Shannon Sturges seated in a navy study lit by a film light
Live · 12 weeks · Starts October

Train where
you are.
Act anywhere.


Foundation is twelve weeks of live acting class with Shannon Sturges. Thirty years on screen, fifteen coaching the actors still on it. The whole technique, taught from wherever you already live.

$999 $699 for the founding cohort. Small group. Every class recorded.

Talent lives everywhere.

No matter your zip code, your background, or your experience level. This is where the work starts.

For anyone on camera. Wherever you call home.


Beginners

Never done this before? Start at zero. Nobody here assumes you know anything.

Nervous on camera

Video calls, recorded intros, anything with a lens. This is the fix.

Working actors

Sharpen the craft, fix what's been effortful, keep booking.

Far from LA

Los Angeles training without the Los Angeles address or the plane ticket.

Coming back

You did this once. It's not too late, and you haven't lost it.

One class. That's it.

Foundation.
Twelve weeks, live.


Eleven weeks of technique and a final week on the business of acting. Taught by Shannon herself, in a small room, every week. You attend it rather than watch it.

  • The full twelve-technique method, in order
  • Live weekly class, capped small so everyone works
  • Every lesson recorded, so missing a week costs you nothing
  • Finishes with the Character Party, her signature exercise
  • Join late and take the weeks you missed with the next cohort
An actor working at home
Let's do
the work.
Shannon Sturges

Learn from experience.
Learn from Shannon.


Thirty years in front of the camera. Fifteen years coaching the people who are still in front of it.

  • 30 years in film and televisionA full career before she ever coached anyone
  • On-set coachFast 8, Den of Thieves, and others
  • Fifteen years running the studioLos Angeles, and the best-reviewed classes in it
  • Warm, blunt, funnyNo fluff, no mysticism, no gatekeeping
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Your story matters.
Let's tell it.

The October cohort is being scheduled around the people who want in. Tell us when you can make it and you'll get the dates first.