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Apr 30, 2024 · The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a full-time conservatory offering post-secondary training in Dramatic Arts Acting. As the home of the Meisner Technique we prepare our students for the professional demands of working in all areas of theatre, film, and television.
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The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a full-time conservatory offering post-secondary training in Dramatic Arts Acting. As the home of the Meisner Technique we prepare our students for the professional demands of working in all areas of theatre, film, and television.
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James Brill ~ Meisner Acting Technique I
Mr. Brill has been teaching acting in New York for over two decades both privately and at The Neighborhood Playhouse. In 1983 he graduated from The Playhouse where he studied acting with Sanford Meisner, William Alderson and Richard Pinter. After graduation he began his career as an actor and has worked in theatre, film, & television. Early on Mr. Brill was drawn to the idea being a Meisner instructor and began an apprenticeship under his artistic mentors from the Neighborhood Playhouse to le...
Sandy Faison ~ Meisner Acting Technique II & Music II
Sandy Faison is a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse, where she studied with Sanford Meisner. She holds a BA from Hamilton College and master’s degrees from NYU's Steinhardt School Of Education and The City University of New York. On Broadway, she created the role of Grace Farrell in ANNIE—she can be heard on the original cast album. Other Broadway credits include the original companies of “Is There Life After High School?” by Craig Carnelia (original cast album) and “Charlie and Algernon...
Gary Kingston ~ Meisner Acting Technique I
Gary Kingston is a native of California, where he was a member of LACT in San Francisco. While there he appeared in a number of plays, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Present Laughter, and A Cry of Players. Later he acted in both Stockholm and London. In NYC he has appeared at Synchronicity Space, Playwrights Horizons and is a founding member of The Neighborhood Group Theater, where he played the lead in the original production of William Mastrosimone’s Air Guitar on Theater Row. H...
Elizabeth Reese ~ Alexander Technique
Elizabeth Reese, AmSAT, M.Ed, LMHC, is a certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique, a certified dressage instructor, and a licensed mental health counselor. Elizabeth has had a thirty year career as a teacher of mindfulness and kinesthetic awareness. She began studying the AT in 1981 with Marjorie Barstow and considered the work as a core part of her training as a dancer/choreographer/performer in NYC. She trained to be an Alexander teacher from 1991-94 at the American Center for the Alexa...
Colleen Smith Wallnau ~ Speech I & Speech II
M.F.A., Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, B.A., the College of New Jersey. Adjunct faculty Centenary College teaching Acting Workshop, Voice and Articulation and Film Appreciation. Taught at Gately-Poole Studios, New Jersey Governor’s School of the Arts, Guest Lecturer at Drew University and George School. Colleen appeared on Broadway as Mrs. Fodor in Crazy for You. She appeared Off-Broadway at the Samuel Beckett Theatre in the one-person show Mary Todd: A Woman Apart. Other...
Lori Triolo ~ Voice & Speech
Lori Triolo, a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse, has over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry in both the US and Canada. Her career includes work as an actor, director, producer, and coach for both stage and screen. Born and raised in New York, Lori was an early force in the creation of The Belmont Italian American Playhouse in the Bronx, which showcased plays written and performed by underrepresented artists from diverse backgrounds. Robert De Niro, Talia Shire and Ken...
Christine Dakin ~ Modern Dance I & II
Watch Interview Ms. Dakin was principal dancer and Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Dance Company. A member of the company from 1976, she is known for her performance of Martha Graham’s roles and those Graham created for her in Rite of Spring and Phaedra’s Dream (partnered by Rudolf Nureyev) and for speaking/dancing roles created for her by Twyla Tharp, Robert Wilson and Martha Clarke. She received a “Bessie” (The New York Dance and Performance Award) and the Dance Magazine Award. She h...
