OUR TEACHERS
The Freeman Studio is built on the idea of Mentorship. Therefore, we collaborate with artists and teachers who are well known for their area of expertise and dedicated to developing the talents of their students.
Guest Teachers & Speakers
David Auburn
Playwright [Proof, etc.]
Emily Bergl
Actor & cabaret singer [Shameless, Desperate Housewives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, etc.]
Adam Bock
Playwright [Drunken City, A Small Fire, etc.]
Craig Carnelia
Broadway Composer. Three-time Tony Award nominee. [Sweet Smell of Success, Working, etc.]
Michael Emerson
Actor. Emmy Award Winner. [Person of Interest, Lost, etc.]
Frankie Faison
Veteran actor. Tony Award winner for Fences. TV including The Wire, Luke Cage, Banshee, etc.
Santino Fontana
Actor. Tony nominee. [Cinderella, Crazy Ex-Girfriend]
Sam Gold
Director. Tony winner.
[Fun Home, etc.]
Amy Herzog
Playwright. Pulitzer Prize winner. [4000 Miles, etc.]
Jayne Houdyshell
Actor. Three-time Tony nominee. [Well, Follies, The Humans]
Marin Ireland
Actor. Tony nominee. [Reasons to Be Pretty, Hell or High Water, Sneaky Pete]
Judith Ivey
Actor. Two-time Tony award winner.
Cherry Jones
Actor. Two-time Tony Award winner & Five-time nominee. [24, Transparent]
Anne Kauffman
Director. Obie Winner
Terry Kinney
Actor and Director. Steppenwold Theatre founder. [Oz, etc.)
Neil LaBute
Playwright and filmmaker. Reasons to Be Pretty [Tony nominated Best Play], The Shape of Things, etc. Films: In the Company of Men, Nurse Betty, etc.]
Florencia Lozano
Actor, TV (regular on Narcos). Extensive stage career. Labyrinth Theater.
Dakin Matthews
Actor (True Grit, Waitress on Broadway) Director. Dramaturg (Drama Desk Award for adaptation of Henry IV)
Bruce Norris
Playwright. Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner. [Clybourne Park, etc.]
Larry Pine
Veteran actor. Obie Award winner. Broadway. TV: House of Cards, etc.
Carrie Preston
Actor. Emmy Award winner. [The Good Wife, True Blood, etc.]
Adam Rapp
Playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Pulitzer Prize finalist for Red Light Winter
Simone Reynold
Casting Director, Career Consultant & Founder of Casting Director's Guild
Ted Sluberski
Esteemed On Camera teacher and coach
Lois Smith
Esteemed actor. Tony nominee.
Sarah Steele
Actor [Humans on Broadway,
etc.]
Acclaimed film and stage actor and Academy Award winner.
Mark Wing-Davey
Director. Head of NYU Grad Acting.