Looking to hone your craft to fulfill professional aspirations? Just got the acting bug? If you love to act, sing and dance, having the full attention of a professional coach in a safe, creative environment will prove immensely beneficial in helping you reach your artistic goals. Lessons are available for students of all ages at any level of experience who have a genuine desire to learn. Stephanie
's private coaching students have appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, on film and television and in college and regional theatre productions. She has helped students land agents and managers, prepare for college auditions for BFA and BA programs and tape auditions for submission to casting directors. Unlike in large classes where you might feel overwhelmed or hesitant to take risks, private acting instruction offers a competition-free zone where YOU are in the spotlight. There is great value in taking acting classes and performing/collaborating with other artists in theatrical productions. However, private or semi-private acting lessons go above and beyond in helping you gain the confidence to succeed in all of your dramatic endeavors. You will learn the same techniques that professional actors utilize in their process. Services include monologue and musical theatre audition selection/preparation, coaching for a particular role in a production or other speaking engagement, and career advising and professional management (where applicable). Headshot photography is also available (www.ilaphoto.com). Please contact me for more information and rates. Stephanie's Bio:
Since graduating from Cornell University (BS Communication), the University of Texas at Austin (MFA Acting) and NYU (MA Educational Theatre), Stephanie has been actively pursuing her career as both a teaching artist and a performer. She currently teaches several classes and serves as a private acting coach at the renowned Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey. As a member of Actors Equity Association (AEA) and SAG/AFTRA, Stephanie has appeared on ABC, HBO, NBC, in independent film and on countless stages in New York City and across the country. Her work has been seen at Manhattan Theater Club, LaMama ETC, Greenwich Street Playhouse, Dramatists Guild, Prometheus’ Fire LLC, Weston Playhouse, The Actors Repertory of Texas, Theaterworks/USA, Raw Impressions, NYU's Shakespeare to Go, Emerging Artists Theatre Company, among many others, as well as heard in television and animation voiceovers. Stephanie has performed and studied with Augusto Boal, Franchelle Dorn, Barbara Barrie, Sutton Foster, Brian D'Arcy James, Donna McKechnie, Ralph Zito, David Feldshuh, Michael Bloom, Arthur Levy and Stacy Keach, to name a few, and her network of colleagues throughout the industry is vast and at her disposal when offering new perspectives to her students. In addition to the Paper Mill, she has taught at UT Austin, the Hangar Theatre, the Dwight School, Art & Design High School, Harbor Haven Summer Program for Children with Special Needs, the Algonquin Theatre and other programs throughout New York and the Tri-State area. Stephanie is also a writer and has been a Senior Editor for the online magazine Beauty News NYC for over 10 years. She currently resides right off the Midtown Direct in Essex County, New Jersey with her husband, four children and Flanders, their mini dachshund.
