About
If you're serious about an acting career, the Andi Matheny Acting Studios will give you the tools you need to succeed! Founded in 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida by Hollywood veteran Andi Matheny, our original mission was to bring professional-quality training to the Southeastern US. Even after relocating from St. Petersburg, our online classes and upcoming workshops in various locations in North America are bringing the same high-quality training at affordable prices to the entire US and beyond!
Many students with no previous acting experience are now working in the exciting TV and film industry in the southeast, with credits like Law & Order, The Righteous Gemstones, Tulsa King, M.I.A., Bad Monkey, David Makes Man, The Menu, Black Mirror, It, Tell Me a Story, The Right Stuff, Ozark, The Good Girls, Gifted, Hidden Figures, Jurassic World, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Mercy Street, Echoes of War, Bloodline, Talia in the Kitchen, Graceland, Under the Dome, Revolution, Nashville, Powers, Paying Mr. McGetty and many more. Our students win awards in film festivals, appear in commercials, and are trained to give their very best at auditions and on the set.
We have developed a unique program of core exercises, now called the Act ALIVE method, to get actors quickly connected to scripts and prepared to book roles in TV and film. This approach is has its roots in the Stanislavski method combined with pragmatic tips—we guide you to find what works for you! Students new to our studio begin with the exercises and progress to scene work. The result is a high standard of acting equal to the level demanded by the competitive industry, and our booking results show it.
Our curriculum also includes improvisation. We believe actors who know how to improvise are better actors! Improv is used in auditions and on a set so not only are you more prepared, you have a lot of laughs in our class warmups.
We also offer special workshops throughout the year to give you more tools to succeed. Our most popular workshop—the On-Camera Commercial Workshop—is a dynamic one-day workshop that prepares you for the most common types of commercial auditions. Our Conquer the Co-Star and GET the Guest Star classes are essential to learn the basics of mastering TV and film auditions. Our Industry Pro classes give our advanced students a chance to meet and get feedback from casting directors and other industry professionals in a personalized setting, allowing them to take their careers to the next level. And, we recently added The Reel Deal - where our actors create demo reel footage with a professional filmmaker.
For auditions, we offer private online or in-person coaching. For our coaching rates, click here!
If you are serious about an acting career - at the Andi Matheny Acting Studios we are serious about helping you achieve your dreams!