As Barbie and Billie so beautifully pondered,

"What Was I Made For?" : yeah...I was made to act and teach. Especially after the tumultuous previous year of 2 union strikes, I wish to help actors in a 2024 restart, inciting you to stand out with messier, sillier, bolder, personalized, and present work!

2024 brings many new changes to self tape guidelines and more frequent Zoom Live auditions. In the ever evolving AUDITION INTENSIVE, come get Caryn’s newest handouts, TYour Tec set up evaluated, equipment tips, and practice enough to offer up your best work! The early enroll discount ends Sunday.

(PS SagAftra union and Strike Captain member discounts still offered. See below)

In Febuary, I am also launching an 8 weeks/$80 or pay-what-you will class:

SCENE STUDY ( process, not results ) to reclaim our dormant craft explorations and skills. More on that later. ( 12 slots by invitation only) more at the website

Coaching/Self-Taping in the 425 sq ft studio!

Discount Packages - Save $50- 70/hr by buying 3, 5, or 10 hr packages.

Online or In Studio Coaching: via Zoom /Facetime or in the Studio edit & upload (Caryn's has some "secret sauce" edit touches that have proved to be very effective)

Caryn is now fully vaccinated and boosted and will read and tape with you masked.

ALYSIA REINER (BETTER THINGS, Fig on ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, Sundance hit 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”

CARYN WEST

Caryn auditions a lot too. And tapes folks a lot. She knows your joys and pains about this. She is recurring in APPLE+"s LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY starring Brie Larson , recurred season 2 of the breakout HULU comedy PEN15. She was at the AFI FEST Oct 27 as one of the leads in the AFI Masters film BACKBONE. She is in the 2021 feature THE ARTISTS WIFE, with Oscar nominees Lena Olin and Bruce Dern now on all VOD platforms. Another indie film, THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT was also recently released.  Caryn coaches and self tapes top actors nearly every day.

She has the respect of her peers and knows the rooms you walk into as a working actress too. She has the distinction of being the only teacher voted  "BEST AUDITION COACHES" in both the BACKSTAGE East and West polls, has taught at many graduate and undergraduate acting programs, attended AFI's Directing Workshop for Women. BA Stanford University, MFA in Acting Temple Univ. Regional "Critics Circle Award Best Featured Actress" for Hartford Stage's "Vanya & Sonya & Masha & Spike" by Chris Durang who won a Tony for it, and who came to see us!  SagAftra AEA  More at Actress website: www.carynwest.com  or Imdb or LINKTR.EE/CARYNWEST