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Let me help you find the story inside the page.
Scene breakdown and audition coaching for working actors — so you walk into the room with a choice, not a guess. Coached by an actor, producer, and casting-trained coach.
- Projects cast
- 22+
- Years coaching
- 15+
Zoom levels the field
Coaching actors in cities without traditional film schools — Atlanta, Albuquerque, New Orleans, Austin, Vancouver and beyond.
The Method
Four beats from cold read to confident tape.
No actor jargon dumped on you. We break the work into moves you can repeat in your kitchen at 11pm before a 9am deadline.
01
Read the page
We break down given circumstances — who, where, when, what just happened, what they want.
02
Find the want
Objectives, obstacles, and the actionable verb that drives every beat of the scene.
03
Make a choice
Specific, repeatable, alive. The kind of choice a casting director leans forward for.
04
Put it on tape
We shoot. We adjust. We send something you're proud to submit.
What we work on
Coaching shaped to where you are.
Whether you have an audition due tomorrow or you're building a long-term craft practice, we meet you where you are and work the page together.
- 60 min
Scene Breakdown
Sit down with a script and leave with a fully analyzed, actionable scene. Includes live 1:1 beat-by-beat work and a recorded session you can revisit.
- 60 min
Audition Prep
Self-tape or callback — we work the sides on-camera until they're ready. Includes on-camera passes with live feedback and re-directs, plus a tape or room plan you trust.
Your coach
I've sat on both sides of the camera — and the casting table.
I'm an actor, producer, and casting-trained coach based on the West Coast. With fifteen years in the business and 22+ projects helped cast, I know what reads in the room and what gets clicked past on a self-tape.
I coach the way I wish I'd been trained: starting with the page, not the performance. Together we'll turn the scene into something alive, repeatable, and yours.
What actors say
The work speaks through them.
"Frank has been a fantastic coach and taught me how to understand a scene breakdown. Because of him and his knowledge I understand how a scene is able to flow a lot more better."
"I've been acting for several years now and have never been taught a more in-depth and character oriented breakdown than the one Frank Parrillo teaches!"
"Frank has taught me more than I'd ever learned about acting before stepping foot in his school. Scene breakdown is so much more than memorizing lines — it's the little intricacies of what the scene is really about and what my character wants and needs. I really wouldn't be where I am now without him."
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