IN THE WORK

Serious Actor Training Rooted in Process

This is a process-based acting class focused on developing the actor’s inner life and translating it into authentic, specific behavior on stage and on camera.

IN THE WORK

Serious Actor Training Rooted in Process

This is a process-based acting class focused on developing the actor’s inner life and translating it into authentic, specific behavior on stage and on camera.

MJ Karmi

• Life Member of The Actors Studio
• Faculty of The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute 
(2008-2025)
• MFA Dramatic Arts from 
The Actors Studio

How MJ Karmi IN THE WORK Classes Work

MJ Karmi IN THE WORK offers ongoing actor training designed to support actors at every stage of their artistic development.
 
Process-based work focuses on the actor’s inner life, emotional truth, behavioral specificity, and moment-to-moment experience rather than performative results. The work emphasizes exploration, depth, listening, personalization, and developing a truthful connection to the material that can sustain authentic behavior and emotional life.
 
Classes begin with relaxation and sensory explorations designed to deepen concentration, emotional connection, and spontaneous, instinctive behavior.
 
  • Actors at any level are welcome
  • Ongoing in-person and Zoom actor training
  • Rolling admissions – actors may join at any time
  • No formal start or end date
  • Four-class minimum commitment
  • Classes do not need to be taken consecutively
  • Flexible scheduling for auditions, bookings, and work commitments
  • Discounted class packages available
  • Actors develop a process that is uniquely their own
Discounts offered on pacakges for IN THE WORK classes by MJ Karmi Method Acting

Class packages are available at a discounted rate!

Class packages come in packs of 4, 12, or 16 classes.  Classes operate on a rolling basis, and students can enroll anytime.

Payment Plans Offered

During Checkout, students have the option to enroll in a payment plan through PayPal. Students who wish to use Zelle or Revolut may contact MJ Karmi directly.

Ongoing Flexible Classes

Class times are in Los Angles PST Time.

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In-Person Class

In Los Angeles

Electric Lodge
1416 Electric Avenue
Venice, Los Angeles
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Friday
11 AM – 3 PM

Zoom Classes

Tuesday
9 AM – 12 PM

Wednesday
5 PM – 8 PM

Saturday
10 AM – 1 PM

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About

In The Work

This class is grounded in the work of Stanislavski, and the evolution of American acting technique; Strasberg, Meisner, and Adler. The focus is not on results but on building a reliable internal process that allows the actor to work truthfully, consistently, and with depth.

Actors train to:

  • Develop an authentic deep inner life
  • Work from impulse
  • Create behavior
  • Actors are fully present and in the moment

 

The objective is highly specific, authentic, organic work.

Training integrates core Method principles with practical application:

Sensory & Affective Work – sensorially accessing personal connection and emotional truth
Scene Study – applying process to text with personalization and specificity
Improvisation – expanding spontaneity and moment-to-moment response
Character Development – building from inner life to external behavior
Private Moment – Exploring character in a deep and personal experience
Animal Work – Finding behavior and physicality for character development

Each actor works weekly on material, with direct, rigorous feedback and adjustments.

What Makes This Different?

Most classes focus on presentation. This class focuses on what makes it transcendent.

Not result-driven → process-driven

Not generalized → highly specific work

Not performative → behavior-based truth

Small group (10 actors MAX) → individual attention

Actors are not shaped into a style.

They develop their own instrument and method of working.

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Questions? Audits Available

About MJ

MJ Karmi is an acting teacher, coach, and actor with decades of experience in theatre, film, and television. A former faculty member of The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (2008–2025), she is a Life Member of The Actors Studio and holds an MFA from The Actors Studio MFA Program at The New School. Her work is rooted in a rigorous, process-centered approach that develops truthful, specific, and fully realized performances.