A little about me…
My story is unique, but my struggles are universal. That’s why I’ve dedicated my life to educating creatives and creating community. I believe an artist’s career can be sustainable and fulfilling.
A classically trained actor, Sara started booking work shortly after arriving in Los Angeles. At 28 Sara booked the lead in a pilot for NBC but felt ill-equipped for the reality of Hollywood and the pressures of the Industry. Working steadily for several more years Mornell was one of the first actors to recur simultaneously on both a half-hour and hour show for the same network but was finding her passion for acting and the reality of the business were clashing. Over the years her close relationships with casting, producers, directors, managers, and agents gave her a dose of truthful feedback and the reality of what actors are not being taught in school.
After walking away from her agents and taking a break from the business, Sara was asked to coach a client for an audition. After he got his first callback since being signed the agent and his manager sent more clients. The success was unparalleled. Sara wasn’t teaching from theater technique she was coaching what she had been very successful at and knew inside and out from recent experience. The audition.
Quickly and through referral only Sara became a secret weapon for Industry insiders. She discovered that the methods being taught didn’t translate when it came to the reality of the audition. Theater training had made her a phenomenal actor, but Hollywood hired the person who was the role, not an actor playing a character. In order to book, artists had to be fearless in who they are versus acting like someone they’re not. While working with Barry Zito, Cy Young Award-winning former pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, on his baseball game Sara realized that there were many correlations between artists and athletes.
The voices that get in the way of performance are not our own but ones we have been conditioned to take on and that most people are “acting”. True power comes from standing in your own voice and authenticity. Sara adapted the process created for Zito into her work with actors and began crafting a method that cleared away the voices and taught people how to stop “acting.”