Thank you for your interest in our acting academy.

Our lessons are based on the book Acting Without Agony, an Alternative to the Method , by acclaimed acting coach and director Don Richardson, who taught, among others, Helen Hayes, Grace Kelly, Spencer Tracey, and Anne Bancroft.

We offer a positive learning environment for people eighteen years of age and over in our Tuesday and Thursday classes.  We also offer private lessons for children, as well as adults. Some of our students have been studying with us for over ten years, building, along the way, extensive resumes in television and film.

Professor Brad Heller is also a working actor and producer, who first learned this technique as a student in Don Richardson’s acting classes. He began teaching the technique upon the death of his teacher and mentor, and has been teaching for over fifteen years. He has also taught at UCLA. His love for the craft is infectious, and his belief that the creation and exploration of a character should be inspiring, endows students with a great support system in the midst of what we all know can be a difficult industry to navigate.
 

Classes range in scope from cold reading to scene study, with additional time spent on the business of acting, including marketing and other career enhancing tools. Brad prides himself on being available to each student, both in and out of class.
 

We offer a reasonable price structure, as well financial aid to students who qualify.  Email us Brad Heller personally at brad@actingwithoutagony.com today for more information.