Cheryl Texiera's Acting School

Short answer: I wish something like this existed when I moved out to Los Angeles.

Long answer: I knew I wanted to be an actor from a very young age. My mom and I still laugh at a memory of me storming into the kitchen at 3 or 4 demanding she “Put me on TV!”

But my parents didn’t know anyone in Hollywood to make that dream a reality. So, I went about my life - and they went about theirs - the way most people do - and we all just figured if it was meant to happen, fate would intervene. 

I mean, there was no roadmap to “How to Make It In Hollywood.” That doesn’t exist - or rather I should say, it didn’t exist - Until now.

We’ve all heard the saying: “It’s not what ya know. It’s who ya know.” Well, I didn’t know anyone - and neither did anyone in my family.

But the dream of being an actor doesn’t go away. 

So I did everything I thought you were “supposed to do.”

I trained at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Program. I opened and ran a theatre company that produced several productions in New York. I ran the gamut of Broadway auditions. I thought I knew what to expect when I finally decided to pull the plug and move out to Hollywood.

That was until I got to Hollywood and realized… I didn’t.

I had no idea how to get on TV or in a movie. I didn’t know who you were supposed to know even if you didn’t know anyone - BTW, there’s a way to know the people you need to know, FYI!

I took advice from people and spent tens of thousands of dollars on coaches who weren’t even actors themselves - so they didn’t have the real-life experience to understand the struggles I was going through and, therefore, didn’t have the solutions for me because it didn’t apply to them.

There was no one I could turn to that could point me in the right direction.

It was awful. 

So…

I made it my goal to make sure no actor ever feels like that.

I started speaking to college students to help get them prepared if this was what they wanted to do upon graduation. I started private coaching. I taught classes not only on acting techniques but ways to approach the business. I would arm my actors with confidence building tools, action steps, and hope! Because you need it in this business.

I told them what to read, what websites to become a member of, what to avoid when and if it sounded sketchy (like an “audition” for “Disney” that costs you $10,000 - don’t do it!) <-Let me repeat: DON’T DO IT!

I didn’t want anyone to worry about the HOW in pursuing their dream - because it was, and still is, the most heartbreaking thing in a career when you realize you blew an opportunity because you “didn’t know what to do or not do.”

So here is my solution to the aspiring professional actor and even working actors who have hit a slump. Yes, even professionals you’ve already seen on TV have taken this course and signed with new agents, booked work, and created opportunities for themselves because of it.

No more wondering “What if…” or “But I don’t know how” or the worst one, “I don’t know anyone in the business.”

You now know me.

Let me be your guide to becoming a working actor!

My Only Disclaimer: You are going to need to work for it! Are you ready to work? How badly do you want this? There's some tough stuff in here. Are you sure you can handle it? …Okay. Let's do it!