Online Semester 1

Sense Memory

Discover the origins of Method Acting, starting with Konstantin Stanislavski’s pioneering work at the Moscow Art Theatre. Learn how Lee Strasberg refined this technique at the Actors Studio in New York, transforming it into a global phenomenon practiced by legendary actors.

Debunking Myths: Understand what Method Acting truly entails and dispel common misconceptions about the craft.

Harness the power of sense memory to evoke authentic emotional responses and enrich your performances. Through foundational exercises, learn to recall and recreate vivid sensory experiences, adding depth and relatability to your craft.

Discover how these practices transform sense memories into truthful, layered performances.

Character Work (Stage 1)

Begin your journey into scene analysis and character development using the transformative tools of Method Acting. This course focuses on breaking down scripts to uncover their deeper meaning and emotional layers. Actors will learn how to analyze a character's motivations, emotional arcs, and relationships within the story, ensuring a thorough understanding of their role.

Through personalized techniques, you’ll explore how to connect deeply with the text, bringing authenticity and emotional truth to every line. The training emphasizes making each scene come alive by aligning the character’s inner world with your own experiences, creating performances that are both dynamic and deeply genuine.

Nervous System Regulation

Ground yourself in the present moment with simple yet transformative techniques that enhance focus, balance, and emotional regulation. By connecting with your breath and body, you’ll learn to stay rooted and calm, even in high-pressure or emotionally intense situations. These practices build resilience, helping you navigate challenging scenes with clarity and control.

Through guided meditations, explore and reconnect with your inner child to access raw, untapped emotions. This journey helps release emotional blockages, freeing you from self-judgment and societal expectations. By embracing play, curiosity, and spontaneity, you unlock a deeper sense of creativity and truth, enabling you to portray characters with authenticity and depth, elevating your craft to new heights.

Online Semester 2

Sense Memory

In this module, you’ll expand your ability to access and recreate vivid, truthful emotional experiences through sensory recall. As you refine your technique, you’ll tackle more advanced exercises that push your emotional and physical boundaries for authentic performances.

The Sharp Smell Exercise helps you recall and recreate specific scents that evoke strong memories and emotions, enhancing your ability to influence your character's behavior and mood.

Meanwhile, the Three Pieces of Material Exercise involves engaging with various textures like silk, sandpaper, or leather, enabling you to integrate physical sensations into the internal world of your character.

Overall Sensation Exercises immerse you in full-body sensory experiences, such as exploring how heat or cold affects your body to authentically portray tension or relief.

Character Work (Stage 2)

This stage of character work challenges you to observe and mimic a real person’s physicality, including their sitting, walking, and interaction patterns.

By repeating this exercise multiple times with increasing focus and nuance, you develop a deeper understanding of how physical movement informs character and emotional expression.

This practice strengthens your ability to embody unique characters with precision and authenticity.

Nervous System Regulation

In addition to emotional and sensory exercises, this module also emphasizes the importance of nervous system regulation.

You will learn techniques for energy manifestation and biochemistry, focusing on how breath, sound, and movement can help regulate your emotional state. These practices enable you to maintain presence and emotional stability during performances.

One key technique, "receiving posture," encourages you to adopt a stance that promotes openness and calm, supporting both relaxation and emotional connection in your work.

Online Semester 3

Sense Memory

In this module, actors will dive deeper into the sensory techniques that unlock emotional depth and authenticity in their performances.

The Sharp Smell Sense Memory Exercise challenges actors to recall intense smells like ammonia or bleach, focusing on their physical and emotional impact.

Similarly, the Sharp Pain Sense Memory Exercise helps actors tap into the sensations and emotions associated with sharp, sudden pain—enabling them to convey distress or discomfort with raw realism.

In this semester, the Twosomes approach blends sense memory with text work.

Through exercises like drinking a hot beverage or eating a favorite meal while performing a junk monologue, actors connect deeply with their sensory experiences to bring natural authenticity to their delivery.

This combination helps actors ground their performances in lived, sensory moments, enabling them to fully embody their characters and speak the text as if it flows naturally from within.

Character Work (Stage 3)

As actors progress, they begin working closely with the script to uncover key details about their character’s objectives, relationships, and emotional journey.

This stage focuses on interpreting subtext and incorporating it into the performance.

By understanding their character’s experiences and motivations, actors gain a richer, more nuanced portrayal that resonates on a deeper emotional level.

Nervous System Regulation

The module also introduces the theoretical understanding of nervous system regulation, exploring subconscious training, belief blasting, and the impact of trauma responses.

Actors will learn how neurochemicals influence both body and mind, providing powerful tools to regulate emotional states and enhance performance authenticity.

