Caryn is the only acting coach to be cited in both Backstage West and East polls as one of “THE BEST AUDITION COACHES” in polls in the last two decades.
Our mission is to provide real tools for working actors, to stretch their craft beyond comfortable assumptions, to nurture true artists to be effective storytellers, and inspire them to keep showing up with the goal of booking!
An acting coach and teacher for over 30 years, consistently recommended by the industry on both coasts. An award-winning working actress and director who attended AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Recurred in Apple+’s LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY series ( 10 Emmy noms ), and on the 3rd season of HBO’s AND JUST LIKE THAT!
ADVANCED SCENE STUDY
next session: Jan 24 – March 14, Saturdays 2-6pm
$50 off with early enroll by Jan 11, 2026
The last several years have made us very result-oriented, meeting mad self-tape deadlines. The tapes wont be any good if you dont have a real process to draw on. Here is a space to make mistakes, experiment, and grow again. Agenda: Physical and vocal warm ups, games, improv, a search for character in movement exercises, and deeper skills and open to a working director working with Caryn to give feedback on your journey. A journey of real growth & bigger risks in your work. Rehearsal time in the CSFA studio is free for scene partners with 90 minute reservations.
Guest this session: Tom Dolby film dir/ prod (THE ARTIST’S WIFE, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)
PRIVATE COACHING
Facetime/ Zoom / Weho Studio Self Tape/WeAudition: Script Analysis, One on One rehearsal, Taping, Tech advice
Schedule An Appt. Discount Packages starting at $150 off for a 3-hour package, or $300 off a 5-hour package
AUDITION ZOOM INTENSIVE 2026 TBA
Sunday Afternoons (Zoom, bicoastal) 2:00pm- 5:30pmPT /5:00 pm-8:30pmET
SCENE STUDY @SAG-AFTRA LA CONSERVATORY
PartOne Fridays 1:30- 5:30pm starts Feb 5 2025 *16 slots Work every week!
Sag-Aftra current members enrolled in the LA Conservatory ( $45-60 annual fee)
KELLY AUCOIN (“Dollar Bill” on BILLIONS, STERLING AFFAIR, THE AMERICANS, HOUSE OF CARDS etc)“Caryn’s workshop is just the best. So much savvy feedback on how to attack a scene, and give your best performance. How to identify the style of the project you’re going up for. But also, just such incredibly detailed advice on tech, what the decision-makers are ACTUALLY looking for when they want it, and what — fair or not — they want it to look like. She’s rigorous but super supportive. And just a f*cking blast to be around. ”
NECAR ZADEGAN (Lead MAYOR OF KINGSTON, CBS’ NCIS: NOLA, HBO’s HERE AND NOW, regular on GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE, EMILY OWENS M.D., EXTANT, and “24”): “Caryn very quickly understands scenes and characters and where the scene should go is always supported by her keen eye for specifics. Her audition technique class is singular amidst the rest…She is clear about why auditioning is an art unto itself…Under Caryn’s tutelage, I really had a chance to hone the art of specificity within my acting but also entirely within my life as an artist…”
ALYSIA REINER (Fig on ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, BETTER THINGS, Sundance hit feature EQUITY and SIDEWAYS): “Caryn’s was the first & BEST audition intensive I ever took. She is a genius of both technique and actor psyche and cutting through habits that hinder us. I use so many of her techniques both in auditions and on set, like today!”
ADRIAN MARTINEZ (NYC actor, regular on BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION sidekick to the stars’ in ‘Focus’ (Will Smith), ‘Walter Mitty’ (Ben Stiller) and ‘Casa de mi Padre’ (Will Ferrell) From beginners to veterans, Caryn helps all actors with her passion for actors— she’s a great one herself— and laser-sharp insights into your work, and how to help you interpret material and nail that audition. She’s simply awesome.”
DAVID ALAN BASCHE (series regular “The Exes”, “Starter Wife”, “Lipstick Jungle”, “Three Sisters,” “Oh Grow Up,” films include “United 93”, “War of the Worlds”, “Full Frontal”) “Caryn’s class changed my life: I take what she taught me into every audition, and it works over and over again, and that means: so do I !”
Past Director Guests: possibly Jessica Kubzansky (Art Dir. of the Boston Court Pasadena) and