About The Actors Studio

Founding members Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis, conceived The Actors Studio in 1947 as a unique theatre workshop where professional actors, playwrights and directors gather together to work on their craft in private. Through moderated sessions, workshops and readings, The Actors Studio offers its members a dynamic, creative atmosphere, as well as a safe haven away from commercial pressures.

In 1994, then president Paul Newman led the creation of a new, separate 3-year MFA Program that teaches the work done at The Actors Studio based upon exercises and techniques developed earlier by Lee Strasberg.

James Lipton became the academic Dean of this program. Lipton then created the seminar for the MFA students and called it Inside the Actors Studio. Ellen Burstyn, Alec Baldwin, and Al Pacino serve as Co-Presidents of The Actors Studio today.

About The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University

The Actors Studio has partnered with Pace University to establish a fully accredited, tuition-based Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degree.

The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University is the home of Inside the Actors Studio. This award-winning television series is the senior seminar for its MFA students and serves as a classroom and craft seminar designed to introduce them to some of the most renowned actors, writers, and directors in theatre, film, and television.

Actors Studio Drama School Student Bahar Beihaghi

Actors Studio Drama School Student Joshua Ster

Actors Studio Drama School Student Moses McGruder

Actors Studio Drama School Student Juliet Cameron-Wilson

Actors Studio Drama School Student Victoria Nilsson

Actors Studio Drama School Student Katie Muldowney

Actors Studio Drama School Student Justin Clark

Actors Studio Drama School Student Estelle Olivia

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