2025

IV. The Actor’s Gym: Train Your Acting Muscle

Level: committed actors BY INVITATION
location: welserstr. 5-7, Berlin-schöneberg
FEE: €700

Fall Session: Thursdays 19:30 - 22:30, august 28 - December 11

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Push, challenge, and strengthen your craft. In the Actor’s Gym, you’ll refine your skills through repetition, guided practice, and collaborative feedback. This course builds on Creating Character, giving you the chance to stretch into new genres, hone audition material, refine accents and dialects, and sharpen your instincts in a rehearsal-like setting that balances rigor and support.

Explore a wide range of styles and approaches — from comedy and classical text to physical theater, acting for the camera, and animal work. Sessions are guided by our Associate Artists and special guests, ensuring you’re exposed to multiple perspectives and professional insights. Students are encouraged to bring in original scripts, personal projects, and scenes they’ve always wanted to tackle. A script library is also available for inspiration, giving you both freedom and structure as you develop material.

Collaboration is at the heart of the Gym. You’ll work individually and with multiple partners, rehearsing in a space where peer exchange is as important as instructor feedback. The community is diverse: some actors are already working professionals; others took their first classes at The Acting Muscle and are hungry to grow. What unites them is a commitment to practice, to artistic growth, and to building creative connection.

The course culminates in a showcase, where participants share monologues, scenes, and songs with friends, fellow students, and invited guests from the industry. It’s both a celebration of the growth you’ve achieved in the Gym and a chance to experience the energy of performance in front of a live audience.

“I would recommend the Gym to any actor, particularly those who, like myself, have the passion for acting but are perhaps not sure how to go about pursuing it. Here you will learn not only the tools, skills, and concrete training needed to develop, but a form of support, investment, and invigoration that will bring you endless joy and equip you to achieve your goals and dreams.”
— Evie Hamilton Kerr, Actor and Ensemble Member

The Actor’s Gym is designed for students who have completed Creating Character. Advanced actors may also join by invitation or interview.

Instructors: Adam Ludwig, Stephanie LeBolt, Brian Bell

The course will be conducted in English. Students are encouraged to contribute ideas or ask questions in German or French. Copies of readings, assigned scenes, and plays will be provided.