Veteran actor Jody Wood, of Hopewell, pictured with one of his acting students, Lizzy DeClement, is joining forces with screenwriter Kevin Fox to create a summer acting, directing, and writing camp for teens. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.)

There are a number of places in the area where teens and young adults can get acting lessons or take theatrical training, but when Jody Wood started JW Actor’s Studio in Princeton in 2006, he wanted to provide something a little different.

Some people who take the classes will never act, but they will become better listeners, better speakers, better communicators, better executives, better salespeople — whatever their business is. It can help them in all areas of their life.