborating. Immerse yourself in the good work of acting. Writers, directors, actors, and all storytellers invited to join as observers!
APRIL-MAY 2025
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.
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Bring your art into your musical theater acting.
Refresh your acting skills in musicals. Unlock yourself from perceived expectations when performing iconic roles and enliven them with your very personal and specific interpretations. Heidi brings her unique experience as a coach and former casting director to this NYC acting class.
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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!
MARCH 2025: NYC
$600 – A 2-day in-person masterclass with Heidi that will free you from the “audition plan” so that your words will free fresh and alive, your body will be connected to the scenario, and your artistic instincts will flow.
Lots of tools. Lots of exercises. Lots of play. TONS of filming!
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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.
Thursday, January 9th @ 7:00-9:00pm EST
ONLINE $150: Review your current materials with Heidi so that you can identify your blind spots and make a plan to lure acting work to you.
Using Heidi’s mini e-book “How to Lure Reps & Casting Directors to You” as guidance, you’ll put her tips into action by honestly assessing your acting materials. She will lend an expert eye to your materials and offer personalized feedback on how to refine and revamp your pitch to be hired to act!
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ONLINE $95: A simple session for actors to work a scene and get coached on it.
Between takes you will receive process-oriented adjustments so that you can develop your swiftness for taking redirection. Be challenged to deepen and build upon your initial analysis of the scene. You’ll also explore expansive questions about your work as an artist. (Formerly known as Alumni Gym, now open to all.)
AUGUST 2024
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!
