Get ready.
Be ready.
You’re talented. You get called back. You book occasionally.
But somehow there are actors who consistently book more than you.
What if the difference isn’t talent? What if it’s what happens when the audition stops going according to plan?
4-time Canadian Screen Award nominee · Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee · 25+ years on camera and on stage
You're good at what you do.
You don't need another class. You need the training that starts when the class ends.
Freeze. Force. Fade.
Going blank isn't a memory problem. It's your body deciding the room isn't safe. The good news? You can train for that, the same way you learned your lines.
Acting class taught you the craft.
Meisner. Stanislavski. Scene study. Cold reads. How to cry on cue and find your light.
The it factor isn't magic. It can be taught.
Those aren’t acting lessons. They’re lessons from 25 years of doing the job.
Outer problems need an inner solution. The freeze in the room, the replay on the drive home, the spiral after a no. We work on them where they start.
I've learned what "ready" actually means. Mostly the hard way.
Hi, I'm Lisa Berry.
I've had seasons when it rained, it poured. And seasons when I looked around and thought, where did everybody go?
I've worked opposite extraordinary performers, been number one on the call sheet, flown across the country for work, and learned what it takes to keep showing up when the conditions around the work keep changing.
But here's what my résumé won't tell you.
It won't tell you what it takes to work a long day and still come home to a family, relationships, responsibilities and a life that matters just as much as the job.
Or what it feels like to finally get something you prayed for and realize,
Oh. Now I have to know how to live inside it.
That's what more than 25 years in this business has taught me. Talent is part of it.
But there's a difference between chasing the next gig and building a life that can sustain a body of work.
The real work is getting the thing you prayed for and still being yourself on day 15 of 17. Kind, open and available.
A few ways I can help you get, be or stay ready.
Start where you are. Pick the door that fits today. Each one helps you know yourself a little better, so you feel ready for whatever comes, in your career and your life.
So you know where you're starting. Ten questions, less than five minutes. Find out if you freeze, force, fade or find your flow when casting gives you an adjustment.
For the actor ready to lock in. One audio, one question and one small shift a day for 31 days, so the next curveball in the room doesn’t knock you over.
For when you want to be in community with this work. A shared experience for schools, unions, guilds and conferences that want their artists to last.
Smaller doors. Same work.
Short, focused practices for the days you want a little support.
Gratitude that holds up under pressure. For the day the callback doesn't come, the day the note stings, and the day the thing you prayed for finally arrives.
Skip the vision board and wait. This is about the part you can actually work on, your energy and how you show up before anyone says yes.
Is this your room?
This is for you if
This might not be your space if
If the left column landed somewhere in your chest, you're in the right place. If not, no hard feelings. Pass this along to someone it might be for.
The Audition Adjustment Test.
What happens next? Do you freeze and lose access to what you know? Force it because you're trying so hard to get it right? Or fade and start playing smaller?
Ten questions. Less than five minutes. You'll know exactly where you're starting and what to do next.
What happens when casting gives you an adjustment?
Take the 10-question Audition Adjustment Test. Less than five minutes, and you'll know exactly where you're starting and what to do next.