Acting classes in-person Chicago, NY, LA or online coaching from master teacher Broadway director Dexter Bullard for auditions, self-tapes, screen acting or theater.
side to self-tape intensive
CHICAGO
three sessions – sunday april 19, 26, & may 3
10am-1pm – SPECIAL PRICE $145 – SLOTS LIMITED
REMY BUMPPO REHEARSAL STUDIO – 3759 N. Ravenswood door on W. Grace
self-taping is the door to opportunity. unlock it.
Join an intensive three-week extreme close-up on
research, analytics, set-up, habits and mindset that work
to master top percentile acting for the lens and 2026 attention spans.
Maximize hook, engagement, drive… and don’t waste time and energy
when you’re not being paid – YET.
Let’s re-frame and re-fresh your self-taping an “art-care” practice.
Email me with headshot/resume – TODAY dexbull@earthlink.net
MISSION
My mission has been to attract, welcome, include, train, mentor and engage an unfolding fellowship of intelligent empowered actors of the highest virtuosity to seed the world with artistically and transformative creative work from the grassroots to the highest yields – overlapping the fields of stage, screen, education and media. I am focused on tectonic-shift career circumstances for actors of all intersections: new attention protocols, on-screen audition avenues, not-for-profit and regional theater re-shaping, casting process changes, production and technology expectations, national market mobility, union implications, entertainment leverage, actor management and agency connectivity, as well as escape routes from the “self-tape isolation” that can depopulate live art communities and depress artists. See the DETAILS page for more...
MASTERCLASSES
I yearly host pop-up professional studio classes to bring my acting teaching to everyone and celebrate acting at all levels. Chicago, Los Angeles and online. The 6-session Intensive Acting masterclasses are a 2-session lab of concentrated, on-the-feet, experiential acting fundamentals followed by 4-session intensive scene study from contemporary plays. My methods are comprehensive, direct, physical, emotionally-charged, and guarantee growth. Each class involves participation throughout, not just lecture or watching others... I aim to be relentlessly honest, firmly inclusive and endlessly human with my students. While my masterclasses are about the art form and its mastery, not just auditioning or career, being a growing and sharper actor is the key to winning roles. ANY LEVEL actor is encouraged – pro, rusty, new – anyone who has the dedication to commit, get refreshed, and just get back to practicing acting under empowering critique. I can be hired to travel.
COACHING – self-Taping, callback, undergraduate BFA or graduate MFA conservatory auditions.
I offer low-barrier $1/minute self-tape coaching over zoom, $2/minute in-person sessions or $3/minute in-person taping assistance – space and gear often can be offered. I can help in every aspect of taping prep, callback, and completion, specifically: role/casting research, script analysis, breaking down ACTS, exploring BUILD & DRIVE, and looking through for specific and exciting TASKS to set your audition apart. I look to give actors "every-second counts" physical presence, dropped in truth, sharp focus, clear intelligence, imagination that hooks, engaging storytelling, and rich emotional contours.
about dexter bullard...
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...is a Full Professor of Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul where he has served as a lead teacher for the acting program since 2001. Dexter has directed throughout Chicago since 1990 at theaters such as Steppenwolf, Goodman, Northlight, Victory Gardens, HOUSE, A Red Orchid, American Blues, Next, Famous Door, and American Theater Co. He returned to American Blues with Things with Friends a world premiere play by Kristoffer Diaz September 2025. He directed the Steppenwolf production of Tracy Letts’ Linda Vista on Broadway with Second Stage at the Helen Hayes in fall 2019 – two 2020 Tony nominations: for Ian Barford, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and for Cora Vander Broek, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play.
Also in New York, he directed Grace On-Broadway; Bug, Lady, and Mistakes Were Made Off-Broadway. Dexter is alumni director for the Second City developing original improvisationally-developed revues for Detroit and ETC as well as ongoing projects for Second City Theatricals. In 1995 Dexter founded Plasticene and with the ensemble developed over fourteen critically-acclaimed experimental works appearing at many venues including The Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theater NYC, Viaduct, Links Hall, the MCA and the Storefront.
The Chicago Tribune called Dexter "Chicago's small theater genius" for his work with Plasticene, Red Orchid, and at Barrow Street in NYC. He has received a Jeff Citation, a Lucille Lortel Award, Jeff Nominations, a Drama Desk Nomination, and was named "Best of Chicago" by Chicago Magazine in 2011. Dexter studied acting at Northwestern and received his MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute. He has taught hundreds of workshops and classes for all levels with Plasticene, at UIC, Columbia College, Roosevelt, The Actors Studio,The Actors Center, and Second City Training Center.