Artistry, meet strategy

If you're looking for an acting coach, I should warn you: I don't coach like most of them.

Most acting coaching starts from the inside: dig up a memory, manufacture a feeling, hope it reads. I build from the outside in. Body first. Voice next. Inner life follows — reliably, repeatably, without emotional excavation. Backed by science. You'll make choices you can hit eight shows a week, not choices that depend on how you feel that day.

Text, subtext, structure, stakes... we cover all of it. You'll just cover it on your feet so it's much more visceral.

Want the deep end of this work? See Physical Storytelling below. That's my bread and butter.

Your body tells the story whether you mean it to or not. Let's make sure it's telling the right one.

This is my specialty. The thing clients fly in for. Drawing on Viewpoints and Laban-based frameworks, I'll train you to make bold, specific, physical choices that read from the back row and hold up under pressure. Not choreography. Not "gesture more." A vocabulary for your body that makes every song and scene sharper.

If your coaches keep saying "just be more grounded" without telling you how, I'm your guy. This is the how.

Sing your truth. I'll make it soar.

My vocal coaching is style-forward and technique-smart, informed by Estill Voice Training. Which means we work with the actual mechanics of your instrument, not vague imagery. We'll find the sounds your storytelling needs and build them so they're healthy, repeatable, and yours.

Fifteen-plus years as a music director means I'm not just listening for pretty. I'm listening for castable.

The genres conservatories rarely teach well, coached with an actual system.

You booked the show, but when the track flips to Aretha, Bruno, or Paramore, you're faking it. Not anymore. I've built a wholly original, repeatable framework for authentic performance of radio music. Stylization, phrasing, groove, physicality, and connection, broken into clear steps you can practice and reuse.

No "just feel it." No karaoke impressions. Real tools that turn safe into stunning.

You already know I cover every discipline. Here's what that means when an audition drops.

One session, everything handled. We pick the material, cut it, mine the acting choices, dial in the vocals, solve the physical life, and rehearse the room: walking in, bringing your unique humanity, making real connections, communicating with the accompanist, walking out confidently. I'll play for you while we work, so you rehearse with the exact musical partnership you'll need behind the piano.

You leave with a plan, not a pep talk. Prepared beats hopeful, every time.

Ditch the tired cuts. Build a book that books.

Your rep book should be a targeting system: songs chosen to put you in the room for the roles you actually want. I'll strategize your book with you, find the gaps, and hand-select songs that light you up and make you shine. Not those generic songs you've already sung to death. Music that sounds like you.

This work now comes in three packaged tiers — Strategy, Expansion, and Reset — depending on how much of the build you want to do together. See the Rep Coaching Bundles above, or start with a free consultation and I'll tell you honestly which one fits.

Booked the role? Chasing the one you were born to play? Both live here.

If you're cast: we'll break down the script and score, build physical and vocal choices that align with the story and your instincts, and translate the creative team's notes so you can adapt without losing your voice. You'll walk into rehearsal with a fully realized character: grounded, specific, ready to collaborate.

If it's a goal role — the one you haven't been seen for yet — we'll build it now, long before the breakdown drops. That's not a one-session project. It's ongoing work, and it's the single best reason to coach regularly instead of cramming when the audition hits. When your shot comes, you won't be scrambling. You'll be ready.

Direction, reader, accompaniment, and tech support. All in one.

Self-tapes fail for boring reasons: flat choices, dead reads, bad framing. I solve all three. You get a thoughtful director shaping your performance take by take, a trained actor as your reader, a pianist sight-reading anything on the spot, and someone who actually knows where the camera should go. We keep rolling until we've got the take you're proud to share.

Plus, I've got all the equipment you need at my home studio. Just show up and perform. I’ll handle the rest.

Put anything in front of me and I'll play it.

Fifteen-plus years as a music director and pianist. Hundreds of singers, onstage and in the studio, classic to contemporary. If it's on the page, I can play it. If it's not, I'll find it. And I'm tracking every beat of your vocal and physical performance while I play, so the accompaniment serves the coaching instead of interrupting it.

Need rehearsal tracks? Every piano track we create in-session is yours to keep.

A solo concert is the most powerful marketing tool an actor can have. It's also a full-time job to build. Good news: I've done this dozens of times.

Concept, setlist, arrangements, patter, staging, music direction, band, venue. I'll help you build a show that showcases exactly who you are in your unique way. Leave the heavy lifting to me.

Need more than a coach? Hire the whole creative brain.

I direct and music direct plays, musicals, concerts, workshops, and readings. If you're developing new work, producing your own project, or need an outside eye with an insider's toolkit, let's talk about what you're building.

Talent isn't a plan. Let's make one.

Type, targets, materials, momentum. We'll look at your career the way a producer would: what you're selling, who's buying, and what's actually standing between you and the next level. Then we'll build a strategy you can execute, with checkpoints you can measure.

This is the thread that ties every other session together. The craft gets you ready. The strategy gets you seen.