Private Acting Classes & Coaches in Toronto, ON, Canada

Al’s style of teaching has been developed over twenty-five years of studying, working in the film, theatre, and television industry in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto. He received his Masters of Fine Arts from the Actors Studio Drama School program in New York City, where he studied intensively with some of New York’s top coaches in: scene study, voice, speech, dialects, Stanislavski, Adler, Hagen, Meisner, & Strasberg Methods, Classics, Period and Style and independent workshops covering Dreamwork, Personalization, Improvisation, Affective Memory, the Private Moment, plus many more. He attended the Craft Seminars from the award winning Inside the Actors Studio Bravo show which offered Al intimate lectures from some of film and theatres greats. He worked in Off Off Broadway and Off Broadway, independent theatre companies performing, training, teaching, and producing. Today, Al works as an actor, writer, filmmaker, and acting professor in Toronto. Al’s expertise in the performing arts has helped him develop a deep personal approach to the craft of creating a character. Our exploration works on a basis of truth coming from the inside out. You will acquire a clear set of tools that will support your choices and immediately appear at your auditions, first rehearsals and open the door to the call back. The following areas and technique will be approached On characterization, personalization, relaxation, improvisation On given circumstances, objectives, actions and as if’s The casting directors’ point of view (what may the director be looking for) The producer’s point of view (type, setting, the most economic choice) The writers’ point of view (story) The actor’s point of view (character) Continuity’s point of view (physical and emotional) YOU GAIN…confidence, enhance your listening skills, ​guidance in crafting your boldest acting choices, and insight into the business.

"Though we are new in the Media field, our Dance and Theatre departments are much respected across the country. We were pleasedto be able to offer programs in Media including our Acting for Media program. We were pleased to have Al join our program tohelp build it into an amazing practical acting program which draws 300 applicants for 26 spots. It is due to having grounded,respected professionals teaching our students in the entertainment industry that we continue to garnish respect from the field. Mr. Bernstein serves as a professor in the Winter semester, teaching Scene Study II. Al has been on our faculty staff for four years. He has proven to be an excellent, experienced, and enthusiastic teacher throughout the years. His is an original thinker in the field of acting technique and continues to further his education by attending workshops in all areas like Gender Diversity and Inclusivity. He is a well-respected member of the Association of Acting Coaches and Educators in the Toronto area plus he received excellentevaluations from his students, who commented on his knowledge, enthusiasm, and the time and care he put into his instruction of-them. Sincerely, Trent Scherer.