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	Neighborhood Playhouse
		There are many opportunities to support Neighborhood Playhouse and enhance our ability to continue bringing quality drama to the community.
		Neighborhood Playhouse is a 501(c)3 organization, which means your donation may be tax-deductible.
		Neighborhood Playhouse also offers attractive advertising oppor-tunities in our playbills.
	www.nplayhouse.org /donations.html (243 words)

	JWA - Anna Sokolow - Madly in Love with Dancing
		Recognizing her promise, they sent her to continue her training at the Neighborhood Playhouse, one of the first important "Off-Broadway" theaters, then housed at the Henry Street Settlement House.
		At the Neighborhood Playhouse, Sokolow studied with such important early modern dance figures as Blanche Talmud and Bird Larson; she also took classes in pantomime, diction, and voice.
		When the Playhouse left the Henry Street Settlement House in 1928 and opened a fully professional School of the Theatre, Sokolow was given a full scholarship and invited to join the school's Junior Festival Players.
	www.jwa.org /exhibits/wov/sokolow/madly.html (311 words)

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		When it closed, the Neighborhood Playhouse had outlasted in original form the first, by then in a more commercial reincarnation as the Provincetown Playhouse, and the second, which, reformed uptown as The Theatre Guild, was at that moment in 1927 expanding operations for an additional Chicago season.
		Bitter organizational disagreements on the Neighborhood Playhouse board, and the many artistic and commercial motives to move or not to move, are part of the record story of what Brooks Atkinson called "the most inspiring acting organization" in New York in one of the greatest decades of theater.
		But the Neighborhood Playhouse had many commitments to separate itself from "that tainted theatre of the period," and chief among them was settlement work, which as practiced by the Lewisohns and others, and as monitored by Lillian Wald, was much more than the passing amusement of wealthy women.
	www.cooper.edu /humanities/harrin-np.html (3156 words)

	Henry Street Settlement: Abrons Arts Center And Harry De Jur Playhouse: 466 Grand Street
		Henry Street Settlement's designated national landmark Harry De Jur Playhouse is a modest three-story red brick structure designed by architects Harry C. Ingalss and F. Burral Hoffman, Jr., and constructed between 1912 and 1915.
		The location of the theatre in the heart of the Lower East Side was a highly successful attempt by the Henry Street Settlement to enrich the lives of local residents by offering them a neighborhood playhouse.
		In the rear, a community sculpture garden with a curved backdrop that is used as a seating area, repeats the curve of the front entrance and amphitheater.
	www.henrystreet.org /site/PageServer?pagename=abt_hssBuildings_466aac&AddInterest=1074 (979 words)

	Mason Gross School of the Arts - Theater Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He is a graduate of Western Reserve University as well as the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater, where he trained as a teacher and actor with Sanford Meisner, with whom he worked in close association as a teacher and director for 15 years.
		Esper was on the staff of the Neighborhood Playhouse for 12 years and associate director of the Playhouse's acting department from 1973-1976.
		In New York, she was graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse, where she worked under the direction of Sanford Meisner and William Esper.
	www.masongross.rutgers.edu /theater/theater_f_dept_acting.php (2128 words)

	Matthew Carnahan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Matthew Carnahan (born 1961) is an American producer, writer and director.
		Carnahan studied at New York University as well as the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
		He has a daughter with companion Helen Hunt, Måkena lei Gordon Carnahan (born 2004).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matthew_Carnahan (89 words)

	City of Akron: News Releases 2006: Weathervane Playhouse is Pleased to Honor Mayor Don Plusquellic for His ...
		Weathervane Playhouse a regional community theater serving the greater Akron area since 1935 has grown significantly in the past decade due to a number of significant partnerships with various departments of the city.
		The Playhouse and the city have worked hand in hand to provide enrichment opportunities for those most in need, building a strong collaborative environment in which residents can flourish.
		Former president of the Board Steve Schmidt, who worked with the Mayor on the towpath/Weathervane Playhouse collaboration said "…it is gratifying that the city and the Mayor have recognized the value of arts to the community.
	www.ci.akron.oh.us /News_Releases/2006/0315.htm (543 words)

