
Authenticity.
You.
It is the most essential thing in your work. Only your unique voice will make you stand out among the countless actors reading for any given role. Training, then, should be about expanding that voice. Stanislavski says, "the person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could hope to be." Nevertheless, many actors make the mistake of training in a way that reduces themself and their work into homogeneity to try to fit in with the rest of the pack, seeking a false sense of safety. This only leads to predictable choices, void of the very things the audience wants to see—imagination, vitality, and a sense of play. Be bold enough to let us see You. At The Last Acting Studio, we believe the purpose of training is to develop your authenticity. To do so, we offer an explorative approach that provides pragmatic tools for synthesizing the foundational questions of script analysis with your personal point of view and life force, creating work that activates and transcends the material. When you lead authentically in whoever you are, you make yourself indispensable, regardless of your shape, size, or color. To be vulnerable is to be human; by allowing the audience to see that, you resonate with what is vulnerable in them and they are transcended by your unique life force – the You that cannot be duplicated.
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in it."
- Meryl Streep
Rachel Marsh stars in the upcoming Netflix series Unstable alongside Rob Lowe and Sian Clifford. You've seen her in shows like iCarly, NCIS: Los Angeles and Head of the Class. Find out more about her new show, why she trains at LAS, and how—after years of training—she was offered two series regular roles in the same week.
"Studying with Desean at LAS and my background in improv really helped me on set. I'm so so grateful to have trained for years because everything you learn in class is just instilled in you when you get to set"
"Find the people in your acting community that make you feel good. The real people that you trust and make you feel confident"