Atlantic Acting School alumnus Philip Martin discusses his experience working with David Mamet, Al Pacino, and Helen Mirren.

Read the full article HERE.

Apr 9, 2013 2:58pm

Founded in 2009 by Francesca Day Larson and Marta Kuersten, Cake Productions raised the curtain on its inaugural show, Modern Dance for Beginners by Sarah Phelps (directed by Atlantic faculty member Alison Beatty) at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre. Following this debut endeavor, the company doubled in size to include Brooke Berry and Sarah Brill. The quartet then went on to produce Psych by Evan Smith and Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell on the Fourth Arts Block in the East Village, as well as Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock at The West 52nd Street Theatre.  In the fall of 2011, the company expanded to include four additional members. Cake’s efforts in 2012 included a New York premiere, In the Company of Jane Doe by Tiffany Antone (directed by Atlantic faculty member Paul Urcioli) at New York Theatre Workshop’s 4^th Street Theatre in May and a staged reading of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play by Joe Landry around the holidays.

Winner of the 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Featured Actor (Amir Darvish)

Nominated for 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Costume Design (Brooke Berry and Mark Mears)

WEBSITE
cakeproductions.org

FACEBOOK
facebook.com/pages/Cake-Productions

TWITTER
twitter.com/CakeOnStage

Read more on JEZEBEL here

Mar 20, 2013 5:34pm

Selina Wang, a sophomore at Harvard, is currently studying with founding company member Scott Zigler (Director of Harvard University’s American Repertory Theater).  Read this inspiring article about Practical Aesthetics on The Huffington Post.

Mar 20, 2013 5:34pm

Storytime Hour is a podcast created by Atlantic Alums Jolenta Greenberg and Erica Smith.

Storytime Hour with Erica & Jolenta is a grassroots storytelling podcast recorded inside a closet in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The podcast has already reached no. 5 in the iTunes store’s Performing Arts category, and has been recently featured in both the ‘What’s Hot’ and ‘New and Noteworthy’ sections on iTunes. Storytime Hour features stories of all shapes and sizes; ranging from personal essays, rhyming poems, interviews, documentaries and more. We don’t care if the stories are true, made up, simple, or operatic. We don’t care if they’re told through gritted teeth, muffled tears or with the stony control of a public radio announcer. It’s a variety show for your ears!

Includes Atlantic Alumni Contributors
Colby Day, John Early, Janna Emig, Sharone Halevy, Jenna Krasowski, Brad Mielke, Andy Schneeflock, Griffin Sherbert, Jordan Douglas Smith, and Eric Williams.

WEBSITE
storytimehour.wordpress.com

FACEBOOK
facebook.com/StorytimeHour

TWITTER
twitter.com/StorytimeHour

“The discussion with Todd Weeks gave me a very helpful perspective on the life of a working actor.  In an industry so obsessed with meteoric rises to fame and big breaks, I think many, myself included to some extent, view our future careers with a sort of “all or nothing” mentality–there’s nothing in between an acting student and Brad Pitt.  When in reality, if you really focus on doing what you most enjoy you will find a way to sustain yourself and make a living.  Commitment to your dreams and goals will make them come true in ways you can’t even imagine.”
-Jefferson Reardon, NYU 3^rd Year

“I thought Todd was a great guest speaker.  As a man that from the start was completely aware and self deprecating about his lack of celebrity, he focused on what was really important to us aspiring actors: his real tangible experiences working hard to be a paid actor over the last 25 years.  He was attentive to listen to our questions and answered them as best he could with sometimes funny, and always enlightening, anecdotes.  I appreciated the time and care he took when answering my question about how he personalized Practical Aesthetics for himself.  Great speaker, great person.”
-Ian Pryzchodniez, Conservatory 2^nd Year

“Todd’s talk shed light on a side of acting that students often don’t hear that much about – how a working actor can make a successful living without the stereotypical glamour and luxury so often associated with modern acting.  His talk really made me think about what it means to be a successful actor – and reminded me that the drive to do something you love to do is an extremely powerful thing.”
-Deanna Beaman, NYU 1^st Year

Mar 7, 2013 1:48pm

After a semester of hard work, students in the NYU conservatory program share a moment of laughter in the hallways after class. They even designed their own t-shirts to celebrate the occasion.

Feb 15, 2013 6:00pm

Damon Cardasis:
Damon Cardasis is a NY- based writer, director and producer as well as a Co-Creator of The LES* Film Festival.  Prior to The LES* Film Festival he directed and produced the feature mockumentary MARCH! and worked on the films THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE, DOUBT and STOP LOSS.  His 10 episode web series VICKY & LYSANDER, was sold to the network LOGO, after having originally played as a  sold out show in downtown NYC for 3 months.  He is currently heading director Rebecca Miller’s production company, Round Films, where they are working on a variety of new projects. Damon has also finished writing his own dark comedic feature.

Shannon Walker:

Shannon Walker is a Writer, Producer, and Actor living in New York City. She most recently sold the comedic web series “Vicky & Lysander” to LOGO. Other Credits include writing and acting in the feature film, “MARCH,” the Lower East Side’s Acclaimed Dinner Party “Vicky & Lysander,” and numerous independent films and Off-Broadway shows. She is also the co-creator of the L.E.S* Film Festival, an annual extravaganza in Manhattan’s Lower East Side that features the work of bold independent filmmakers.

http://lesfilmfestival.com.

Shannon Walker and Damon Cardasis currently have numerous scripts and series in development.

Alumnus Simon Helberg and the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, at the Golden Globes!

Jan 17, 2013 3:15pm

Christopher Innvar and Mary McCann in Harper Regan.

Harper Regan makes Ben Brantley’s Top 10 of 2012! Congratulations to Mary McCann, founding company member and Executive Director of the Atlantic Acting School.

Ben Brantley had this to say about the Atlantic Theater production…

“Another British import, the Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Simon Stephens’s tale of a runaway wife and mother never caught on with American audiences. But with Mary McCann emanating a clouded luminosity in the title role, the garden-variety midlife crisis assumed mythic dimensions.”

See the full list…

Dec 20, 2012 2:04pm