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		Meisner left The Playhouse in 1958 to become director of the New Talent Division of Twentieth Century Fox.
		Sanford Meisner, one of the most influential American acting teachers of this century and for decades the director of the celebrated Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in Manhattan, died on Sunday at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 91.
		The Neighborhood Playhouse is still in operation, along with the Meisner/Carville School of Acting (his companion, James Carville was the co-founder) and the Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts, both in North Hollywood.
	www.thestickingplace.com /html/Meisner.html (2155 words)

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		The Neighborhood Playhouse provided him with a venue to develop that approach on his own.
		In 1935 he headed the Drama Department at The Playhouse, while continuing to act and direct plays produced by The Group Theatre until its demise in 1940.
		He returned to the Neighborhood Playhouse as head of the Drama Department from 1964-1990.
	www.geoffrey.com.au /docs/meisner_bio.doc (466 words)

	JWA - Anna Sokolow - Martha Graham & Louis Horst
		After finishing her training at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Sokolow joined Martha Graham's new professional dance company in late 1929.
		Horst taught choreography at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and Sokolow was his most promising student.
		For several years, she earned $25 a week as his assistant, becoming known as "Louis' Whip." Horst not only imbued in her a thorough appreciation of both music and dance forms, he also encouraged her to explore her own ideas in her compositions.
	www.jwa.org /exhibits/wov/sokolow/mglh.html (275 words)

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		Peck's contribution to theater was his co-founding of the La Jolla Playhouse in 1947 with Hollywood friends Mel Ferrer and Dorothy McGuire.
		It was sort of a lark that turned serious, a chance for movie actors to "hit the boards" and practice craft away from the studios.
		After a darkened period, the playhouse rebounded under other leadership to become a top American theater, for which its most famous founder was happy to raise money and give time.
	entertainment.signonsandiego.com /profile/268604 (1733 words)

	Henry Street Settlement -- NRHP Travel Itinerary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The three-story Federal style homes located on Henry Street comprise the Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse, one of the nation's first settlement homes founded in response to the miserable urban conditions faced by the poor as a result of rapid industrialization and increased immigration.
		Nursing was central to Wald's idea of neighborhood service, and she introduced the pioneering concept of "public health nursing," which placed medical care within the reach of the poor.
		The Henry St. Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse, a National Historic Landmark, is located at 263-267 Henry St. and 466 Grand St. in New York City, NY.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/pwwmh/ny31.htm (271 words)

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		"Van" came to B.U. after 20 years at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, and from 1960 to her retirement in 1972 continued to develop a methodology for the teaching of speech and of dialects.
		Her contributions to the artistic ambitions of the school and to the curriculum in its early development helped lay the groundwork for today's eminence.
		[Among her students at the Neighborhood Playhouse were Marian Seldes, Joanne Woodward, Tammy Grimes, Steve McQueen and Richard Boone.
	www.bu.edu /tad/calendar/Machlindedication.htm (595 words)

	The William Alderson Acting Studio
		Alderson was Meisner's associate director for 20 years at the Neighborhood Playhouse Professional School of the Theatre in New York.
		Disillusioned with popular acting techniques, he began teaching what he called an "American approach" at The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York in 1935.
		Alderson worked with Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse for 20 years.
	www.aldersonstudio.com /html/classes.html (600 words)

	Welcome to ActorsCraft.Com
		Larry Silverberg graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse in 1980; he now teaches and writes books outlining the Meisner approach.
		While still acting regularly on Broadway, Meisner began teaching at the Neighborhood Playhouse; he directed the school's acting program from 1935 through 1958, and again from 1964 to 1990.
		Meisner left the Playhouse, Silverberg said, mainly because his physical condition forced him to spend so much time away from New York and its harsh climate.
	www.actorscraft.com /evolve/goodbyesandy.html (2783 words)

