Avery Whitted
About
I'm a Brooklyn-based professional actor (Netflix's In the Tall Grass, CBS's Magnum P.I. and FBI: Most Wanted) and a Rutgers BFA with classical training at Shakespeare's Globe. I coach actors on audition technique, self-tape production (lighting, framing, sound, editing), and managing audition nerves. Whether you're prepping a specific self-tape, building in-room confidence, or launching after a training program, sessions are hands-on and tailored to your audition material. Book a single session for a fast turnaround or ongoing coaching to sharpen your process.
Teaching Style
Warm, hands-on, and practical. I keep the stakes low and and focus on the doing. We'll spend our time on your actual audition material, not theory. We'll make bold, specific choices and I'll give you concrete, repeatable tools you can use in the room and on camera the next day. I work to demystify the working-actor process so it feels less like a mystery and more like a craft you control.
Curriculum
Choice-based and Meisner-informed, built from experience and involving real-time feedback. In a typical session we take your sides or self-tape material, find the strong, playable choices, and work it until it feels right, then, if we need to, troubleshoot the technical side (self-tape lighting, framing, sound, editing) so the work reads as professional on any budget. I also coach practical tools for managing audition nerves so preparation holds up under pressure.
- Audition by Michael Shurtleff
- Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell
- The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide by Jenna Fischer
- Self-Management for Actors by Bonnie Gillespie
- The Actor's Art and Craft by William Esper and Damon DiMarco
Credentials & Affiliations
Member, Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and SAG-AFTRA. BFA in Acting, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. One year of classical training at Shakespeare's Globe, London (stage combat with Jonathan Waller; intensive study with Tim Carroll). Creator and facilitator of The Audition Survival Workshop. Selected credits: Netflix's In the Tall Grass, A24's The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, CBS's Magnum P.I. and FBI: Most Wanted, and stage work with Mint Theater Company, Folger Theatre, and Baltimore Center Stage.