The Acting Studio

An absolutely fantastic acting school. Shane and Erica, are not only great business owners but also, professionals in the theater community in DFW. All of their teachers are top-​notch and my kids have a lot of fun in the classes, while learning about being a young professional. From dance, to voice, to acting, to the full-​blown productions, their students learn from the best. I couldn’t ask for anything more.

They opened a location in Frisco almost year ago which is actually where my daughter took classes but the owners and teachers are the same as this location. We started off very excited to be finding a studio for my daughter to take her lessons however, sadly I have chosen to pull my daughter from classes there and will not return. Over the course of this year, this husband and wife team seem to have bitten off more than they can chew as far as staffing goes. Twice they have had to cancel class altogether because of their sick child. Stuff happens but the make up class was scheduled for a night we were unable to attend and there was no credit given for that fact. They have also brought their daughter to class twice because she didn’t want to stay home. This is only a problem because although she is bright and cute, she is young and obviously used to being the center of attention and made accomplishing anything in class those days impossible. This last instance when I arrived, the daughter was «performing» while all the paying students were sitting watching her. That’s not what I am paying for my child to do there. Even after she stopped performing, she was still talking so loudly that the teacher couldn’t hear the students doing their monologues and had to ask the student three times to do it again. While speaking with the owner later about the situation, it was very clear that they saw no problem with that and apparently think that is a reasonable way t conduct a business and even had the nerve to say that me saying something about it was disruptive. LOL Personally, I don’t want to pay good money for my child to watch their child perform instead of being taught acting as her class description states.
I also was disillusioned to find out that in order to perform in their plays, each child cast had to pay $ 350. It was a $ 50 fee just to audition but I was assured that «pretty much everyone gets cast». Of course they do, wouldn’t you cast someone if it meant they’d give you $ 350?
I spoke to my daughter about the class and she didn’t even want to go back. She said she felt that she’d wasted a year there. They only teach one particular method and she didn’t like it and didn’t feel that she’d gotten anything out of it. She found it boring and not useful. Guess the whole thing was a big waste of money.
So, if you have extra money and want to help fund this family and pay to watch their daughter perform while getting very little in return, this is the place for you.