About Tess Kirsch
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My classes are held in a creative, trust-filled environment so that we are able to combine our storytelling (script breakdown and immersion in the story) with constant attention to the actor's foundation. I incorporate Uta Hagen's exercises as well as improvisational work to access the actor's imaginations. After teaching actors cold-reading and audition technique, I found that my students needed additional tools with which to build their world. I created my own studio to build those skills with my actors. My clients are always growing and transforming their toolboxes so that they arrive on set with complete confidence.
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Tess created the Tess Kirsch Acting Studio after heading the “Reel Kids” Department at Margie Haber Studios where she began teaching in 2002. Her acting and coaching experience led to her unique teaching style and specialized “Bootcamp” sessions to help the young actors in their audition process. Tess now works with actors of all ages as well as influencers in an effort to make them more comfortable on camera as well as develop their passions.
Tess’ clients may be seen on TV in Saint X, While You Were Breeding, The Midnight Club, Glow, The Resident, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, A Good Person, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, GirlBoss, Mary and Jane, Madam Secretary, VEEP, Criminal Minds, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Good Wife, Revenge, Faking It, Madmen, Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Law and Order, Two and 1/2 Men, How I Met Your Mother, Girlfriends, House, Las Vegas, CSI New York, Awkward as well as many feature films such as The Hundred Foot Journey, Ouija, The Conjuring, Something Borrowed, The Proposal, Saving Grace, Dark Angel, Mirrors, Shutter, The Last Mimzy, Disturbia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Yours, Mine and Ours, Cheaper by the Dozen, Pirates of the Caribbean, Santa Clause 3, and Cinderella Story.
Tess holds a Bachelors Degree in Acting from the University of Vermont. She continued her studies at NYU as well as the Howard Fine Studios and Beverly Sanders. In 2004, Tess produced Shaggs: The Philosophy of the World for which she won an Ovation Award. She has performed on TV and in films as well as in improvisational troupes at Second City and with the Knightsbridge Theatre Company. In 2008, Tess was featured as an acting coach in a three-part series on child actors in Los Angeles, aired on KTLA News. She now happily runs her studio when she is not traveling to teach in other US cities. Tess feels fortunate to meet so many actors from so many different Points of view and places.
Tess’ clients may be seen on TV in Saint X, While You Were Breeding, The Midnight Club, Glow, The Resident, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, A Good Person, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, GirlBoss, Mary and Jane, Madam Secretary, VEEP, Criminal Minds, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Good Wife, Revenge, Faking It, Madmen, Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Law and Order, Two and 1/2 Men, How I Met Your Mother, Girlfriends, House, Las Vegas, CSI New York, Awkward as well as many feature films such as The Hundred Foot Journey, Ouija, The Conjuring, Something Borrowed, The Proposal, Saving Grace, Dark Angel, Mirrors, Shutter, The Last Mimzy, Disturbia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Yours, Mine and Ours, Cheaper by the Dozen, Pirates of the Caribbean, Santa Clause 3, and Cinderella Story.
Tess holds a Bachelors Degree in Acting from the University of Vermont. She continued her studies at NYU as well as the Howard Fine Studios and Beverly Sanders. In 2004, Tess produced Shaggs: The Philosophy of the World for which she won an Ovation Award. She has performed on TV and in films as well as in improvisational troupes at Second City and with the Knightsbridge Theatre Company. In 2008, Tess was featured as an acting coach in a three-part series on child actors in Los Angeles, aired on KTLA News. She now happily runs her studio when she is not traveling to teach in other US cities. Tess feels fortunate to meet so many actors from so many different Points of view and places.