Kids on Camera TV/Film Acting & Voiceover Workshops
Kids on Camera TV/Film Acting & Voiceover School, 3200 California St, Suite 202, San Francisco, CA 94111
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Kids on Camera TV/Film Acting & Voiceover Workshops offers activities such as Comedic Film Acting & Improvisation Audition Skills, TV Commercial Acting Skills, Voiceover for Animated Films and TV Series, Voiceover For Animated Films & Video Gaming, and Acting Tones For Disney TV Characters. Students also take part in Improvisation & Storytelling, Comedic Acting Skills for Films, Dramatic Acting Skills for Films, Comedic & Dramatic Monologues, Hosting Performance Skills, Vocalist Performance & Audition Skills, Physical Comedy, and Audition Skills for TV/Film & Voiceover. Some workshops include a Parent’s Make a Self-Tape Audition component.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: One-day workshops are offered in person and on Zoom, with Zoom sessions for ages 6–8 and 9–18 running 90 minutes to 2 or 3 hours on Saturday or Sunday; specific examples include a 2-hour in-person Comedic Film Acting & Improvisation Audition Skills session for ages 7–9, a 3-hour in-person Comedic Film Acting & Improvisation Audition Skills session for ages 9–18, a 3-hour in-person Voice of Andy in Toy Story Coaches Voiceover session for ages 9–18, and a 1.5-hour TV Commercial Acting & Interview Skills session on Zoom for ages 5–8.
• Price: In-person Comedic Film Acting & Improvisation Audition Skills sessions are $175 for ages 7–9 and $195 for ages 9–18; the in-person Voice of Andy in Toy Story Coaches Voiceover session for ages 9–18 is $180; the TV Commercial Acting & Interview Skills session on Zoom for ages 5–8 is $120; one-day workshops on Zoom for ages 6–8 and 9–18 start at $125; a private class with Judy Berlin is $125 for 1 hour or more.
Kids on Camera was established in 1981, and Judy Berlin is noted as celebrating the 45th year of Kids on Camera, with references to 44 years of success stories and a 43rd anniversary. Classes on Zoom began in April 2020. The program is described as an award-winning program and has trained children who have been cast in TV commercials, voiceovers, and feature films and who have become class presidents.
The leadership team includes Director and Founder Judy Berlin, Casting Director and Film Producer Joey Paul Jensen, and John Morris, the voice of Andy in Toy Story, who coaches voiceover. Judy Berlin is identified as a coach for some classes and as an acting teacher. Judy Berlin was a voice on Sesame Street for 12 years, started Northern California’s first TV/Film Acting School for young kids and teens, and trained Michael Catalano, the original voice of Charlie Brown in the cartoon series. A former staff member, Leslie Carrara, is best known as Abby Cadabby on Sesame Street and received 5 Emmy Nominations for Best Performer in a Children’s Series. Joey Paul Jensen is an award-winning casting director and film producer with 30 years of experience, has cast films with Disney, Sony, Paramount, Universal, and MGM, has cast many hours of episodic TV for family networks and 18 animated and live TV series including Oswald the Octopus, graduated from California Institute of Arts, and won the Artios Award as Best Independent Casting Director for Children’s TV Series for That’s So Raven. John Morris is the voice of Andy in Toy Story.
Kids on Camera describes its mission as personal development and acting training that serves young people by improving their communication skills, self-esteem, and confidence, and states that it aims to make learning fun. The curriculum is described as encouraging students to use their imaginations, trust their instincts, explore their imaginations, develop creativity, and improve social skills. The program states that it provides an environment where students learn to take risks as performers and as people, create a feeling of personal freedom to overcome a child’s apprehensions and reduce the natural fear that they will be negatively judged, empower children, and look for the gifts each student brings. The programs are described as designed to benefit both the actor and the non-actor and as fun while they enhance acting, audition, voiceover, communication, and life skills.
Kids on Camera received a Certificate of Honor Award from the City of San Francisco Supervisors for service to youth in 2016. The Santa Clara County Psychological Association presented its 1989 Award for Significant Contribution to Mental Health to Judy Berlin in recognition of her dedication to the well-being of children. Joey Paul Jensen is identified as an Artios Award winner as Best Independent Casting Director for Children’s TV Series for That’s So Raven.
Workshops are offered both in person and online on Zoom, and year-round in-person classes in San Francisco and Marin County have resumed. Enrollment is limited, often to 6–12 students, to give proper attention so children can interact. Parents receive evaluations following workshops via email or by attending to share in their child’s progress by viewing the class video or a live presentation, and parents attend the last 30 minutes of certain workshops as students perform live. The curriculum emphasizes improvisation, imagination, and personal development in addition to acting skills. The presence of the casting director is stated to be for educational purposes with no promise of representation or employment. The program emails fun and challenging scripts before the class date for practice, and evaluations and feedback are used as tools for students to discover more about themselves and reinforce self-image.
