Deepen Your Craft With Advanced Character Creation
An eight-session acting class for professional actors who are ready to lean into the discomfort and excitement of the unknown as they explore both the creative and practical challenges of complex auditions and on-camera work. This class guides working actors through more challenging material while emboldening them to take risks, trust their instincts, and live in the moment.
- Train on-camera in a way that supports you in the audition room, in self-tapes, and on set
- Dive deeper into Margie’s 10-step approach to creating and living a life with more challenging scripts
- Learn how to create characters fully – from their deepest emotional core to the way they mask as they move through life
- Discover your character’s memories and rich relationships that don’t exist on the page but shape everything that does
- Explore the Haber Phrasing™ so you can confidently nail a cold read or last-minute audition with little time to prepare
- Let go of the need to impress and step into your personal power
- Work directly with top industry coaches on your craft and career
Start Your Creative Journey
Over the course of eight classes in four weeks, this advanced training challenges you to trust your instincts, sharpen your craft, and expand your creative mind. Designed for experienced, working actors, this intensive focuses on nuanced material, complex characters, and the demands of real-world auditioning and on-camera work.
You’ll move beyond “performing” and into a space of fearless, intuitive creation. By using your imagination, lived experience, and the character’s history to build specific, grounded lives, you’ll bring emotional depth and spontaneity to your work – whether auditioning, self-taping, or working on set or stage.
This class pushes you out of your comfort zone and into bold, present, and connected creation. You’ll also continue to develop fluency in Margie’s Haber Phrasing™, giving you the tools to quickly break down a script and deliver truthful, connected work with little prep time.
Please note: This class is for advanced actors only. Participants must have significant professional experience in film, television, or theater. To be considered, please email your materials (resume, reel, IMDb, etc.) to [email protected], or attend a free Intro Class to audition and receive a class level placement.
Meet Your Instructors
Diane Charles
Diane brings a unique blend of experience as an actor, producer, director, and coach to the Margie Haber Studio, where she has been teaching for nearly a decade. As an Executive Producer, she earned Emmy and Producers Guild Award nominations for Showtime’s Web Therapy starring Lisa Kudrow, and has produced more than 270 celebrity-driven projects featuring Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Mindy Kaling, Will.i.am, and many others. She also directed the feature film The Choices We Make, holds a screenwriting credit, and coached actors on the international feature Jungle Cry.
Before her producing career, Diane worked steadily in television, film, and theater in both Chicago and Los Angeles. Her credits include a four-year recurring role on The Young and The Restless, a lead opposite Roger Daltrey in film, a five-year run as the television spokesperson for Advil, and a lead role in a play written and directed by Joe Mantegna.
Diane holds a BA in Telecommunications and Theatre from Indiana University, where she studied Stanislavski, and later trained in the Meisner technique in Chicago. She also earned an MA in Psychology from Antioch University and led performance-based workshops for actors, musicians, casting directors, and industry professionals alongside her private counseling practice.
Known for her empathetic and intuitive approach, Diane helps actors to trust themselves and replace panic with power and passion, combining her deep industry knowledge with psychological insight to guide actors toward more confident, authentic work both on and off the screen. Connecting with people in a way that helps them feel more seen and empowered is what brings her real joy.
Jim Nieb
Jim brings over 35 years of performance and teaching experience to the Margie Haber Studio in Los Angeles. Jim began his professional acting career in 1991 performing improv and stand-up comedy in the D.C. area.
Since then, he has done it all: clowning with the Big Apple Circus’ Clown Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Shakespeare in the park, fire-eating, celebrity impersonations, film, television, and dozens of commercials. He has worked with directors such as J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) and Clint Eastwood (Changeling), and has frequently appeared in comedy sketches on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Though comedy has always been one of Jim’s strengths, supported by training with ComedySportz LA and The Groundlings, his dramatic work is deeply rooted in truth and grounded in the Meisner technique, which he studied at Playhouse West from 2005 to 2010.
Teaching is a true passion for Jim. He was drawn to the Margie Haber Studio by Margie’s empowering philosophy and the studio’s supportive, actor-centered environment. Her emphasis on getting out of your head and into your body aligns perfectly with his Meisner-based approach, helping actors access more authentic and truthful performances.
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ACTING WITHOUT FEAR
When you claim your spot in the Advanced Intensive, you’ll also get access to this inspiring introductory lecture from Margie Haber. This online lesson will help familiarize you with some of Margie’s most important concepts so you get the most out of your Advanced Intensive.
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Classes are conducted on-camera, with material from film and TV. Students will have the opportunity to participate in cold-read, warm-read, and callback scenarios, while diving deeper into Margie’s philosophy of “living the life” in auditions and on set. Open to actors ages 18+, and limited to 12 actors per session.
New students start their creative journey in an intensive. Continuing students are welcome to join an ongoing class after completing their intensive to keep building on what they’ve learned, week-to-week.
“Once I knew the audition had been scheduled, Margie was my first phone call. I knew that if anyone could help me get the part, it was Margie.”
Gregg Sulkin – Series Regular, “Wizards Of Waverly Place,” Series Regular – “Faking It,” Recurring Guest Star – “Pretty Little Liars”
“I came to see Margie, worked with her, got a whole bunch of great ideas and was so prepared to go back. I was going to go get this job and I was gonna knock their socks off because I was so ready.”
Halle Berry – Actress and Oscar Winner
“When I worked with Margie on the movie, Touch, I was all over the place until she centered my attention on the other character and VOOM! I was suddenly focused. She’s got the magic touch.”
Emily Rose – Actress, “Haven”
“Margie understands actors and is wonderful with them. She has developed a fabulous technique for auditioning and getting the job in a limited amount of time.”
Colin Egglesfield – Actor, “Melrose Place“, “Rizzoli & Isles,” “The Client List,” “All My Children”, Something Borrowed
“Studying with Margie was a very rewarding experience. With Margie you get what you see. The simplicity yet depth of her approach gave me the ability to realize the power of stillness and that her process is all about capturing the truth. The Haber technique is by far one of the most effective tools I use when I’m auditioning.”
Haaz Sleiman – 2008 Spirit Award Nominee For “The Visitor”
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