Abbie Cobb
Founder & Head CoachFilm · TV · Comedy · Drama · Voiceover · Career Strategy
Working actress, author, and founder of The AFA Studio. Abbie created AFA to give actors the practical, real-world knowledge she wished she had starting out — covering both the craft and the business side of a sustainable career.
TV Credits
Recurring on ABC’s Suburgatory and The CW’s 90210 · American Horror Story · Grey’s Anatomy · True Blood · Criminal Minds · The Mentalist · NCIS · Bones · Longmire · Shameless · Santa Clarita Diet · Why Women Kill · 9-1-1
Film Credits
Moms’ Night Out (TriStar Pictures) · Old Dads
Recent & Upcoming
Recurring on Hulu’s The Lowdown opposite Ethan Hawke · Tyler Perry’s Miss Governor (Netflix) · thriller film with Mila Kunis · The Lowdown: Season Two · voiceover and facial motion capture for the biggest video game in the world (you know the one — ask her about it when the NDA lifts)
Specialties
Joel McCrary
Comedy CoachComedy Coach
One of Hollywood’s most versatile performers, with decades of credits spanning film, television, animation, and voiceover — including a long-running relationship with Disney that continues to this day.
TV Credits
Seinfeld · How I Met Your Mother · The Big Bang Theory · Malcolm in the Middle · Bones · Justified · Cold Case · The Middle · Boston Legal · iCarly · Kickin’ It (recurring, also wrote for the show)
Film Credits
American Beauty · The Princess Diaries 1 & 2 · Cheaper by the Dozen · Charlotte’s Web · Over the Hedge · Thor · Best in Show
Voiceover
Current voice of Baloo in Disney’s The Jungle Book franchise · The Smurfs · Robot Chicken · We Bare Bears · Smallfoot · James P. Sullivan in Disney Infinity
Specialties
Mark Atteberry
Drama CoachDrama Coach
20+ years as a working actor. Trained under Roy London, Ivana Chubbuck, Larry Moss, and Vladimir Ilyin of the Moscow Art Theatre. Co-author of The Working Actor’s Guide to LA and The Stunt Guide.
TV Credits
24 · Dexter · Criminal Minds · This Is Us · Yellowstone · Curb Your Enthusiasm · American Horror Story · The Offer · Dahmer · Grace & Frankie · The Newsroom · Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Film Credits
Gone Girl (dir. David Fincher) · The Hulk (dir. Ang Lee)
Specialties
Matthew Scott Montgomery
Multi-Cam & Theater CoachMulti-Cam & Theater Coach
Award-winning actor, writer, and director whose career spans TV, film, theater, and digital media. Three major LA theater awards for a single performance — and a Disney Channel career that made him a household name for a generation of young actors.
TV Credits
Sonny With a Chance / So Random (Disney Channel, recurring) · Austin & Ally (Disney Channel, recurring) · Jane the Virgin · White Famous · Unidentified with Demi Lovato (Peacock)
Film Credits
Southern Baptist Sissies (opposite Leslie Jordan) · Howdy, Neighbor! (self-written, with Debby Ryan and Alyson Stoner)
Theater
Stage Kiss at the Geffen Playhouse · multiple original self-written works
Awards
LA Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Featured Performance) · Backstage Garland Award (Best Featured Actor) · Stage Scene LA Award (Comedy/Dramatic Performance of the Year) — all for Yellow
Specialties
Sean Spann
Accent, Voice & Speech CoachAccent, Voice & Speech Coach
MFA-trained actor, voiceover artist, writer, director, and movement specialist. Six seasons with The New Swan Shakespeare Festival. Classical technique, practically applied.
TV & Film Credits
The Little Things · Little America · The People v. O.J. Simpson · Shameless · Jane the Virgin · The Mentalist
Stage
Six-season company member, The New Swan Shakespeare Festival · Harold Clurman Lab Theatre · Circle X
Training
BFA, University of Evansville · MFA, UC Irvine
Specialties
Valen Shore
Singing & Vocal Performance CoachSinging & Vocal Performance Coach
Signed songwriter with Kobalt Music Publishing. 50+ sync placements across ABC, NBC, FOX, MTV, CBS, Bravo, Paramount, Universal, and major film trailers. 17 years teaching voice, piano, songwriting, and audio production. Former manager at School of Rock.
You’ve Heard Her Work On
The Sims 4 · Amazon Prime’s Motorheads · Riverdale · The Vampire Diaries · Pretty Little Liars · Lucifer · and 40+ more
Collaborators
Members of No Doubt · Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros · Panic! at the Disco
Touring
Internationally with BRONCHO and SYML
Notable Students
Noah Cyrus · members of The Regrettes and Lilly (record deals, national tours)
Specialties
Kensington Tallman
Kids & Teens Voiceover CoachKids & Teens Voiceover Coach
Emmy-nominated voice artist best known as Riley Anderson in Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2. Series regular, recurring roles across multiple networks, and a voiceover résumé that covers Disney, Nickelodeon, and DreamWorks.
Voiceover
Inside Out 2 (Riley Anderson, Disney/Pixar) · Dream Productions (Disney+, Annie Award-winning series, Emmy nomination for Outstanding Younger Voice Performer) · projects for Disney, Nickelodeon, and DreamWorks · PV & Franny opposite Ty Burrell and Fred Armisen
TV Credits
Drama Club (Nickelodeon, series regular) · That Girl Lay Lay (recurring, all seasons) · Home Sweet Rome! (Max/BBC, lead) · Chad (TBS) · Black Monday (Showtime)
Film
Summer Camp alongside Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Eugene Levy, and Alfre Woodard
