The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher
Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg; November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American theatre director, actor and acting teacher. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931 ...
. The Institute is located in
Union Square
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on East 15th Street, also known as Lee Strasberg Way, in
New York, New York. The school has a secondary campus located in Los Angeles, California.
For more than 40 years, the Institute has held a partnership with
New York University
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's
Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
, where students can earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The Institute is under the artistic direction of Anna Strasberg, Lee Strasberg's widow. Students at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute learn method acting, an acting technique created and developed by Strasberg.
History
In 1931, Lee Strasberg co-founded the Group Theatre (New York City), Group Theatre, hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective," alongside fellow directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford. In 1951, he became director of the Actors Studio in New York City, considered "the nation's most prestigious acting school," and, in 1966, he was involved in the foundation of the Actors Studio West in Los Angeles.
After almost five decades of teaching private classes and shepherding generations of actors toward success at the Actors Studio, Strasberg established his own school in 1969, open to all those interested in learning The Method. Years later, a gift from his wife Anna Strasberg established the permanent homes of the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institutes in both New York and Los Angeles.
Notable alumni
*Matt Adler
*Akhil Akkineni
*Khalilah Ali
*Karen Allen
*Nancy Allen (actress), Nancy Allen
*Antero Alli
*Greg Anderson (actor), Greg Anderson
*Vito Antuofermo
*Will Arnett
*Srinivas Avasarala
*Blanche Baker
*Adam Bakri
*Alec Baldwin
*Talia Balsam
*Rik Barnett
*Alma Beltran
*Elizabeth Berridge (actress), Elizabeth Berridge
["Marquis Who's Who"](_blank)
Worldcat. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
*Dean Biasucci
*Chaz Bono
*Josh Bowman
*Cyrus Broacha
*Rachel Brosnahan
*Jim J. Bullock
*Steve Buscemi
["Where Did They Study?"](_blank)
''Backstage''. September 19, 2001. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
*Rosanne Cash
*Kiera Chaplin
*Kevin Corrigan
*Luciano Cruz-Coke
*Ben Curtis (actor), Ben Curtis
*Kelly Curtis
*Tony Dalton
*Claire Danes
*Rosario Dawson
*Rebecca De Mornay
*Laura Dern
*Kim Dickens
*Brenda Dickson
*Matt Dillon
[Tehrani, Bijan]
"Interview with David Strasberg about Lee Strasberg Theater Institute"
Cinema Without Borders. July 14, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
*Caggie Dunlop
*Cary Elwes
*Jennifer Esposito
*Chris Evans (actor), Chris Evans
*Bridget Fonda
*Jorja Fox
*Benno Furmann
*Teri Garr
*Edith González
*Eiza González
*Eric Gores
*Carson Grant
*Kathy Griffin
*Sachin Gupta
*Gilda Haddock
*Linda Hamilton
*Brianne Howey
*Jay Huguley
*Michael Imperioli
*Lorenza Izzo
*Oliver Jackson-Cohen
*Scarlett Johansson
*Amy Jo Johnson
*Angelina Jolie
*Ranbir Kapoor
*Janhvi Kapoor
*Janice Karman
*Carmen Kass
*Lainie Kazan
*Johnny Kemp
*Brian Kerwin
*Dhruv Vikram
*Jiah Khan
*Rahul Khanna
*Callie Khouri
*Prakash Kovelamudi
*Lady Gaga
*Inbar Lavi
*Brandon Lee
*John Leguizamo
["Marquis Who's Who"](_blank)
Worldcat. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
*Jennifer Jason Leigh
*Chelsea Leyland
*Sean Li
*Sophia Lillis
*Traci Lords
*Susan Loughnane
*Amy Madigan
*Jean-Baptiste Maunier
*Danica McKellar
*William McNamara
*Sienna Miller
*Donna Murphy
*Gianella Neyra
*Valerie Niehaus
*Kelli O'Hara
*Jerry Orbach
*Linh Dan Pham
*Anne Pitoniak
*Franka Potente
*Tyrone Power Jr.
*Linda Purl
*Juan Ricondo (singer)
*Yaniv Rokah
*Roger Rose
*Daniela Ruah
*Theresa Russell
*Davy Sardou
*Tom Schilling
*Michael Schoeffling
*Omar Sharif, Jr
*Hilary Shepard
*Lewis Smith (actor), Lewis Smith
*Renée Felice Smith
*Bonnie Somerville
*Sissy Spacek
*Fabian Stumm
*Miles Teller
*Marlo Thomas
*Gianfranco Terrin
*Uma Thurman
*Rip Torn
*Shenaz Treasurywala
*Tom Villard
*Christoph Waltz
["Long Road to Success in LA for Former Strasberg Student"](_blank)
on the Strasberg Institute Official Blog
*Tim Williams (actor), Tim Williams
*Chandra Wilson
*Marie Windsor
*Michael Wright (actor), Michael Wright
[Gregory, Deborah]
"Actor: Making Michael Wright a Star"
''Vibe''. December 1993/January 1994. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
See also
*Actors Studio
*Group Theatre (New York), Group Theatre
*Stanislavski's system
References
Explanatory notes
Citations
External links
*The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute,
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