	Playbill News: Neighborhood Playhouse Dedicates Book Sale to Tony Randall
		The Neighborhood Playhouse will hold a "spectacular library sale" Aug. 26-28 at its East 54th Street location.
		The library sale will feature hundreds of items from the Playhouse's 75-year history, including plays (cloth, paper and acting editions), biographies, fiction, poetry, art, play manuscripts from "Old Broadway" and programs as well as vinyl, audio, video, disc and other surprises.
		The Playhouse is located in Manhattan at 340 East 54th Street between First and Second Avenues.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/94709.html (268 words)

	Theater News - Theater News: Neighborhood Playhouse Celebrates 75th Anniversary With theAtrainplays -
		Neighborhood Playhouse alumni scheduled to attend or participate in the event include Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, Tony Randall, Dabney Coleman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, John Leone, Christopher Meloni, Sherie René Scott, and Donovan Patton.
		Tickets are $150-$250 for the show and reception or $75 for the show only; they may be purchased by calling The Kaye Playhouse at 212-772-4448 or by visiting the box office, located on East 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues.
		For additional information on the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, visit www.neighborhoodplayhouse.org.
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=3481 (246 words)

	Jean Rosenthal 1912-1969
		After briefly studying acting and dance at the Neighborhood Playhouse during the 1929-1930 academic year, she became a technical assistant to Martha Graham, a member of the school's dance faculty.
		She returned to the Neighborhood Playhouse as a lecturer and production advisor during the 1937-38 and 1940-41 seasons.
		At the Playhouse and on the road, each of the three acting areas were primarily lit by 4 lamps: 2 on the balcony and 2 on the first pipe.
	www.northern.edu /wild/jr.htm (2488 words)

	Welcome to Huddle House! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		DECATUR, Ga. (Sept. 22, 2003) -- Huddle House Inc., a 24-hour full-service family dining restaurant chain, is the proud corporate sponsor of The Neighborhood Playhouse version of "Civil War," an award-winning Broadway musical.
		Neighborhood Playhouse is beginning its 25th anniversary of providing professional quality theater in Decatur.
		Call Neighborhood Playhouse at (404) 373-5311 to make reservations.
	www.huddlehouse.com /media/press_releases/2003_releases/news-09-22-03.html (251 words)

	Hudson Leick Online - Biography
		She moved to Rochester New York when she was in high school and upon graduation, Hudson became a model, traveling throughout Europe as well as Japan.
		She is also a graduate of the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse acting school in New York City.
		Hudson has described her high school experience as a “Welcome to the Dollhouse kind of education” except “I was persecuted for looking sexy instead of geeky.” Overall, high school was not a generally pleasant experience for the teenage Hudson.
	www.hudsonleickfan.com /biography.shtml (636 words)

	Los Angeles acting school, cold reading, master acting class, commercial audition
		Michelle Benes trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City and also studied the Folio approach to Shakespeare as taught and developed by Patrick Tucker of The Royal Shakespeare Company.
		Desiderio holds an honors BA from the University of Pennsylvania and is a scholarship graduate from The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.
		Jose is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse New York City, '96.
	www.theactingcorps.com /Site/faculty1.htm (2758 words)

	Beyond Therapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is an actual scene from Chirstopher Durang's play, Beyond Therapy; a comedy classic recently shown at The New Neighborhood Playhouse in the North End.
		Christopher Durang wrote a brilliant comical representation of the absurdness involved in modern relationships and therapy.
		Luckily, Del Bene appeared in the second act, which made the play light and humorous, as it should be.
	users.rcn.com /denebola/archives/vol37_issue5/issue/arts_entertainment/article7.html (447 words)

