First Take student Kumi Yoshida with Jude Law in “Contagion”

First Take student Seema Lazar in ABC’s “No Ordinary Family”

First Take student Miranda Lilley recurring in AMC’s Emmy Award winning “Mad Men”

First Take student James Carraway as “Shorty” in Zodiac with Robert Downey Jr.

THE PROOF IS IN THE BOOKING!

More Working Actors Than Any Other School

Combine the Highest Caliber of Acting Classes with an Essential Understanding of the Business at First Take Acting School. Our acting school offers innovative and proven acting classes online and in San Francisco, South Bay, East Bay and Sonoma County.

THE BAY AREA’S #1 ACTING SCHOOL
Why Choose First Take?

CLASSES ONLINE AND IN-PERSON | CLASSES FROM BEGINNER TO PROFESSIONAL

“You learn to not only grow as an actor but also as a person”

  • Tamera Mowry-Housley
  • Hallmark Superstar
  • Sister Sister
  • Twitches Too

“First Take is a gracious gym for your acting and creative muscles”

  • Siua Ikaleo
  • Series regular on
    Apple TV+ show
    “CHIEF OF WAR

“Her industry connections in LA are invaluable”

  • Robert Wu
  • Ted
  • Family Guy
  • Big Bang Theory

“Without the thingsI’ve learned from class and from other actors’ stories, I wouldn’t have gotten that letter!”

  • Rex Wheeler / Lady Camden
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race
  • R.L. Allman’s Peter Pan
  • Punk Kids

Our students have booked Co-Star, guest Star, Supporting, and Lead Roles in

In Time, Grey’s Anatomy, Contagion, Mad Men, Modern Family, Parenthood, Sons of Anarchy, Private Practice, Law & Order: LA, Outsourced, Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives, Still Waiting, How I Met Your Mother, Southland, The Young & The Restless, Friends With Benefits, Bottle Shock, Torchwood, Inhale, Trauma, Zodiac and many more!

Watch our FREE 3-part Video Training Series

1. Could I be a Working Actor?
2. How to Enter and Exit an Audition
3. How to Dress for an Audition


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