🎬 Ready to Book the Role? We’ll Show You How.
You’ve got the dream. We’ve got the roadmap.
At Limelight Acting Studio, we help aspiring and experienced actors break through the noise and stand out, not just by honing your talent, but by mastering the audition process that gets you in the room and lands the role.
The Problem: Talent Isn’t Enough Anymore
You’ve probably already discovered this: being talented doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the part.
In today’s industry, it’s about preparation, confidence, and knowing exactly what casting directors want to see the moment you walk in.
We Get It Because We've Been There.
Hi, I’m Kristin Pitts Altman, founder of Limelight Acting Studio and an on-set coach for some of the biggest family-friendly films and TV shows in the business. I started as a child actress, went through the highs and lows of the industry, and built this studio to be the place I wish I had when I was starting out.
Whether you're new to the industry or hitting roadblocks in your career, we’re here to guide you every step of the way.
What You’ll Get at Limelight:
Expert Coaching in Acting, Modeling & Voiceover
Audition & Callback Prep that Books Roles
Customized Scripts + Monologues Just for You
Scene Study, Script Breakdown & Character Work
Support for Every Level — Newcomers to Working Pros
Our Process:
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Clarify Your Goals – We’ll map out your next step, whether it’s landing an agent or prepping for a callback.
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Tailor Your Training – From scene work to on-camera technique, you’ll get what you need to stand out.
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Celebrate Your Wins – Because when you book the role, we all celebrate.
Real Talk. Real Results.
At Limelight, we don’t believe in false promises or cookie cutter training. We’re honest, practical, and focused on helping you build the kind of career that lasts, without wasting time or money on gimmicks.
Whether it’s your first audition or your fiftieth, we’ll help you walk in ready and walk out remembered.
Let’s Get You Booked.
Actors who train with us don’t just dream about success. They live it.
And we can’t wait to help you take center stage.
“I get a thrill every time a student calls to say: ‘I booked it!’ That’s the moment we live for.”
Kristin Pitts Altman
Owner | Acting Coach | On-Set Industry Veteran
Meet the Coaches Who Help You Book the Role
Industry Pros. Passionate Mentors. Your Personal Guides.
Our coaching team isn’t just experienced; they’ve been where you are, and they know how to get you where you want to go. From national commercials to streaming series, our instructors have worked on set, in casting rooms, and everywhere in between.
They’re here to train you, support you, and celebrate your wins every step of the way.
STEVE MIZE
ACTING COACH & ACTOR
Known for: Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, and CSI: Vegas
Valencia Location
Limelight Acting Studio is excited to announce the addition of our newest Acting Coach, Steve Mize! Steve will be taking over our Saturday group acting classes for adults and teens at our Valencia location. He also works with students through private lessons, our Acting Academy, and audition and self tape coaching.
As an actor, you’ve seen Steve in Grey's Anatomy, Bosch: Legacy, Stick, Station 19, CSI: Vegas, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, the Series Finale of ER, and more..
Steve has received two Best Actor awards for his lead role in the film Plea and has appeared in more than 30 commercials. He is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio and holds an MFA in acting. Along with everything he brings from working on set, Steve knows the audition process firsthand. He has prepared and submitted hundreds of professional self tapes, so the challenges actors face today are part of his own experience.
Steve has coached actors privately for more than a decade and taught scene study, acting for the camera, and auditioning at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. He loves helping actors find choices that feel specific and personal to them. Just as important, he wants students to learn how to evaluate their own work, take direction with confidence, and keep growing beyond any one class or audition.
That mix of professional experience and care for his students is what makes Steve such a wonderful addition to Limelight. He brings practical insight into the room, along with the encouragement to take risks, trust your instincts, and do work that feels like your own.
We’re thrilled to welcome Steve to the Limelight family. Having an actor and educator with his depth of experience on our coaching team is a real treat for our students. We can’t wait to see what they discover under his guidance!
Please take a few moments to appreciate some of Steve's amazing acting work below.
