The room at Dearing Acting Studio in Phoenix from the back row, every seat taken, a scene on the far stage under the LISTEN sign

Acting classes in Phoenix · Kids, teens and adults

Confidence built in this room
translates to every room.

Actors at the highest level train here.
Kids, teens and adults, each with their own program.

Ages 5 to 11 · $145 a month

Kids

Script on Mondays. Improv on Wednesdays, or Fridays at noon. Eighty minutes, three classes a month, every one on camera.

Kid classes

Ages 11 to 17 · $225 a month

Teens

Script on Mondays, Improv on Wednesdays. Two hours, three classes a month, and the tape is theirs to watch back.

Teen classes

Adults · $225 a month

Adults

Script on Mondays or Tuesdays, Improv on Wednesdays or Thursdays. Evenings, two hours, three classes a month.

Adult classes
  • Three classesa month
  • Four camerason every class
  • Twenty yearsin Phoenix

Every program is two classes

Script and Improv.

Script

A real script, on camera, every week. You watch the playback with the room and take one note into the next class.

Improv

Made up on the spot, built on listening and truthful reaction. Nobody is asked to be funny.

Or take both.
Two halves of the same pie.

Great script should look and feel like improv. Like you are making it up as you go.

Great improv should look and feel like a play you have rehearsed, memorized and blocked.

The two feed each other, and students who take both grow faster. Both classes together are $370 a month for adults and teens, $230 for kids.

4.9 stars · 234 Google reviews

“Whether you have no experience, or a ton, Brian and Matt know how to make you better.

Blake Hammond · student, Google review

“It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or an experienced actor this place is a fantastic choice and they really help!”

Alexandra Wilson · student

“Dearing Studio is a special place. The instructors are incredibly talented and encouraging. I’ve learned things I never even knew possible and stretched myself as an actor.”

Michelle Fortin · student
Matthew Dearing
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Brian Sweeney
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Who teaches it

Matthew Dearing wrote the curriculum and coaches the adult classes. Brian Sweeney runs the kid and teen programs. Every class is on camera, and the tape is yours to watch back.

Happiness lives in the progress.

Matthew Dearing · Acting Is My Day Job

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Start this month.

Kids, teens or adults. New students begin on the first class of the month. About a minute to sign up.

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