Chelsea Repertory Company

Chelsea Repertory Company is the Studio’s resident theatre ensemble—an uncommon model in New York actor training. Founded to bridge mentorship and practice, Chelsea Rep unites professional company members with students at every stage of their development, ensuring that training moves seamlessly from classroom to stage. Productions are mounted year-round under the auspices of the Company, making it a true resident theatre where all performances are created from a shared foundation: a common training vocabulary rooted in the Studio’s Meisner-based approach.

This rare integration of school and company has established Chelsea Rep as a living, breathing theatre community in New York City. Alumni—many now seasoned professionals—regularly return to perform, collaborate, teach and mentor emerging actors, strengthening the artistic lineage of the Studio while offering students a direct link to the professional world.

Each season, Chelsea Rep produces a compelling blend of classic works and bold new voices. From masterworks of American and world theatre to original adaptations such as Knoxville, 1915—John Grabowski’s stage version of James Agee’s A Death in the Family—to brand-new scripts developed in the Studio’s playwriting program, Chelsea Rep champions both tradition and innovation. Its annual e-Merging Artists One-Act Play Festival and Summerfest One-Act Play Festival also provide directing students with the invaluable opportunity to stage their own one-acts, making Chelsea Rep a crucible for actors, directors, and playwrights alike.

Below is a listing of past Chelsea Repertory Company productions. Click on a production title to see details about a production as well as a photo gallery.

2019: THE ACTING STUDIO - NEW YORK ACTING CLASS OF 2019 SHOWCASE -

2018: TEN SCENES IN SIXTY MINUTES

2017: PENTECOST - by David Edgars

2016: OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY - by Jerry Sterner

2015: A LIE OF THE MIND - by Sam Shepard

2014: NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY - by Charles Gordone

2013: SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY - by Edgar Lee Masters

2013: HOBSON’S CHOICE - by Harold Brighouse

2011: STAGE DOOR - by Edna Ferber and George Kaufman

2010: ONE FLEA SPARE - by Naomi Wallce

2010: ROMEO & JULIET - by Wiliam Shakespeare

2009: MOONCHILDREN - by Michael Weller

2009: GETTING OUT - by Marsha Norman

2008: ON THE BUM, OR THE NEXT TRAIN THROUGH - by Neal Bell

2004: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - by Joe Orton

2003: LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY - by John Guare

2002: ICE CREAM; THREE MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

2001: MAD FOREST: A PLAY FROM ROMANIA - by Caryl Churchill

2000: MINOR ECCENTRICITIES: Four Plays by Tennessee Williams, Asian Shade, Mooney’s Kid Don’t Cry

1999: THE HOT L BALTIMORE

1999: A FLEA IN HER EAR

1997: STREAMERS - by David Rabe

1996: HEAT

1996: TWELFE NIGHT - by William Shakespeare

1996: LOVES OF A - by John Grabowski based on Anatole by Arnold Schnitzler

1995: VINEGAR TOM - by Caryl Churchill

1995: TOP GIRLS - by Caryl Churchill

1995: KNOXVILLE, 1915 - by John Grabowski, adapted from the James Agee novel - A Death in the Family

1994: THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS - by Sean O'Casey

1994: IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN

1994: TRANSLATIONS - by Brian Friel

1993: THE INCREDIBLY FAMOUS WILLY RIVERS - by Stephen Metcalfe

1992: THE JOURNEY OF THE FIFTH HORSE - by Ronald Ribman

1992: EARLY DARK - by Reynolds Price

1991: DARK OF THE MOON - by Howard Richardson and William Berney

1991: PARADISE LOST - by Clifford Odets

1989: THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT - by Jean Giraudoux

1988: THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S WINDOW - by Lorraine Hansberry

1987: THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH - by Lanford Wilson

1986: BRING ME YOUR LOVE - by Charles Bukowski

1986: THE LESSON - by Eugene Ionesco

1985: DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

1984: FACING REALITY

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The amount of value I have received (from day one!!!) will serve me throughout my entire career. It’s really hard for creatives to find a community especially one that makes you better! The Acting Studio is one you can trust.

— Julia Sjakovs
Having trained in New York at both The Acting Studio and The William Esper Studio, it was abundantly clear within a matter of minutes that The Acting Studio delivered above and beyond on every level. James Price who is the Studio Director at The Acting Studio, is every beginners (and indeed accomplished) actors hero. He is without a doubt, the most emotionally intuitive, charged and lively of any Meisner teacher you’ll ever hope to be training under. I left his class hungry for more, stronger than ever and 100% certain that after his training, success can only follow. When that Oscar win comes in, I know exactly whom I’ll be thanking. James Price, you are my hero.

— Loretta Bogard
I have read every book on acting and taken classes at other studios which lead me to think I had a good understanding of the craft. Then I went through the program at The Acting Studio - New York and learned the truer meaning of craft. The intimate classes, the knowledge of the faculty, and professionalism has influenced my life in every way. Thank you for setting the bar and guiding the students to rise to the level. - Peter Evangelista, 2010 Studio graduate - working actor

— Peter Evangelista
The class i would have to say was a life experience. It built a foundation of acting skills that I can use in just about all walks of life. For up incoming actors, I highly recommend this class.

James Price the professor was an amazing instructor. His methods of teaching are like a mad scientist at work. No matter what he pushes you to get the best acting out of who ever he instructs.

I am so glad I took this class.

— David Valencia
Halfway into their 10-week Introduction to Meisner class I was hooked and seriously thinking about acting as a career. I finished their full acting program one year ago and am still involved with The Acting Studio community, still working, learning, and growing. James Price and John Grabowski are the best teachers and mentors a serious actor could get, and the rest of the faculty is excellent as well.

— Rosa Rodriguez-graduate 2010
James Price is without question one of the greatest acting coaches - fostering, nurturing, and challenging each and every student while uniquely ferreting out their strengths and weaknesses, and enhancing them in a way that allowed virtually everyone to come out of the class as better actors, technicians, and people as well.

— Jeff Ashkenes

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