"I highly recommend this studio! Along with acting skills, it instills discipline, work ethic, and character, preparing you for auditions and real sets in a positive, family-like atmosphere."

Alex Ozerov

“I am so grateful to have Walter Alza as my acting coach.”

Alicia Dea Josipovic, Star of 100's episodes
of Degrassi. (Award Winning Actress)

"After just a few months of training with the talented Alza team, I landed a main role in a TV series! The Alza method works—trust it!" —- Jadiel Dowlin, Emmy Award Nominee for Annedroids, StarFalls (Nickelodeon)

Jadiel Dowlin

After booking 5 auditions on a roll including Rocky
Blues, I can tell you Walter's method works!"

Craig Porriet (Known for The Strain & Standoff)

"I would highly recommend this class to any actor
looking to reconnect with their instrument outside of set/the audition room."

Amanada Joy (show creator & star of
Second Jen)

"I Just won best actor in the short film competition in
C'fnnes! Thanks to the one and only Walter Alza for all his hard work and leadership. I couldn't ask for a better coach and mentor."

R.J. Parrish

"After winning a BRAVO Award for Best Supporting
Actor, I owe a shout-out to Sir Walter Alza. His teaching turned my passion into a career, elevating my talent to new heights."

Brendan Jeffers

"I used to be so awkward on camera, but thanks to
Walter and the Alza team, I grew my TikTok following to over 3 million! I'm incredibly grateful for their support and the Alza Method."

Chris Fahmy

Walter Alza Dared me to be myself. Got right to the
point of helping me to discover, what honestly connects me to a scene.

Karen LeBlanc

On Camera Acting Classes & Workshops That Pay Off

We believe that what one person can accomplish, another thousand could accomplish as well. It is our mission to develop each actors truth, body and voice. We Mentor Actors of all ages and all levels of experience along Their Individual Creative Journey.

Intro To Acting On Camera & The Alza Method

This class is designed for students who have little to no formal acting training. Actors are guided through an introduction to the craft, as well as an overview of acting on camera. Focusing primarily on scene study, these classes (intro, intermediate and advanced) reveal a specific method of acting for the camera tailored by the founder of Alza Acting Studio award winning actor filmmaker Walter Alza (Get Rich or Die Tryn , Flashpoint, Metropia). We also use elements from the techniques of great acting teachers that have shaped the lives of Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, etc. This class focuses not only on scene study and character development, but also on the craft by guiding you to explore yourself more.
In addition to covering an introduction to movement and voice for on camera work, this class teaches you how to

. Upon completing the first session (4 weeks), actors may be invited to continue to continue to the next levels.

  • Build Self Confidence
  • Always be Ready
  • Character Development
  • Text & Script Analysis (scene and monologues)
  • Break down scenes and monologues from theatre, film and television script
  • Be present and to work objectives and actions
  • Make strong choices in interpreting lines
  • Understand tempo rhythm , its meaning, purpose and application
  • Train the body for scenes
  • Understand line of movement– in long, medium and close up shots.
  • Students are also given the opportunity to review their progress on a large screen.
  • Give Memorable Performances
  • Effective SCENE WORK
  • Learn to Accept good feedback and grow
  • Be prepared to take risks.
  • Learn Bio mechanics for the Close up
  • Become more positive with your work
  • Learn to have more Faith

Time: Sat 11am to 2pm $299 + Hst
4 weeks on Saturdays Or Sundays
Instructors: Award Winning Faculty Dean Bajramovic, Mike Plyle and Intro by Walter Alza, Tim Kachurove, and Guests. (Coaches may vary without prior notice)

 

Our Acting Classes

All our acting classes are regarded as top-tier in the craft of acting. At Alza Acting Studios, we maintain a studio with zero attitude—it’s all about the work, passion, and having fun. Classes are filmed using the highest technology in Canada.

We offer in-person classes at our studio at Yonge and Bloor, or you can choose our virtual private coaching acting classes and online acting lessons. Study from anywhere in the world—your home, office, or anywhere convenient. All you need is a phone, tablet, or computer with a reliable internet connection.

Congrats Natalie on her new role in a feature film! (former student)

“I strongly recommend training in class and in privates at the Alza Acting Studio. After my first session of classes and privates with Walter Alza, I just landed a lead role in a feature film, a principal role in a television series, and signed with one of the leading agencies in Toronto!”– Natalie Jane (CBC Coroner)

 

Register early! SPOTS FILL UP QUICKLY FOR THIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR SPOT UNTIL WE RECEIVE COMPLETE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT.

