Centreville, VA Theater Acting Lessons

I've been teaching and coaching acting students since 2007 to express themselves artistically, free themselves mentally and physically, and learn a variety of techniques to become more natural actors. Students learn through exercises, games and monologue coaching and scene work.

I coach monologues, scenes, and commercials

Learn to project your voice comfortably and confidently in various character styles and songs. Expand your range and understanding of the mechanics of the voice. Learn to take cues from the music and other performing roles.

With more than two decades of experience working as a professional SAG-AFTRA/AEA actor in Los Angeles, New York, and many places in between, coaching others to build their best auditions and reach their potential as actors and performers has become a passion of mine.

Private Coaching services include, but are not limited to:

* Private Audition Coaching
* College-Specific Audition Coaching and Monologue Selection
* Audition Material Selection Assistance (especially for young women - I have a lot to look through!)
* Work Up a Challenging Role
* Vocal Work and Public Speaking
* Song-As-Monologue Coaching
* "I want to be an actor - where do I start?" Consultation

I have extensive training and performance experience with onstage theater acting. I have a theater performance degree as well as a music performance degree. I will work with you to develop a personal connection to your characters and to physically portray the character's tactics.

The objective in this class is to awaken the imagination, emotion, and intellect of the student by introducing the transforming power and universality of theatre and the skills required to be vulnerable on stage. We will discuss Character development, the “who, what, why, where, when and how” of each scene, and ultimately learn how to develop the ability to use our body, mind, and experiences to create characters and tell a story

Get prepped for your first audition! Learn to recite and memorize monologues, how to slate (the introduction you give at the beginning of an audition), how to be confident on the stage, and really get into your character!
Working on a character in a play for the first time? Want to get more confident in your performance abilities? Need to learn to project for that no-microphone stage performance? Then, I am the teacher for you!
Together we will not only accomplish all your goals, but have a ton of fun doing it!

My students have achieved admission into Berklee College of Music in Boston, lead roles in their school plays such as Peter Pan and Into the Woods, and new levels of confidence and vocal technique that have made them the stars of their local talent shows and concerts!
I am a vocal and performance coach with over 10 years of experience singing acting, and dancing on stage in bands, in professional musical theater, and in voice competitions. I've been trained in Jazz, ...

I have experience as a union actress, as a film director, producer and I have done over 10 casting sessions so I know an actor's strengths and weaknesses and how they should improve, prepare for a role, work on an actor's palate (voice and body), can teach audition techiniques, building a character, scene study, improvisation etc.

I teach a bit from all acting methodologies - Stanislavsky, Lee Strasberg, Meisner, Uta Hagen, Stella Adler, etc. My teaching style is more eclectic. I also emphasize Shakespeare and classical theatre training or plays. I train actors to use their imaginations and instincts. Essentially, I help actors play and have fun. A play is called a play because you "play"!

I am also a black martial artist and can teach actors combat and basic fight scenes for film. I produce my own action film series so I have experience with how an actor should prepare for a fight scene.

Gregory is a graduate of The Juilliard School in New York City and is an Affiliated Artist with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC. A member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity, he has been working as a professional actor for more than twenty years in television, film and theater.

As a teacher and acting coach, Gregory is dedicated to facilitating the marriage of technique, imagination and confidence in order for each student to reach his or her goals as an actor. He coaches audition preparation for classical and contemporary theatre, television, film, and training programs. Gregory also coaches those actors who want to continue their studies through monologue and scene work, text analysis, audition technique, voice and speech training, and public speaking.