The Work

Classes &
Private Coaching

Scene Study — NYC In Person

July 8, 15, 22, 29 · New York City

The class is not a workshop or a seminar. It is a working room. We bring material — great writing, scenes that demand something real — and we go into them without a net. Actors bring their best preparation and then let it go, because preparation is not performance. What happens in the room is what matters.

Students get a considerable amount of time each class to explore, perform, and refine their craft — far more than the 15–20 minutes typical of most scene study classes.

“I’ve never missed teaching one acting class, for any reason, in over ten years.”

$350 / month · 4 sessions

Scene Study — Zoom

Thursdays · 1–4pm EDT · Ongoing

The same working room, available worldwide. Robert works with talented actors from all over the world — East Coast, West Coast, Europe — in the online class.

No technique required. No audition for most students — send your resume and reel and Robert will let you know if the fit is right.

$350 / month · 4 sessions

Private Coaching

One-on-One · In Person or Video

One-on-one sessions built around where you are right now: an audition, a role you’re developing, a pattern that keeps getting in your way.

Private work tends to go deeper and faster than class, because there is nowhere to hide and no one else to watch. What happens in a private session is between you, the material, and the truth of the moment.

A no-bullshit approach to helping actors stop performing and start living truthfully in every scene.

— A student

Private Coaching

Robert coaches actors individually for specific projects. Recent work includes Bob Wisdom in Dark Wolf.

Industry

I’ve known Robert Colt for well over thirty years. Although many know him as a gifted acting coach and mentor, I think of him as one of the more talented actors I’ve known.

Back in the early eighties, I was Director of Casting for ABC in New York. Robert auditioned for me for a series I was casting and although he wasn’t quite right for the role, I was extremely impressed. He reminded me at the time of a better-looking Robert DeNiro. Years later, as a talent manager here in LA, a young James Franco auditioned for my partners and me. We signed him on the spot and I remember thinking of Robert after watching James’ scene in my office. They both had the same intensity and depth to the characters they portrayed.

Randy James Former Director of Casting, ABC New York · Talent Manager, Los Angeles