Whoopi Goldberg, Elaine Stritch And More Honored by Stella Adler Studio, 10/19

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has 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 continue to fight for the dignity of humanity by producing strong actors, important theater and 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 officially celebrates the 60th Anniversary at the fifth annual Stella by Starlight Fundraising Gala on October 19th at the home of Antonio "LA" Reid. This year's honorees include Whoopi Goldberg, Elaine Stritch, Suzanne Shank, Debra Wasser and Bennett Zier. First Lady of Wall Street Muriel "Mickey" Siebert will be presenting Ms. Shank with The Harold Clurman Corporate Award for outstanding commitment and contributions to the betterment of community. Tables for five are available for $25,000 and $5,000 each, while single tickets are available for $2,500 and $1,000 each. For reservations, contact the Stella Adler Studio at (212) 689-0087.

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.

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. For more information on the history of the Stella Adler Studio, visit the newly designed www.stellaadler.com