Actors Studio

After an initial meeting held on October 5, 1947, at the Labor Stage, located at 106 W. 39th Street (formerly the Princess Theatre), in which goals and ground rules of the new organization were discussed, the studio officially opened for business the following day. Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis, who founded the studio together, had all been members of the Group Theatre, an early adopter of method acting in the 1930s. Once actors pass the studio's audition process they become life-members who can attend sessions where members present work to each other. Some non-members are also invited to observe sessions, and on rare occasions non-members such as Marilyn Monroe have been invited to present. at the Actors Studio in 2021 == Location ==

Before settling in its current location in 1955, the Studio moved regularly over an eight-year period. It first opened in October 1947 at the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, located at 229 West 48th Street, In January 1948, it was a dance studio on East 59th Street. In April of that year, a move to the CBS Building at 1697 Broadway, near 53rd Street, established some semblance of stability; the Studio would not move again until the summer of 1952. In 1955, it moved to its current location at 432 West 44th Street, a Greek Revival structure which was built for the Seventh Associate Presbyterian Church, in 1858 or 1859. It was one of the last churches to be built in that style in New York City. ==Graduate drama school==

From September 1994 through May 2005, the Studio collaborated with The New School in the education of master's-level theatre students at the Actors Studio Drama School (ASDS). After ending its contract with The New School, the Actors Studio established The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in 2006. ==Lifetime members==

at the Actors Studio in 1955 Some of the more well-known Lifetime Members of the Actors Studio are (as of July 24, 2023): • Lou Antonio • Michael Aronov • Beatrice Arthur • Alec Baldwin • James Baldwin • Martin Balsam • Anne Bancroft • Susan Batson • Michael Bennett • Marlon Brando • Roscoe Lee Browne • Ellen Burstyn • Ellen Chenoweth • Jill Clayburgh • Montgomery Clift • Miriam Colon • Michael Cristofer • Harold Clurman • Bradley Cooper • James Dean • Robert De Niro • Sandy Dennis • Betsy Drake • Robert Duvall • Sally Field • Jane Fonda • Anthony Franciosa • Ben Gazzara • Carlin Glynn • Lee Grant • William Greaves • Stephen Adly Guirgis • Lorraine Hansberry • Julie Harris • Steven Hill • Pat Hingle • Dustin Hoffman • Celeste Holm • Frank John Hughes • Kim Hunter • William Inge • Salome Jens • Elia Kazan • Elizabeth Kemp • Harvey Keitel • Lyle Kessler • Shirley Knight • Martin Landau • Stephen Lang • Cloris Leachman • Melissa Leo • Robert Lewis • James Lipton • Norman Mailer • Joanna Miles • Karl Malden • Nancy Malone • Peter Masterson • Walter Matthau • Steve McQueen • Danny Minnick • Marilyn Monroe • Paul Newman • Jack Nicholson • Clifford Odets • Al Pacino • Geraldine Page • Estelle Parsons • George Peppard • Nehemiah Persoff • Lenka Peterson • Sidney Poitier • Sydney Pollack • José Quintero • Jerome Robbins • Teresa Ruiz • Mark Rydell • Mark Rylance • Eva Marie Saint • Madeleine Sherwood • Lois Smith • Maureen Stapleton • Rod Steiger • David J. Stewart • John Strasberg • Lee Strasberg • Michael Strong • Eli Wallach • Lesley Ann Warren • Gene Wilder • Shelley Winters • Tennessee Williams • Joanne Woodward ==See also==