 

Intro to Acting On Camera & Alza's Method
Sat 11am to 2pm $299 + Hst
4 weeks on Saturdays Or Sundays

Next Level Acting Class
3-6pm $319+ Hst
4 weeks on Saturdays

Intermediate Acting Class on
Camera Scene Study
Sundays 2:30-5:30pm 319+ hst
4 Weeks on Sundays

Blueprint Private For Success
Career Planning For Actors

Advanced Acting On Camera
6-9pm $349 + Hst
5 weeks on Wednesdays

Private Coaching
Online Or In Person
9 am to 7pm
7 Days Per Week

The Alza Acting System

Students work with original sides specifically written to include emotional shifts and challenges, helping expand their range as actors. Classes are fun, engaging, and equipped with tools of the trade, including on-camera playbacks, all within a supportive environment that fosters growth.

The Alza Acting System offers actors the chance to develop their craft for film, television, and theatre. Each class is designed to nurture the actor’s truth—body, soul, and voice—prioritizing quality over quantity.

Our methods honor some tools of the great legendary teachers—Sanford Meisner, Stanislavsky, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler—who deeply understood the demands of acting. We believe aspiring actors must learn from professionals who have firsthand experience of the set and audition room. Acting requires discipline, dedication, and more than just raw talent.

Private Acting Lessons 1 on 1 Coaching (Online & In-Person)

PRIVATES & CAREER PLANNING WITH WALTER ALZA PAYS OFF

Our private coaching sessions, available 7 days a week, cater to aspiring actors, professional actors, professional in sales, law, medicine, and more. Our Acting lessons are offered online or in person with personalized, one-on-one instruction tailored to your goals and experience level. Our Private coaching lessons pay off.

After booking 5 auditions on a roll including Rocky Blues, I can tell you Walter’s method works!” – C. Porriet (Known for The Strain & Standoff)

Why Private Coaching?

• Receive career planning and personalized guidance.
• Develop effective character-building techniques.
• Practice audition preparation and cold reads.

Actors’ Plan: Blueprint for Success™

In this transformative session, Walter Alza shares 30+ years of proven industry insights. Develop a customized career blueprint, understand what agents and casting directors expect, and learn how to stand out.

Our Blueprint for Success™ is a tailored private coaching program designed to help actors explore representation opportunities and advance their careers. Led by multi-award-winning actor and coach Walter Alza—with over 30 years of experience and 120+ TV episodes—this program equips you with the tools to improve your audition outcomes, build a clear career strategy, and stand out to agents.

  •  Exploring Representation: Perfect your submission package, refine your personal brand, and confidently approach agents.
  • Career Planning: Develop a clear, actionable roadmap to take your career to the next level.
  • Audition Insights for Success: Learn how to increase your booking potential by understanding what agents and casting directors look for—and how to avoid common pitfalls.

Actors who have followed our Blueprint have landed agents, booked lead roles, and significantly improved their audition-to-booking ratio. Book your private session today and start turning auditions into opportunities!

Intermediate Acting Classes (Sundays 2:30-5:30pm)

End the weekend with amazing work.
Focusing primarily on scene study, our coaches will reveal a specific method of acting for the camera tailored by Walter Alza ( Co Star of Get Rich or Die Tryn’, Flashpoint, Metropia 90 episodes). Walter Alza is a Trailblazer, Multiple time successful television and film actor Director/Writer/Producer and one of the most accomplished acting coaches in Canada.
“Walter Alza is the changing face of television” The Mississauga News.
In this classes you will also work on some elements from the techniques of great acting teachers that have shaped the lives of actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, etc. This class focuses not only on scene study and character development, but also on the craft by guiding you to explore yourself more and get to your core.
You will be working on camera scene study in our studio which it mirrors working on set with multiple time award-winning actors and directors who are ready and willing to give their passion, skill and talent, to take you to the next level and help building your confidence with a new set of skills. You may also work on cold reads with 10 time award winning director Dean Bajramovic, with a powerful way of doing cold reads created by the founder of Alza Acting Studio award winning actor filmmaker Walter Alza (Get Rich or Die Tryn’, Flashpoint, Metropia).
In this classes you will be introduce to the secret Alza sauce.
This acting class is ideal for actors that have had prior substantial acting training and or working experience in television, film, and theatre. Ideal for actors that have made a decision to become crafted working actors. Actors that need to develop their instrument.
Let me explain the difference, most people think can act as long as they memorize lines or imitate sounds. Acting maybe seam easy but is not simple. A crafted actor is an actor who strives to be memorable and remain performing for a long time. A crafted Tv & film actor must know their work.

