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Audition Technique
Walk in with a choice. Young actors learn to make bold, specific decisions that stand out in the room and on a self tape.
Helping young actors grow, book, and thrive.
Weekly classes on Zoom and Saturdays in Hollywood. Kris’s former students have gone on to Daredevil: Born Again, Station 19, and That’s So Raven.
Acting classes for ages 6 to 18Scroll to begin
Your coach
20+ years.Thousands of young actors.
Kris has spent more than twenty years coaching young actors, worked as the on set acting coach for several network television series, and with his team has trained thousands of young actors.
Former students
Before the credits, there was class.
Former students
Before the credits, there was class.
Aramis Knight
Rendition; Ender’s Game; Karate Kid: Legends
Camila Rodriguez
Station 19; Daredevil: Born Again; Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
Connor Storrie
Heated Rivalry
Julia Aks
Academy Award nominee; Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Sawyer ColeShrinking
Tyler HoechlinRoad to Perdition; 7th Heaven
Anton YelchinHearts in Atlantis; Alpha Dog; Star Trek
Kyle MasseyThat’s So Raven
Sarah LancasterEverwood
David LagoEmmy winner; The Young and the Restless
Jenna BoydThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Cayden BoydMystic River; The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Shane BaumelDaddy Day Care
Cole and Dylan SprouseThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody
A.J. TrauthEven Stevens
Shawn PyfromDesperate Housewives
Jason DolleyGood Luck Charlie
Keegan AllenPretty Little Liars
Thomas KaspSpace Warriors
Damar CalhounInstant Mom
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The classes
Everything that happens before “Action.”
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On Camera Coaching
The camera notices everything. This is where actors learn to keep it small, honest, and believable for TV, film, and self tapes.
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Scene Study
Reading a script the way actors do: what the character wants, what stands in the way, and how to truly listen to a scene partner.
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Confidence and Presence
Nerves come with the job. Class builds the calm and focus to do good work anyway.
The business
Career Guidance
How auditions, agents, managers, and sets actually work, explained by someone who has spent three decades inside the industry.
The business
Parent Support
Straight answers for parents about the business, what young performers need to be protected, and how to help without pushing.
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- 1Pick an age group or private coaching below.
- 2Add your actor’s first name and age.
- 3Copy the email, or open it in your email app, and send.
Classes meet weekly. All times PST. Kris will confirm availability, placement, and Zoom details by email.
California CPS permit holder. Kris holds a Child Performer Services permit from the California Labor Commissioner, which requires a fingerprint background check. Verify a permit
Meet your coach
Kristopher Kyer
He started on stage, worked in front of the camera, and went on to coach actors on network sets.
For nearly twenty years he ran the Kyer Workshop for Actors in Burbank, where thousands of young actors began their careers. Today he teaches on Zoom every week and in person on Saturdays in Hollywood.
On set
He knows what a set expects from a young actor.
Kris coaches the work and the manners: honest acting in front of the camera, and the habits that make producers and directors want a young actor back.
30+years in entertainment
20+years coaching young actors
3ABC series as on set acting coach
1000sof young actors trained by Kris and his team
As on set acting coach: Boy Meets World, Maybe This Time, and Grace Under Fire on ABC; the feature Hostage; and Jessica Simpson’s appearances on That ’70s Show. As a performer: Seinfeld, Quantum Leap, USA High, Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and the original Off Broadway cast of Showing Off.
Before the coaching room
He held the center ring of the Greatest Show on Earth.
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s youngest ringmaster at the time, and only the 27th in the circus’s 115 year history.
“What would we do without our dreams? Seeing some of our most sought after dreams come true makes life truly worthwhile.”Kristopher Kyer