A 5-week transformational experience for talented, successful actors ready to become the kind of presence that books leads, commands a room, and opens doors your IMDB page never could.
You were born to be a lead. Now it's time to act like one.
You were born to be a lead.
Now it's time to act like one.
LEAD ROLE ENERGY
You’re not a “baby actor” anymore.
You’ve got impressive credits. You’re successful, respected, and people know you’re good.
So why does it still feel like something’s missing?
Why do the lead roles go to someone else - someone with less range, less training, maybe even less experience — while you’re stuck playing second-best?
You don’t need to hustle harder, fire your reps, or sign up for yet another acting class.
You need to shift your identity.
Welcome to Lead Role Energy —
where you’ll stop waiting to be picked and start becoming the kind of actor whose presence books the role before you even open your mouth to speak.
Embodying Lead Role Energy is what makes every rep, showrunner, and director think: "That's our star” the moment you walk in the room.
This isn’t about more strategy, tactics, or talent - you already have that.
You wouldn’t have gotten to where you are now if you didn’t have the talent, drive, or technical expertise. You know how to do the job well every time.
But getting to your next level - lead roles, household name status, directors from your vision board calling your agent to ask about you…is not about your talent or your strategy.
It’s an inside job. And it’s about becoming the version of you that shows up like a lead before any bookings come through. This is what Lead Role Energy is all about.
When you think, feel, and can be in the world like you’re a lead (regardless of what’s happening externally), your outside reality can’t help but reflect it.
What if you could...
Walk into every audition knowing you’re a Star - not hoping, proving, performing or basing how you feel about yourself on whether you book
Get off the emotional rollercoaster of high highs every time you have traction and low lows every time you get a rejection or negative feedback
Show up with the kind of embodied presence that casting feels before they even watch your tape
Magnetize the roles, reps, and relationships that are aligned and move your career forward - because your energy already matches what you’re calling in
Create career momentum from the essence of who you are, not your list of credits
That's what happens when you embody
Lead Role Energy.
I continued to leap and gain strength, clarity, and joy for myself each week. But that did take an incredible amount of openness and the willingness to show up fully. If you are ready to cannonball into the deep end of yourself and let the Lead Role Energy light roar in-sign up pronto. Shannon is a powerhouse of a blazing light and steel strength of the third eye (not to mention her years of knowledge and insight as a casting director).
CLAIRE JANE
I highly recommend taking any class of Shannon's, but this one in particular was so important to me as an artist. Being able to marry my work as an actor and my mindset as my own human being, and how they truly need to be aligned to make my art authentically me, was something I have been wanting to do for a while.
CASEY BURKE
Highly recommend taking this class. It is the perfect combination of energetics, inner work, and acting. Shannon curated this class in such a beautiful way, and the whole experience was unique and feels like a game changer for me. Ninja intuition: this class will be a gift that keeps giving for me, both personally and professionally
CARMEN SCOTT
Acting isn't about just nailing the scene, the audition, the take. It's who you are, that brings magic to a performance. Shannon leads with grace and honesty as she guides you to honor your truest self and relinquish limiting beliefs that are dragging you down.
McCall Gorbach Foster
If you're looking to step out of your comfort zone, really get to the core of who you are and step into your lead energy...take this workshop! The 5 weeks I spent with Shannon wasn't easy but SO necessary to really step into my power, gain clarity on the limited beliefs that were secretly holding me back and face my fears once again to level up! Having lead energy is showing your most authentic truth in all areas of your life and this workshop has moved me closer to that. Thank you Shannon!
CINDY CHAVEZ
THIS IS FOR YOU IF...
You're a working actor who’s done “everything right”… but you’re still not booking the kinds of career-making roles you know you’re meant for or attracting the kinds of projects that light your soul on fire
You’re not interested in playing small – you know you’re meant to be a lead and a household name
You’re done with the emotional highs and lows of the industry and are ready to do what it takes to embody unshakeable confidence that doesn’t depend on whether you book or if casting likes you
You’re craving a deeper level of career alignment, confidence, and creative fulfillment
You’re ready to stop shape-shifting, turning down your personality, and constantly stressing about pleasing casting, and instead be seen as a star while embodying your unique truth, range, and essence
Here’s what you’ll learn inside Lead Role Energy…
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See your beliefs in action. Use scene work to reveal how your mindset impacts your performance and how to shift it for aligned, magnetic choices.
