TV & Film Actress & Actors Studio Member with 25+ Years Experience — Auditions, Self-Tapes, Scene Study & College Audition Coaching

I met Darlene by chance in NYC, and it was the best chance encounter ever! We were getting to know each other when I told her that I had headshots done and was trying to break into acting. She has taught me so much about how the industry works and was very honest on where I need improvement and without her the process would have been so much more difficult. She is the kindest and most trustworthy person I have met in this industry! I’m lucky to know her!!!

Darlene is absolutely amazing. You can tell the quality and amazing work ethic she has just by the way she speaks about acting. She is very dedicated to the craft which is great because she is able to correctly teach you all the must-knows needed to become a terrific actor. Darlene is very professional and showed me the right way to prepare for and act in an audition. I’ve been wanting to be an actor for as long as I can remember and Darlene is finally there for me when no one else seems to be. I believe that Darlene and I met for a reason, not by coincidence. If you want an experienced, educated, terrific, and magnificently kind person to teach you, Darlene is your girl!

It is *deliciously* DELIGHTFUL to work with Darlene! The foundation for my experience with Darlene is my first-hand experience with her on-screen TALENT as Anita Santos, the enthralling *Classic Ingénue* on *All My Children" and continues in my education from her: in Drama and Inner Character and Outer Personality (both on and off stage and screen): in Multiple Dimensions!

I reached out to Darlene socially as a Fan a few years ago and then professionally once she offered on screen and stage Coaching.

I admire Darlene's portrayal of Anita, whose Character and Personality (and hopefully even * Interior and Exterior BEAUTY* ;) ) I originally coincide with, and I even attempted to *become* Anita in real life. I am sweet, innocent, romantic, and academically accomplished like Anita. When finding out that Anita earned Straight A's in High School, I was further inspired to become academically successful (though I now realize that it is better to focus on learning than the academic evaluation). Hence, Anita is a lovely Role Model for an Academic Achiever. :)

Darlene emphasizes finding your own Self in each Character you enact; an approach that is successful for me. She reflected on how she merged her own self with Anita and guided me to do the same with a Character I was working on.

Henceforth, I passionately and confidently recommend Darlene as an Acting Coach!