Looking for some one-on-one coaching for an upcoming audition, drama competition, or just to refine specific acting skills? These one-on-one coaching sessions are tailored specifically to your acting objectives. Whether you need help with selecting and understanding a Shakespeare monologue or just getting more confident with your cold reading skills, our time together can help get you ready to take the stage. 

Some of my specialties include: 
- theatrical audition technique
- monologue selection & preparation
- voice use and diction
- textual analysis 
- improving cold reading for callbacks
- Shakespeare performance

Note: I do not do coaching for vocal (singing) or film/television auditions. 

How This Class Works
To make sure I can help you meet your acting goal(s), I like to get to know a little bit about you and your project. I want to make sure that we both have what we need to make our time together a success!

Before you enroll in an acting session...
+ Contact me and let me know you're interested in a coaching session (or two or three!).
+ I'll have you fill out a short form that tells me more about your needs and goals. 
+ We'll find a day and time that works for us to have the coaching session.

Before our session...
+ You'll post a copy of your script/monologue/performance piece (if you already have it) in the classroom.
+ I'll post any preparation work you might need to do (suggested monologues or other materials you'll need to look at ahead of time).
+ I will create a plan/schedule for our time together that addresses your goals and post it in the classroom 

Below you can see an idea of what our process working together might look like. Since every actor's needs are different, your plan will be tailored to your needs and may not look exactly like this.

Here's an example session of a what monologue preparation session might cover:
+ Review goals, ask clarifying questions and discuss monologue selection.
+ Monologue cold read and textual analysis. 
+ Review acting choices and interpretation options. Select the strongest choice.
+ Mark monologue for pauses, inflection, and diction. 
+ Full reading with strong choices and marked beats. 

Optional followup: 
If you are performing a piece with a lot of blocking I would love to see a video of you performing it with full physicality. This is completely optional but a good way to get feedback beyond your upper body performance. We will discuss this in your session and details will be posted in the classroom after we meet.

Not sure if this is what you need? Send me a message and we'll see if this is fit for you.