This class is a boutique style classroom exclusively available to those artists who’ve come through the AWG-Program and are interested in becoming virtuosos of their craft. The classroom runs on the premise that you’ve already been “hired for the part” and John works with each artist at the level they’ll be expected to deliver to a Major Hollywood Studio, Television Production, or Broadway Show. It is John’s belief that this kind of environment, over time, reduces teacher dependency and eventually obliterates it completely, a believe John feels passionate about. “All artists must become self-confident and learn how to work even when they feel unsure of themselves. Moving through those feelings of fraudulence into self-reliance is a crucial stage of development and one I encourage at all times in class. I am not looking for disciple’s, I am looking for artists to work with.”

Another major feature of this unique classroom is John’s teaching style, which offers a rare 3-point-perspective based on his background as a playwright, director and actor. John also plugs you into simple, liberating acting ideas such as the  “ACTable-phrase” and the “JAZZ-improve” of the scene. “Coming to life as a human being, living before the camera or on stage is everything to the actor, it is all we’re trying to do as actors.”

To ensure a strong workout John keeps his classroom size at 16 students with 2 alternates. Alternates are permitted to work on monologues and observe the scene study technique’s being explored.