We have both virtual sessions and in-person sessions. The virtual sessions are 2 hours long, have up to about 15 participants, and are done virtually through Zoom. The in-person sessions are 3 hours long, have up to about 19 participants, and take place in Toronto. The sessions vary but, generally, here is what a session might look like: 

• WARM UP: We begin a bit of improv to warm up.
• SCENE PRACTICE: We then get assigned partners and scenes, and we practice with our partners (separately from the rest of the group—when virtual this is done using Zoom breakout rooms).
• PERFORMANCES: Everyone gets back together and we see each other’s performances. During a performance, we only see the two performers on screen (when virtual, the others have muted their mics and have turned off their videos but can still observe). After each performance, the facilitator makes comments (feedback and ideas for what to try differently next time). Other audience members may also give praise/feedback.
• SCENE PRACTICE AGAIN: We practice those same scenes again with those same partners, keeping in mind the comments we received. 
• PERFORMANCES AGAIN: We perform again and get feedback again. It’s interesting to see how different these performances are compared to the ones given not too long before. 

The session facilitators may vary, but they are always professional actors. You can learn more about our facilitators on the Our Team page. One of the advantages of The Actor’s Place compared to other acting gyms is that, as we hear, our sessions are very well facilitated. 

At TAP, we don’t necessarily teach acting—we practice it. Therefore, while experience is not required, it is highly recommended. That being said, in our meetups you can expect to find anyone from 40-year veteran actors to actors who have just started.

If you have no acting experience, you are still welcome to join our community on Facebook. There, you can ask questions, and our friendly members can help give you advice to get started. 

There are 3 payment options:

• 1 session for $25
• 5 sessions for $60 (soon to increase)
• 10 sessions for $120 (soon to increase)

You’ll be prompted to pay when you register – click here for the scheduling platform. 

1. Register to one of our upcoming sessions using our scheduling tool (click here). 
2. When you register, you’ll be prompted to pay for the session (see question above).
3. When the session time comes, if it’s an in-person session then go to the address given in the event details; if it’s a virtual session, see the email you received after registering for the event and click the green button (“Join class here”) to be taken to the Zoom link for the session. Make sure you join on a desktop computer rather than on mobile (so that, if needed, you can view your script and scene partner at the same time). If it’s your first time using Zoom, you may be asked to install Zoom first. To get familiar with this step, check out this video (the part 0:57-2:15).

Prepaid sessions. If you get a $60 TAP card, that means you’ve prepaid for 5 sessions. If you get a $120 TAP card, that means you’ve prepaid for 10 sessions. 

Why is it called a card? Because, back when we did sessions in person, we had actual stamp cards to keep track of how many sessions people had used up already. Now that we’re also virtual, we don’t have actual cards, but we still call this concept of prepaying for TAP sessions by the same name: “getting a TAP card”. (Similar to how people still say “roll the window down” even though the mechanism in modern cars has changed from rolling to pressing a button.)