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Workshop ImpressionsImpressions – Production by Ukrainian artists funded by the Goethe Institute and Artist at Risk | Podcast: Patsy Rodenburg and Mike Alfreds | 3 WEEKS ACTINGINTENSIVE PROGRAM new date December 2025 – two spots remaining! | Acting Foundation Intensive 4 days – November 17th to 20th! | On-Camera Masterclass with Eric Reis from NYC | Self-Tape Intensive with Anthony Meindl from LA – There are opportunities to take part actively and to observe! | * Explanation | Flexible Payment Plans | Information: New Students – Acting beginners with little or no professional experience. | MEMBERSHIP – A membership offers many benefits for only €135, including training sessions, reduced workshop fees, and a €100 credit for your next workshop. In the end, you pay only €35 per year, with many benefits. | Support our programs for actors who have had to leave their home country with a small contribution! Logo
Foundation Intensive Berlin
Acting Foundation Intensive with Matthias Schott
November 17th to 20th, 2025 | 4 days | In Berlin (in‑person)

We create a basis for your further work as an actor. Stanislawski and various English and American developments of his methods of Uta Hagen, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg offer you a framework to learn the most important aspects of the art of acting. Improvisations, exercises and scene work that will stimulate your imagination and ability to transform, in order to act convincingly in front of the camera or on the stage. [read more…]
3 Weeks Acting Program
3 Week Acting Program with Matthias Schott
December 2025 – January, 2026 | In Berlin (in‑person)

What is the process for becoming a professional actor? According to Jean Benedetti, the art of the professional actor can be divided into two categories: 1. The inner creative process. 2. The guidelines and venues that shape our outward expression. The goal is to move from general to specific. Educated imagination – informed empathy – stimulated choices. [read more…]
Self-Tape Acting

The Intensive – Self-Taping with Anthony Meindl
December 13th & 14th, 2025 | 2 days | In Berlin (in‑person)

In this 2-day On-Camera Intensive, you will learn the art of great, freeing, bad-ass self taping. Get Casting Directors to watch more than 15 seconds of your tape. Start seeing yourself in the Lead Role and not just in the bit parts. Learn the Art of Self-Tapes and what makes your tape stand out. Especially in the American market. In this intensive, you will work on your audition and self-tape skills through on-camera work. Participants will submit a self tape prior to the intensive based on material provided that will be utilized during Day 1. Day 2 will be on-camera work with material that is also provided. [read more…]

On-Camera Acting Berlin
On-Camera Acting Masterclass with Eric Reis
November 28th to 31st & December 5th/6th/7th, 2025 | 2 days Level I & 2 x Level II | In Berlin (in‑person)

Eric’s classes are tailored for the seasoned professional looking to sharpen their skill set and the trained actor transitioning into film & television. They’re designed to address the paradox that puzzles actors of every level of experience: namely, that being a good actor doesn’t itself lead to being an employed actor, or to landing better roles. [read more…]
Shakespeare Workshop in Berlin

Chekhov Workshop – Scene from Chekhov Plays with Di Trevis
March 2026 | 3 days | In Berlin (in‑person)

This four-day workshop will focus on the plays of Chekhov as a starting point for actors to explore text, character, period, the power and limits of Stanislavski technique , discovering an acting approach that focuses “not just on realism but truth “. We will work towards scene studies and scenarios which will be shown on the last day to a small invited audience . * Intensive exercises , dance and research , with some partner work outside of workshop hours , envisaged.
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