Adult Acting Classes
Whether you’re interested in becoming a great actor or directing one, we’ve got a class for you! All classes are held at RPAA inside the Dominion Energy Arts Center in downtown Richmond, VA.
Adult Acting Classes announced for Spring 2026!
Upcoming Classes
Practical Acting
with Morrie Piersol
Practical Acting is a simple and effective approach to acting that Morrie has developed over the years that uses as its foundation, the basic, but crucial, skill of listening and responding truthfully on the stage as championed and taught by the legendary acting teacher, Sanford Meisner. Additionally, this approach incorporates the major tenets of Practical Aesthetics, a technique developed by The Atlantic Theatre Company and its co-founder, David Mamet, where the actor learns to identify and implement the character’s actions and intentions as derived from the text (linear actions).
Tuesdays & Thursdays 7-9PM
March 24-April 16, 2026
Ages: 18+
Tuition: $400
The Wisdom of Uta Hagen with Julie Fulcher-Davis
Explore the revolutionary acting techniques of legendary acting teacher and practitioner Uta Hagen. Develop a deeper understanding of your craft through exercises and scene study work using Hagen’s core principles with an emphasis on working from the inside out and finding truth in the moment.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 7-9PM
April 21-May 14, 2026
Ages: 18+
Tuition: $400
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Instructors
Morrie Piersol
Instructor
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Morrie Piersol (he/him) has directed close to twenty productions in the Richmond area including the Glengarry Glen Ross, and Radiant Vermin, both winners of the RTCC Award for Best Play. Additionally, he has taught adult acting classes for several Richmond theater companies. Morrie is retired from the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School where he served as Theatre Arts Instructor and main stage director. Prior to moving to Richmond, he was active in theatre in New York where his acting credits included work at Playwright’s Horizons, The Actor’s Studio, and a role in the long-running Broadway production of The Runner Stumbles. He was also co-founder, producing director, and company member of Force 13 Theatre, an award winning Off-Off Broadway Theatre Company. Morrie is the husband of the late Carol Piersol, Founding Artistic Director of The Firehouse Theatre Project and 5th Wall Theatre.
Julie Fulcher-Davis
Instructor
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Julie Fulcher-Davis (she/her) received her BFA in Acting from Shenandoah Conservatory. She spent most of her twenties in NYC, furthering her training and pursuing the Broadway dream before settling in Richmond and choosing to stay and make it her home. Julie has had a long professional career as an accomplished award-winning actor, director, playwright, composer, voice over talent and teaching artist. She has taught Acting at the University of Richmond for twenty years. Favorite directing projects include Every Brilliant Thing (RTCC Best Director of a Play), Everybody, The Roommates, and Facing East (RTCC Nominee for Best Director). Favorite roles onstage include the one woman show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in The Universe (Inscoe Award), Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, The Witch in Into the Woods (Phoebe Winner, Richmond, VA) and her Richmond debut many moons ago—Delores in Olympus on My Mind (Phoebe Winner). Julie is a member of Actors Equity and The Dramatist Guild. Julie is delighted to be returning as a teaching artist with Cadence.