About Acting Up Carolina
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- Open Since 2014
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- Free Trial Class
- Sibling Discounts
- Open Since 2014
Classes in the Performing Arts
At Acting Up Carolina in Charlotte, NC, our students learn more than just a talent. Whether taking classes to become a professional or just for fun, our students learn many important life skills and become more confident and poised individuals along the way. Acting Up Carolina LLC offers students quality training in a caring environment.
"We teach students to eloquently and gracefully market themselves to be more effective in whatever they set out to do in the world." - Jennifer Tankersley
About Our Instructors
Jennifer Tankersley
Leigh Ann Murdaugh
Leigh Ann is a passionate music educator and performer with a diverse background in vocal, instrumental, and theatrical arts. She holds advanced degrees in performance and has taught voice, piano, and oboe for over a decade. Exposed to a wide variety of genres from an early age—including jazz, pop, rock, country, theater, classical, and sacred music—she connects with students of all ages and interests, helping them grow in both skill and confidence. In addition to teaching,
Leigh Ann remains active on stage and behind the scenes, inspiring young performers through her work with local arts organizations. She currently serves as a voice teacher for the award-winning Clover Choraliers and as an instructor and director with Acting Up Carolina, where she continues to inspire and guide young performers on their artistic journeys.
Erica Davis
Logan Cosper
Logan Cosper is so excited to be a part of the Acting Up family! She joined the team in June as an instructor and has absolutely fallen in love with the studio and students.
A Winthrop Musical Theatre alum (music minor), she is a local voice teacher and performer. She specializes in theme park performing, from surfing with Snoopy in Carowinds' Beach Blanket Beagle, to head banging in D&G Entertainment Design's Lost Souls Band at Scarowinds, Christmas caroling at Anakeesta in Tennessee, hanging with princesses at Walt Disney World, and everything in between! Her favorite regional theatre credits include Mary Poppins (Showtime Theatre Company), Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls (Belmont Abbey Players), and Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors (CPCC). She can't wait to continue all of the great work at Acting Up!
Olivia Fisher
Olivia Fisher moved to Lake Wylie in 2024 from Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught dance and choreographed for over 20 years. She received her BFA in Dance Performance from Oklahoma City University. She is a member of Actor's Equity Association. She has performed all over the country and her favorite shows include: “Peter Pan” starring Cathy Rigby, Cats, West Side Story, and Hairspray. She has taught, judged and choreographed all over the
USA her students have gone on to perform with the NBA, NFL, OSU dance team, Radio City Rockettes and Broadway. She is very excited to join the Acting Up faculty and hopes to instill the love of theatre and dance in all of her students through her passion for the art of choreography.
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