Los Angeles, United States
5028 Wilshire Blvd Suite #209
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+1 3232300139
Graham Shiels' class is the best I've found in LA in a long time. He's working on current applicable scripts with techniques that will help you book auditions. Graham and Crystal are both very talented actors as well as engaging, understanding, lovely and entertaining people! I'll continue training here for a very long time!
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For a person from India, GSS has been one of the most friendly and accommodating Acting schools available in Hollywood. I would particularly like to thank Crystal. She has been incredibly supportive and given positive feedback for improvement. I just wish I had more time and my budget permitted to continue for a few more weeks. Thanks Graham!
My time at Graham Shiels Studio has been wonderful! They offer a very supportive environment with very insightful teachers. What I love about studying here is the amount of individual attention each student gets. When you get up to work a scene or do an on camera audition, you get the opportunity to do it multiple times and incorporate feedback to feel how it makes an immediate difference. I really appreciate that because in other classes often you get feedback but not the chance to try it out. Both Graham and Crystal are very observant and help stretch the actors to go beyond their comfort zones. They are very knowledgeable about both the craft and the business. You get to work with current material which is great. You can bring in sides for an upcoming audition and work that material. There are opportunities to audition in front of agents and have a Q&A every month. Overall a great place to be for a working actor!
Great place to get your acting work out in!! Extremely supportive environment full of actors of all ages/experience levels. Shout out to Desean for being awesome and pushing us to do our best work. I've had a lot of acting teachers over the years and he's one of my favorites.
When I first moved to LA I audited a ton of acting classes to see which one was a great fit for me and Graham Shiels Studios was a clear choice! Most acting studios and classes will have you work on the same scene as the rest of the class, and these scenes will either be from a textbook, or a famous play/movie/TV show, thus being a scene you’d probably never realistically audition for. But in Graham’s class, you are casted in a different role every week, based on your type (so you’re working on stuff you could possibly go out for), and these scenes are also from actual auditions that are currently happening! So you are constantly working on new and current material, amongst people who are actively working in the industry. I’ve learnt so much just from watching how other working actors take direction from Graham and I really like the notes he gives us to guide us into making stronger choices while acting so we can stand out and make the best possible performance at an audition. Can’t wait to continue to learn more as a student at GSS!
Being a trained actress who graduated with a BFA in acting as well as couple of certificates from various other acting programs. After graduating from CalArts I couldn't find a studio that kept me practicing my craft. I then stumbled upon Grahams studio and instantly fell in love with the way he taught. HE CARE FOR HIS STUDENTS AND DEEPLY LOVES THAT WORK AND THAT inspires me and keeps me going!!! THANKS GRAHAM!!! 100%%%%% RECOMMEND THIS STUDIO FOR trained and new untrained actors.
I'm fairly new to Graham's studio but so far I am really loving it. I have been to other studios in LA, and this one feels right. We always work on material that is current and being cast. Graham's approach is caring and intuitive, but he doesn't coddle. He's been in the business for sometime and knows what life is like in casting rooms, on set, and what will get you in those doors. You're responsible for your own acting career, and Graham will give you the tools to help you get there. I'm currently in a class that offers audition technique one week and scene work the other, I find it to be the perfect balance. Crystal also teaches this class, another working actor who is intelligent, savvy, and can decipher which actors need what to enhance confidence in their craft. Love this studio and recommend it to anyone who is serious about becoming a working actor.
Training here has been incredible- eye opening, inspiring, and so much fun. Graham and Crystal both offer so much experience and insight. The environment is comfortable and supportive, yet challenging in the best ways. With both scene study and audition technique, you get a very well-rounded approach to screen acting. Graham and Crystal are able to simplify a craft that can seem so mysterious and elusive, and with their guidance, I've fallen back in love with acting. I can't recommend GSS highly enough.
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