	Creative Loafing Atlanta \| ARTS \| PARLOR TRICK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In staging An Inspector Calls to open its 22nd season, Neighborhood Playhouse doesn't always meet the challenges of the material.
		The Birling family's engagement party is interrupted when Inspector Goole (Ismail ibn Conner) arrives with news of a young woman's death from drinking disinfectant.
		The Neighborhood Playhouse production has some tame directorial choices, one-dimensional performances and an unappealingly fakey set, but reaps great benefits from the casting of Conner as Goole.
	atlanta.creativeloafing.com /2001-02-03/arts_brief.html (273 words)

	Over The River & Through The Woods
		New York City credits include Macbeth, Savage in Limbo (Arclight Theatre), Trish at 10:00 (Vital Theatre Co.), The Happy Journey to Camden and Trenton, Into the Wind (The Neighborhood Playhouse), as well as numerous original plays performed with The Workshop at the Neighborhood Playhouse of which she is a founding member.
		Dante is the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Belmont Italian American Playhouse, a professional theatre that has become something of an insititution in the Bronx.
		For the past eleven years, she was the General Manager of the Westport Country Playhouse, an organization she has been associated with for 25 years.
	www.playhouseonthegreen.org /shows/showhistory/frames/pdover.html (2401 words)

	Mary Humphrey Baldridge - Resume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NYC premiere, The Neighborhood Group Theatre on Theatre Row in 1984, directed by Jeff Zinn; REVISED and revived by independent producing company/NYC in 1987, directed by Phillip Warner; The Workshop at The Neighborhood Playhouse/NYC, March, 2000, directed by Aerin Asher.
		Previously given staged reading at The Workshop at The Neighborhood Playhouse, 1999, directed by Harold G. Baldridge; Vassar College, Powerhouse Theater, 1994, directed by Margot Lewitin.
		Developed teaching program for basic playwriting, applicable to high school students as well as professionals, taught across Canada and in New York City for The Neighborhood Group Theatre, The Workshop at The Neighborhood Playhouse and the Junior School of The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, NYC.
	www.womenarts.org /network/resume.php?id=87 (665 words)

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		Benefiting the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre Vol.
		With the creative teams now fully assembled, they all return to 207th street and then proceed to Columbus Circle where they meet the pre-selected actors, decipher their scribbles, copy the scripts and begin rehearsals.
		All performances will be held at the Neighborhood Playhouse, 340 East 54th Street, NYC.
	www.broadwayworld.com /printcolumn.cfm?id=1324 (406 words)

	David Mamet Biography by FilmMakers Magazine
		He was born in Flossmoor, Illinois on November 30, 1947, and often incorporates overtones of his hometown in his plays.
		He studied at Goddard College in Vermont and at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York.
		He has taught at New York University, Goddard College, and the Yale Drama School, and he regularly lectures at the Atlantic Theater Company, of which he is a founding member.
	www.filmmakers.com /artists/mamet/biography (508 words)

	Southern Voice Online
		When SONNY GOFF, artistic director for Neighborhood Playhouse, and director Patricia Henritze, considered a new production of Frederick Knott’s classic thriller “Dial M For Murder,” they thought a simple homage would be the best approach.
		Then they decided to be a bit bolder by offering a version of the play with a lesbian twist.
		“Dial M For Murder” is particularly appropriate for Neighborhood Playhouse, Henritze asserts.
	www.sovo.com /print.cfm?content_id=3725 (569 words)

	theAtrainplays
		Produced by Atrainproductions in association with the Neighborhood Playhouse, theAtrainplays are a series of popular, consistently sold-out theatrical events that celebrate New York.
		Under the guidance of producer Larry Feeney and headwriters Craig Pospisil and David Riedy, each show is created by six teams in the time it takes to travel the entire route of the A train from 207th Street and Broadway to Far Rockaway in Brooklyn.
		to weave these newly-minted theatrical experiences into as show to be shared, fully produced and off book, with the audience at the Neighborhood Playhouse, 24 hours later.
	www.shawnnacol.com /theAtrain.htm (643 words)

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