Adults

THE STUDIO
The Screen Actors Studio: Adult Acting Classes

Whether you’re brand new or industry-ready, our classes are designed to meet you where you are in your screen acting journey. Explore the three levels below to find the right fit for your skills and goals.

At a glance:

On-Camera Foundations – build confidence and core screen skills
In the Frame – deepen technique and emotional range
Advanced Screen Acting – create a professional, filmed scene for your reel

1. ON-CAMERA FOUNDATIONS
Beginner Screen Acting Class – Confidence & Essential Skills
Teacher: Nicky Tindale-Biscoe

Best for: actors who are new, returning after a break, or wanting to feel more confident on camera.

Build confidence and learn the core techniques of screen performance in a supportive, practical class.

You will:

Learn essential screen techniques
Explore character and script analysis
Practice through guided scene work

2. IN THE FRAME
Intermediate Screen Acting Class – Technique & Process
Teacher: Kirby Lunn

Best for: actors with some experience who want to push their technique before filming work.

Explore multiple acting methods, deepen your emotional range, and work on scenes in more detail.

You will:

Use Meisner, Adler and Strasberg techniques
Build spontaneity, presence and subtext
Rehearse with feedback, playback and redirection

3. ADVANCED SCREEN ACTING
Advanced Screen Acting Class – Professional Scene Work
Teacher: Nicky Tindale-Biscoe

Best for: experienced actors ready to create industry-standard on-camera work.

This class focuses on advanced rehearsal, emotional nuance, and on-set technique as you work towards one professionally filmed and edited scene for your showreel.

You will:

Deepen character choices and emotional specificity
Develop on-camera technique: framing, movement and eye lines
Rehearse using director-level processes
Perform confidently on set with a crew

You’ll finish the term with an industry-quality filmed scene that showcases your strongest work.

$ $495 Tuesdays 7-9 (Feb 3 to Apr 31, 2026)

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$ 544 Thursdays 7-9pm (Feb 5 to Apr 2, 2026)

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$ 645 Wednesdays 7-9pm (Feb 4 to Apr 1, 2026)

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Teachers

Sue Ross

Sue has a broad background in the Film and TV Industries.

Originally trained in Production at the NSW Institute of Technology and the Australian Film, TV and Radio School Sue went on to form a production Company and work as a director/editor in Australia and the US.

In 1992 Sue began the Screen Actors Agency which launched the careers of countless actors, who’s paths would often start with extras work Commercials and small roles and for some would progress to lead roles.Sue also leads the Hollywood Intensive. Having lived for many years in the US and with a long relationship with Stella Adler School of Acting, Sue has taken over 100 actors to Hollywood to develop their technique and get an understanding of the global industry.

Kirby Lunn

Kirby has been working in the entrainment industry for over a decade. She has taught screen acting in New York, London and Australia. After finding success as an actor at a young age, she was lucky enough to study Shakespeare at RADA and Stanislavski with original Actors Studio Alumni Roberta Wallach in London. While living in the United States, she studied long form improv and comedy writing with UCB and Second City. Most recently she graduated from clowning at the internationally renowned Ecole Phillipe Gaulier in France.

Kirby believes in constantly expanding her skill set and has gained experience behind the scenes through writing, directing and acting in her own new works. She encourages performers to push the themselves into the unknown by using her mix of the Meisner technique and exploration through improv.

Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe

Nicky is a film & TV director who works across drama and documentary. Her films have been broadcast on ABC, SBS and Foxtel, and screened in over 100 film festivals worldwide, winning ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Film awards in the LA Independent Women Film Awards, Lulea International film festival and Bettiah International Film Festival.
She teaches actor-director technique and creative casting at VCA, and film production at JMC Academy Melbourne.

Adults

On Camera Foundations

In the Frame

Advanced Screen Acting

Teachers

Sue Ross

Kirby Lunn

Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe