The Actors Workshop
Background information
Name:	The Actors Workshop
Formed:	1980, Los Angeles, California
Location(s):	North Hollywood, California Orange County, California
Website:	www.theactorsworkshop.com

The Actors Workshop is one of southern California's oldest film acting programs and is generally associated with the Sanford Meisner and Charles Conrad techniques.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Studio Facility 3 Coaches 4 Notable alumni and coaches 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Overview

Founded in 1980 as a Voice Over recording studio and training center for aspiring Film/Television actors, The Actors Workshop remains one of California’s oldest and most respected acting programs. In 1980 the workshop dropped its voice-over program and began concentrating solely on Film Acting^[1]. In the first six months the workshop doubled its enrollment and by the following year began attracting the attention some of Hollywood’s top Film/TV Casting Directors such as Robin Lippin, Hank McCann, Susan McCrae, Barbara Clayman and Mary Jo Slater (mother of Christian Slater). Many of its students over the years have landed dozens of starring roles in motion picture and television shows such as (The Hurricane^{[disambiguation needed]}), (The Patriot), (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), (Ferris Bueller's Day Off), (Sleepwalkers), (Charmed), (24), (Chuck), (The Bold and the Beautiful) and many others.

Now in its 30th year, The Actors Workshop, North Hollywood and Orange County, California remains under the direction of its founder R.J. Adams and son, director Rob Adams both working film and television actors.

[edit] Studio Facility

In early 1990, the workshop added a three camera state of- the- art Television studio. Television and film directors such as Dennis Steinmetz, Richard Compton, Ron Stephenson, Corey Allen and Michael O'Herlihy. made regular appearances at the school. ^[2]

[edit] Coaches

R.J. Adams has been a working actor and radio personality since the early 1960s having appeared in any films and television shows such as Rocky IV, Falling Through, The Executuion, Murder She Wrote, Riptide (TV series), General Hospital and many others. His radio career included on-air work at (KFI), (KHJ (AM)) and KRTH (K-EARTH 101).

Rob Adams co-director and working actor has appeared in a variety of films and television shows including Forest Gump, Passions, The D.A., Close to Home, Days of Our Lives and has been coaching actors for nearly twenty years.

Film actors Pete Pastore and Kelly Fennell have been members of the workshop for more than fifteeen years and both are working actors.

[edit] Notable alumni and coaches

• Amy Adams
• Brian Krause
• Kristy Swanson
• Sarah Lancaster
• Christopher Knight
• Vicellous Reon Shannon
• Jack Angel
• Schae Harrison
• Warren G.
• Dave Madden
• Gary Marshall
• Eric Norris
• Tiffany
• Anthony Pena
• Dona Speir
• Mark Craig
• Jake Galasso
• Christopher Jaymes
• Randy Josselyn
• Danny McCoy, Jr.
• Hank Stone
• Karen Waldron

[edit] References

1. ^ South County News, September 15, 1991, by Marnie McLoed
2. ^ The Orange County Register, November 19, 1991

[edit] External links

• The official web site of The Actors Workshop
• Industry and Acting insights