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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.

1. On-Camera Foundations

Beginner Screen Acting Class  – Confidence and Essential Skills   (Teacher – Sue Ross)
Start here if you’re new to acting or returning after a long break.
Build confidence and learn the core techniques of screen performance in a supportive, practical class.

  • 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)

Perfect if you’re ready to push your technique before filming work. Explore multiple acting methods, deepen your emotional range, and work on two scenes in depth.

  • 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 – Filmed Scene Performance(Teacher – Alex Given)For experienced actors ready to create professional on-camera work.

This class focuses on advanced rehearsal, emotional nuance, and ends with a filmed scene for your reel.

  • Deepen character and emotional work
  • Rehearse for camera: framing, eye lines, and presence
  • Finish with a professionally shot scene

On Camera Foundations

Beginner Screen Acting Class - Build Confidence and Skills
$ 495 Tuesdays 7-9pm (Oct 7 to Sep 17)
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In the Frame

Intermediate Screen Acting Class - Technique and Process
$ 605 Thursdays 7-9pm (Oct 9 to Dec 11)
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Advanced Screen Acting

Advanced Screen Acting Class - Filmed Scene Performance
$ 605 Mondays 7.15 - 9.15pm (Oct 6 to Dec 8)
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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.

 

Alex Given

Alex is an award-winning director, cinematographer, and editor with over a decade of experience in film and television. He began his journey at the Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art, specializing in the Meisner technique, and later studied Stanislavsky and Jacques Lecoq’s physical theatre. 

After moving to Melbourne, he shifted behind the camera, using his acting background to direct emerging talent and create authentic performances. Alex has worked with brands like Warner Music, eBay, and Amazon Music, earning multiple Gold Telly Awards for his documentary on the 2022 Tongan tsunami. As an acting teacher, he leverages his industry experience to empower students in delivering dynamic performances on screen.

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