ESSAY COACHING
The Only Monologue Coach Who Also Coaches Essays
Your audition monologue gets you noticed. Your application essay is what makes the admissions committee understand who you are beyond the monologues they saw you perform. For programs that receive thousands of applications for a handful of spots, the essay is often what separates equally talented actors.
Evelyn has been editing college application essays for almost a decade, helping students craft personal statements that are honest, specific, and compelling. She understands what top drama programs are looking for because she went through those doors herself and she understands how to write about it because she was trained in close writing and literary analysis at one of the best English departments in the country.
What Essay Coaching Includes
With one session, Evelyn is happy to work through any single part of the essay writing process with actors. Evelyn also works with students one-on-one through every stage of the essay process including:
Brainstorming topics that reveal something genuine about who you are as an artist and a person
Drafting with attention to voice, structure, and specificity, not generic "passion for acting" language
Editing for clarity, flow, and impact across multiple rounds of revision
Tailoring essays to specific program prompts and application requirements
Personal statement coaching for applicants, where the artistic statement is a critical and often under-coached component of the application
Who This Is For
Essay coaching serves three groups: BFA applicants writing performing arts supplements and personal statements for college applications, MFA applicants writing artistic statements and personal essays for graduate program applications, and high school students preparing arts supplements for non-conservatory college applications at schools like Brown, Princeton, Yale (undergraduate), Columbia, Vassar, and other universities with strong theater programs.
Why This Matters
Parents of BFA applicants often invest thousands of dollars in monologue coaching and prescreen preparation but leave the essay to the last minute or hand it to a general college counselor who doesn't specialize in performing arts admissions. The essay is not a formality. Programs read these essays carefully, and a thoughtful, well-written statement can be the tiebreaker between two equally strong auditions.
For MFA applicants, the personal artistic statement is where you articulate why you need training now, what kind of artist you are becoming, and why a particular program is the right fit. This is not a college admissions essay, it's a professional document that requires a different kind of coaching, and very few coaches address it at all.
Packages
Single Session — One session to brainstorm, edit, or finalize your essay
3-Session Package — Full essay support from brainstorming through polished final draft
Essay coaching can also be bundled with monologue coaching for students who want comprehensive application preparation with one coach handling the entire process.