Coaching
for Actors
& Educators
Offering virtual actor coaching, educator coaching, mental wellness coaching, and project consultations to our community.
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BLACK ACTING METHODS STUDIO
Welcome
Welcome! The Black Acting Methods Studio is pleased to offer virtual actor coaching, educator coaching, mental wellness coaching, and project consultations to our community. We're excited to work with you wherever YOU are.
What the Studio offers is unique and you are hard pressed to find it anywhere else. In our work, we center the approach of art-making and wellness from Black cultural values and ways of viewing the world. We advocate for self-generated work, spirituality, and wellness in your artistic practice.
Our offerings for actors and educators are focused in 3 areas:
Actor Coaching
Gain access to world-class coaches who train from a culturally specific framework.
Wellness Coaching
Work with a professional mental wellness expert who specializes in coaching for creatives, Black, POC, and LGBT populations.
Curricula/Project Consultation
Whether you need insight into your audition process, rehearsal process, research project, or on-set coaching, we're here to help.
Which Is For Me?
Actor Coaching with B.A.M. is for
You, if:
- You wish you could work with world-class instructors who "look like you" or have the lived experience of what it means to be a part of the global majority.
- You long for concrete, culturally informed strategies and techniques to help you feel confident in auditions for the stage and screen to help you land roles.
- You need help processing harm or trauma that has occurred in the classroom, during rehearsal, on the stage, or on set.
- You're struggling with connecting to roles that were not "written for you," so you need strategies to connect with these roles.
- You are seeking race-based conversations surrounding your acting and art-making.
- You yearn for a community that cares about your career long-term.
- You want to learn techniques that you can use for the stage, television, and film.
Educator Coaching & Consultation with B.A.M. is for
You, if:
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You feel frustrated with your "white-washed" curriculum, and you're not quite sure where or how to start making changes.
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You are seeking honest, generative race-based conversations surrounding your curriculum and teaching practices.
- You are seeking a Wellness Coach that understands your needs as a performing arts educator.
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You need help with your statements on diversity, equity, inclusion, and/or anti-racism.
- You want to learn more about implementing Hip Hop Theatre games and exercises into your practice.
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You're worried about your audition and casting practices and would like tips on how to make these processes more equitable and fulfilling for your students.
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You wish you could find a community of artists and practitioners that feel just as strongly as you do about making the entertainment industry accessible, supportive, and welcoming to everybody.
Meet the Coaches
We're here for you, and we're ready when you are! Check out our profiles to see who might be the perfect coach for you.
Sharrell D. Luckett, PhD
Specialties: Scene Study, Auditions, The Luckett Paradigm, Research/Project Consultation, Curricula Building, Diverse Acting Approaches
Kashi Johnson, MFA
Specialties: On-Camera, Voice-work, Hip-Hop Theatre Acting Techniques, Auditions, Scene Study, Curricula Building, Hip-Hop Theatre Pedagogy, Public Speaking
Jonathan M. Lassiter, PhD
Specialties: Wellness, Breath-work, Meditation, Black, LGBT, POC, & Artist Populations, Black Psychology, Wholistic Orientations to Wellness
FROM THE COACHES
Our Note to You
As we work together to address your specific needs, we are able to offer culturally specific feedback and resources.
It's our hope that during our sessions you'll gain a better understanding of yourself and your unique artistic gifts, and how to harness those to make generative, meaningful contributions to the practice.
We believe that actors and theatre educators are some of the most influential artists because we learn to hold, give space to, and share tales that may otherwise go untold or are undertold.
We dig deep in our sessions---with humility, integrity, and responsibility.
We're so happy to be a part of your artistic journey and we look forward to working with you.
In Artistry,
Sharrell, Kashi, and Jonathan
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The word must go out to Black actors everywhere. They must know the blueprint, the research, and the investment in this training that breaks the mold and helps them shine. Our time is now!
Michael Kehinde Adedeji, Actor
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I saw my students change; shoulders released tension; hope restored. What a gift it was to have them work with Sharrell and Jonathan.
Karen Olivo, Tony Award Winning performer
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The Studio recognizes the importance of mental wellness for Black actors. I can't find this anywhere else.
Emmanuel Hudson, Celebrity Influencer & Actor, MTV's Wild 'N Out
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Working with the Studio was truly transformative. They helped open the doors to students and faculty alike, illuminating new acting approaches and philosophies.
Victoria Bussert, Director of Music Theatre- Baldwin Wallace University
Curricula, Research, & Project Consultations
We understand that actors, educators, and organizations have wide-ranging interests and requests when it comes to engaging with the work of the Studio and the field of “black acting methods.” To this end, we are pleased to offer curricula consultations, project consultations, and research consultations. Perhaps you are working on an article or a book and would like feedback. Or maybe you are in the throes of directing a show and need dramaturgical guidance or in-depth advice on how to handle a difficult dialogue. We also offer on-set coaching for television and film studios. Whatever your situation is, the Studio is here to assist. Click below to book a session with us.
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The educator training was powerful and necessary. Every theatre teacher should be required to attend a session, reflect, and implement the practices provided through the Studio in order to ensure that every performer feels welcomed.
Rachel Harrah, Director of Dallas ISD Theatre & Dance
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It's really inspiring to know that as a Black artist I can create an entire alternative theatre practice. I really appreciate finding this type of affirmation and becoming full on my culture and history.
Jasmine Kearse, Actress & Singer