Steve Mize
Acting Reel
ANGELA LEWIS
ACTING COACH & ACTOR
Known for: Aunt Louie on FX’s Snowfall (all six seasons) Law & Order: SVU, and The Good Wife
Valencia Location
Limelight Acting Studio is thrilled to welcome Angela Lewis, acclaimed actor and dedicated educator, as an Acting Coach at our Valencia location!
Angela Lewis is a professional actor, acting coach, and teaching artist with more than 25 years of experience across television, film, and theatre. She is best known for her six-season run as series regular Louanne “Aunt Louie” Saint on FX’s critically acclaimed Snowfall, where Louie evolved into one of the series’ central and most polarizing characters. Among her many other television credits are The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, The Big C, The Last Ship, and Code Black.
A graduate of the University of Michigan with a BFA in Acting, Angela began teaching as a teenager and has worked with students ranging from young children to professional adults. Her coaching focuses on audition technique, self-tapes, callbacks, scene work, and on-camera performance, helping actors make specific, grounded, truthful choices while maintaining what makes their work uniquely their own.
Angela also brings professional experience in voiceover, audiobook narration, and extensive ADR and looping, including narrating Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha.
As both an educator and the parent of a young performer, Angela is passionate about developing craft, confidence, and professional readiness while protecting the joy and individuality that bring actors to the work in the first place.
She believes young performers thrive when they are supported not only by strong teachers, but by informed parents who understand the industry they are helping their children navigate.
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Angela to the Limelight family. Her work speaks for itself, and having her share that experience with our students is an incredible opportunity!
Please take a few moments to appreciate some of Angela's amazing acting work below.
Angela Lewis
Acting Reel
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AARON COLEMAN
ACTING COACH & ACTOR
Known for: The Rookie, The Lincoln Lawyer, 9-1-1: Lone Star, and American Horror Story
Valencia Location
Limelight Acting Studio is excited to welcome Aaron Coleman, an accomplished actor and acting coach, to our Valencia location!
Aaron is a SAG-AFTRA actor and acting coach with nearly 30 years of experience in film, television, theater, voiceover, and commercials. His television credits include The Rookie, Happy’s Place, The Lincoln Lawyer, and General Hospital. He has also appeared in numerous films and national commercials, with recurring roles in American Crime Story: Impeachment and The Bold and the Beautiful.
Aaron has trained in New York and Los Angeles in scene study, improvisation, acting for the camera, and directing. He is also a screenwriter whose work has placed in multiple competitions. That experience as both an actor and a writer helps him guide students through a script, find what is happening beneath the dialogue, and make choices that feel truthful and specific.
Aaron is a working actor who still auditions and still books. He knows the ins and outs of auditions and what it takes to book a project. He helps actors build strong characters, listen and respond in the moment, and bring confidence to their auditions and scenes. His coaching is shaped around each student’s strengths and goals, whether they are finding their footing or looking to take their work further.
We’re so happy to welcome Aaron to the Limelight family. He brings years of experience, a sharp understanding of story, and a genuine commitment to helping actors grow. We’re excited for our students to learn from him!
Please take a few moments to appreciate some of Aaron's amazing acting work below.
Aaron Coleman
Acting Reel
JESSICA STONE
ACTING COACH & ACTOR
Known for: Stanley, Signs, Super Street Fighter IV, Six Feet Under, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
Valencia Location
Limelight Acting Studio is excited to welcome Jessica Stone to our Valencia coaching team! With more than 30 years of professional acting experience and over a decade spent teaching and coaching young actors, Jessica brings an incredible range of experience, creativity, and enthusiasm to our students.
At Limelight, Jessica teaches acting and voiceover classes for children and teens, along with individual coaching for auditions and self tapes. Having started her own career as a child actor, she understands firsthand the excitement and challenges of growing up in the industry.
She loves helping students build a strong foundation, discover their individual strengths, and feel comfortable making bold creative choices.
