The »history-meets-storytelling« service that helps actors understand the past.

Sign up for my private notes—occasional emails for actors preparing for historical roles under pressure.


You’ll get a quiet place to think, feel, and reframe how you prepare.


To begin, I’ll send you The Memory Scar Technique: A 6-Day Rehearsal Learn to Prep Every Scene With a Past That Leaks Through the Body, Not the Dialogue — a technique that doesn’t start with the usual facts and timelines. It begins with what your character can’t say. What they never said.


Because by now, you’ve seen enough prep methods to know: most of them repeat what history looked like. This one asks what it felt like — and why that matters more.


I’ll also let you know when new consulting spots open up.


You don’t need more exposition.

You need the scar.

And I’ll show you where to find it.



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