A.C.T. San Francisco Semester—ONLINE! | 15-week Online Actor Training

A.C.T. San Francisco Semester | Fall Semester 2020—ONLINE! | August 31-December 11. A.C.T.'s San Francisco Semester is the 15-week actor training program at the Tony Award-winning American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and we're temporarily moving online this Fall 2020! Bridge your artistic journey with this immersive and extensive experience that combines internationally recognized professional actor training from one of Hollywood Reporter's top 25 graduate schools for acting, with space and opportunity to devise your own work and refine your artistic identity. “A.C.T.'s San Francisco Semester really helped me to be open to new ideas and ways of learning. Switching to online wasn't easy at first, but our ensemble and faculty collaborated on how to help everyone to learn best with our screens, and gave me many different techniques that I will use over the years.”

--Elias Fisher, SFS Spring 2020 “The San Francisco Semester gave me the tools I needed to take my career to the next level.”

--Taylor Iman Jones, SFS Fall 2014.

(Groundhog Day, Head Over Heels). “I wasn’t sure if a career as an actor was what I wanted. The SFS was like a theater sampler that left me wanting more.”

--Afua Busia, SFS Spring 2015, MFA 2019.

(School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play). Apply for Fall Semester 2020 by July 1, 2020. Classes begin on August 31, 2020. Applications for Spring Semester 2021 will open later this Fall 2020. Minimum Requirements: Applicants must (1) be at least 18 years of age by the chosen class start date and (2) have a secondary (US high school equivalent) education degree or demonstrate an equivalent level of experience in acting. Questions? Email conservatory@act-sf.org. Find out more about A.C.T.'s San Francisco Semester online at act-sf.org/sfs