Welcome to PEM

A science-based method that helps actors
access emotion on cue, without trauma.

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United States

Transformative weekend intensives and Crying on Demand classes held in New York and Los Angeles each spring & fall.

Online

Join actors around the globe in our effective online workshops, courses or private coaching.

Australia

Weekend intensives are held in major cities throughout the year, alongside regular workshops in Melbourne.

United States

Transformative weekend intensives and Crying on Demand classes held in New York and Los Angeles each spring & fall.

Online

Join actors around the globe in our effective online workshops, courses or private coaching.

Australia

Weekend intensives are held in major cities throughout the year, alongside regular workshops in Melbourne.

Train Emotion

Learn to access innate physical processes of emotion that don’t require your mind, your past, or hours of prep.

Testimonials

I used to think crying on demand required emotional pain or reliving trauma, but this class proved otherwise. From the very first session, I cried multiple times through a clear, step-by-step technique—without forcing anything or hurting myself emotionally. It’s a trainable, repeatable skill, and I’m excited to keep building it.

5
Elena Kazantceva

Extremely transformative, insightful, and inspiring workshop! Sarah Victoria led us through the six basic emotions and more advanced mixture of them with grace and precision. I was impressed with the depth of knowledge she brought with her 20 years of experience and the clarity of her instruction. I had so many of my questions answered about the method and have many new valuable resources at my disposal for my craft. What a wonderful new wave of acting we are heading into. Thank you so much!

5
Omar Shafiuzzaman

PEM was completely unlike anything I’d ever experienced before. I found the ability to exist in my body with very little to intellectualize exhilarating and a promising addition to my tools.

5
Brandon Sutton

The container that Sarah and Blake created to delve deeper into PEM was a space where I could dive fully into, feeling seen and wholeheartedly cared for. PEM continues to astound me with its well of access into the most primal and intimate parts of myself, while threading into a knowing that the ensemble I’m with is deepening our connection as we collectively explore our shared humanity.

5
Ivory Aquino

The experience that I received from PEM was something I’ve never experienced before, to be taught the levels of the emotions of the human being. Knowing that there’s a safe way to let the emotions move your impulses and choices as an artist.

5
Robert Barnes