About The Actor’s School: Ongoing Actor Training in Austin, TX
Babs George, Director of the Actor’s School, has been a professional stage and film actress for 40 years. She holds an MFA in Classical Acting from The Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University.
The Actor’s School, formerly known as The State Theatre School of Acting, has been open since 1993. Ms. George has been at the helm since its inception.
The classes for the Actor’s School are held in three locations throughout Austin by leveraging partnerships with colleagues in the industry.
Our approach to actor training is comprehensive. Our classes range from beginner acting skills to advanced acting techniques. In addition, The Actor’s School offers specialized courses in voice/speech training, improvisation skills, Shakespeare, and auditioning for camera and stage. Our instructors are respected professionals working in their respective fields.
We as actors are charged with creating believable, authentic, meaningful, and emotionally engaged characters in an imaginary set of circumstances. We must make the audience believe that the words we say – written by a screenwriter or playwright – are coming from our impulses, desires, and thoughts.
All actors should train throughout their lifetimes – even as professionals. The Actor’s School provides classes that help the actor refine a personal process, trust instincts and impulses, and effectively communicate an engaging character to a live audience or through the lens of a camera.
The instructors at The Actor’s School are all working professionals, ready and primed to share their knowledge of acting and singing based on their personal experience and education and give you, the student, the necessary tools to provoke your creative spirit.
Please contact us at hello@theactorsschool.org with any questions!