Actors Youth Academy

Actors Youth Academy offers a range of classes and workshops, including a 6-month Professional Acting Class, Acting Workshops (Short Term), Virtual Professional Acting Online Classes, and Acting for Film and TV for professional actors or actors with agents. The program also offers Acting for Agents (Beginners to Intermediate), Improv Workshops, Dance for the Actor Improv/Hip Hop Lessons, Hip Hop Dance Workshops, self tape audition coaching, coaching workshops, and voice lessons. Additional options include Learn Spanish Through Acting (a 6-month program), a Spanish – Learn through Acting Class, Singing Lessons Sundays ONLY, and self tape audition coaching with optional footage editing and upload.

• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: 6-month programs in Professional Acting and Learn Spanish Through Acting, with Singing Lessons offered on Sundays ONLY
• Price: Trial class (one time only) $25; self tape audition coaching $100 for the hour, with an additional $25 for footage editing and upload

Actors Youth Academy (AYA) serves youth ages 4–17 and adults and provides a forum where youth and adults can train and practice their craft in both English and español. The academy offers an individualized curriculum so students receive materials for performances that match their level, and students who are multi-lingual in languages other than Spanish can also practice their craft in their own language. Parents are engaged to translate materials students have worked on in class to their other language, and coaching is provided accordingly.

Actors Youth Academy is on a mission to inspire youth to be fully self expressed with integrity, create the next generation of bilingual actors, and change the demographics of the industry one actor at a time. The academy teaches students to be fully self-expressed with integrity, including values, principles, and goals, and states that participation can build confidence, boost self-esteem, and develop a child’s acting skills, as well as enhance academic skills through the art of acting. The program also describes its Spanish-through-acting option as a fun and easy way to learn a language and notes that students can enhance vocabulary and refine pronunciation through dedicated practice in spoken Spanish.

Actors Youth Academy offers professional acting classes on Zoom for participants in different states or countries and provides online or in-person training from classically trained professional singers. For students without agents, the academy creates agent showcases from footage of filmed performances, and SAG-AFTRA franchised agents have scouted students via these showcases and represent some of them. The academy states that it was the first youth film and TV academy to offer students the opportunity to practice their craft in both English and Spanish, describes itself as parent friendly, and notes that it was created by a bilingual child actor’s mother who could not find an English/Spanish acting school for film and TV where her son could practice in both languages. Actors Youth Academy © 2016 – 2025 indicates its years of operation, and the program notes that Long Beach/Seal Beach is coming soon.

Last updated June 30, 2026.