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Acting with Ted M.

Huntington Beach, California

Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 18+
Teaching since 1994
Master's in Secondary Education

    About Ted M.

    Ted has been a successful, working actor, director and acting teacher for over 25 years. He currently teaches acting at the highly regarded Seydways Acting Studios in Los Angeles. Ted's acting experience in theatre, television, film and commercials is extensive. Dozens of lead roles in plays including: The Cherry Orchard, Merchant of Venice and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Over 25 roles on television: CSI, American Horror Story, Criminal Minds and Scorpion. Over 90 national commercials: Dockers, Dr. Scholl's, Chevy, Honda. He's directed dozens of plays, several to critical acclaim including: Recollect the Snow. He directed and was the subject of the multi-award winning documentary film: Nothing Without You about Burning Man. He's studied with top acting teachers his entire career including Richard Seyd, Rico Colantoni, and Michael Arndt. He's an encouraging, thoughtful, careful, creative and dynamic teacher who gets immediate results for his students.

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    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    9 AM-12 PM
    2 PM-5 PM
    7 PM-10 PM
    Tuesday
    9 AM-12 PM
    2 PM-5 PM
    Wednesday
    9 AM-12 PM
    2 PM-5 PM
    7 PM-10 PM
    Thursday
    9 AM-12 PM
    2 PM-5 PM
    Friday
    9 AM-12 PM
    2 PM-5 PM
    Saturday
    9 AM-1 PM
    Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Pricing
    30 minutes
    $45
    45 minutes
    $60
    60 minutes
    $75
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    Experience

    Acting Teacher

    Sep, 2013 - Present

    Seydways Acting Studios

    Ted is the first and only additional acting teacher brought on to teach by Richard Seyd at his prestigious acting studio in Los Angeles.

    Actor

    May, 1994 - Present

    Multiple production companies and studios (Fox, Disney, NBC, Universal, etc)

    Ted is a constantly working professional actor in Los Angeles. Dozens of lead roles in plays, over 20 roles in television, over 90 national commercials, dozens of films. Recent guest star roles include: American Horror Story, Criminal Minds, Bosch and Scorpion. Recent commercials include: Dr. Scholl's, Chick-Fil-A and Chevy.

    Director

    May, 1994 - Present

    Various theatre companies and Independent film companies

    Ted is a constantly working professional director in both theatre and film. Credits include: Nothing Without You, Substance Abuse, Ted's Theatre Kitchen, Outward Blonde, Recollect the Snow, Uncle Vanya, The Marriage Proposal and dozens more.

    Education

    Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, East Asian Studies

    Sep, 1985 - May, 1989

    Oberlin College

    Master's in Secondary Education

    Sep, 1990 - May, 1992

    St. Thomas University

    Certifications

    California Naturalist

    Oct, 2014

    University of California, Davis

    Awards

    Best Documentary Film

    Aug, 2004

    Malibu Film Festival, Artivist Film Festival

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