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So many talented actors have trouble preparing and making choices when it comes to tapping into the emotional life of a character. Be Your Own Coach, by Amy Werba and Peter Meagher, is a pocketbook manual that will allow you to prepare by yourself, for yourself, before an audition or on set.

Learn more about Be Your Own Coach here. Coming soon.

2020-2021 Program →

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR FALL 2020 CLASSES!

Train weekly or register for weekend workshops with our world-class guest teachers from NYC and LA, such as Jennifer Esposito.

For more intensive study, consider our year-long certificate programs

Why study with BAW? →

Find out what BAW has to offer and see what our alumni are up to.

Coaching & Self-Taping →

Prepare for film auditions as well as entrance into drama schools and conservatories.

English language voice coaching & accent reduction now available.

ABOUT BAW

BAW, founded by Amy Werba in 1995, offers American techniques of acting directly from the Master teachers—Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, and Eric Morris. As the only acting school that provides intimate classroom settings in English in the heart of Paris with teachers trained in the USA, BAW brings together multilingual and multicultural individuals to enhance their expression, education and networking through related studies in media and film.

Join us in our ongoing One Year Certificate Programs to provide a more intense and professional education in acting for film.

New! One-on-one Skype coaching for auditions and entrance into university acting programs. Available in several languages.