Online Semester 4

Sense Memory

In this module, actors explore personal connections through two types of objects—animate and inanimate. The Personal Object (Animate) exercise involves recalling sensory details associated with a living being, like a pet or loved one, to deepen emotional connections. The Personal Object (Inanimate) exercise focuses on inanimate objects, such as a childhood toy or photograph, to trigger memories and sensory responses that enhance emotional authenticity in performance.

In this semester, Threesomes elevate Method Acting practice by combining daily activities, sensory experiences, and a junk monologue.

Actors engage in tasks like making tea or folding clothes while integrating sensations of heat or cold, grounding their performance in real sensory experiences.

Other exercises include applying makeup or shaving while channeling the sensation of being tipsy or drunk, fostering focus and emotional depth.

Character Work (Stage 4)

This stage delves into more advanced character exploration through exercises like the Photo/Image Exercise,  analyzing classical paintings to embody the mood and emotions of their character.

Additionally, music is used  to enhance emotional connection in scene work, helping actors deepen their character's internal world.

Nervous System Regulation

Actors will also learn various breath techniques, such as Dragon Breath to release diaphragm tension, Fire Breath to energize, and Grounding and Thumping Breath to release emotions. These practices support emotional regulation and help maintain focus, grounding actors in their physical and emotional states to enhance performance authenticity.

Online Semester 5

Sense Memory

In this semester, Foursomes challenge actors to integrate multiple sensory exercises into one performance.

These combinations include daily activities, sense memory exercises, overall sensations, and junk monologues.

For example, actors may fold clothes while imagining the sensation of rain, the smell of coffee, and delivering a junk monologue, or sweep a floor while experiencing heat and tasting lemon.

By combining these elements, actors build advanced concentration, multitasking skills, and authenticity, allowing them to embody complex scenarios and evoke deep emotional truths with ease.

Character Work (Stage 5)

Character Work in the fourth semester is divided into more advanced stages, with a focus on iconic playwrights like Shakespeare and Chekhov.

Actors study Shakespearean language and rhythm, focusing on the historical and thematic context of the plays to bring authenticity to their performances.

Similarly, with Chekhovian characters, actors explore subtle internal conflicts and the nuances of social context. Script analysis is another key component, with students selecting scenes to perform, dissecting character objectives and relationships.

This comprehensive approach ensures actors can embody their characters fully, with a deep understanding of both the psychological and contextual layers that shape their roles.

Nervous System Regulation

Nervous System Regulation exercises in this stage are designed to ground actors and ensure emotional stability during complex performances.

Techniques such as lymphatic drainage (the Big 6) help release physical tension, while exercises like the Infinity Walk and Brain Gym enhance mental clarity and coordination. 

These practices improve the actor’s physical presence, ensuring they can stay centered while juggling multiple sensory and emotional inputs during performance.

By regulating their nervous system, actors are better equipped to face emotionally charged scenes with resilience and authenticity, fostering a more balanced and focused performance.

Online Semester 6

Private Moment Exercise

The Private Moment Exercise teaches actors to perform "private in public," engaging in deeply personal actions typically done in solitude. By focusing on authentic, private activities—whether personal or character-driven—actors eliminate the pressure of performance, staying rooted in the present moment. This practice fosters a sense of vulnerability, allowing raw, unfiltered emotions like embarrassment, laughter, or tears to emerge naturally.

When adapted for character work, the exercise invites actors to explore intimate actions specific to their character, such as grooming, eating, or writing. This deepens the emotional connection to the character's inner world, revealing how they behave when unobserved. Through this process, actors uncover the character's authentic self, bringing depth, richness, and authenticity to their portrayal on stage or screen.

Animal Exercise

The Animal Exercise invites actors to observe and embody an animal’s movements, posture, sounds, energy, and interactions with its environment. Beginning with pure physical exploration, this exercise sharpens instincts and strengthens the connection between the actor’s body and imagination, serving as a foundation for improvisations and character work.

Building on this foundation, actors later integrate their animal exploration into character development. By drawing on the traits and instincts of their chosen animal, they uncover primal behaviors that inform human actions. This progression allows actors to transition seamlessly from animal embodiment to fully realized characters, enriching their performances with depth, authenticity, and instinctive energy.

Emotional Memory

Emotional Memory exercises train actors to access authentic emotions through sensory recall, using triggers like smells, textures, or sounds to evoke genuine feelings. Relaxation techniques ensure the body remains tension-free, enabling a natural flow of emotions and building a strong connection between physical and emotional states.

As actors advance, they integrate Emotional Memory into scene work and character development, mastering techniques like emotional layering to navigate multiple emotions and transitions seamlessly. Emphasis is placed on balancing personal recall with script demands, fostering nuanced, truthful performances that reflect the depth and complexity of human experience.