The Oscar-Winning Batson Technique

A MASTERCLASS in “TRUTH’ with Hollywood & Broadway’s A-List “OSCAR COACH” SUSAN BATSON.

A Must for Emerging Actors & a Wake-Up Call for Working Actors. Live from New York City.

4 Week Masterclass: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Commencing: Saturday 2nd of November, 2024

A MASTERCLASS in TRUTH is structured on three basic elements: 1) Awareness, 2) Emotional Flexibility and 3) Combination of Imagination and Skills through Text or Story.

Workshopping Classic American Texts from America’s finest playwrights (that have been successfully adapted to award-winning screenplays), Susan Batson and Carl Ford reveal the inner game of telling stories and creating vivid, three-dimensional life out of words, using The Batson Technique.

We highly recommend this class for those who are still trying to understand their critiques or blocks as well as those who are hoping to specify and clarify their technique. The structure and individual attention to detail, feedback and performance critique from both Susan and Carl allows you to do this in the comfort of your own home. This is an exceptional opportunity to work with these industry gurus.

Absolutely blown away from the opportunity to learn from Carl and having Susan Batson herself come online to share wisdom and feedback on our work. The technique is one I am so happy I now have in my toolkit. It’s taught me to look not only at the history of my character incredibly deeply but even more so into the “feelings and why’s” related to what they say on the page. I have literally become a creative detective and am loving it.  I have already used the animal work in both internal and physical attributes of developing a character and just truthfully following my instincts.  The time Carl put into our sessions was remarkable especially given the time difference.  I can’t wait to work again with Carl and Susan! – Participant Tamara Jade

Stanislavski, Strasberg, Meisner, Adler, Berghoff, Hagen, Mamet…now BATSON.

Actor, writer, director, producer, teacher, and coach Susan Batson has been called an “alchemist” by the New Yorker. In private consultation on film sets all over the world and in her New York acting studio, Susan Batson has enjoyed the privilege of training and mentoring Nicole Kidman, Lady Gaga, Juliette Binoche, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Tom Cruise, Kerry Washington, Zac Efron, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Kirsten Dunst, Rihanna and countless other actors searching for truthful connections between themselves and the characters they play. Nicole Kidman, who has worked closely with Susan for more than twelve years, hails her as a uniquely insightful acting coach with “a hell of a lot of pure talent,” while Oscar winner Juliette Binoche praises Susan’s ability to “shake you like a tree and get the fruits down.” Susan Batson was publicly thanked by Kidman after receiving her Oscar for The Hours. Batson’s process gave Kidman the tools to find that truth and honed her Oscar Winning performance from the inside out.

• What do you get when working with Susan Batson & her protege Carl Ford, and how do you apply to be a participant in this incredible Four-Week Masterclass?
• Susan Batson is the author of the book “Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters.”
• In her TRUTH Masterclass, the most sought-after OSCAR COACH and acting guru in Hollywood and on Broadway distills her half century’s experience as an actor, teacher, and personal coach into a step-by-step process for creating a character from first read-through to final performance.
• Debunking a century’s worth of myths about “method acting,” Batson identifies the unifying forces of Need, Public Persona, and Tragic Flaw to unite the actor with his or her character.
• Need is the primal, unfulfilled desire that a character’s Public Persona hides. Tragic Flaw is the confrontational dramatic behavior that erupts when the character’s Need and Public Persona clash. Throughout this TRUTH Masterclass, Batson shows how actively defining and understanding these three principals leads to the most truthful performances possible.
• Participants will apply The Batson Technique to Classic American texts (2-hander scenes) with their allocated scene partner throughout the 4-Week Masterclass. 
• There are strictly 16 placements available as a participant.
• To enroll as a participant, please apply via our enrolment tab on the top of this page.
• Strictly for actors 16 years+