RECLAIM OWNERSHIP OF YOUR CRAFT
Actors need to be selfish. As in, fiercely protective of the one thing they actually own: their process.
So many actors are unable to enjoy this. They view practice as a lesser version of the work, and they get stuck wanting their work to be liked.
Acting should feel like a diary you’re brave enough to let other people read; it’s revealing something true and having the courage to let go of how it’s perceived.
This is why I teach. I believe this work needs to be honored every time you approach it, and so my goal to help actors feel powerful and proud all the time. .
CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
All classes taught at 100 Lives Theatre
2025 SE 7th Ave. Portland
Shakespeare Lounge
Last Mondays | 6pm-9pm
Next Lounge: 9/28, 10/26
Cost: $50
Time to own your Shakespeare and have the kind of fun and freedom you never thought you’d have. This is a relaxed class & growing collective of actors who want to experiment and push themselves to dig deeper into the text and into themselves. Come warmup, explore BIG, UGLY, dynamic physicality and vocality, and PLAY on our massive stage.
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Free Teen Workshop: Acting Tools
Sat 11/21| 12pm-3pm
Cost: FREE
100 Lives Rep is an actor-driven professional theatre company committed to teaching real technique, not just theatre games, and we want to foster passion and growth in Portland’s next generation of actors. In this workshop, teens will learn foundational tools including: Given Circumstances, Relationships, Stakes, Objectives, and Obstacles. You’ll leave with practical tools you can immediately use in rehearsals, auditions, and class. Advance registration required.
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Anthropology: Now Make it Yours
Actors’ Script Analysis
3 Sundays: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 @ 12PM-3pm
Cost: $150
In this three-week intensive, we’ll break down the script of Anthrolpology using techniques drawn from Stanislavski, Stella Adler, and Shurtleff’s Guideposts. You’ll learn how to dig deeper into the text for evidence of character’s given circumstances, relationships, objectives, and stakes. Then you’ll take that analysis off the page and into performance and personalize the role to create truthful, specific choices. Taught by 100 Lives Co-Artistic Director Annie Kehoe, playwright, director, and star of 100 Lives Repertory’s recent production of Anthropology.
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The Selfish Audition
4 week series | Feb 20, 27, Mar 6, 13 | 10am-1pm
Price: $200
Hold authentic power and confidence every time you walk in the room. Using a self-chosen monologue as a working laboratory, actors will explore the beliefs, fears, and habits that often undermine their confidence and creativity in the audition room. We’ll focus on creating work that feels personally necessary, and how to treat every audition as an opportunity for meaningful artistic practice. (Level: Intermediate/Advanced)
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Foundations of Acting for Teens
Spring 2027 – dates TBD
This class gives young actors a strong, practical understanding of what acting actually is while helping them find their own creative voice. It’s a community where teens can explore who they are as actors while encouraging one another’s growth. Students learn to warm up their voice and body, develop spontaneity through improv, and learn basic acting tools through scene work and emotional exercises.
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ANNIE KEHOE (she/they)
Classically trained actor, director, and playwright with 20 years experience across theatre and film, and a Co-Artistic Director of 100 Lives Repertory. Annie’s work has been recognized with awards for both acting and directing, and she has worked professionally in New York, London, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
“When people think about acting, they often think about performance. I think about connection. Every actor carries their own unique material and I want to help them to use their experiences and imagination powerfully and without apology. I want to give actors the tools and mindset to discover the work in themselves and to share it fearlessly with confidence and joy.”
♡Annie
PRESS & MEDIA
Private Coaching
1 hour sessions | All levels
Price: $90/hr
For actors ready to go deeper into the work and into themselves.
Regular, personalized coaching will help you build your repeatable craft, emotional access, and a grounded presence in your work. I’ll help you lean into your strengths while offering techniques and lines of inquiry that unlock more freedom and flow in the moment, give you tools you’re missing, and a deeper connection to yourself in this work.
Wherever you are in your process, I’ll meet you there.
CONNECT
Schedule private coaching sessions below, or request a free 10-min consult
ACTING AS A TOOL FOR BECOMING YOURSELF
At its core, acting is the practice of being seen, which can be much more challenging than it sounds. Most adults spend years learning how to succeed, be productive, earn approval. And along the way, many of us become disconnected from the truest parts of ourselves. Bringing that learned mindset into acting, they want to do it right. But acting isn’t about getting it right! It’s one of the few pursuits that exists entirely for you: your imagination, your curiosity, your emotional life. The work is about paying attention to yourself and discovering what’s true.
It’s not just training for the stage.
It’s training for life.