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Stella Adler Studio of Acting

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Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Established1949 (77 years ago)
TypesDrama school, conservatory
HeadquartersNew York City, U.S.
Coordinates40°46′26″N 73°58′59″W / 40.7738°N 73.9831°W / 40.7738; -73.9831 Edit this at Wikidata

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting (formerly the Stella Adler Conservatory) is an acting school founded in 1949 by actress and teacher Stella Adler.[2][3] It has two locations: its original conservatory in New York City, and the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles, established in 2010. Headquartered at the Stella Adler Center for the Arts, located at 65 Broadway in New York City, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting is administered by Tom Oppenheim, Adler's grandson.[4]

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting is not affiliated with the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre, established in Los Angeles in 1985 by Adler, Joanne Linville and Irene Gilbert.[5] Although the two schools are sometimes regarded as competitors, they frequently collaborate on programs and share faculty.[6]: 205 

History

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Stella Adler in 1941, in the film Shadow of the Thin Man

Concurrent with her work as an actor and director, Stella Adler began to teach in the early 1940s at the Erwin Piscator Workshop at the New School for Social Research in New York. She left the faculty in 1949 to establish her own studio in New York in the same year.[7] Combining what she had learned from the Yiddish theatre, the Group Theatre, Broadway, Hollywood, and Konstantin Stanislavski, she created the Stella Adler Theatre Studio. It was later renamed the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting and more recently the Stella Adler Studio of Acting,[4] where she taught acting for many decades.[8]

The studio offered courses in principles of acting, voice and speech, Shakespeare, movement, and makeup, as well as workshops in play analysis, character, scene preparation, and acting styles. Onstage experience was acquired by performances of scenes and plays before an invited audience. Among her early students were Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty, Elaine Stritch, Mario Van Peebles, Harvey Keitel, and Candice Bergen.

Art of Acting Studio

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The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's official West Coast branch is the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles, named after Adler's most famous book. Established in 2010, the Los Angeles campus merged the Ron Burrus Studio of Acting Los Angeles, founded in 1985, and the Brad Henke Studio, founded in 2001.[9] The studio is not affiliated with the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, although the two schools often collaborate on programs and share faculty.[6]: 205 

Administration

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The Stella Adler Studio of Acting continues to be operated by the Adler family; Tom Oppenheim, Adler's grandson, has led the organization as artistic director since 1995.[10] Warren Beatty has served as honorary chair since 2004.[11]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ↑ "Contact". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  2. ↑ Adler Gets Posthumous Hollywood Walk Star Fox News, Friday, August 4, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Stella Adler Studio of Acting". New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Berger, Joseph (April 9, 2008). "Tom Oppenheim Opens New Act in Stella Adler's Drama Dynasty". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  5. ↑ Ng, David (June 29, 2009). "A Stella Adler turf war in L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Connelly, Mark (2024). The Group Theatre: An Enduring Legacy. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-7711-8.
  7. ↑ Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting Britannica.com.
  8. ↑ Flint, Peter B. (December 22, 1992). "Stella Adler, 91, an Actress and Teacher of the Method". The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Visit our Los Angeles campus, the Art of Acting Studio! | Stella Adler Studio of Acting". March 7, 2011. Archived from the original on March 8, 2026. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  10. ↑ "75 Years of Imagination" (PDF). Stella Adler Studio of Acting. 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Warren Beatty". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Utkarsh Ambudkar". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Caitlin Bassett". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Stella Adler Studio Alumni". New York University. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Alumni". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  16. ↑ Burke, Tom (July 28, 1968). "Blyden Has 'Personality' but He Doesn't Want to Be One". The New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Meet Calico Cooper of Beasto Blanco in North Hollywood - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". Voyage LA. October 8, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Peggy's Song". Theatre Kingston. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Chloe Fineman". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  20. ↑ Gruen, John (September 6, 1981). "The World of Godunov". The New York Times. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  21. ↑ Forsberg, Myra (April 17, 1988). "That's Melanie Griffith Everywhere". The New York Times. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  22. ↑ "4 Things You Never Knew About Natasha Leggero". Cosmopolitan. September 4, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Rafael Morais" (PDF). Artist Global Management. p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  24. ↑ Moss, Larry (2004). "Excerpt from The Intent to Live". Penguin Random House. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  25. ↑ Goltz, Tobias (September 24, 2006). "Sergej Moya im Interview: "Ich lebe in meinem Kopf in einer Welt von Märchen und Geschichten."". Planet Interview (in German). Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Sydney Tamiia Poitier Tackles Racy Sports World and Rocky Love Life As Star of New TV Show 'Abby'". Jet. 103 (5). Johnson Publishing Company: 60. January 27, 2003. ISSN 0021-5996.
  27. ↑ "Elaine Stritch". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  28. ↑ Evans, Suzy (October 2, 2012). "Elaine Stritch, Edward Albee on Working With Stella Adler". Backstage. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  29. ↑ Choudhury, Uttara (July 16, 2016). "A Passage to Hollywood: How Indian Actors are Storming the US Entertainment Industry". The Wire.
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