Actress Charlene Tilton, best remembered for her role as “Lucy Ewing” on the long-running CBS series “Dallas,” will be leading on-camera audition technique classes for half-hour comedy, hour-long drama, and film roles in April.

Tilton, along with actor Bob Rusch, will be helping the actor make strong choices, improve their cold reading skills, and how to have better “in the room” presence, which enables them to audition with more confidence.

Charlene Tilton’s career began at age fifteen, when she appeared in a series of five Japanese clothing commercials with Ringo Starr of “The Beatles”. Then was immediately cast to play Jodie Foster’s best friend in the original “Freaky Friday” for Disney. Various television shows, and filmsfollowed, including “Happy Days” “Eight is Enough“, and the movie “Big Wednesday” with Gary Busey to name a few.

At seventeen Charlene was cast to star as “Lucy Ewing” in one of the most popular television series of all time, “Dallas”. Lucy’s marriage to Mitch was the second highest rated episode just behind the famous “who shot J.R.?” cliff hanger. Dallas became the # 1 show world wide. In 2004 Miss Tilton was a co-producer with Henry Winkler and Michael Levitt on the CBS two hour Dallas reunion special, “Return to Southfork” which garnered high ratings.

* Class is on Wednesdays from 7pm to 10:30pm beginning April 6, 2011, at T.U. Studios, 10943 Camarillo St., North Hollywood, CA 91602.

* If interested please send a head shot and resume to TiltonRuschActing@gmail.com or call 323-229-2753. Only 15 spots available.

* Class is $200 per month. A deposit of $100 will be due by April 1, 2011 with the remaining due by the first class April 6, 2011.

[More info]

If you’re interested in information on acting classes for teens, check out more of the info that Kid’s World provides on their site.  Below is some info that they provided.

Acting Workshops – How Much Do They Cost?

A four to six week acting workshop ranges from around $200 to $400 US. Most workshops will have classes once a week for a couple of hours per class. If this seems too pricey, see if the school of your choice offers drop-in classes or discounted programs.

Acting Workshops – Schools to Check Out

Here are a couple acting schools you might want to check out if you’re interested in taking classes: