total prep

Level: ALL

Upcoming Dates: Our 2025 schedule will be announced soon. Click HERE to be notified about Total Prep enrollment.

Time: 11am-3pm ET

Location: virtual

Investment: $180 cocoon member
$225 non member / public

Class Description: Total Prep is the prerequisite for all other aws acting classes & offerings. It infuses your craft with dimension, resiliency, and joy. Total Prep introduces an actor-standard shared vocabulary that is essential to sustained success.

This 4-hour intensive presents & explores the aws Total Preparation Ten-Step Checklist for film/tv character creation. For adult screen artists, college-level and above. 

Features include:

• script analysis

• aws terminology

• sensory awareness

• in-character thinking

• how to make authentic, personal choices

• exploration of character’s life beyond the scene

Jumpstart your love of craft and gain an essential toolkit for nuanced character creation across genres.

Total Prep participants receive a FREE:
•10 Step Checklist
•10 Step Workbook
•15 min. consultation