Stella Adler Studio of Acting

Specialties

Since its founding in 1949, the school has trained thousands of actors many of whom have gone on to important theater and film careers. Its roots, however, go back even farther, to Jacob P. Adler, one of the great actors of the American Yiddish Theater, and also include Harold Clurman, Stella’s second husband and co-​founder of the Group Theater. In 1969, The Stella Adler Studio became the first professional actor training school to become affiliated with NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The spirit that has animated the Adler family for over one hundred years stems from the insight that growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous.

History

Established in 1949.

Since its founding in 1949, the school has trained thousands of actors many of whom have gone on to important theater and film careers. Its roots, however, go back even farther, to Jacob P. Adler, one of the great actors of the American Yiddish Theater, and also include Harold Clurman, Stella’s second husband and co-​founder of the Group Theater. In 1969, The Stella Adler Studio became the first professional actor training school to become affiliated with NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The spirit that has animated the Adler family for over one hundred years stems from the insight that growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous.

Meet the Business Owner

Tom O.

Business Owner

In his position as Artistic Director and President of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting for over 17 years, Tom Oppenheim has articulated a mission, engaged top faculty, structured a world-​class training program and created a cultural center. Under Tom’s leadership the Stella Adler Outreach Division, a program designed to educate urban youth, was created. Since 2004, Outreach has provided free theater training to over 2,500 low income New York City public school students. In addition the Stella Adler Studio of Acting trains over 600 professional actors per year. As a result of Tom’s vision the studio has evolved from an acting conservatory to a cultural center with a unique focus in American actor training. Students are encouraged to not only be well versed in theater, art, music and literature, but to also be conscious of and involved in social, humanitarian and political issues. Tom studied acting at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and with his grandmother, Stella Adler.

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«Visit the Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s west coast branch, the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles!»