Master your frequency. Learn how to use thoughts, emotions, and identity to attract next-level roles before you even walk into the room.
Detach from rejection — and become unf*ckwithable. Heal your nervous system so "no" no longer defines your worth or derails your momentum.
Align your truth with your brand. Craft a signature presence that feels fully you, so you stand out without selling out.
Rewire your identity to match your future. Build sustainable, identity-based rituals that close the gap between where you are and where you're headed.
Be seen by the industry — as the lead you already are. In our final week, a surprise guest (casting, exec, director, or rep) will give feedback solely on your energy and essence — not your resume.
Shannon’s class is the antidote to the workshop-audition-networking burnout. She teaches you how to be your own high-level executive performance coach and nourish the free-flowing artist inside of you, with a touch of industry-insider realism. I had an unexpected breakthrough in the class, and it opened my eyes to how I should move forward in my career and already felt a shift in my performances by the following week.
amanda turen
Lead Role Energy helped me get my sparkle back. Thanks to Shannon, I was able to identify mental blocks and limiting beliefs that I didn't even realize I had. I have rediscovered my love for this industry thanks to this class.
Pilot Paisley-Rose
This class was a game-changer and came at the right time for me, synchronized very well with where I’m at in life. There’s nothing else out there like Lead Role Energy. This class contains all the gold nuggets which aren’t talked about in other acting classes and are seriously the pillars of creating an incredible career whilst remaining grounded, human, and magnetic. Thank you Shannon for such a unique class packed with tangible ideas, questions, and meditative activities as I move through my career… and into lead roles.
ANNABEL MACLEAN
Shannon's class was awesome and quite frankly I started seeing shifts right away. When I came to Shannon I was feeling incredibly stuck and now I feel ready for whatever the path to the next level of my career. I know so many of us think that jumping into another scene study class will make us feel better and inspired but sometimes it's more internal than that. If you're not finding joy in the work no matter how hard you're hustling, you need to go inward and ask yourself some tough questions first. The joy will find its way back once you do.
JUDE SALAZER
I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to be in this course. I came to the course feeling overwhelmed and lacking confidence. What I ended up with was so much more. It helped me open up and create space to be my authentic self and be more easeful and find more joy with my acting. One of the things I really loved about Lead Role Energy was the forward movement energy behind it. This course meets you where you are and uplevels you 10x in the 5 weeks. What I learned in this course has really stuck with me — it’s a new set of eyes with which I now view myself, the world, and my career.
april sugarman
The old strategy — more hustle, more classes, more waiting to be picked — won’t get you to your next level.
Lead Role Energy is the shift into being the version of you your dream roles are already looking for.
When you step into this work, you stop trying to “get cast” and start showing up as the main character in every room, every meeting, every moment of your life.
When you show up as a Lead, others see you as one. When you shift your identity, your reality can’t help but follow.
The Next Level of Your Acting Career Is Waiting for the Real You to Show Up.
The old strategy — more hustle, more classes, more waiting to be picked — won’t get you to your next level.
Lead Role Energy is the shift into being the version of you your dream roles are already looking for.
When you step into this work, you stop trying to “get cast” and start showing up as the main character in every room, every meeting, every moment of your life.
When you show up as a Lead, others see you as one. When you shift your identity, your reality can’t help but follow.
What's Included:
You don’t need to become someone else.
You need to reveal who you already are — without apology, without dilution, or waiting for permission.
When you see yourself as a lead, the world around you can’t help but create that reality for you.
✔ 5 Weekly Live Classes
✔ Energy & Identity Embodiment Exercises
✔ Weekly Somatic + Mindset Tools
✔ Actor-Specific Journaling & Scene Practices
✔ Live Industry Guest Feedback on Your Final Essence Embodiment
✔ Private Community for Coaching & Reflection in a Small Group Container
PLAN OPTIONS
$233
3 Monthly Payments of
$325
2 Monthly Payments of
Pay in Full
$597
Wednesdays 6:30-8:30PM PST
1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25
OR
Tuesdays 1-3PM PST
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24
CLASS SCHEDULE
