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JENNIFER McCABE
Screen Acting and Character Instructor
jen@stonestreet.pro
646-345-3930
Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in Speech Communications and Theater with a minor in Anthropology and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the The Actors Studio program at The New School University. Her teaching has developed into an approach based on principles drawn from Constantin Stanislavski, Richard Boleslavsky, Eugene Vakhtangov, Lee Strasberg, Uta Hagen, Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Eric Morris, Michael Chekhov, Viola Spolin and Keith Johnstone.
Thirteen years of teaching and 21 years of acting in theater and TV/film, have afforded Jennifer the opportunity to work with such teachers and directors as David Gideon, Sam Schacht, Gary Swanson; On-Camera and Cold Reading: Ted Sluberski, Jack Plotnick; Professional Workshop Sessions: John Strasberg, Estelle Parsons, Susan Batson, Arthur Penn, Ellen Burstyn, Vivian Nathan, Doug Moston, Stuart Vaughan, Jack Gelber; Voice and Speech: William Riley, Linda Carroll, Nova Thomas, Phil Hall, Abbe Harkavay; Dance and Movement: Alvin Ailey Dance Company, The Alexander Institute, Jivamukti Yoga Center; The Open Center; Workshop: The Actors Studio.
Jennifer currently teaches Film Acting and Character at Stonestreet Studios Screen Acting Workshop. Additionally, she has taught Acting for TV and Film at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Jennifer offers ongoing group classes, private coaching and Arts-in-Education services. As a Drama Teaching Artist, Jennifer teaches drama and theater in the public and private school systems in New York and New Jersey and serves as a improvisor/facilitator for corporation education organizations.
As an actress, Jennifer has originated six Off-Broadway roles at The Jane St. Theater, The Cherry Lane Theater, The Barrow Group, The Rattlestick Theater, Soho Repertory Theater and the Atlantic Theater and has been seen in feature films (The Pack, The Projectionist, Straight Forward) and on TV (Law and Order, SVU; Sex and the City). Currently, Jennifer is in pre-production for a solo show that she has written and most recently was cast as Patty LaMott in a new web series entitled Lombardi Street that will begin shooting in Los Angeles in the Fall of 2009.
As a director and filmmaker, she has completed six short films and is working on a documentary film entitled, “We’re Not Hiding”.
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