Harris Doran, Juilliard trained actor, who has worked extensively in musicals, plays, film, and television, will work with you on making your work clear, specific and true to who you are as a performer.

Current clients have booked leading and supporting roles in the Broadway and Touring companies of Curtains, Grease, Guys & Dolls, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Little Women, Mamma Mia, Pajama Game, Pal Joey, Sweet Charity, The Color Purple, Wicked and others



clients include:


"Harris has helped me to book 5 Broadway/Off-Bway shows within a 3 year period. He helps create the whole package (including what to wear & sing). He helps me breakdown the text and brainstorm ideas of how to bring the character to life, helps me find the essence of and put my stamp on the character while always staying true and focusing on telling the story. He gives me guideposts to ground me in the audition, demands that I own my space, wants me to succeed and has total faith in my talent. He's passionate, giving and enthusiastic. When you make him laugh, you know you're heading in the right direction! Harris is my secret weapon!!!! Most importantly, he makes me feel like a ROCKSTAR!"

-Bridget Berger

Current: Jersey Boys (Mary Delgado, Broadway). Broadway: Curtains (u/s Georgia), The Pajama Game (u/s Babe). Tour: Sweet Charity (Nickie/ u/s Charity). Off-Broadway: The Voyage of the Carcass, Two Gentlemen of Verona (u/s Julia). NY: Construction (Mint), Maid's Tragedy (HERE), Cindy Sings (Women's Project). Film/TV: Farm Girl in New York, "Life on Mars," "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" (recurring). BFA, Carnegie Mellon.

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"Harris Doran is creative and forward thinking. His coaching style is unlike any other: he has a gift of bringing out an actor's unique personality in any role."

-Megan Sikora

Broadway: Curtains (Bambi), Wicked (u/s Glinda/Nessarose), Dracula (u/s Lucy/Mina), Wonderful Town, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ruth), 42nd Street (Lorraine). Other: Oklahoma (Ado Annie) for Paper Mill, A Connecticut Yankee (Angela) for Encores!, MTC's The Wild Party (Peggy), Anything Goes (Bonnie) for California Musical Theatre, "29th Annual Kennedy Center Honors," four original cast recordings. Megan was nominated for an L.A. Ovation Award for the role of Bambi in the Ahmanson production of Curtains. BA in dance, Point Park University.

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"I am understudying the role of Adelaide in Broadway's Guys and Dolls thanks to Harris's insight and help. As I prepare to go on in the role, Harris continues to be a confidence-building coach."

-Lorin Latarro

Current: Guys and Dolls (Broadway, u/s Adelaide). Broadway: Curtains; A Chorus Line (Cassie, Diana, Sheila, Judy u/s); The Apple Tree (Nadjira); Movin Out (Brenda); ...La Mancha (Fermina); Kiss Me, Kate (Bianca u/s); Swing! (Lead); Spamalot; Wonderful Town; Fosse; Encores' Hansel and Gretel (Gretel). Regional: Hugh Jackman at Wynn, Damn Yankees (Lola), Sweet Charity (Nicki), West Side Story (Rosalia). Also Momix, Martha Graham. TV: "Grease" (Ass't. Choreo.), "Ed" (recurring). BFA, Juilliard. www.latarro.com


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Shonn Wiley

Current: Jersey Boys (Bob Gaudio, Chicago). Broadway: Dracula; 42nd Street; Never Gonna Dance (Workshop). Off-Broadway: Candide (NY City Opera); Saved (workshop, Playwright's Hoizons); No, No Nanette and Stairway to Paradise (NY CIty Center Encores!). Regional: Ragtime; Secret Garden; Little Night Music; I Love a Piano, Forever Plaid; Brigadoon, Crazy For You. Television & Film: "One Life to Live," "Guiding Light" and the upcoming feature films Tiny Dancer, Red Hook and Confessions of a Shopoholic. BFA: Carnegie Mellon University.www.shonnwiley.com


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"Being a natural actor, with no formal training, I found that Harris used language which the dancer in me could easily translate. Considering I was tackling Shakespeare, he found a way to not only make the character real and accessable, he also broke down the language in a manner that made it natural and unaffected. Allowing a genuine translation to come through. I now feel secure with the language and confident that I can hold my own in any audition situation. Harris is no joke!"

-Renee Monique Brown

Broadway: All Shook Up (Lorraine u/s). 1st National Tours: The Color Purple (Original Cast, Shug u/s - performed), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Cast, u/s Muzzy - performed, Flannery - performed & Meers), Cinderella, (Grace u/s - performed, Mz. Eartha Kitt cover), Joseph... (Mrs. Potiphar - featured), 2nd Gen. Osmonds & Jodie Benson. NY: Harlem Song (The Apollo Theater, George C. Wolf, director), Blues Rooms (Symphony Space, Dianne McIntyre, Dir/Choreo), Samson and Dalilah (The Metropolitan Opera). Regional: The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Public, Baltimore Center Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Pioneer Theater, Sacramento Music Circus, Cincinnati Music Hall Concert: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and Cincinnati Opera. Film: Oprah Whinfrey's "Beloved."