Ben hartley ~ JAZZ DANCE II
Ben Hartley is a director, choreographer, filmmaker, educator & Broadway professional. He recently wrote & directed the multi award winning short films Free and Early Mourning; both distributed by ShortsTV & Amazon Prime. Ben is currently working on his third short film about an aging hero of the gay rights movement and his first feature. He choreographed Held Momentarily for NYMF, Gypsy in Houston, TX, Hairspray in Stamford, CT, & Ballet Central UK. He served as Movement Director and/or Chor...
Mary beth donahoe ~ JAZZ DANCE I
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Mary Beth holds a BFA in Musical Theatre with a double major in Spanish and a minor in Arts Administration from Ohio Northern University. Most recently, she was on the First National Tour of Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey and helmed by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw, as an ensemble dancer covering Cady Heron, Gretchen Weiners, and the Adult Woman. She has performed extensively at regional theatres throughout the country, includin...
Megan Campisi ~ Physical Theatre I & II
Megan Campisi is a performer, playwright and teacher who works extensively with her Brooklyn theater company, Gold No Trade. Recent work includes The Subtle Body, a bilingual comedy (English/Mandarin) about different interpretations of the human heart in 18th-century China. The Subtle Body was awarded a TCG Global Connections grant, was a semifinalist for the 2014 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and premiered at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre’s ACT Festival in an international col...
Brad Lemons ~ Stage Combat I & II
Broadway: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang w/ B.H. Barry; Off-Broadway: Treasure Island, Macbeth, Evil Dead: The Musical, Hamlet, Othello, Where’s My Money, A Stone Carver; NYC: Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, The Wild Party. Regionally: White Noise, Oleanna, That Championship Season, King Lear, American Buffalo, Dead Ringer, Murder in the Cathedral, Klonsky and Schwartz, Old Clown Wanted. Film: Lies I told My Little Sister, Beyond Belief, Asylum Seekers, Bust, Elevator Music, Paralysis...
Kate chaston ~ Music I
Kate Chaston has a BMus in Voice Performance from Boston University (Trustee Scholar) and is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse. While at BU she studied with renowned Wagnerian tenor Richard Cassilly and soprano Sharon Daniels. After graduating from the Playhouse, Kate continued her vocal studies with Bruce Kolb and Carolann Page, studied acting with Wynn Handman,and soon began performing across genres (credits include Blues for Mister Charlie with the National Black Theater of Harlem,...
timothy d. Stickney ~ Shakespeare I & II
Timothy D. Stickney is a classically trained actor, writer, director and teacher. Classic in all respects, he is educated, apprenticed and experienced in the classic tradition of the theater. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Alumni of their production company. Mr Stickney's expansive career is a disciplined study of creative performance, fueled by his passion for story and informed by knowledge of history, myth, fable, current events, law and politics. Timothy's commerc...
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez~ Theatre History I & II
Carmen received a BA in Communications from Texas A&M University and a Masters in Theatre from Hunter College. She studied privately with renowned acting teacher Fred Kareman and is a proud member of the professional acting unions, SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Professionally she has worked in New York and regionally as an actor, singer, director, and teacher. She has performed in cabaret venues throughout the city, including Feinstein’s, The Metropolitan Room, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, and Symphony...
Yao Obiora Dibia, LCSW, ACSW
Yao Obiora (he, him, and his) is a social work clinician, health and human rights advocate, and practitioner of healing centered experiences, and social justice. His forty years of post-graduate experience as a social worker has spanned many movements and causes. This has included developing, training and supervising the first ear acupuncture based program aimed to treat addictions at Lincoln and Harlem Hospital in New York City. Advocating and developing the first comprehensive housing progr...
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a professional conservatory for actors in New York City. First operational from 1915 to 1927, the school re-opened in 1928 and has been active ever since.
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The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a non-profit, tax-exempt school of training for actors, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST).
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a full-time acting conservatory located in the heart of New York City. Our approach focuses on the artistic growth of the actor through technical training in acting, movement, speech, and voice.
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