Acclaimed acting teacher, and former Yale, NYU, and Columbia faculty member Ron Van Lieu returns to The Actors Center in April for a teaching residency working with members of the Resident Company.
Haruna Lee, theater maker, screenwriter, and educator, and Peter Jay Fernandez, actor, teacher, and Co-Head of Acting at Columbia, are in residence this spring, leading creative development workshops with The Actors Center's Resident Company focusing on writing and scene work.
Fay Simpson, founder of the Lucid Body and NYU Grad Acting faculty, and Kevin Isola, actor and fellow NYU Grad Acting faculty member, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company in March for a series of artist development workshops focused on movement work and clown.
Alexander Technique and breath teacher, and longtime Yale faculty member Jessica Wolf joins the Resident Company this winter for an artist development workshop devoted to developing character through breath.
The Actors Center hosts an evening of short films written by, directed by, or featuring work from members of its Resident Company on Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00pm at Macaulay Honors College. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP is required.
Actor, teacher, and Juilliard faculty member Patrick Mulryan and actor and educator Peter Francis James will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company in February for a series of artist development workshops focused on voice and Shakespeare.
Actor, teacher, and founder of The Moving Frame, Welker White, will join the Resident Company this winter for an artist development workshop focusing on screen acting and relationship with the camera.
Tony nominee Ato Blankson-Wood speaks about the importance of the Resident Company at The Actors Center: “I think in a lot of spaces where actors commune there's a sense of the business. But what The Actors Center community offers is: How can I deepen my craft? How can I be a better human? How can...
New York-based writer, director, translator and Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions, Bryan Doerries, joins Ato Blankson-Wood and members of The Actors Center on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 7:00pm for an evening of conversation about his journey as an artist and his work at the intersection of arts and community healing.
John Douglas Thompson, acclaimed actor and teacher, and Will Davis, director and choreographer, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company in December for a series of artist development workshops focused on the work of Shakespeare and William Inge.
Award-winning actress, filmmaker, and teacher Tonya Pinkins will join the Resident Company this fall for an artist development workshop, Radical Authenticity in Your Life and Art.
Twenty-five years ago, our founder Michael Miller invited the incomparable Olympia Dukakis to give an inaugural address at The Actors Center's first annual symposium. Listen to Olympia's speech.