Acting Coaching with Laura Bergen

Now Booking for SUMMER

Ready to keep growing and refining your acting skills this summer? Solo Acting Coaching sessions with Ms. Laura are now available through Turning Pointe!

While group classes build strong foundations, weekly solo coaching allows us to tailor training to the individual performer. In a coaching session, students receive personalized feedback and refine specific skills at a much deeper and accelerated level.

Weekly Acting Solo sessions focus on:
- Building confidence (working through, redefining and managing nerves)
- Breathwork & movement quality
- Character development
- Acting through song
- Musicality
- Expression range
- Breaking through recurring “actor blocks”
- Performing with abandon
- Diction & line delivery
- On-stage presence & command
- Monologue coaching
- Beatwork & phrasing
- Musical Theatre Intensive & future training guidance (as needed or by request)

For rising or current High School Juniors & Seniors:
- Musical Theatre Collegiate, Intensive & future training guidance
- Audition Book review & compilation
- Theatre Resume review
- Collegiate audition coaching

Acting & Movement Methods most commonly utilized: Meisner, Laban & Adler

Solo Session Times & Rate:
For ages 10-18

• 30 minutes (for ages 10-12): $37.50 per session

• 45 minutes (for ages 13-18): $56.25 per session

• 60 minutes (for ages 13-18): $75.00 per session

Summer Solo Lesson Availability:

Sessions available on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. All sessions take place at Turning Pointe Dance.

To schedule, please email Laura at: starz.laurabergen@gmail.com

Small Group Acting Sessions:
For ages 8-12 & 13-18

Teen Ages 13-18
• Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00 PM - full, waitlist available

Youth Ages 9-12
• Thursdays, 5:00-6:00 PM, two spots left!

Each class will be capped at 4 students to maximize individual attention. Small group classes allow students to continue developing technique while still benefiting from collaboration and peer connection.

To schedule or join a waitlist, please email Laura at: starz.laurabergen@gmail.com

Policies:

Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel your lesson, please provide at least 24 hours’ notice by emailing Laura at starz.laurabergen@gmail.com.

• Lessons canceled with 24+ hours’ notice are eligible for a makeup within the same calendar month. Students enrolled in solo lessons will receive a makeup solo lesson. Students enrolled in small group coaching may make up their missed class in another small group acting session.

• Lessons canceled with less than 24 hours’ notice are forfeited and are not eligible for makeup. If there are extenuating circumstances requiring a last-minute cancellation, please reach out - I understand that unexpected situations arise.

• Refunds are not offered for missed lessons, as each session is a dedicated time reserved specifically for your student. Please refer to our makeup policy below.

Makeup Lessons:
Makeups are offered for cancelled lessons to help maintain consistency in training and progress.

• Must be scheduled within the same calendar month

• Expire on the 1st of the following billing month

• Cannot be transferred to another family member or used for Turning Pointe classes

• May be held in person or via Zoom

Late Arrivals: If a student arrives late, the session will still end at the originally scheduled time. Tuition will not be prorated for late arrivals.

About Laura Bergen:
Laura was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and graduated from Friends University with a BA in Music Theatre. From an early age, she was drawn to storytelling and the way the arts can inspire people. During her college training, that passion grew into a calling to direct, choreograph, and invest in the next generation of young performers.

For more than twenty years, Laura has worked with students of all ages, intentionally creating a safe space where young performers can feel both called higher and championed. Her heart for arts education began in Wichita, where she taught dance, served as the Drama Director for a non-profit children’s ministry, and helped launch a children’s theater. Since moving to Colorado Springs in 2010, she has continued teaching and directing across local high schools, community theaters, children’s theater programs, dance studios, and summer intensives.

Currently, Laura teaches weekly dance and acting classes at Turning Pointe Dance and serves as the Artistic Director of Starz Theater Company. Over the last decade, she has also helped develop both Young Performer Summit and the Musical Theater Program at Turning Pointe Dance.

Favorite Colorado Springs directing & choreography credits include Mary Poppins (Choreographer), Newsies (Director and Choreographer), Beauty and the Beast (Director), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Choreographer), Fiddler on the Roof (Director), and The Prince of Egypt (Director).