- Circle in the Square Theatre School
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Coordinates: 40°45′44″N 73°59′04″W / 40.762142°N 73.984450°W
Circle in the Square Theatre School is a non-profit, tax exempt drama school associated with the Circle in the Square Theatre and as such is the only accredited school attached to a Broadway theatre.[1]
It offers two two-year programs: a Professional Acting Workshop, and a Professional Musical Theatre Workshop. The musical theatre program is unique in that is identical to the acting program, except for some additional musical classes.
Theodore Mann started the school in 1961 with 15 students the Greenwich Village venue on Bleecker Street when Circle in the Square Theatre was an Off Broadway venue. In 1971, it moved to current location in the Paramount Plaza. Its student body is now approximately 200 students.[2]
Notable alumni
The school site lists the following alumni.[3]
- Jace Alexander
- Julie Alter
- Mili Avital
- Kevin Bacon
- Robert Bagnell
- Rus Blackwell
- Justin Boccitto
- John Bolger
- Lani Brockman
- Richard Brooks
- Woody Brown
- Ralph Bruneau
- Greg Bryk
- Kevin Cahoon
- Rachel Chagall
- Celeste Clark
- Sarah Clarke
- Ed Clements
- Shae D'Lyn
- Benicio del Toro
- Anne DeSalvo
- Joe Dietl
- Lisa Edelstein
- Lisa Emery
- Morgan Englund
- Mark Espinoza
- Linda Fiorentino
- Patrick Fischler
- Amy Gaipa
- Richard Ganoung
- Barbara Garrick
- Gina Gershon
- Larry Gleason
- Amanda Green
- Helen Greenberg
- Alice Haining
- Page Hannah
- Cecil Hoffman
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Patty Holley
- Trula Hoosier
- Winnie Holzman
- Felicity Huffman
- Rick Hurst
- Trisha Jeffrey
- Kristen Johnston
- Denis Jones
- Larry Joshua
- Justin Kirk
- Michael E. Knight
- David Lansbury
- Jonathan LaPaglia
- Jill Larson
- Rick Lawless
- Matthew Lillard
- Jessica Lundy
- Alec Mapa
- Luba Mason
- Jodie Markell
- Andrew McCarthy
- John C. McGinley
- Kevin McGuire
- Idina Menzel
- Karen Oberlin
- Kate O'Toole
- Adam Oliensis
- Ken Olin
- Nicole Ari Parker
- Steven Peterman
- Robert Picardo
- Jeremy Radick
- David Rhee
- Michael Rispoli
- Thomas Sadoski
- Dahlia Salem
- Ken Schatz
- Jana Schneider
- Jeremy Shamos
- Molly Shannon
- Rondell Sheridan
- Constance Shulman
- Tony Spiridakas
- Peter Stebbings
- Amy Stiller
- D. B. Sweeney
- Maura Tierney
- Nancy Travis
- Arnetia Walker
- Kevin Weisman
- Kate Wetherhead
- Welker White
- John Whitesell
- Nicholas Wyman
- Marco Zunino
References
- ^ "Circle in the Square Theatre School | History". Circlesquare.org. http://www.circlesquare.org/history.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ "Circle in the Square Theatre School | History". Circlesquare.org. http://www.circlesquare.org/history.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ "Circle in the Square Theatre School | Alumni". Circlesquare.org. http://www.circlesquare.org/alumni-notable.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
External links
Categories:- Broadway theatre
- Drama schools in the United States
- Schools of the performing arts in the United States
- Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni
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