Some of you know that in addition to being a professional actor, I'm also an acting coach who specializes in coaching children and young adults. I coached a wonderful bunch of students for their performing arts high school auditions this year, and I love being able to shout their successes from the rooftops. This fall there was a lot of talent and competition for the NYC arts schools. I'm beyond thrilled to report the statistics for this year:
7 STUDENTS ACCEPTED TO LAGUARDIA DRAMA
2 STUDENTS ACCEPTED TO PPAS DRAMA
2 STUDENTS ACCEPTED TO TALENT UNLIMITED
1 STUDENT ACCEPTED TO FRANK SINATRA DRAMA
2 STUDENTS ACCEPTED TO PPAS MUSICAL THEATER
Many of my students watched my informational videos before beginning our coaching sessions together and found them to be very helpful, so I'm posting them here. I share some important information in them about how to begin the preparation process for these performing arts school auditions. I recommend checking them out.
"Dana is, without a doubt, a superb coach. Her talent, dedication, patience, true understanding of what makes a winning audition, along with her sense of humor and compassion make her the ideal audition coach."
- Jessica Genick, Broadway Producer
"Dana is the real deal. Many of my families have used her with great success, and I recommend her wholeheartedly!"
- Maurice Frumkin, NYC Admissions Solutions
"Dana is a funny, talented, and kind person who not only helped our 8th grader prep for her LaGuardia audition, she also gave invaluable advice about how to navigate the high school application process. As a parent, I also appreciated that Dana was able to help my kid manage her stress around the multiple auditions, interviews and tours the kids have to endure. Having gone to LaGuardia herself, Dana was able to speak from experience which I know my kid listened to - in a way she'd never hear if it came from us. When attempting to solicit a quote from our daughter about Dana, all I could get out of her was "She's the best ever, how's that?" This pretty much says it all. If you are looking for an audition coach, Dana is the best ever!"
- Carol C.
- Jessica Genick, Broadway Producer
"Dana is the real deal. Many of my families have used her with great success, and I recommend her wholeheartedly!"
- Maurice Frumkin, NYC Admissions Solutions
"Dana is a funny, talented, and kind person who not only helped our 8th grader prep for her LaGuardia audition, she also gave invaluable advice about how to navigate the high school application process. As a parent, I also appreciated that Dana was able to help my kid manage her stress around the multiple auditions, interviews and tours the kids have to endure. Having gone to LaGuardia herself, Dana was able to speak from experience which I know my kid listened to - in a way she'd never hear if it came from us. When attempting to solicit a quote from our daughter about Dana, all I could get out of her was "She's the best ever, how's that?" This pretty much says it all. If you are looking for an audition coach, Dana is the best ever!"
- Carol C.
