Actors Unlock Your Emotions with the Alba Method

What if we told you that there is a technique to safely deepen your emotional connection to text, character, and your overall storytelling that keeps you locked into the moment, your body, and your breath? That bridges that gap between doing your character research and living truthfully in the moment? That works consistently and can be easily repeated between takes and performances? Welcome to the Alba Method!

What Is The Alba Method?

The Alba Method helps actors access real emotion safely and repeatably, without relying on personal memories. Through specific breathing, posture, and facial techniques, actors learn to tap into genuine emotional states using the body’s natural connection to feeling. It’s a powerful, practical way to bring truth and depth to your work while staying grounded and in control.

What to Bring

• Water bottle
• Notebook
• Comfortable clothing that allows free movement

About the Instructor: Dr. Linda Brennan

Dr. Linda Brennan is a Level 3 Alba Method Instructor with over 20 years of experience as a voice, speech, and dialect coach, theatre educator, and director. She has trained hundreds of actors for theatre, film, and television, and is the author of Stage Fright in the Actor (Routledge, 2020). With credits ranging from Pasadena Playhouse to South Coast Rep, and a dual career in psychology, Linda brings both scientific expertise and artistic insight to the actor’s emotional process.