Actor and comedian Jeff Hiller and acting teacher Kenneth Noel Mitchell will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company for the first time this winter for a series of artist development workshops focused on improvisation and scene work.
Jeff Hiller is an actor and comedian based in NYC. His television credits include Somebody Somewhere, AHS:NYC, FBI: Most Wanted, The Watcher, 30 Rock, Community, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Playing House. His film credits include Greta, Ghost Town, Set It Up, and Adam. New York theater credits include Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway and Public Theater), Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Tempest, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hercules (Delacorte NYSF), Bright Colors, Bold Patterns, Silence!, Heartbreak House, Lady, Be Good!, while regionally he has worked at La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Goodspeed, and Bucks County Playhouse. He regularly appears in the downtown comedy world (Joe’s Pub, UCB Theatre). Jeff was a long time performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in both New York and LA and has taught improv and storytelling for the past 15 years at the UCB Training Center and at workshops throughout the US and Europe.
Kenneth Noel Mitchell was the director of Musical Theatre for the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California. Before that, he was the founding head of acting for the New Studio on Broadway and the associate chair of the New York University (NYU) Department of Drama. Kenneth served as the coordinator of acting at the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Professional Theatre Training Program. Currently, he is teaching acting for the Experimental Theatre Wing at NYU. As a director and actor, Kenneth’s work has been represented in New York and regionally. Kenneth has served as the Artistic Director for American Stage. He has been affiliated with the New Shakespeare Festival and Circle Rep. Kenneth was a company member of the American Globe Theatre for over twenty years. He was chair of the YoungArts Theatre Panel and a member of Actors Equity.
