Anna LaMadrid
Owner and Master Coach
Anna studied with acclaimed Meisner teacher, Maggie Flanigan in NYC. She received her MFA from the University of Washington where she TA'd for undergrad acting students and discovered her love of coaching. In LA, she has worked with Boston Court, IAMA, Antaeus and Echo Theatre. TV credits include: Vida (Starz), Bless This Mess (ABC) and Grey's Anatomy (ABC). She was selected to participate in the 2019 ABC Discovers Showcase. She booked her first lead in an indie feature from a self-tape and believes strongly in the power of putting your best take forward. |
Alyshia Ochse
Master Coach
Alyshia hosts an honest, humorous and inspirational podcast, THAT ONE AUDITION. These days, Alyshia is best known as “Lucy” opposite Academy Award Winner, Matthew McConaughey, from the critically-acclaimed and Golden Globe nominated TRUE DETECTIVE, as well as her previous roles in Satisfaction, How I Met Your Mother, Hart of Dixie, and General Hospital. Alyshia’s other credits include roles in such movies as The Other Woman, Parker, and Marauders. Currently, Alyshia is recurring on the highly anticipated Quibi's must-watch series with a poignant message #FREERAYSHAWN with Laurence Fishburne. |
Erin Pineda
Coach / Virtual and Studio
Erin earned a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Upright Citizens Brigade and John Rosenfeld Studios. She has worked as an actor in TV, film, and theater, with appearances on ABC, NBC, CBS, Comedy Central, Funny or Die, and HBO. Her most recent projects include recurs on Grace and Frankie, No Activity and Jenji Kohan's American Princess. She also can be found teaching acting at John Rosenfeld Studios. Coaching brings her great satisfaction, and she enjoys finding each actor's unique version of the character. |
Helen Kim
Coach / Virtual Sessions Only
Helen's formal training includes a BA in Theatre and an MFA from University of Iowa where she taught acting to undergrad students and collaborated with the world-renowned Iowa Playwright’s Workshop. Between NYC & LA, she has studied acting with Cotter Smith and improv comedy at the PIT & UCB. TV credits include: GLOW, Modern Family, recurring roles on Jenji Kohan’s American Princess & Marvel’s Runaways, and was a participant of ABC Discovers Talent Showcase in 2019. Helen likes to approach coaching with the socratic method and believes in needing to execute the technical & organic nature of the audition so that you “book the room”. |
Abby Awe
Coach / Virtual Sessions Only
Abby is a recent LA transplant after nearly a decade in NYC. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has studied at Atlantic Acting School, The Freeman Studio and Upright Citizens Brigade. While in New York, Abby was recognized with a New York Times Critic’s Pick for her work in Gracie Gardner’s play Athena and developed new work with Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron. Her recent TV/film credits include a recurring role on CBS’ God Friended Me, a lead role in the indie film Souvenirs and a role in the film Shoplifters of the World which she booked off of a self-tape. She helps actors feel their most authentic on screen and strongly believes that acting is meant to be fun! |
Tiffany Bank
Virtual Reader & Cheerleader
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Tiffany Bank graduated from San Francisco State with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. She went on to train at Susan Batson Studio in New York City. Tiffany recently was chosen as 1 of 16 actors to perform in the 2019 ABC Discovers Showcase. Bank is best known for her role as ‘Randolita’ on Orange Is The New Black (Netflix). Her first short film, ‘Boxed In’, premiered in 2015 and was written and directed by Tasha Smith (Tyler Perry’s ‘For Better Or Worse’). Film credits also include ‘Supermodel’ (Netflix) and theater credits include ‘Carmen’ in Eve Ensler’s ‘The Good Body’. |
June Schreiner
Virtual Reader / Membership Coordinator
June Schreiner is from Northern Virginia & went to school in New Orleans. She started working professionally at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Now in LA, her credits include NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Chicago Med, and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. Most recently, she had a film premiere at the Pan-African Film Fest called Voodoo Macbeth, about the true story of the all-Black production of the Scottish play directed by a pre-Citizen Kane Orson Welles. Favorite things: blueberries, backpacking, learning sign language, and creating a killer self-tape. She is very proud to be part of the PMO community! |