ACTeen

Specialties

New York City Acting School, NYC Acting Classes, Acting for Teens, Kids Acting Classes, Film/​TV Acting Classes, Summer Theater Conservatory, Agent/​Manager Showcases, Monologue Prep, Audition Coaching, classes, top NYC acting schools, best NYC acting studios, Shakespeare, Speech, Voice.

History

Established in 1978.

ACTeen – Acting for Teens was created in 1978 by successful theater/​commercial actress Rita Litton, as the first on camera acting curriculum for teens and young adults (ages 13 – 20). ACTeen Juniors a sub division expressly for ages 10 – 12 was added in 2011.

ACTeen develops dedicated pre-​professionals into technically proficient, versatile, and marketable actors. Combining theatrical discipline with spontaneous, effective on-​camera acting techniques, students learn to successfully perform in both film and theater media with skill and professionalism. In addition students benefit enormously from the video playbacks (the «one picture is worth a thousand words» theory), which are an integral part of the on-​camera acting classes and also utilized in elective courses. Various acting techniques are incorporated to offer possibilities and tools, and more than one path to characterization so students learn to function among diverse directors and actors with varying acting approaches.

Meet the Business Owner

Rita L.

Business Owner

Rita Litton, ACTeen Director is an actress, educator and writer. As a professional actress and member of SAG/​AFTRA, and AEA for over 20 years Ms. Litton has appeared in New York and regional theaters in roles ranging from Shakespeare to contemporary plays, in feature films, and national and regional commercials and voice-​overs, As an instructor Ms. Litton has taught acting and audition technique for various professional theater companies, universities, the Screen Actor’s Guild Young Performers Conservatory, and acting schools around the country. Hundreds of her students have gone on to successful professional careers in acting, directing, agenting, producing, or casting. She is a three-​time winner of Backstage Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award («Favorite Acting Coach & Classes for Teens.») Rita was interviewed for the book «How to Be A Working Actor» by Mari Lyn Henry (former head of casting for ABC-​TV), and «Acting for Young Actors“by Emmy winning director Mary Lou Bellli.