For working actors and artists building a career, and a life, they love

Tools for the work underneath the work.


Built on the PROP method.

Every show moves through the same four acts. So does every actor, sometimes in the same week. Each act asks something different of you.

PPrepGetting ready, before anyone sees it.
RRehearseTrying, failing, and trying again. The figuring it out phase.
OOpenThe audience is here. The work is being seen.
PPack it upClosing well, and carrying it into what comes next.
The Ready Actor Journals

Being camera ready is what people see. Being a Ready Actor is something you cultivate on the inside.

These pages are where you do it.

Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
All four acts. Prep, Rehearse, Open, Pack it up.
Start here · The complete journal

The Ready Actor Journal

All four acts of PROP in one book. Prep, Rehearse, Open and Pack it up.

Twelve moments across the four acts of an actor's life, from the self tape at midnight to the day the show closes. Pick the one you're in. Answer one question. Come back to yourself.

Bullet journal pages for lists, maps, doodles and anything else your heart can think of.
Short practices to reflect on anywhere. In the car, on the couch, on a walk, at the gym or in the green room.
QR codes to my most-loved guided meditations, right inside the book.
Coming soon to Amazon
Or go one act at a time

Four smaller journals, one for each act. Pick the one for the stage you're in, and keep it in your bag.

Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Prep JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act one of four · Getting ready. Before anyone sees it.
PrepGetting ready. Before anyone sees it.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Rehearse JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act two of four · Trying, failing, finding it.
RehearseTrying, failing, and trying again. This is the figuring it out phase.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Open JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act three of four · The moment you are seen.
OpenThe audience is here. The work is being seen. It's a whole new experience.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Pack It Up JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act four of four · Closing well. Carrying it forward.
Pack It UpClosing well, and being glad it existed at all. Then carrying it into the next project.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
Softening Into Your True StrengthA journal for becoming who you already are.
Prompts and reflections
A new journal · Coming soon

Softening Into Your True Strength

Quick. What's two plus two? Four plus four? Now, what's 653 plus 952?

That last one took a minute, didn't it? See, the bigger the question, the more time your brain needs.

Feelings work the same way. When life gets complicated, writing slows you down. You hear what you're thinking, how you talk to yourself, and which beliefs your body is holding on to.

This journal is filled with prompts and quotes to help you live on purpose, not by default. So the things you do each day match the life you mean to live.

Coming soon