Jessica’s career spans television, film, voiceover, improv, and live theatre. Her television credits include the series finale of ER, Chicago Hope, Six Feet Under, Star Trek: Enterprise, 7th Heaven, and Knots Landing. Her film work includes Disney’s The Parent Trap, Blue Streak, and Terri, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Behind the microphone, Jessica is known for voicing the title character in Disney’s animated series Stanley and Marcie in A Charlie Brown Valentine. Her voiceover career also includes anime, video games, and additional voice work for films such as The Santa Clause, Elf, and Death to Smoochy. With experience across so many forms of storytelling, she helps students explore the possibilities of their voices while developing believable, engaging characters.
Jessica’s stage credits include Hairspray, Ragtime, The Miracle Worker, Fiddler on the Roof, and Sunday in the Park with George, among many others. Her studies with The Groundlings further inform her coaching, bringing an emphasis on imagination, spontaneity, and listening into her work with students. She draws on her own audition and performance experience to help actors approach their material with stronger preparation and greater confidence.
A graduate of California State University, Northridge, with a degree in Deaf Studies, Jessica also brings knowledge of American Sign Language and experience working with Deaf, hard of hearing, and nonverbal students. Her work with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other learning needs has helped her develop a flexible, patient approach that makes room for different ways of learning and expressing creativity.
Above all, Jessica loves helping performers find their voices and discover what they are capable of. We’re thrilled to welcome her to the Limelight family and excited for our students to learn from someone who brings such a rich understanding of the craft and so much heart to teaching it!
CHENAE MOORE
ACTING COACH & ACTOR
Known for: Ask Firefox, Blippies' Job Show, Demise, Doug, See Me, Love Is Not Enough
Temecula Location
Chenae began her acting journey more than a decade ago, and her career took a leap forward when she moved to California. Since then, she has built experience in front of the camera that she now shares with her students at Limelight.
She booked a Texas Health commercial from her very first commercial audition. Since then, she has appeared in campaigns for Walmart, Tillamook, Fujifilm, Uno by Mattel, T-Mobile, Travis Credit Union, KOS, and Empower Card. That range of work gives her plenty of firsthand insight to bring into the classroom.
Beyond commercials, Chenae has graced print campaigns for Tax Slayer and One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning. Her foray into voiceovers began with a bang, voicing three distinct characters in the web series "Tech Heist." Her versatility shone through with a co-hosting role for Dangerous Goods Awareness and subsequently, as the engaging host of Ask Firefox, where she mastered the teleprompter and made even the most complex material accessible and lively.
Chenae’s film presence is equally compelling, with several credits to her name, including a challenging dual role in the upcoming short film "Penance," where her dramatic range is on full display.
Her comedic talent is undeniable, with a knack for bringing a unique, quirky spark to her performances, ensuring she leaves a lasting impression in auditions and beyond.
With over ten years of dedicated training in on-camera techniques, audition strategies, commercial acting, voiceover, and improv, Chenae is an invaluable addition to the Limelight Acting Studio coaching team. She’s not just a mentor for commercial success and audition artistry but also a navigator through the intricate business aspects of acting.
And a fun fact – Chenae’s talents extend to editing, as she has skillfully crafted her own commercial and hosting reels, which can be viewed below.
Chenae Moore
Commercial Reel • Hosting Reel
PETER ADRIAN SUDARSO
ACTING COACH & ACTOR
Known for: Power Rangers Ninja Steel (Blue Ranger), Chunk & Bean, Fam, and Grown-ish
Valencia Location
Peter Adrian Sudarso is an Indonesian-American actor best known for his roles as Kenny Li in Supergirl and as the Blue Ninja Steel Ranger and Red Hyperforce Ranger in Power Rangers series. Peter started his career in background/atmosphere roles, eventually finding his stride in the digital/social media.
He continues to collaborate with fellow creators through comedic and dramatic skits across social platforms. Beyond his online work, he has appeared in several films on Netflix, NBC, Tubi, and Amazon Prime. Peter currently stars as a recurring character in the Amazon Prime series Alan’s Universe.
