MIAMI \u2014 It\u2019s part classroom, part workshop and part creative playground.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a community of creatives, trying to build on something real. <\/p>\n
\u201cHaving life experience is what makes a great actor,\u201d said renowned acting coach and award winning director, Ralph Kinnard <\/a>of Miami Acting Studio<\/a>. \u201cThe whole structure is around helping you connect with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n At the studio, students come to learn the craft of film and TV acting, building more than just performance. <\/p>\n They\u2019re building confidence, connections and community, frame by frame. <\/p>\n Every Tuesday, the studio opens its doors to newcomers willing to give it a try for free. No experience is required.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to be thrown in with the wolves \u2026 there\u2019s no theory about this. There\u2019s nothing you can do,\u201d said Kinnard. <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to see videos from Miami Acting Studio.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a safe environment and we all have stage fright. So doing a program like this where there\u2019s no risk involved \u2014 you\u2019re going to get rid of your stage fright,\u201d said Kinnard. <\/p>\n For Kuno Van Der Post, the studio offered a chance to revisit a dream that never fully left him.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Week after week, members of this community swap advice, run scenes and help each other grow.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s exciting and it\u2019s really given me a whole extra energy boost,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n Actors and enthusiasts alike draw from their own life experiences \u2014 and share them freely with one another.<\/p>\n Each person is taking a chance on themselves, chasing the possibility of creating something meaningful and real. <\/p>\n According to the website:<\/p>\n \u201cYou 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.<\/p>\n \u201cTHIS is the best time to act with 1000\u2019s of jobs available on NETFLIX, APPLE TV, HBO + all the networks + all Social Media -> and our students are on ALL of them.”<\/p>\n To submit an idea for What Connects Us, email whatconnectsus@wplg.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n