Professional Actors’ Workshop

I lead the Professional Actors’ Workshop for Thalia’s Umbrella, a drop-in/out class for working and early career professionals. We meet once a week to work on scenes, audition material, and all related craft. The Workshop is PWYC.

I am also available as a private coach for audition prep or skill development.

If you are interested in joining the Workshop or in private coaching, please contact me.

Knowing what questions to ask and when

Learning a discipline is not a matter of mastering facts, it is knowing what questions to ask and when. I cannot teach talent; no one can. But I can teach actors to think like an actor, to know what questions to ask and when.

My work is based in Stanislavsky’s Method (though I owe more to Stella Adler and Uta Hagen than to Strasberg or Meisner). If acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances (but one useful definition), then the specificity of those circumstances is crucial. Finding specific circumstances that feed and inspire the actor’s work is the core — and the fun! — of our job.

Shakespeare is a special love. Besides bringing all the tools above, I am well-versed (so to speak) in the ways scansion, white space, Folio work, and the differences between early and late Shakespeare can inform the actor’s work.

I have taught acting at Brandeis University, Carleton College, the Professional Training Program at Actor’s Lab Arizona, as a member of the Shakespeare Workout in New York — and as a private coach in Minneapolis and Seattle. 

Teacher and Coach

Photo credit (banner): Nishant Ghan in Europe, by David Greig, at Thalia’s Umbrella. Photo by Annabel Clark.

  • “His feedback is unfailingly insightful and incisive; he has the rare knack of adjusting his critique to the individual's level of vulnerability and understanding… He's an actor/teacher of rare intellect who, rarer still, knows how to use it right. And, not so incidentally in work that involves exposure and risk, a loving, compassionate man.”
    — Eloïse Watt , founder of Shakespeare Workout in New York  

  • “Having Terry as my acting and audition coach was instrumental in my successful acceptance as an MFA student in an extremely competitive university acting program. His guidance and encouragement met me where I was and pushed me to risk and achieve more than I ever had before.  I would highly recommend him as a theatre educator to both the beginner and the consummate professional.” 
    — Jason Francis

  • “Moore’s insight into the unique learning style and teaching approach required for each student is equally apparent in classroom settings and individual coaching sessions.  I’ve benefited from his excellent instruction in both arenas and have moved deeper into the riches of my craft as a result.”   
    — Pam Nolte

  • “From basic technique to text analysis to emotional authenticity to specific audition and callback preparation, Terry has gently guided me time and time again to exactly what I was looking for. Terry's vast experience as well as genuine respect for the acting process make him a trustworthy acting coach and friend.”
    — Candace Vance