Acting Lessons in Mount Pleasant, TN. Amazing Teachers.

I am a recent graduate of the KC Rep/UMKC MFA Acting program, one of the Hollywood Reporter's Top 25 MFA Acting Programs teaching professionally for 15 years. I have performed at the Tony-Award winning Guthrie Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, KC Rep, and other regional theaters across the country. I also have experience in film, television, commercial and voice over work.I have a wide array of techniques and curriculum to assist the growth for children, brand new actors, early career actors, and working actors. I believe that acting should be a joyful experience and will help with positive change in your life. Whether it is audition technique, breath work, scene work, monologue finding/coaching, or helping you connect with your personal instrument, I got you covered! Let's get you booked and have a wonderful time doing it!

I have a Master's Degree in Education, and teach all levels of acting and directing for the stage and/or screen. Whether you need a video presentation for your boss or you want to try your hand at live theatre, from the community stage all the way to that professional audition, I can help.

Please Note: This course is designed to be for teens and adults, 16 and up.

Acting is a natural form of exploration we see in children around the world. Imagination, pretending, imitation, mimicry, and character-play extending into the real world can create safety for expression and experimentation.

My playful approach to acting is based on 30 years of experience, a degree from Seattle’s premier BFA program, and five years’ studying playful human interaction with their environment. Applying it to scripts and performance is my particular delight.

Together we work to embody characters, enjoy making messes, and elevate human expression to its most entertaining form. We’ll borrow from improvisation and a variety of artistic disciplines. We’ll create something memorable, profound, and delightful together.

All ages and experience levels.

I teach all kinds of acting, and have for over 40 years, but I specialize in stage acting, on-camera acting, acting for the face, voice acting, comedic acting, physical acting, improv, script analysis, monologues, audition prep, audition videos and voice over auditions.

I LOVE coaching actors, it can make the difference between being good and getting the job. Just recently, my client Eurydice El-Etr booked a recurring role in a tv series with Josh Hartnett. We worked together on her audition AND on her performance that got her ecstatic feedback from the producers and director.

I believe the best teacher is one who is also working in the field.

I have worked consistently as an actor, starring alongside Susan Sarandon in 'Ace the Case", with Billy Zane in the upcoming "Waltzing with Brando", with Ray Liotta in "Syndrome K", or being the voice of all audiobooks from Disney Pixar's "Luca", and booking roles in "Gotham" and "Red Dead Redemption II". I just wrapped shooting a big role in the upcoming "The Gods II- The Dark Side", directed by Mykel Shannon Jenkins.

I was part of the faculty of the Susan Batson Studio in New York for eight years, before moving to Los Angeles. I am an expert in audition and on-camera technique, script analysis and ...

I have been a Musical Theatre performer for years. I put a lot of importance to voice training, technique and acting warm-ups.