Steven Ted Beckler's Acting/Singing Academy
Steven Ted Beckler’s Acting Academy is designed around honest acting. Each student will work every session in scene work with other students. You are given tools to get out of your head, off the page and into the character, allowing your talent to take over. One of the most important tools in this process is the Cold Reading Technique designed by Gene Bua. You will be given a technique that will make you confident in your ability to connect with your material and the actor or casting director you are working with at an audition or in the play or screenplay you are performing. Steven Ted Beckler understands both theatre and TV/Film styles of acting and has studied this method of acting with Gene Bua starting in 1984. You have the talent, let’s guide that talent to work for you.
Steven has had a 35 year career as a singer in theatre and Broadway. He studied in
Los Angeles: Clark Harris, Shigemi Matsumoto and Peter Pergelides (TV’s “The Voice” Vocal Teacher);
New York: Bill Schuman. Steven Sang on Broadway as Gaston and the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Max Bialystock, Roger Debris and Franz Liebkind National Tours and many other roles and capacities as a singer. I teach pure vowels and proper breathing with proper placement. Results are immediate as this is a long proven technique. Pitch, tone and range are a direct pay offs as well as a technique that will give you a lifetime of healthy singing in all situations.
Acting/Singing Costs
1 hour class = $100/month (1 class per week) of acting
Private Voice Lessons (in studio or virtual)
30 minute lesson = $50
60 minute lesson = $75
*NOTE - Acting and Singing classes are excluded from the Unlimited Class option.
Steven Ted Beckler
Acting
Steven Ted Beckler is an American film, television and stage actor. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, he now resides on the East Coast. His debut on Broadway was in Disney's "Beauty And The Beast" at the Palace Theatre where he played Wednesday matinees as Gaston and understudied The Beast, Steven also performed in such stage shows as the 1st National Tour (Los Angeles company) "Beauty and the Beast", Mel Brook’s "The Producer’s" ("Leo" Company National Tour, Las Vegas Company and Hollywood Bowl) where he understudied the roles of Max Bialystock, Roger Debris and Franz Liebkind. He also starred in The Radio City "Christmas Spectacular" as Santa Claus at the Grand Ole Opry In Nashville and Broadway's "The Most Happy Fella" at Lincoln Center. Steven has performed in theatre all over the country. You may have also seen him on Netflix "The House of Cards”. Steven has appeared on television series such as “Limitless", "The Affair", "White Collar", "Luke Cage" on Netflix, and several other TV series. He co-starred opposite Charlene Tilton in the film “Second Chance Christmas” and appeared in “Weiner Dog” with Danny DeVito to name just a few. Steven studied acting at Gene Bua’s “Acting for Life” in Burbank, California as well as with Austin Pendleton of HB Studios in New York City. He also studied singing in LA and NY with Bill Shoeman, Clark Harris, Peter Pergelides (The Voice) & Shigemi Matsumoto. He has taught and coached both acting and singing for adults and children in Los Angeles and New York. Steven also ran a theatre program for high school students in Los Angeles as Director, Lighting Designer and Set Designer.