A professional training intensive led by Artistic Director, Andrew Rudy Galindo

This is not an acting class. It is a reckoning.

This course demands a fearless journey inward, exhuming lived experience, personal truth, and disciplined craft, and forging them into performance of uncommon clarity and power. Actors will be challenged to strip away affectation, convenience, and safety in pursuit of work that is precise, embodied, and alive. This is an active, on-your-feet intensive and will include assigned scenes or monologues; preparation will be required.

Rooted in Bethesda’s unwavering belief that performance comes first, this session calls for rigorous self-examination, radical honesty, and uncompromising artistic integrity. Growth is not suggested. It is required. Excellence is not discussed. It is practiced.

If you are seeking comfort, look elsewhere. If you are seeking transformation, step forward. 

This intensive is designed for actors who want to strengthen presence, deepen emotional truth, and build more authentic connection in their work. Participants will be challenged to listen more fully, respond more honestly, and take greater risks in a supportive, focused environment. Whether you are refining your technique or reconnecting with the foundations of your craft, this class offers a powerful space for growth, rigor, and discovery.

Andrew Rudy Galindo is a Los Angeles-born actor, director, and teaching artist whose work is rooted in rigorous training, professional experience, and a deep commitment to truthful storytelling. As Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Bethesda Repertory Theatre, Andrew brings both artistic leadership and a working actor’s perspective into the room. His training includes study at the Colburn School of Performing Arts under Deborah Devine, Theatre and Cultural Anthropology at Saint Mary’s College of California, and the Sanford Meisner Center’s demanding two-year conservatory program under Martin Barter and Ranjiv Perera.

With credits spanning acclaimed stage, film, and television work—including Berkeley Rep, A.C.T., Yale Repertory Theater, Boston Court Pasadena, Pasadena Playhouse, Love, Victor, VEEP, NCIS, SEAL Team, and Westworld—Andrew offers actors a dynamic, disciplined, and deeply human approach to the craft.