Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school located at 115 East 15th Street between Union Square East and Irving Place in the Union Square neighborhood of New York, New York. The school was founded by Lee Strasberg, himself a noted actor and director, in 1969 to teach and promote the techniques of method acting.[1]
Lee Strasberg Institute in 2011 | |
Formation | 1969 |
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Type | Drama school |
Headquarters | New York City, New York |
Region served | United States |
Website | strasberg.com |
The institute has a partnership with the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where students can study to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.[2] The school also has a location in Los Angeles, California. The institute is currently under the artistic direction of Anna Strasberg, Lee Strasberg's widow.[3]
Notable alumni
- Matt Adler[4]
- Akhil Akkineni[5]
- Khalilah Ali[6]
- Karen Allen[7]
- Jhanvi Kapoor
- Nancy Allen[8]
- Antero Alli[9]
- Greg Anderson[10]
- Vito Antuofermo[11]
- Will Arnett[12]
- Srinivas Avasarala
- Blanche Baker[13]
- Adam Bakri[14]
- Alec Baldwin[15]
- Talia Balsam[16]
- Rik Barnett[17]
- Alma Beltran[18]
- Elizabeth Berridge[19]
- Dean Biasucci[20]
- Chaz Bono[21]
- Elizabeth Berridge[19]
- Josh Bowman
- Cyrus Broacha[22]
- Rachel Brosnahan[23]
- Jim J. Bullock[24]
- Steve Buscemi[25]
- Rosanne Cash[26]
- Kiera Chaplin[27]
- Kevin Corrigan[28]
- Luciano Cruz-Coke[29]
- Ben Curtis[30]
- Kelly Curtis[31]
- Tony Dalton[32]
- Claire Danes[33]
- Rosario Dawson[34]
- Rebecca De Mornay[35]
- Laura Dern[36]
- Kim Dickens[37]
- Brenda Dickson[38]
- Matt Dillon[39]
- Caggie Dunlop
- Cary Elwes[40]
- Jennifer Esposito[41]
- Chris Evans[42]
- Bridget Fonda[43]
- Jorja Fox[44]
- Benno Furmann[45]
- Teri Garr[46]
- Edith González[47]
- Eric Gores[48]
- Carson Grant[49]
- Kathy Griffin[50]
- Sachin Gupta[51]
- Linda Hamilton[52]
- Liv Hansen[53]
- Jay Huguley[54]
- Michael Imperioli[55]
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen[56]
- Scarlett Johansson[57]
- Amy Jo Johnson[58]
- Angelina Jolie[59]
- Ranbir Kapoor[60]
- Janice Karman[61]
- Carmen Kass
- Lainie Kazan[62]
- Johnny Kemp[63]
- Brian Kerwin[64]
- Jiah Khan[65]
- Rahul Khanna[66]
- Callie Khouri[67]
- Prakash Kovelamudi[68]
- Lady Gaga[69][70]
- Inbar Lavi
- Brandon Lee[71]
- John Leguizamo[72]
- Jennifer Jason Leigh[72]
- Chelsea Leyland[73]
- Sean Li[74]
- Sophia Lillis[75]
- Traci Lords[76]
- Susan Loughnane[77]
- Amy Madigan[78]
- Jean-Baptiste Maunier[79]
- Danica McKellar[80]
- William McNamara[81]
- Sienna Miller[82]
- Donna Murphy[83]
- Gianella Neyra[84]
- Valerie Niehaus[85]
- Kelli O'Hara[86]
- Jerry Orbach[87]
- Linh Dan Pham[88]
- Anne Pitoniak[89]
- Franka Potente[90]
- Tyrone Power, Jr.[91]
- Linda Purl[92]
- Yaniv Rokah[93]
- Roger Rose[94]
- Daniela Ruah[95]
- Theresa Russell[96]
- Davy Sardou[97]
- Tom Schilling[98]
- Michael Schoeffling[99]
- Omar Sharif, Jr
- Hilary Shepard[100]
- Lewis Smith[101]
- Renée Felice Smith[102]
- Bonnie Somerville[103]
- Sissy Spacek[104]
- Fabian Stumm[105]
- Miles Teller[106]
- Marlo Thomas[107]
- Gianfranco Terrin[108]
- Uma Thurman[39]
- Rip Torn[109]
- Shenaz Treasurywala[110]
- Tom Villard[111]
- Jon Voight
- Christoph Waltz[112]
- Tim Williams[113]
- Chandra Wilson[114]
- Marie Windsor[115]
- Michael Wright[116]
- Juan Ricondo (singer)
• Eiza González (actress and singer)
See also
- Actors Studio
- Group Theatre
- Stanislavski's system
References
Explanatory notes
Citations
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