Acting Skills For Stage, Screen and Life.
Lake Forest • Chicago's North Shore • Online
25+ Years of Acting & Teaching | NYU Tisch | Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute | Author, The Young Actor's Handbook
Acting for Creative Pursuits
Develop your acting technique, create compelling characters, work on scenes, and prepare for auditions in theater, film, and television.
Private coaching & acting classes
Acting for Life Skills
Build confidence, active listening, spontaneity, communication, and interpersonal skills through acting and improvisation exercises.
Individual coaching & group training
My qualifications:
Artistic Director at Gorton Drama Studio.
Author of the highly praised book,
The Young Actor's Handbook.
Taught acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in
New York.
Professional actor for over 25 years.
Graduated from the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Majored in drama.
Actors learn how to:
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Create a character.
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Be a Method actor.
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Improvise.
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Audition for school and professional productions.
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Make money as an actor.
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Find an agent.
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Create a demo reel.
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Create a resume.
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Get a great headshot.
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Find the perfect monologue.
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Be professional on a set.
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Build confidence, increase spontaneity, and grow your sense of humor.
Professionals develop:
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Listening skills.
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Communication skills.
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Spontaneity.
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Conflict resolution skills.
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Problem solving skills.
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Collaboration skills.
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Teamwork.
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Empathy.
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Leadership presence.
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Presentation skills.
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Handling of difficult conversations.
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Sense of humor.
Acting is the art of creating human behavior. When an actor performs, he does not imitate or pretend to experience behavior.
An actor’s goal is to truly experience behavior and for the behavior to look real to the audience.
In the same way that an actor gets into character for a performance in a play or a film, an individual can get into character for a performance in real life and create the behavior he wants to exude.
I can help with
auditions for:
Performing arts high schools.
Colleges.
School plays.
Professional plays, TV shows, commercials, and films.
If you have training or are a working actor, I can help take you to the next level.
I can help
you, your team, or your company:
Be better communicators.
Bond.
Gain confidence.
Adapt to change.
If you have trouble with public speaking, I can help.
I studied Method acting and taught Method acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.
I teach Second City (Chicago) and The Groundlings (L.A.) style improvisation.
I can meet you online, in person at a location of your choosing, or in my home studio in
Lake Forest, IL.
"Jeremy Kruse's book, The Young Actor's Handbook, leads the young actor on the correct path. Jeremy is an experienced acting teacher who has broken down acting in an academic way while nurturing the soul of the actor. He understands the emotional aspects of good acting. I commend Jeremy and believe he has accomplished quite a feat in writing The Young Actors Handbook.
- Vincent D'Onofrio
My book, "The Young Actor's Handbook," is published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books.
"The Young Actor's Handbook" ignites the beginning actor's creative soul with acting exercises, acting theory, writing exercises and insight into what it means to be an actor.
This is a pragmatic manual that guides and informs the young actor, beginning actor, novice acting teacher or anyone who wants to understand acting.
Vincent D'Onofrio
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ABOUT JEREMY
Jeremy Kruse, Artistic Director of Gorton Drama Studio, is the author of “The Young Actor’s Handbook” (Applause Acting Series, 2017). The book was published in Korean and Chinese in 2022. Jeremy is a professional actor, published playwright, award-winning screenwriter, and award-winning filmmaker. Some of the classes he taught at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York include Method Acting, Comedic Improvisation, Sketch Comedy Writing, and Acting for Film and TV. He graduated from The Strasberg Institute at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he majored in drama. Jeremy also teaches privately, one on one, and conducts weekly group classes for adults in his home studio.