This camera acting class will teach the actor:

  • How directors communicate and how to get hired
  • Increased ability to respond quickly to direction
  • What a director looks for in a casting audition
  • What a director wants in a call back
  • How a director reads a script
  • Effectively responding to on-set direction
  • Build Self Confidence
  • Always be Ready
  • Learn to Give Memorable Performances
  • Effective SCENE WORK
  • Learn to Accept feedback and grow
  • Be prepared to take risks
  • Learn Bio-mechanics for the Close up
  • Become more positive with your work
  • Learn to have more Faith – faith is a state of mind, it can be Induced by repetition
  • Connect deeply with scenes and with an acting partner
  • Explore how to make better choices when it comes to execution.
  • Increased ability to respond quickly to direction and adapt
  • Effectively responding to on-set direction
  • Text & Script Analysis
  • Character Development
  • Text & Script Analysis (scene and monologues)
  • Students are also given the opportunity to review their work on a large screen.
  • Shine while on set
  • Be remembered when auditioning and book more
  • How directors communicate and how to get hired
  • New Approach to your work

Time: Sundays 2:30-5:30pm 319+ hst
4 Weeks on Sundays

Instructors: Award Winning Faculty Dean Bajramovic, Mike Plyle and Intro by Walter Alza, Tim Kachurove, and Guests. (Coaches may vary without prior notice).

A short meeting and or audition may be required after registering. Demo and or links to other work will be requested up on or before registration.

Congrats!

Alex Ozerov – Winner of the Academy Canadian Screen Academy Canadian Screen Award – The Americans Co Star, Brilliant Minds Co Star

“I highly recommend this studio! Along with acting skills, it instills discipline, work ethic, and character, preparing you for auditions and real sets in a positive, family-like atmosphere.”

Alex Ozerov

Advanced Acting for Film & Television (6-9pm )

This class offers a specific technique of acting for the camera tailored by the founder of Alza Acting Studios, award winning actor/filmmaker Walter Alza (Flashpoint, Get Rich or Die Trying). We also use elements from the techniques of Meisner, Chekhov and Stanislavski.

This class will provide a master level preparation for auditions, rehearsals and on set performances. Each of these involves different direction and acting requirements. You will learn how to deliver the best performance in all three situations.
You will learn scene study within the language of the director/actor relationship. Directors and actors communicate differently and it is very important to know what the director wants. We will explore the very different energies and needs of the director and actors.

This camera acting class will teach the actor:

  • Intense instruction on how to wow an audition
  • How directors communicate and how to get hired
  • Ability to respond quickly to direction and adapt
  • What a director looks for in a casting audition for a call back
  • How a director reads a script
  • Push your confidence level to the max and make bold, confident choices
  • How to fully prepare and develop a character for any scene or audition
  • Break down boundaries and obstacles holding you back
  • Learn movement and reaction techniques to enhance your work
  • Learn to give memorable performances
  • Learn to accept feedback and grow
  • Be prepared to take risks
  • Expert level bio mechanic techniques for all types of shots
  • Connect intensely with scenes and with an acting partner
  • Explore how to make the boldest choices and execute them
  • Text & script analysis (scene and monologues)
  • Students are also given the opportunity to review their work on a large screen.
  • Shine while on set
  • May Cover Cold reads
3-6pm $349 + Hst
5 weeks on Wednesdays
Instructors: Award Winning Faculty Walter Alza, Tim Kachurove & Dean Bajramovic & Guest

Next Level Acting Class

Next Level Acting Class

Time: Saturdays 3-6pm 319+ hst
4 Weeks on Saturdays

Instructors: Each session will include different instructors In-Studio Or Online

Prerequisite: The student must have successfully completed the Intro To Acting on Camera or at Minimum of 2 months of professional training in a recognizable acting studio or College/University.

Breaking down scenes and looking closer at the given circumstances and what they mean. Character Development, discovering emotions and layers organically in your character and in your relationship with your partner. How to listen to your partner and be present in the moment – The Alza Method and “Keeping it Real on camera

Each session will include different instructors and may have special Theme Weeks to work on a specific type of scene or element of the craft.

Craft class with Walter Alza 2 days 4 hours each day – 8 hours Total Weekend Intensive Cost $789 + HST

Actors learn by doing. This class focuses on personal craft development, blending tools from classic techniques with Walter Alza’s own methods. Develop your voice, body, and soul to create fully realized characters. Prerequisite: Completion of Intro or Intermediate Acting classes.

“The CRAFT CLASS…what can I say? You’re on the verge of bringing your choices for the character and with a redirect from Walter Alza you find yourself truly living in the moment much deeper which allows you to go beyond performance. The Craft Class encourages you to be seen, heard, and loved. A worthwhile investment of my time, and participation.”
Thank you Walter, Linda Pagnotta

Walter’s craft class is great. He shows you the nuances of the craft that you need to develop, in order to become a higher caliber actor. He makes you want to be a better person and a better actor. This class pushes you. But you will be better for it.
Terry

Shakespeare Classes

Shakespeare Classes

Dive into an intensive study of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. Analyze the historical and cultural contexts, explore genre and themes, and examine modern interpretations on stage and screen.

The course will develop your knowledge of the range and variety of Shakespeare’s dramatic and poetic work; examine how its reception and status has been shaped by cultural and institutional factors; and explore themes such as questions of genre, politics, sexuality and gender.

Instructors: TBA

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