ACT for Actors:
A Treatment for Audition Anxiety in Musical Theater Performers
ACT for Actors is an 8-week program developed by Michael Jacobs in order to help musical theater performers with audition anxiety. ACT for Actors is based on the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model which has been proven to effectively treat anxiety disorders.
In 2019, Michael successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Hofstra University based on ACT for Actors. The 2019 study, which builds upon his 2017 pilot trial, provided encouraging results in the group of anxious professional musical theater performers. The participants, all professional musical theater performers, found the skills they learned to be helpful and effective overall at improving their management of anxiety symptoms at auditions. Michael presented the results of the pilot study at the American Psychological Association 2018 Conference in San Francisco.
In 2019, Michael successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Hofstra University based on ACT for Actors. The 2019 study, which builds upon his 2017 pilot trial, provided encouraging results in the group of anxious professional musical theater performers. The participants, all professional musical theater performers, found the skills they learned to be helpful and effective overall at improving their management of anxiety symptoms at auditions. Michael presented the results of the pilot study at the American Psychological Association 2018 Conference in San Francisco.