Students are instructed to bring a bottle of water and a small healthy snack. A dialogue script is emailed 3–5 days before class to practice aloud, and students are told to practice both parts with no need to memorize the dialogue; one-line scripts are emailed early to practice. Confirmations with class site details are emailed 3–5 days before class.
Last updated June 6, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: One-day workshops are offered in person and on Zoom, with Zoom sessions for ages 6–8 and 9–18 running 90 minutes to 2 or 3 hours on Saturday or Sunday; specific examples include a 2-hour in-person Comedic Film Acting & Improvisation Audition Skills session for ages 7–9, a 3-hour in-person Comedic Film Acting & Improvisation Audition Skills session for ages 9–18, a 3-hour in-person Voice of Andy in Toy Story Coaches Voiceover session for ages 9–18, and a 1.5-hour TV Commercial Acting & Interview Skills session on Zoom for ages 5–8.
• Price: In-person Comedic Film Acting & Improvisation Audition Skills sessions are $175 for ages 7–9 and $195 for ages 9–18; the in-person Voice of Andy in Toy Story Coaches Voiceover session for ages 9–18 is $180; the TV Commercial Acting & Interview Skills session on Zoom for ages 5–8 is $120; one-day workshops on Zoom for ages 6–8 and 9–18 start at $125; a private class with Judy Berlin is $125 for 1 hour or more.
Kids on Camera was established in 1981, and Judy Berlin is noted as celebrating the 45th year of Kids on Camera, with references to 44 years of success stories and a 43rd anniversary. Classes on Zoom began in April 2020. The program is described as an award-winning program and has trained children who have been cast in TV commercials, voiceovers, and feature films and who have become class presidents.
The leadership team includes Director and Founder Judy Berlin, Casting Director and Film Producer Joey Paul Jensen, and John Morris, the voice of Andy in Toy Story, who coaches voiceover. Judy Berlin is identified as a coach for some classes and as an acting teacher. Judy Berlin was a voice on Sesame Street for 12 years, started Northern California’s first TV/Film Acting School for young kids and teens, and trained Michael Catalano, the original voice of Charlie Brown in the cartoon series. A former staff member, Leslie Carrara, is best known as Abby Cadabby on Sesame Street and received 5 Emmy Nominations for Best Performer in a Children’s Series. Joey Paul Jensen is an award-winning casting director and film producer with 30 years of experience, has cast films with Disney, Sony, Paramount, Universal, and MGM, has cast many hours of episodic TV for family networks and 18 animated and live TV series including Oswald the Octopus, graduated from California Institute of Arts, and won the Artios Award as Best Independent Casting Director for Children’s TV Series for That’s So Raven. John Morris is the voice of Andy in Toy Story.
Kids on Camera describes its mission as personal development and acting training that serves young people by improving their communication skills, self-esteem, and confidence, and states that it aims to make learning fun. The curriculum is described as encouraging students to use their imaginations, trust their instincts, explore their imaginations, develop creativity, and improve social skills. The program states that it provides an environment where students learn to take risks as performers and as people, create a feeling of personal freedom to overcome a child’s apprehensions and reduce the natural fear that they will be negatively judged, empower children, and look for the gifts each student brings. The programs are described as designed to benefit both the actor and the non-actor and as fun while they enhance acting, audition, voiceover, communication, and life skills.
Kids on Camera received a Certificate of Honor Award from the City of San Francisco Supervisors for service to youth in 2016. The Santa Clara County Psychological Association presented its 1989 Award for Significant Contribution to Mental Health to Judy Berlin in recognition of her dedication to the well-being of children. Joey Paul Jensen is identified as an Artios Award winner as Best Independent Casting Director for Children’s TV Series for That’s So Raven.
Workshops are offered both in person and online on Zoom, and year-round in-person classes in San Francisco and Marin County have resumed. Enrollment is limited, often to 6–12 students, to give proper attention so children can interact. Parents receive evaluations following workshops via email or by attending to share in their child’s progress by viewing the class video or a live presentation, and parents attend the last 30 minutes of certain workshops as students perform live. The curriculum emphasizes improvisation, imagination, and personal development in addition to acting skills. The presence of the casting director is stated to be for educational purposes with no promise of representation or employment. The program emails fun and challenging scripts before the class date for practice, and evaluations and feedback are used as tools for students to discover more about themselves and reinforce self-image.
Students are instructed to bring a bottle of water and a small healthy snack. A dialogue script is emailed 3–5 days before class to practice aloud, and students are told to practice both parts with no need to memorize the dialogue; one-line scripts are emailed early to practice. Confirmations with class site details are emailed 3–5 days before class.
Last updated June 6, 2026.
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