"Bobby Weinapple is not only the ideal acting coach, but an incredible mentor and role model. Working with Bobby is enlightening, inspiring, fun, and incredibly freeing - there is never a dull moment in his class. He works with detail, patience, and 100% attention to his students. As an actor, director, and performer himself, he listens with great care and is devoted to each of his students individually, while creating the safest, professional, and most supportive environment. He is smart, warm, genuine, enthusiastic, talented, and entertaining. I never want to leave his stretch class, and he also is a STELLAR college audition coach, and as a result because of him, I am a working actress in LA with
a BFA."
- Krista Marie Yu BFA '11 Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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"I've been meaning to write for a long time to say how incredibly powerful your teaching and class has been for me. Now working in Berlin , I think often about things you said in class and I really feel like I'm carrying the class around with me as a support! The constant application of lessons I learned from your class, especially being open to emotions and letting them be part of the musical process has been a time of artistic and personal growth. I feel incredibly appreciative of your teaching and what you offer all of us in class. Thank you."
- Rebecca Krouner, opera singer.
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"As an 'aspiring' actor in LA , I studied with Bobby for 2 years before having the confidence to move down to pursue my dreams. When I think about what separates Bobby from the other teachers is his ability to make you feel heard and that your 'acting journey' is a collaborative one. I have always felt more creative in an environment where there is a trust and feel that I am discovering things on my own with a gentle guiding hand opposed to being told what to do. Bobby is one of the best, and he has made me a better actor and coincidentally, a better person during my time studying with him."
- Stephen Chang
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"I began studying with Bobby about 8 years ago and I must say, since moving to New York, I haven't found the level of specificity, focused energy, and tremendous talent of perception in a teacher since. He is tireless in his devotion to the actor's craft and is very insightful and sensitive to the nuances of each moment on stage. His focus on 'stretch work' is a form of improvisation that I have not seen in any other class setting and I am always amazed at the power it has to bring out all the different facets of the human condition. Bobby is certainly a teacher and mentor of the highest calibre and I feel extremely lucky to have had the luxury of studying with him for the start of the most important formative years of my acting life. I always look forward to opportunities to train with him."
- Imani Powers
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"After studying acting for 35 years, I finally found an acting teacher that made sense, Bobby Weinapple. He helped me tap into sustainable inner resources and a range of texture my work that I never dreamed possible. Besides this "stretch work," Bobby's instruction in audition techniques has made me a fearless auditioner. I now go to cold readings ready to have a good time and enjoy acting instead of feeling lost and demoralized. I can't say enough about how he helped build my skills and confidence as an actor. For example, I went from my default strength to being playing the victim, to playing the tough, old-school nun in "Doubt," Sister Aloysius."
- Dawn Trook
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"Just a quick hello! I am really looking forward to tonight's class. So grateful to be a part of it, and to work with you. I believe the effect of you being away lately makes me value and look forward to our sessions that much more. I'm thrilled to be able to integrate some of the work I've been doing outside of class. You've had such a positive impact on my life, and have been very generous with me, and I'm super grateful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!"
- Colin Higgins
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"My work changed exponentially when I began studying acting with Bobby Weinapple, continuously since 2004. Thanks to stretch scenes, I have grown into an open, receptive actor. Thanks to the trigger approach, learning lines has become an integral part of each character's soul and provides a deeper understanding of the script. And thanks to his expertise as a director, Bobby's sensitive direction of Collected Stories received rave reviews."
- Carolyn Power, co-artistic director, Essential Action Productions
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"I am grateful to have the opportunity to learn and grow as an actor under Bobby's guidance. He is a dedicated and passionate actor and teacher who brings out the best in his students. My trust in him and his process always give me the courage to achieve creative expression that surpasses what I think to be possible. He is always encouraging and gives his students constructive feedback (ie. truly positive reinforcement). In my opinion, Bobby is one of the few great acting teachers in the SF bay area and I feel lucky to have found him."
- J. Lee
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"I am a working voice actor and started studying with Bobby because I wanted to expand my range and work on my acting chops. I was nervous coming from voice work to stage work but I immediately felt safe and comfortable opening up in the class. His guidance was absolutely invaluable. The idea of 'stretch work' was new to me. It was very refreshing to focus on areas of my work that I was not as strong in and not have to worry about being good. The amount of growth that came from exploring and strengthening the imagination was awesome."
- Mark Middleton
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"I'm loving the class...I'm opening up to new parts of myself ... the permission you give to explore those sort of forbidden aspects of ourselves is phenomenal, whether it's the darker parts or the sweeter parts...."
- Patricia Pearson, professional improvisor
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"You've heard of an actors' director? Well, Bobby is an actors' teacher. Challenging, compassionate, astute -- for those wanting to explore the full range of human experience, he's a terrific guide through the theatrical possibilities."
- Mason Waller
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