Ongoing Weekly Zoom Acting Class With Craig Olejnik

Online acting classes for adults Film & TV scene study Live on Zoom

Founding Class Now Forming Maximum 10 Actors

You are an actor every day.

Your work needs a room.

A small, committed weekly room where actors work consistently, hold space together, and inspire one another.

Everyone works. Everyone grows.

A place to move past self-judgment, trust yourself, and take risks. To dig deeper, express more fully, and surprise yourself with what becomes possible—so when opportunity arrives, you’re ready.

For serious actors of all levels, wherever you are in the world.

Mondays at 4:00 PM Pacific Four 2.5-hour classes/month $240 USD/month Ongoing

Start With a Free Fit Consult

Start with a free 30-minute fit consult.

Explore Private 1-on-1 Coaching

This Is a Practice

What matters is consistency and curiosity. Showing up. Staying open. Returning to the moment, breath after breath.

Where do you play in your life?

Your Way In

Each month, you receive a scene chosen with purpose and a partner to explore it with.

You read the full screenplay and work through Essential 45 and Technicals 101—two preparation guides that help you look for clues, enter the character’s world, and find your own way into the role.

The preparation is deep. The purpose is freedom—to be present, take risks, allow impulse, and let the role speak through you.

You stay with the material throughout the month and bring it back each week. I watch what’s actually happening—what comes alive, what you’re protecting, and what the character is asking of you. The work itself guides what comes next.

Over time, you develop a consistent approach that belongs to you—and greater confidence in your own voice.

The Promise Isn’t Results. It’s Relationship.

Acting can be isolating. Too often, you’re left alone with the waiting, the questions, and the voice of self-judgment saying you’re not good enough—or that you don’t belong.

It’s an ongoing class built on artistry, exploration, and trust. No competition. Nothing to prove.

Over time, the actors beside you become scene partners, rehearsal support, and trusted allies.

The growth is yours. You don’t have to pursue it alone.

Ongoing Month to Month

The Founding Class

ScheduleMondays at 4:00 PM Pacific

SessionsFour 2.5-hour sessions each month

RoomMaximum 10 actors

Open toActors 18+ All levels Worldwide

Begin With a Conversation

Start with a free 30-minute fit consult.

Once enrolled, you’ll receive a private 60-minute Actor Foundation Session so I can understand where you are and what may serve you.

Start With a Free Fit Consult

No drop-ins.

When I’m working on set, that week’s class may move to Sunday at 1:00 PM Pacific with advance notice.

30+ Years on Set

I spent five seasons as the lead of The Listener, which aired in more than 180 territories worldwide. I also served as an executive producer on the series, played lead roles in several feature films, and continue to write, direct, and produce.

30+Years on set

5Seasons leading The Listener

180+Territories worldwide

I’ve navigated Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, international press tours, and the realities of building and sustaining a life in this business.

My coaching comes from lived experience: the pressure of the room, the camera, the set, the waiting, the rejection, the opportunity—and the need to be ready when the work comes.

Craig Olejnik in a production still from The Listener

Actors I’ve Acted With Include

Helena Bonham CarterHarry Potter, The Crown

Michael MandoBetter Call Saul, Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Paul WesleyThe Vampire Diaries

Donnie WahlbergBlue Bloods

Tatiana MaslanyOrphan Black, She-Hulk

Dustin MilliganSchitt’s Creek

A.J. CookCriminal Minds

What Actors Say

“What I value most about working with Craig is that he never asks me to become someone I’m not. He helps me find myself within each character, which has brought a sense of comfort, confidence, and ease to every audition. The performances feel more truthful because they still feel like me.”

Justin Singh

“Craig is an absolute human—the kind of human you want by your side, whether you’re auditioning, building a character, or deciphering a script. My growth as an artist has been shaped in large part by Craig’s knowledge, passion, and guidance.”

Carol del Mar

“Working with Craig feels very much like a team. He’s open to my ideas and choices, and helps me push them further toward what best suits my interpretation of the scene and character.”

Ryan Dumontel

“I’ve been working with Craig for nearly a year, and his experience has given me a different outlook on how I approach a role or audition. With each session, I feel more confident in my acting skills.”

Jonee Janolino

“Working with Craig has transformed the way I approach my craft. He helped me discover a deeper truth in every moment, unlocking new layers of my potential as both an artist and an actor. His guidance has given my auditions greater precision, impact, and authenticity, while my performances have become more profound, truthful, and emotionally resonant. Every role now feels richer and more fully realized. Thank you, Craig, for challenging me to grow beyond what I thought was possible.”

Mizinga Mwinga

Private 1-on-1 Coaching

Private coaching gives us the space to focus entirely on you and the material in front of you.

Whether you’re preparing an audition, self-tape, rehearsal, or booked role—or want to go deeper into character—we begin with what matters now.

Different actors need different doors in. We find yours—what excites you, what gets in your way, and the actor you’re becoming.

Your life feeds the role, and the role reveals more of you. What opens between the two can change how you live.

I’m here as an experienced eye, a guide, and an ally—someone who will challenge and inspire you, and help you see what you may not see yet.

This is a trusted creative relationship that deepens over time.

The Work

Acting isn’t performance. It’s revelation.

The writing gives us the frame—the world, the relationships, the stakes. Inside it, we’re not chasing one correct performance. We begin with what’s alive in you and find the versions that wake you up, serve the story, and can only happen through you.

For auditions and self-tapes, we bring that directly to the camera. We shoot together, I direct, and we follow what makes each take feel alive, specific, and unrepeatable.

Only truth. Only feeling. Only the unexpected. That’s what we’re after.