'Feeling Rules'

Seeking two actors who are comfortable working without a script, can stay grounded in emotional truth, and are interested in exploring complex relational dynamics over multiple sessions for "Feeling Rules," a serialized audio project about a couple participating in therapy. Across multiple recorded sessions, actors (and a therapist) will engage in simulated therapy to try to heal an injured relationship through long-form, emotionally grounded improvisation.

This is not traditional scripted work or comedic improv. The process is closer to scene study or documentary-style storytelling, with an emphasis on psychological realism and character development. Actors will work from character sheets and relationship history, but dialogue and interaction will be unscripted.

The project is created by a practicing Baltimore-based couples therapist and is being developed with a consulting producer who has won two Emmy awards for documentary storytelling.