The very moment you step foot in Take 12 Acting Academy's spacious New York offices you see a poster of Clark Gable. You'll immediately know we mean business.

If you still have any doubts as to how serious we are about acting, all it takes is a trip to the bathroom. They're labeled "Leading Men" and "Leading Women."

You'll then realize we're all about the industry.

For nearly four years, Take 12 Acting Academy has endeavored to prepare men and women of all backgrounds for careers in film, television and theatre. In return for money we provide valuable experiences that can only be learned in our comfortable, supportive environment. We employ a wide-range of former actors to teach today's aspiring actors to be the future aspiring actors of yesterday.

Our classes are for everybody. Best of all, you can walk right off the street and start today. We believe in your potential. Acting, like using a credit card, is something anyone can do up to a certain limit.

Please take a look at some of our courses. We offer financing.

THE ACCENT CLASS
Accents are a valuable tool for getting roles that involve accents, and The Accent Class is a great way for an actor to brush up on them. Instructor Morris Newsom will read passages directly from Robert Blumenthal's Accents: A Manual For Actors. Morris will offer sage advice based on his experience as an extra in Braveheart, which had Scottish people in it.

In the Accent Class, you'll learn the basics of making yourself sound like you were raised by Monty Python. Morris will offer you a positive appraisal of your accent, be it Englandelphia, Irish-ish, Canadiain't or Farcical Southern.

ACTING IS YELLING
The Acting Is Yelling class is perfect for the novice or experienced untalented actor. Acting Is Yelling will drill you on the three rules of AIY theory: Louder is better, Louder conveys emotion, and Louder is the best.

Emphasis will be placed on taking your character and bringing him or her to a new, louder level of believability. Participants will yell through scenes from Shakespeare, Arthur Miller and the Allen brothers, Woody and Tim.

Acting Is Yelling is taught by veteran actor Dirk D. Keenwood, who played an angry lawyer on some soap opera once.

STUFF YOUR DAD WOULD DISOWN YOU FOR
The Stuff Your Dad Would Disown You For class is designed especially to remove any restrictive mind-set of pride that you might still be burdened with. As an actor you must be free, and to be free you must be able to go to shopping without pants on.

The class concentrates on loosening the bindings that society places on all of us, so that we may free the slightly creepy actor within. In this class you'll sing silly songs to each other, make bizarre faces and expose body parts to classmates. You'll also express yourself from behind a terrifying porcelain mask. By the time you leave this class, nothing will embarrass you and you'll hopefully never be nervous in an audition again.

This class is taught by Shayna Greye who will show you she means business by singing La Vida Loca while giving birth to a gourd.

PATHWAYS TO OVERACTING
Every actor is born with the ability to overact, but not every actor has the talent it takes to make it as an overactor. This class will help you really raise eyebrows, gesticulate wildly and blurt lines at other characters. Students will leave knowing how to show that their character is obviously thinking, curious, sincere or sad.

Men will receive special instruction on dropping their voice two octaves, while women will be taught hysterical shrieking.

Instructor Catalina DeGiornia passed William Shatner on Sepulveda once. She has overacted in several films, most notably Danger Farm! (unreleased) and ¡Dios es Muy Loco! which debuted on an AirTran flight to Puerto Rico.

ACTING FOR THE NOT OVER-AMBITIOUS
Ever want to be on a real movie set? Did you think it was hard? Well, it isn't! Most every non-Pixar film incorporates background actors (the new name for "extras"), and it's easy as heck to become one of them. From folks eating salad in a restaurant or couples pretending to talk in the distance, to "pedestrians" walking down the street, the background actor is an integral part of the movie business - especially if they know their place and don't try to look at the camera for 14 hours.

Instructor Karen Minetta has appeared somewhere in countless films and has made hundreds of dollars doing so. She'll show you the ropes and how to get yourself in the system with a blurry Polaroid and a stamp. She'll also brief you on the challenges you may encounter on-set, so you'll know how to react when the director says "sit over there", "walk over there" or "stand over there."

MODEL TURNED ACTRESS CLASS
The Model Turned Actress (MTA) is a quintessential part of Hollywood. Thousands of careers have been launched on looks alone. If you're very attractive and your dad doted on you, you're more than entitled to take this class. You'll soon learn that attractive and talented are one and the same!

Note: This class focuses less on "acting" and more on what your headshot looks like. Instructor Ellyynn requests you have a good headshot with a come-hither look.

WEIRD NOISES
All acting comes from weird noises. The difference between a good actor and an even more good one is how comfortable that actor is when it comes to making those weird noises.

This class will focus on making weird noises for 30 minutes. Students will try the classic Hoop, Hoop, Hoop and Bbbbbbbr, Bbbbbbbr noises as well as the controversial Tiki, Tiki, Tiki and gurgling ones.

Instructors vary, but they all have a working knowledge of crystals and believe in reincarnation.

SUBMITTING TO EVERYTHING
If they don't know you exist, you'll never get the audition! That's the premise of this class which will have you mailing photos of yourself to everything and everyone you can think of. From self-promotional postcards to glossy 8x10s, there'll be no stopping you from trying to get the role of your dreams. Instructor Dianne Beezler has submitted herself for roles later given to Denzel Washington and Christian Slater.

FINANCES FOR ACTORS
An actor's finances can be a dizzying, tangled web of zeroes and decimal points. A good actor has to learn how to make the most out of a demanding schedule coupled with salary-free employment.

In this class you'll learn how many days it takes before your check goes through. What does "NSF" mean on a check? You'll learn that too. And you'll also come to learn that "deferred pay" and "possible pay" mean "no pay".

Instructor Dayna McGreary uses the proceeds from this class to pay the interest on her Discover card.

Take 12 Acting Academy reserves the right to cancel classes, change instructors or double class capacity. You will be paired up with someone who decided they wanted to be an actress late yesterday. All classes must be paid for in advance and are non-refundable and non-transferable. Classes are not intended to be instructional. Take 12 makes no guarantees that classes will lead to employment, but we will put your headshot on the bulletin board if you ask.