Caren Adorni is an international acting coach, story consultant, and creative mentor working at the intersection of craft, philosophy, and embodied intelligence. She holds a master’s degree in Theater from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy.
For over two decades, she has supported actors, writers, and creatives in cultivating presence, emotional truth, and narrative clarity. Her academic foundation bridges technique, philosophical inquiry, and somatic awareness, and her classes have been accredited at New York University.
Caren has taught and directed throughout the United States and Europe in university settings, conservatories, theater ensembles, and international festivals. Her work is grounded in the understanding that creative expression emerges most fully when the intellect, imagination, and body are in dialogue. Her approach invites actors, writers, and creatives to reconnect with the body as a source of intelligence, authority, and meaning.
Caren divides her time between Italy and the US. She offers private mentorship online and in person, workshop intensives for acting studios, academic and cultural institutions, and leadership programs, and one-on-one private retreats in Italy.
Member, SAG-AFTRA
Yoga Alliance-Certified Instructor
Reiki-Certified Practitioner
Teaching Philosophy
Actors are crafted storytellers.
Actors use their craft to express the complexities of what we call the human condition.
However, an actor needs much more than craft. An actor needs empathy.
I have found that it can be difficult to teach empathy.
But I have also found that through encouraging actors to look at others’ lives, their triumphs and their struggles, empathy can be cultivated.
Through this new way of seeing, I’ve witnessed actors make that courageous leap from egocentrism to altruism. It is an embodied experiential leap, not a theoretical leap.
When this happens, an actor’s work is forever changed.