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"Working with Harris is so wonderful. He helped me not to take myself so seriously - and pushed me forward so that I could get out of my own way. He's someone that I trust very much and is always a source of inspiration!!!"

-Natalie Joy Johnson

Current: Legally Blonde (Paulette, National Tour). Broadway: Legally Blonde (Enid). Other credits: bare: a pop opera; How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes; Godspell (2001 National Tour); Slut (New York Fringe Festival); Chess (Actors' Fund benefit concert); Pippin (benefit concert). Johnson also appeared in the workshop of the play Joy. Upcoming film: When in Rome. Natalie's solo club act has played all throughout NYC. www.nataliejoyjohnson.com


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"Harris' approach was simple, direct and immediately useful. I called him a few days before I had to go on for a part I was understudying which made me nervous because sometimes nothing is more dangerous than a little information, but he didn't overload me. He loosened me up where I had codified my choices and got me listening. Not only that but it was pleasant, even fun. I highly recommend him to anyone, even acting novices like me."

-Lisa Gajda

Broadway: Pal Joey (u/s Gladys Bumps); Cry-Baby; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Spamalot; Movin Out; Taboo; Urban Cowboy; Sweet Smell of Success; Kiss Me, Kate; Fosse; H2$; Tommy. Other NY: Applause (Encores!), Brigadoon (workshop), The Chita Project, Can-Can (Encores!). TV: "Kennedy Center Honors," "Fashion Rocks," "MTV Video Music Awards," "Viva Variety," 63rd and 64th Academy Awards.


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"Harris' coaching style is unbeatable. He comes prepared to every session and guides you through creating a character, beat breakdowns, and understanding the scene. He helps you make specific, interesting, and unique choices. Every time I've coached an audition with Harris, I walk in and nail it. He gives you the confidence and tools that you need. Plus, he's a nice guy and makes you feel comfortable automatically. I can't recommend him enough!"

-Stephanie Youell

Broadway: Curtains (Niki u/s). National tour: Mamma Mia (Sophie u/s). Regional credits: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Christine Colgate, Cape Playhouse), Singin' in the Rain (Lina Lamont, St. Louis MUNY), Aida (Amneris, Westchester Broadway), Cats (Jellylorum, Houston TUTS), The Hot Mikado (Pitti-Sing, Fulton Opera and Westchester Broadway), Oklahoma! (Fulton Opera), Fiddler on the Roof (Fruma Sarah, Pittsburgh CLO), Joseph . . . Dreamcoat (Narrator u/s, Fulton Opera). She has been a soloist with the Tokyo, Cincinnati, Seattle, and Portland symphonies. BFA in Musical Theatre from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.


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"Harris is a very smart actor and a terrific coach. I really trust his instincts. I know when I work with him that I will be armed with confidence at my audition."

-Sara Chase

Current: Toxic Avenger (Sarah, Off-Broadway). She most recently starred in and produced the hit sketch comedy Jen and Angie at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in NY and LA. Off-Broadway/Regional: Slut, Godspell (Papermill Playhouse) Readings/Workshops: Prairie (Laura Ingalls), First Wives Club, Tales Of The City, Death Takes a Holiday, Kristina (B. Andersson/B.Ulvaues), Legally Blonde, Ever After. Film: The Winning Season, Uncertainty, Little Black Book. Television: "Law & Order," "As the World Turns," "Guiding Light." Upcoming: First Wives Club The Musical. BFA Boston University. www.sarachase.com


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"Harris himself is such an insightful and fearless actor, and he always tries to instill that courage in me when we work together. He hones in immediately on what makes each actor unique and really helps to put that into the material, so you're truly bringing yourself to it. He gets excited, and you can't help being excited, too. Best of all, he makes you feel safe. And that's not an easy thing to do with this kind of work. I'd recommend him to anyone!!!!"

-Gwen Hollander

Current: Les Miserables (Eponine, Actor's Playhouse). National Tours: Little Women (Amy), Titanic (Kate), Footloose (Urleen). Other Credits include: See Rock City & Other Destinations (Barrington Stage), (York Theatre), Urinetown (Hope), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Disney's High School Musical (Fullerton CLO), Evita (Mistress, Carbonell Award Nomination), Cam Jansen (Cam), "From Earth to the Moon," "2005 Jerry Lewis Telethon," "Mystery Files of Shelby Woo." Boston Conservatory. www.gwenhollander.com


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Amber Stone

Broadway: Grease, The Pajama Game, Babes in Arms (City Center Encores!). Off-Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Public Theater/NYSF). National tours: The Boyfriend (dir. Julie Andrews), Beauty and the Beast. Favorite regional: Alliance Theatre, Goodspeed. TV: "Conan O'Brien," "Strangers With Candy." Recordings: The Pajama Game. BFA, Stephens.


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Josh Casaubon

MTC's The American Pilot, Hugh Hughes on One Life to Live, 30 Rock, Law & Order, Army Wives, Damages, "27 Dresses," "The Good Shepard"


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Sides, Songs, Monologues, or an entire role

$75/hour - new clients
$65/hour - returning clients
(space/pianist not provided )

to schedule an appointment:

harris @ harrisdoran . com