Stella Adler Studio Provides Free Education to Underserved, Celebrates 60th Anniversary Year

60 years ago, the Stella Adler Studio opened its doors. Today, it is the most prestigious acting studio in the world. As part of its mission to give back to the community, the Studio has been providing free actor training - through the Outreach Division - to New York's inner city students who could not otherwise afford to go to the premiere school.

The Outreach Division will perform in a project of their own creation from December 15-16 at the Stella Adler Studio, 31 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY at 6:30pm.

At a time when city schools are suffering from a lack of resources and cannot provide an adequate education, the Stella Adler Studio provides low-income teens with high-level training and access to a long revered cultural institution.

"Through the Stella Adler Outreach Division, we combat deplorable fiscal inequities and nurture neglected talent and untapped intelligence," said Tom Oppenheim, President and Artistic Director of the Stella Adler Studio. "An arts education can have a huge impact on a young person's development and therefore on society at large. Studies have shown that an education in the arts may decrease destructive behavior and improve academic achievement across the board."

For 60 years, the Stella Adler Studio has taught some of America's finest actors, including the likes of Marlon Brando, Kevin Costner, Warren Beatty, Benicio Del Toro, Selma Hayek, Robert De Niro, CyBill Shepard, and Harvey Keitel. Since not all can afford this type of training, the Stella Adler Studio has provided a free education to thousands of New York's talented youth. "We believe that the advantages of artist training are not for the privileged few, but provide essential cultural and educational experiences that should be available to all New Yorkers regardless of their income," added Mr. Oppenheim. "We work to give underserved teens an opportunity they would not otherwise receive."

About The Stella Adler Outreach Division
The Stella Adler Outreach Division was created to provide a model of social engagement for the Studio's students and to give free actor training to those who might not otherwise be able to afford it. The program also addresses disadvantaged and at-risk youth's need to have a safe place to learn how to find and express their voices artistically and creatively and to be educated about the craft of acting. The Stella Adler Outreach Division provides free, year-long actor training to these aspiring artists with the same intensity and integrity of all the Studio's other learning tracks. http://www.stellaadler.com/outreach/index.html

About The Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Established in 1949 by Stella Adler, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting was founded upon Adler's belief in the supreme seriousness of her art, and has, for the last five decades, enriched every part of the American theater and film arts. Adler's philosophies kept many well-known members of the theater coming back for her intelligent and passionate advice and the school has since trained many of the brilliant actors of our time, including Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Elaine Stritch, Benicio del Toro, Mark Ruffalo and Salma Hayek. The Stella Adler Studio of Acting is a nonprofit organization, which trains over 500 actors annually and also presents world-class lectures, poetry readings, jazz, classical music, theater, and dance theater events. www.stellaadler.com

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