Chicago Actors Studio
About
The Chicago Actors Studio is a well-established and recommended, reputable acting training institution with roots going as far back as 1946 when famous acting training coach and performing arts icon, Ted Liss, decided to share his masterful skills of turning ordinary everyday individuals into top known professional actors of stage, screen and television. We offer audition workshops, monologue and cold reading, accent reduction classes, on-camera technique, and fundamental acting training in our cozy studio.
Many such students that have emerged to stardom were: Tom Bosley, from the TV series “Happy Days” and “Father Downing Mysteries”, Oscar winner, Geraldine Page, for the film, “The Trip to Bountiful” etc, Billy Campbell, TV series, “Crime Stories”, starring in the Disney film, “The Rocketeer” etc., Robert Urich, starring in the TV series “Spencer For Hire” & TV series “The Lazarus Man”, Academy Award nominee, Virginia Madsen and many many more. Following his death in 1992, former student of Ted Liss, Edward Dennis Fogell, now with countless credits of his own, picked up the staff and carried Ted’s teachings and legacy forward with The Chicago Actors Studio, cultivating many more, fine professionals of the arts.
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Do you have a standard pricing system for your lessons? If so, please share the details here.
Most of our long running workshops cost $290.00 for an 8 week session. Often, students in our "Acting As A Craft" Program are eligible for discounts on other workshops.
Private lessons are available at $75.00 for 1 lesson, $350.00 for 5 lessons or $675.00 for 10 lessons. These are discounted to $50.00 per lesson for students in our "Acting As A Craft" program.
What types of students have you worked with?
We have worked with students of many different backgrounds, with many different goals. Most of our students are training to be professional actors, though some come to us to improve their presentation and speech skills for work, and some students are here just for a hobby. We accept students of all experience levels, from complete beginners who have never set foot on stage, to advanced professionals who just want to keep their skills sharp.