I will:
* Help you prepare for high school, university, conservatory or professional auditions
* Help you find new, age-appropriate audition material
* Give you tools to deal with your anxiety in auditions and on stage
* Help you create a vocal and physical warm-up to use before you audition and perform
* Teach/ review the essentials for professional auditioning
* Work with you on the acting of a song
* Help you tackle the language of Shakespeare (and other Classical playwrights) with confidence
* Help you learn or perfect dialects and accents (Irish, British, German, etc)
* Give your acting technique a work-out or a brush up or start from scratch with some beginning acting skills
* Help bring the joy back to the audition process!
I will:
* Help you prepare for a successful presentation in the office, the classroom or at the podium
* Teach you how to make your presentation easy and fun
* Give you tools to deal with any anxiety or "stage fright" you might experience
* Teach you how to engage your audience and speak with confidence and passion about your subject
* Give you some tools and warm-ups to ready your voice, body and brain for your presentation
* For Writers: Teach you how to give your work the reading it deserves
* For Students and Teachers: Teach you how to "act" a piece of literature for more engaging lessons and better comprehension
Why can I help you?
* I am a professional actor and I understand fear and lack of self-esteem as well as the joy of mastering new skills, overcoming anxiety and uncertainty and approaching a challenging task with excitement and self-confidence
* I have a Masters in Fine Arts in Acting, a BA in Drama in addition to other extensive acting training
* I have two years experience teaching Oral Interpretation of Literature and Classical Acting at University of Missouri, Kansas City for the Undergraduate Theater Department
* I have more than seven years experience teaching and coaching, for ages 6-adult, with theater companies and high schools in Missouri and California
* I have a passion for sharing my love of theater, Shakespeare and literature
Rates:
$35/ hour
$20/ half-hour
$5 materials fee for Dialects and Accents, includes practice CD or MP3 files and handouts
$2 materials fee for other handout packets (Shakespeare, Oral Interp, more than one monologue)
Location: My home or your's, your office or classroom (Studio space may be available for an additional fee)
Contact me about Multiple Class Deals, Group Rates, Corporate Workshops, Group Classes or any questions about rates, me or coaching in general
Parents of Young Actors: I am great with children and I can teach your child to audition and work with ease and professionalism without losing their delightful sense of play, self and naturalism
