A competitive drift racer and percussionist from Atlanta who talked a film crew into letting him write sketches during a season of racing, and fell in love with making things. Josh’s Dearing Story: zero expectations, foundation blocks, and why the studio is exhausting in the best way.
After a career in commercial real estate, Nancy found acting, took every class the studio offers, and now performs in theatre around the valley. Her Dearing Story: doing things that scare her a little, being the oldest in the room, and getting over it.
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant whose kids trained here first, and whose car, in her words, drove itself into the parking lot in 2015. Carol’s Dearing Story: the first night, why she was awesome, and what fearless looks like a few years in.
A swimmer and athlete who found the studio through a search in 2018, was greeted at the door with a hug, and went on to Masterclass and then USC. Jada’s Dearing Story: being the character instead of performing it, and why the word is liberating.
Greg and Matthew first worked together on a play years before Greg became a student. His Dearing Story: a father who saw the talent first, the joy of deep character work, and the reason he keeps coming back: the truth, and a teacher who guided instead of answering.
Six years at the studio, from teen improv to both comedy troupes to Masterclass, then on to Columbia College Chicago for comedic writing and performance. Phoebe’s Dearing Story: a room where everyone works, empathy, and letting go of judgment.
A homeschooled teen whose mom suggested one acting class in 2017. Saya’s Dearing Story: from performing for herself and chasing perfection to lifting up the actors around her, and her advice for anyone curious: try it no matter what.
She was eight, from Buckeye, when she figured out that superheroes are actors in disguise. Miley’s Dearing Story: a shy girl who knew what she wanted, one class, and what being yourself means at ten.
The most stressful place in acting is your car after the audition, replaying every second. Three rules for the drive home: don’t apologize or explain, drop it at the door and go find the next one, and take the one lesson the room just handed you.
The week before Valentine’s Day, Joey and I on romantic love, honestly. It’s okay to want it. Rumi on the barriers you built against it, Mother Teresa on the smile, Martin Luther King on enemies, the time Leeann told me not yet, the Tony Robbins list, and the question that follows the list: who would that person be attracted to? Five couples have met in this studio. Here’s where love actually is.
Ecclesiastes 2:24, find enjoyment in your toil, and an hour on a serious subject: play. Why highly successful people grind their way to unfulfilled, why there’s no fear when you’re having fun, the shy kid doing cartwheels in class, my uncle on a bench watching his son play catch with an NFL recruit, and the list I’m making for the times I’m weakest.
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