1Make your link
One tap from your library. That's your class's door.
actorrise.com/join/your-class
(backstage. five minutes to places.)
Stop hunting.Start rehearsing.
19,000 monologues from real plays, film and TV. Describe the piece the way you’d say it to a friend. Then run it with a scene partner who never cancels.
(free to start. no card.)·(on iOS)
HamletA Doll's HouseTwelfth NightThe SeagullMiss JulieMacbethHedda GablerUncle VanyaThree SistersOthelloThe Cherry OrchardGhostsKing Lear
(a few of the 2,100+ plays, films and shows in the library.)
(places. lights to half. the search.)
Describe it like you’d say it out loud.
(act i · the search)
(act ii · 2am. the rehearsal.)
ScenePartner · Hedda Gabler, act ii
listening(it waits for your cue. every time.)
Meaning,
not keywords. "Something funny that isn't Shakespeare" works.
Overdone
scores on every piece, from fresh to warhorse. Know what you're walking in with.
Real text.
Every monologue is the published words. The AI finds; it never writes a line.
(act ii, continued. the rehearsal room.)
Bring your sides. Leave off book.
(hold the book how you need it.)
A Doll’s House · act iii
Helmer
Before all else, you are a wife and a mother.
You · Nora
I don't
Read it, run it on cues, then take the book away. Dry up and say “line” out loud, the way you would in a rehearsal room. The next words come back, marked as given, so you know where you went off.
Your sides, read back.
.pdf.docx.txt
Drop in the file your sides came in. It finds the scenes and who’s in them. You pick your part, and your partner reads every other line, out loud, waiting on your cue.
271 scenes, already cut.
Two-person scenes from Ibsen, Shakespeare, Chekhov, Wilde and Molière, on the shelf and ready to run tonight. No script to find first.
(the house empties. one lamp stays lit on the stage.)
Ghost Light. The rehearsal room, in your pocket.
ActorRise on your iPhone. A scene partner at any hour, your sides read back, every audition on one board, and a new speech on your home screen each night. Saves work offline.
(ten screens. swipe along.)
(the house empties. one lamp stays lit on the stage.)
Ghost Light. The rehearsal room, in your pocket.
(keep scrolling.)
House lights up.
594
monologues found by actors, so far
19,000+
pieces from plays, film and TV
900+
actors rehearsing with ActorRise
(the notices.)
Real actors. Real feedback.
Ayush Nana
Actor
“ActorRise has become a key part of how I stay sharp and ready in an industry that doesn't wait. It's not just about practice, it's about maintaining a level of consistency and discipline, even when things go quiet. I don't have to rely on having a reader or the perfect setup, I can rehearse, refine and elevate my performances anywhere, anytime.”
Timothy Miller
Actor · Voice Actor · Comedian
“I'm genuinely impressed by what Canberk has built with ActorRise. It's rare to find a platform that understands the actor's struggle so well. The ability to discover unique, tailored material in seconds is exactly what the industry needs right now. I'm proud to support it!”
Jeannille Ettinoffe
Singer ⭒ Actress ⭒ Dancer ⭒ Musician
“ActorRise has honestly been such a game changer for me. I used to spend hours searching for the perfect monologue for self tapes and still end up second guessing it. Now I can find material in minutes. The algorithm is kind of scary in the best way, it's super specific and really tailored to me and my tone. Let's be honest, AI doesn't always "get" actors... but this actually does, which is absolutely impeccable!!!”
(ninety seconds. watch it work.)
1:30 · ScenePartner
(the founder. also an actor.)(a note, from the wings.)
I’m an actor. I built this because I was spending audition nights hunting for a piece instead of working on one. Now I open it, say what I need the way I’d say it to a friend, and I’m rehearsing in a minute. That’s the whole idea.
Canberk Varli · founder, ActorRise
(and if you want to talk, find me anywhere. i answer.)
(who’s listing us.)
Listed by the Virginia Theatre Association and Nothing Bogus.
Free to start. No card.
Five searches a month, free, forever. Plus is $12 a month when you want unlimited searches and more time with ScenePartner. Teaching a class? Your students get a month free through your class link.
(a note for teachers, pinned to the callboard.)
Bring the whole class.
One link, and every student is in, rehearsing between classes with a partner who never cancels. For actors 13 and up.
2Sign up together
One class period, about ten minutes. Every student gets a month of Plus, on me.
3Share your own scenes
Bring in the scenes you teach. Your class rehearses them. Nobody else can see them, ever.
4See who's working
Who joined, who's rehearsing, what they finished. Never what they searched for.
(the ghost light stays on. the stage is never empty.)