Jessica Dean Turner

Jessica Dean Turner is an actress, teacher, and Chicagoan. She is a teaching artist at ChiArts, Victory Gardens, Northwestern's NHSI, DePaul's Summer High School Intensive, After School Matters, and is thrilled to be joining Acting Studio Chicago. Chicago theatre credits: 1919 (Steppenwolf); Roe, Lottery Day (Goodman Theatre); Tiny Beautiful Things (Victory Gardens); Red Rex (Steep Theatre, Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress); United 232, Season on the Line (House Theatre) Regional: Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, As You Like It, Caesar (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); Two Gentlemen of Verona, Comedy of Errors (Arkansas Shakespeare Company). Television: Paper Girls, CRISIS, Chicago PD, The Chi. Film: The Tensile Strength of Air, You Too, Black Womxn. Commercials: “Lunchables”. BFA in Acting from the University of Illinois, MA from NYU in Educational Theatre, is a member of Actors Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Represented by Paonessa Talent Agency. 

Classes

GRADES 8-12: SUMMER INTENSIVE FOR TEENS

1 week summer program for teen actors who want to experience training in a professional environment. Students will tackle scene work, on-camera, stage combat, improv & more. WEEK OF JULY 6th OR JULY 20th.

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GRADES 8-12: TEEN INTENSIVE 2.0

For Teens who have completed our Summer Intensive or already have training. Build on your existing skills and take your acting to the next level! WEEK OF JULY 27th.

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ON CAMERA 1

Get comfortable in front of the lens!

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Testimonials

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Jessica (Dean Turner) made each class FUN and exciting. Everyone connected with the work more because of her warmups and class activities. I was shaking in front of the camera for the first class and by the 7th I was laughing in front of it. I think everyone really progressed in Camera 1 class and enjoyed rooting for one another!

— Jacqueline Remus

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