No Self Promotion aside from sharing any acting content (PG ONLY) in here please. That's a pretty strict policy here. Selling or other links will be removed. 💖☕ Hi! I’m Dawnnie Mercado, a SAG-AFTRA actor, NYU MFA graduate, and acting coach. I’ve been teaching kids and teens for over 30 years—and I created this community to make professional acting training understandable, practical, and FUN for young actors. If you’re a young actor ages 8–18, a parent supporting a young performer, or a teacher looking for acting resources, you’re in the right place. And YES—there is plenty here you can access FREE! 🎉 Start in the Classroom with my Mastering the Basics of Acting course. I’ll take you step by step through acting methods, objectives, actions, beats, truthful acting, Constantin Stanislavski’s Magic If, subtext, and more. But this community is more than a place to watch videos. 📄 I’m adding lesson plans and practice resources right alongside the lessons. 💬 You can bring your acting questions to Course Q&A. 🎭 Have something you’d love me to teach? Add it to Lesson Requests. 🏆 And when something finally clicks—or you nail something you’ve been working on—come celebrate it in Acting Wins! I’ll continue building out the FREE courses, lessons, downloads, practice materials, and resources here, so what you see today is only the beginning. 🌟 WANT TO GO FURTHER? I’m also developing an optional $29/month upgraded membership for actors who want to take the next step. That will go beyond the basics with more detailed scene breakdown work, self-tape setup and training, opportunities for feedback on your acting work, and live Q&A sessions directly with me. The upgrade is NOT required. There will continue to be free acting education and resources right here in the community. For now, introduce yourself in General Discussion and tell me: Are you here as an actor, parent, or teacher—and what would you most love to learn? I’m so glad you found us. Now let’s get to work—and have some fun doing it!