MIAMI — It’s part classroom, part workshop and part creative playground.

It’s a community of creatives, trying to build on something real.

“Having life experience is what makes a great actor,” said renowned acting coach and award winning director, Ralph Kinnard of Miami Acting Studio. “The whole structure is around helping you connect with other people.”

At the studio, students come to learn the craft of film and TV acting, building more than just performance.

They’re building confidence, connections and community, frame by frame.

Every Tuesday, the studio opens its doors to newcomers willing to give it a try for free. No experience is required.

“You have to be thrown in with the wolves … there’s no theory about this. There’s nothing you can do,” said Kinnard.

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Students start with several exercises, improv drills and meditation before moving into scene work. Partners work around the film set and prepare to act on camera.

“It is a safe environment and we all have stage fright. So doing a program like this where there’s no risk involved — you’re going to get rid of your stage fright,” said Kinnard.

For Kuno Van Der Post, the studio offered a chance to revisit a dream that never fully left him.

After building a successful business, raising a family and finding success in the corporate world, he decided it was time to return to a passion he had put on hold.

Week after week, members of this community swap advice, run scenes and help each other grow.

“It’s exciting and it’s really given me a whole extra energy boost,” he said.

Actors and enthusiasts alike draw from their own life experiences — and share them freely with one another.

Each person is taking a chance on themselves, chasing the possibility of creating something meaningful and real.

According to the website:

“You are going to learn everything you need to get started in the movie industry without the pains and struggles of not knowing where to start, how to gain confidence or how to act.

“THIS is the best time to act with 1000’s of jobs available on NETFLIX, APPLE TV, HBO + all the networks + all Social Media -> and our students are on ALL of them.”

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