Please take a few moments to appreciate some of Peter's amazing acting work below.
Peter Adrian Sudarso
Acting Reel
CHRISTIE CATE
ACTING COACH & VOICE ACTOR
Known for: Genshin Impact, Pokémon Masters, and Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
Valencia Location
Christie Cate, a native of Los Angeles, has been immersed in the entertainment industry from a very young age. Her early experiences of imaginative play with friends sparked an enduring passion for acting, a flame that has only intensified over the years.
Today, Christie has successfully secured roles in a variety of prestigious projects, marking her presence in national commercials, critically acclaimed video games, anime series, and international dubbing ventures.
Her remarkable talent has not gone unrecognized; Christie is an award-winning voice actor, celebrated for her captivating performance in "Asterigos: Curse of the Stars," for which she received critical acclaim. However, it is perhaps her roles in the globally renowned "Genshin Impact" as the voices of Qiqi and the Unknown God that stand out most prominently. This participation in a franchise valued at over a billion dollars showcases her versatility and skill in bringing characters to life.
Additionally, her portrayal of Mars in "Pokémon Masters" further cements her status as a distinguished voice actor in the gaming world. Represented by some of the most reputable agencies in the industry, including The Library Agency, SBV Talent, and Legacy Management 51, Christie's career is a testament to her talent, dedication, and the high esteem in which she is held by her peers.
For enthusiasts and followers looking to stay updated with Christie’s latest projects and achievements, she actively engages with her audience on social media. You can follow her journey and get the latest news by connecting with her @christiecatevo.
Christie Cate
Acting Reel • Animation Reel
WILL DOUGHTY
ACTING COACH
Known for: Genshin Impact, Pokémon Masters, and Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
Temecula Location
Will Doughty has been working, teaching and coaching in the entertainment industry for the past 20 years. After receiving his degree from ISU in Theatre, Will devoted his career to improvisation. His unique approach to coaching actors into their best performance is rooted in using the fundamental principles of improvisation to teach commercial, film and television audition technique, sketch writing and video production. Will teaches actors how to hone their skills of listening, imagination work and genuine sense of play— unleashing their confidence and bringing their authentic selves to every role.
Will’s career began in Minneapolis, where he performed both sketch and improvisation for weekly audiences at Comedy Sportz and Dudley Riggs. He then moved to Los Angeles, and continued to study and perform at powerhouse Improv theatres IO West, Second City and UCBLA. Will has also coached and taught improvisation at multiple professional acting studios across LA, and held a core faculty member position at Theatre of Arts in Hollywood for several years. You have seen Will in dozens of national commercials (Best Buy, Fidelity, Centrum Vitamins, IHOP to name a few) as well as in hit shows on NBC, Comedy Central and Showtime. He is thrilled to bring his wide range of experience and guidance to Limelight Acting Studio in Temecula.
Please take a few moments to appreciate some of Will's amazing acting work below.
Will Doughty
Comedy Reel
DOTTIE & HUGO
LIMELIGHT MASCOTS/PUP STARS
Meet Dottie and Hugo... our resident mascots and part-time acting coaches here at Limelight Acting Studio! These two former pup-stars have traded their days on the silver screen for a life of drama coaching, and boy, do they take their roles seriously!
When they're not busy sniffing out talent, they're helping students master their lines - and let's be honest, a bark of approval from Dottie is worth more than a standing ovation at the Oscars. Hugo, on the other hand, is the ultimate camera whisperer.
Striking a 'paws' on the red carpet!
Known for: Stealing scenes, sniffing out talent, and refusing to work without treats.
Temecula & Valencia Locations
He can teach any aspiring actor how to find their light – after all, he's mastered the art of the 'puppy eyes' that can melt any director's heart. But their biggest lesson? Always keep a stash of treats in your pocket, because you never know when you'll need to bribe your way into the spotlight!
