While John Robert Powers has been discovering and developing new talent for movies, TV shows, commercials and modeling careers since 1923. It is only one of our specialties. We’re extremely proud of our success in teaching personal development skills that will help you achieve more confidence, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. Our graduates have used the tools learned at John Robert Powers to succeed in college, on the stage, in boardrooms, and other professional endeavors.
Students may come to John Robert Powers for modeling and acting training, but we never forget to prepare them for their most important journey… Life!
The "Life Program" is what makes John Robert Powers famous worldwide. It is the foundation of the John Robert Powers legacy. No other national school provides a core program of this kind. This workshop will prepare one for the future as well as give one the leading edge for today. It is not only meant for aspiring models and actors. This course can and should be taken by anyone wanting to excel and succeed. The "Life Program" is a ten week course covering the following areas:
Unlike our "Life Program", the following programs at John Robert Powers are by invitation only. This ensures the highest level of success for each of our students. Each course listed below is ten weeks. Please consult your school for individual times and schedules.
The "Modeling Programs" offered at John Robert Powers are tailored to fit the needs and success of each individual. Some workshops, such as Runway, have a height requirement and should only be taken by those students that are at least 5'6 and have the potential for more growth. All modeling programs at John Robert Powers are by invitation only. Modeling programs include:
The "Acting Programs" have become our most popular and successful programs offered at John Robert Powers. Because the entertainment industry is open to all typecasts in the acting fields, this program can be taken by all ages, looks and sizes. Here are a few of the many ten week courses offered at JRP for acting:
Student of the Month Essay - “REACHING”
What do these people have in common? Michael Jordan, Tony Hawk, Mary Lou Retton? They all had a dream and they worked hard to achieve it, just like I am. Acting is my dream. I have been given the opportunity to pursue this dream from John Robert Powers and I am putting all of my effort into achieving it in as many ways as possible.
I have been practicing and using techniques taught to me at John Robert Powers not only in auditions but in normal everyday situations as well. I have stopped placing my hands in my pockets, started keeping eye contact to who ever is speaking to me, and am more prepared with my answers when I reply. At John Robert Powers, I am taking a dance class, a commercial skills class and attending as many auditions as possible.
My attendance has been perfect except for this month where I missed one commercial skills class and one dance class. All 3 months before these two incidents I have had perfect attendance. I do not just practice what I learn at JRP, but I take my newly acquired learning and put it to use outside of JRP. This has proven beneficial to me. Because of this, I have recently gotten a call from Julie Wolff of The Morgan Agency congratulating me on an audition tape I sent in. The Morgan Agency very much liked my performance and would like to sign me.
In the future I would like to pursue this more with a possible trip to L.A. in the late summer. I have not just planted my roots in JRP Acting School, but outside of them as well. I am looking into enrolling into a fall acting class at Notre Dame De Namur University. Also, I would like to further my singing abilities, so I am searching for a voice instructor as well. In addition, to hone in on things I can do to gain experience in theater, I have been looking into a theatrical drama group named "Broadway by the Bay". I hope that this will give me the edge I need in tackling all my inhibitions in performing in front of new people. I hope that I set an example for all the students in John Robert Powers in reaching for and achieving my goal.
-- Zachary Esswein