The Stella Adler Studio of Acting recently announced the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the oldest actor training schools in the country, founded by the legendary Stella Adler in New York City in 1949. Over the years, the Studio has trained many of the industry's preeminent artists including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salma Hayek and Susan Sarandon and today is nurturing the next generation of artists.
"For the past sixty years, The
Stella Adler Studio of Acting has contributed to American culture by providing generations of actors with world-class training," says
Tom Oppenheim,
Stella Adler Studio of Acting Artistic Director. "In the next sixty years and beyond, the Studio will maintain those very same programs with a focus on public access."
For well over 100 years, the Adler family has been passionately committed to artistic excellence. On this important milestone, the Studio is honoring its past, but also looking to the future. The
Stella Adler Studio is currently raising funds to move the studio and transform it into a fully formed arts complex, which will be called the Adler Center for the Arts. This will help the Studio continue to provide superior arts education and instruction of the Adler Technique and expand its programming to include even more performing arts disciplines.
The
Stella Adler Studio invites the public to join in the celebration by attending any of the special 60th anniversary events including the annual Stella by Starlight Gala on May 4 at Capitale. This year's honorees include
Whoopi Goldberg,
Elaine Stritch, Suzanne Shank and Debra Wasser (for ticket information contact the
Stella Adler Studio at (212) 689-0087). The annual
Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts will take place in the fall. The Festival provokes discussion about the social power of the arts and is a fundraiser for the Studio's programs including the Outreach Division which provides free actor training to New York City's low-income youth. There is also the ongoing
Harold Clurman Arts Series. These programs are free and open to the public and serve to supplement the Studio's curriculum and enrich both students and the community.
The
Stella Adler Studio's mission is to create an environment that nurtures theatre artists who value humanity, their own and others, as their first priority while providing art and education to the greater community. The Studio's programming centers on the idea that growth as an actor and as a human being is synonymous.
About The
Stella Adler Studio of Acting: The
Stella Adler Studio of Acting is an acting school based in New York City. The actress and teacher
Stella Adler founded the Studio in 1949. Adler founded the Studio on her belief in the seriousness of her art. Adler and the school have trained many of the brilliant actors of our time. The
Stella Adler Studio of Acting is a nonprofit organization, which trains over 500 actors annually. The Studio also presents public lectures, poetry readings, concerts, theater performances, dance theater events and an annual arts festival. Check out the newly designed
www.stellaadler.com for more information.
