Artistic Coaching (Intermediate, Secondary, and College)

James McCarthy has a knack for helping you find and develop your strengths as an artist. With mindful attention to the artist as a whole person, he can take you to new levels of confidence, competence, and connection with your material and your audience.

James McCarthy’s coaching style is grounded in the transformational teaching practices of his mentor, Frank Baker (Bennington College), and master teachers in multiple genres, including Eleanor Duckworth (Harvard University), Ysaye Barnwell (Sweet Honey in the Rock), Allaudin Mathieu (Second City), John Bottoms (American Repertory Theater), Eugene Rabine (Functional Voice Training), Scott Rogers (Scott Rogers Studios), Stuart Rogers (Theatre Tribe), Lao Shih Patricia Leong (Tai Chi, University of Hawaii).