Chelsea Repertory Company

Chelsea Repertory Company is the resident producing theatre ensemble of The Acting Studio New York and has been mounting public productions since 1984. This long-standing commitment to professional production makes the Studio one of the only, if not the only, actor-training conservatories in New York City to offer its students and alumni sustained practical experience in their chosen fields through fully staged, publicly performed theatre.

Chelsea Rep was founded to bridge rigorous classroom training with real artistic responsibility. Here, the work does not stop at scene study. It moves from the classroom to the stage. Productions are mounted year-round under the auspices of the Company, creating a true resident theatre where performance grows from a shared foundation and a common vocabulary rooted in the Studio’s Meisner-based training.

This rare integration of school and producing company establishes a living, breathing artistic community. Alumni, many now seasoned professionals, regularly return to perform, collaborate, direct, teach and mentor emerging artists. Students do not simply observe the professional world. They participate in it.

— A Home for Serious Artists

Chelsea Rep is a working laboratory for every discipline.

•   Our playwrights see their new works fully produced before live audiences.
•   Our actors perform in fully staged productions and one-act play festivals.
•   Our directors stage and shepherd complete productions.
•   And select students even step into producing roles, learning the practical realities of bringing theatre to life.

Each season features 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 adaptation 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 provide directing students with the invaluable opportunity to mount their own productions before the public, reinforcing the Studio’s belief that artists are formed not only through study, but through doing.

Chelsea Repertory Company is not an extracurricular activity.
It is the practical arm of the Studio’s philosophy. It is where training becomes experience,
mentorship becomes collaboration, and emerging artists become working theatre-makers.

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 -