FALL SEMESTER CLASS

Master Class Series: Ongoing Master Class Students
Grades 7 - Age 20

Master Class: Ongoing Development

Days: Tuesdays

Times: 6:15 – 7:45 PM

Classes: August 18, 2025 – April 27, 2027 (This is a school year commitment.)

Class Size Limit: 12 Students

Student Ages: Grades 7 – Age 20

Requirement: Must have completed the initial 9-month Master Class series for new students

This series is an ongoing Master Class that can be taken multiple times after completing the initial series.  As with the first series, this master class continues to develop the talent and skill of the actors and guides them to make the most productive choices in the art and business of acting for stage and screen.

What Are the Benefits of Ongoing Master Classes?

Success is built over time with continuous learning, practicing good habits, and a focus on smart development strategies. Deeper curriculum challenges lead to more college-ready students or young professionals with a leg up on launching a successful acting career. The ongoing Master Class is built on those same principles. With the already established foundation of great preparation, study and character development habits, it’s time to enhance the program to more complex levels that will give established students the best opportunity to pursue casting in ACT II shows, top college drama programs, or a profession in Theatre, TV, or Film.  
 
With the foundations already learned in Master Class, students will elevate to intensive training in:
  • Textual analysis (target-behind-the-target) study to uncover a character’s psychological motivations and objectives for both acting and script development.
  • Audition preparation for television, film, and drama scripts with a focus on either produced plays, network or cable programs or new un-produced works in development.  
  • Mastering Self Taping as an art as well as a technical challenge – for commercials, spokesperson roles, film and television auditions.
  • Creating more targeted self-authored scripts with a plan towards career advancement strategies.

Ongoing Master Class - Turning Goals into Success

In this ongoing series, students will actively work toward advancing their academic or professional careers through focused goal-setting and hands-on creative development.  

The Class will include: 
  • Students will have ongoing training to continue strengthening their craft 
  • Enhanced audition preparation & training
  • Intensive training on audition technique and protocol
  • Meeting industry self-taping requirements for film, TV, and theatre
  • Preparation and performance for live auditions and performances
 
Action Goal Sheets
 
Each student will create and execute a personalized action plan with targeted career goals, such as:
  • Actively seeking auditions through agents and casting calls

  • Developing independent projects in theatre, film, and television

  • Building professional relationships in the industry – including targeted searches for opportunities in professional theatre, production companies, and studio networks.

 
Project Development and Creative Authorship
 
Building on the foundation from Master Class I & II, by continuing to master – 
  • The 8 key elements of script breakdown and character development
  • The 6 principles for crafting or identifying powerful monologues
  • The key elements to writing short plays and films 
 
Students will develop their individual projects and plans to write and perform original works, designed to showcase their talent. 
 
Master Class Showcase
  • Students will produce and perform their own evening of self-authored works for family to enjoy. 
  • Talent agents will be invited to this Showcase to provide an opportunity for actors to gain representation (if desired). 

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis for those who have completed the initial 9-month Master Class series. Once the spots have been filled, additional requests will be placed on a waitlist. (Students who have not completed the initial series may audition for the Master Class for new Master Class students.)

Master Class Dates: August 18, 2026 - April 27, 2027

  • No Classes on November 10 (Anastasia the Musical – Youth Edition)
  • No Classes on November 24 (Thanksgiving Break)
  • No Classes December 22 – 29  (Christmas Break)
  • No Classes March 23 (Spring Break)
  • No Classes April 13 (Seussical – TYA)

TUITION:

Non-Refundable Deposit: $155 due at registration

Monthly Tuition: $155 will be due on the 1st of each month from September 2026 through April 2027. 

Tuition payments are not based on the number of classes in any particular month.  The entire course curriculum is divided into equal payments to make it easier on a family budget. 

A 5% discount will be given if semester tuition is paid in full at the time of registration.

REFUND POLICY:

Since we are limiting the number of students accepted, registering for this class means that you are purchasing a spot in class for the school year.  If a student withdraws from the Master Class before September 1st, no further tuition will be due.  If a student withdraws any time after September 1st, the balance of the full course tuition will be due at that time.  

Tuition Discounts:

Military Discount*

Students who have a military parent qualify for a 10% discount.

Multi-Class Discount*

We offer a 10% discount for each additional class a student takes in one semester.

Sibling Discount*

We offer a 10% discount for each additional sibling who participates in classes.

*Students may use only one discount per class and all discounts will be applied to the equal or lesser value class.

Peter DeAnello

Master Class Instructor

Peter DeAnello is a thirty-five-year veteran of the Entertainment Industry.  He began his acting career on professional NY and Regional Theatre Stages and later transitioned to professional film, television and theatre work in NY and LA.  

Peter completed his acting apprenticeship at Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1980 and is a graduate of The American Film Institute in Los Angeles.  In 1998, after moving from LA to Colorado, he bought Big Fish On-Camera Talent Agency in Denver.  Peter purchased the agency with a dream to nurture and encourage Colorado actors to take charge of their careers and create their own vehicles for success with added skills like writing, directing and producing.  After fourteen rewarding years, Peter sold Big Fish Talent in 2012.

Peter has acted, and worked behind the scenes, with such luminaries as James Cagney, Art Carney, Christian Slater, Chazz Palminteri, Barbara Eden, Dan Lauria, Wendie Mallick, Penny Marshall, Danny DeVito, Sharon Stone, Brad Davis, Ellen Barkin, Kathy Bates, Tim Busfield, Chris Cooper and many other respected Industry professionals.

His play, Two Way Street, received critical acclaim in LA and Peter has had several plays produced on NY Stages and sold numerous screenplays.  He continues to write film, TV and short/full length pays.  He also teaches his Write to Act Workshop, 8 Points to Script Breakdown and Character Development and The Key Elements to Writing Dynamic Short Plays and Films, both over ZOOM and in live workshops and seminars.   

Peter is currently making the festival film circuit around the US with his new film, When Angels Fear.  He wrote, directed and co-produced this independent film that highlights Dan Lauria in a lead role.
 
His published book, The Monologue from Mystery to Mastery, has become a favored text in many college, university and secondary school theatre programs.  

Location:

ACT Studios: Regular Classes

481 Windchime Place

Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Phone: 719-282-9101

Email: director@actcolorado.net

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