Next Generation Actor Training
Beginner and professional actors and singers study acting with Jason Bennett online and in person because:
- 01 Our liberating work goes far beyond most actor training, fully preparing you for success in film, television and theater.
- 02 You learn Jason Bennett's evolving synthesis of all the great acting systems, combined with his own revolutionary work.
- 03 Through a profound exploration of your body, voice and imagination, you learn to embody any kind of role and access any state of being on cue.
- 04 Our school is a home for artists from all over the world who are committed to the craft, to performance, and to the fun of it.
- 05 You work in every acting class and classes are always small and intense. We also offer workshops and private coaching.
Jason Bennett’s Training
Acting, voice and movement.
Jason Bennett has trained actors, singers and dancers working in film, TV, online, and in theaters on multiple continents.
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Roy Hart
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What You Get
Prepare the audition. Inhabit the character. Meet the moment with freedom, range and precision.
You train your voice, body and imagination, then learn to choose what the role demands.
Six major tools: Sensory Work, Improvisation, Archetype Work, Externals, Imaging, and Script and Character Analysis.
The work at JBAS is fun. It is based on the principle that you have the right to enjoy life and your work.
Acting is play! It is high-energy play.
What We Offer
Classes, private coaching and workshops in acting, voice and movement. Bring your appetite for the work. Study privately online now, or inquire about group and in-person training.
Ongoing Classes · Private Coaching · Workshops & Intensives · Online Training
Who this training is for
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An established professional facing a roadblock?
Bring the work that has stopped surprising you. An audition that exposes a limitation. A voice that tightens. A character you understand but cannot yet inhabit. Find another way in.
Explore Private Coaching, Script and Character Analysis, and Workshops & Intensives.
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Beginning acting or singing?
You do not have to arrive knowing how. Begin as an artist: sound, movement, imaginative play, the discovery of what you can do. Bring curiosity and a willingness to work.
Explore Improvisation and Ongoing Classes, or ask about beginning privately.
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Leading, speaking, or representing others?
Your voice carries decisions, ideas and responsibility. Train the breath, presence and imaginative contact that hold a room. Bring the speech that matters.
Ask about Private Coaching or Online Training for your speaking work.
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Doing this for fun, pleasure, or personal discovery?
Pleasure belongs in serious work. Sing. Improvise. Explore a side of yourself that seldom gets the stage. Your curiosity is enough to begin.
Explore Ongoing Classes and Imaging, or start with your own question.
Start here
Begin with a conversation with Jason Bennett.
Begin with a brief phone conversation with Jason Bennett. If he invites you to continue, the required introductory consultation is $85 for 30 minutes on Zoom.
Ongoing private sessions are $250 base, with a 75-minute minimum. Four sessions: $795. Explore current options.
Real life is the best acting class, and it’s free.
If you pay attention in ways most people don’t, real life becomes the best acting class, and it’s free. Try this: the next time you’re at a restaurant, sit near people you’d never talk to and eavesdrop.
The Work Works If You Work It
What students and colleagues say
The Teacher
Meet Jason Bennett
Jason Bennett is a master acting teacher, performer, singer, and the founder of Jason Bennett Actors Studio.
Reading Room
Read about acting, voice and imagination
Explore original articles and the acting reference library.
