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What is "Innate Acting?"

  • When one has command of their acting talent, one is innate in their craft. There is a deep internal trust that takes over and inspires the work. 


  • What results is a creative state in which the performer’s instrument operates naturally and fluidly.


  • Everything that is needed for a given performance happens effortlessly. 

Athletes call it, "being in the zone."

Musicians say, "It felt like the instrument was playing me."

Musicians say, "It felt like the instrument was playing me."

Musicians say, "It felt like the instrument was playing me."

Musicians say, "It felt like the instrument was playing me."

Musicians say, "It felt like the instrument was playing me."

Actors call it, "being in the moment."

Musicians say, "It felt like the instrument was playing me."

Actors call it, "being in the moment."

Innate Acting®: Where Creativity Meets Performance

Introducing the Innate Acting Matrix...

In a world of vast acting terms and varying acting jargon, how to be an actor or how to learn acting can lead to a lot of questions.


Our "system" is a comprehensive set of paradigms, examinations, practice tools, and explorations designed to reverse-engineer consistent, magnetic behavior that is appropriate to the character in the situation and inspiring to the audience. 

Have you ever been told by an acting coach...

"You need to connect with your scene partner.”

“You need to dig deeper; I need more emotion.”

“Give me more depth, more layers.”

Have you ever been directed by a film director...

"Find more romance!"

"Give a deeper sense of betrayal!"

"Really wield that hostility - I need to feel anger!"

"Okay, but HOW?"

  • The challenge with this type of acting coaching and direction is that what's being asked of you is an abstract. 


  • Ideas are put forward that are not "do-able" -- you can’t do an abstract. 


  • In cases like these, there’s no real “how” provided to the actor, and that's not real coaching!

Innate Acting® is our "How To of Acting."

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