Deep Technique.
Radical Agency.
Inspired Acting.
Technical Support for
Your Present Moment
An acting coach with a deep well of technical expertise, I invite you to unlock your most inspired acting. Our collaboration prioritizes your creative agency, with the goal of expanding range and resilience while honoring your individual voice and artistic assets.
Action
Rooted in the belief that every technical adjustment is a character-driven choice.
We never stray far from a focus on real-time listening and responding, ensuring that technique always serves the acting moment.
Physical Technique
Leveraging embodied technique as a springboard for creative impulse.
Together, we build a responsive, skillful instrument that is ready to meet the stakes of your dramatic circumstances.
Language
Unlocking the rhetorical and expressive power of words.
We treat language–in all its varieties–as a tactical tool for human relationship, moving beyond “correctness” toward visceral experience and genuine impact.
Presence
Integrating experience and expression.
Together, we cultivate an artistic environment of Radical Agency—building capacity to let go of conscious technique and be fully available to the moment.
My job is to provide the technical infrastructure—options and solutions—so you can focus on the art.
You’ve encountered enough critics—I’m here to be your collaborator.
Ways to Work With Me
I provide technical support and artistic partnership across three primary areas of performance. Whether in the studio, the rehearsal hall, or the classroom, the goal remains the same: expert craft and vital presence.
Performance Coaching
For the Individual Artist
One-on-one sessions designed to merge technical precision with the spontaneous acting moment. We focus on developing a responsive, skillful instrument and using language to connect with and touch other people.
Production Support
For Creative Teams & Companies
Functioning as a collaborative ally, I provide the technical infrastructure that allows the ensemble to focus on the story. From directorial vision to text coaching to dialect design, I craft inspired performances while fostering a rehearsal environment rooted in mutual respect and consent-based practice.
Institutional Residencies
For Universities & Conservatories
Bridging professional rigor and an expansive, people-centered approach to the next generation of artists, I offer specialized intensives in the synthesis of voice, speech, text, and action, alongside strategic curriculum design for the modern conservatory.
“…perspicacious, clear, transformative…overflowing with humanity.”
Qualifications & Experience
Influences
My work is deeply informed by the synthesis of Knight-Thompson Speechwork (Certified Teacher) and Fitzmaurice Voicework® (Associate Teacher). As a PAVA-Recognized Vocologist, a Certified Vocal Combat Technique Trainer, and an Associate Faculty member with Theatrical Intimacy Education, I integrate current research in voice science and trauma-aware practice with the real-life industry needs of the performer.
The Classroom & The Stage
Currently Associate Professor of Theatre & Drama at the University of Michigan, my dual perspective—deep scholarship meeting professional demand—is shaped by a terminal degree from the Moscow Art Theater School, a Certificate in Advanced Theater Training from Harvard University, academic backgrounds in theatrical voice, music, and speech science, and coaching experience at Tony Award-winning regional theaters.
Embodied Artistry
With over two decades of experience offering collaborative coaching and instruction, I offer actor-centered processes that emphasize agency, consent, curiosity, and discovery. By prioritizing inclusive and expansive methodologies, I help artists connect to a sense of integrated, embodied artistry so they can communicate what matters through movement, breath, and sound.
Some of the great people I’ve worked with:
Let’s Start a Conversation
Whether you are an individual artist preparing for a specific role, a creative team looking for production support, or an institution interested in specialized training, I invite you to reach out.
Every partnership begins with a conversation about your specific needs and artistic goals. I am available for collaborations around the world.
Let’s Start a Conversation
Whether you are an individual artist preparing for a specific role, a creative team looking for production support, or an institution interested in specialized training, I invite you to reach out.
Every partnership begins with a conversation about your specific needs and artistic goals. I am available for collaborations around the world.