The Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre, in Los Angeles
The Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre is not affiliated with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting New York City.
Stella’s long history with Hollywood meant she had close ties and strong connections in the Los Angeles area. She taught for many years at various locations in Los Angeles and she and long time friend and protégé Joanne Linville eventually opened the doors to the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle. Some of the notable names that have passed through the Hollywood conservatory include Nick Nolte, Salma Hayek, Eric Stoltz, Clifton Collins Jr., Deidre Hall, Sean Astin, John Charles Jopson, John Ritter, Cybill Shepherd, Michael Richards, Benicio del Toro, and Mark Ruffalo.
Protégés Joanne Linville and Irene Gilbert persuaded Stella Adler to open the academy in 1985 in Los Angeles. Together, Gilbert and Linville are considered the school's co-founders. Gilbert would remain the director of the school for twenty years.
The original school was located in a small theater at Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle Avenue. A fire forced the temporary closure of the school in 1991. The building was threatened with demolition to make way for a proposed subway line at the time of Adler's death in 1992. In 1994, Irene Gilbert reopened the school present location at 6773 Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. It was renamed the Stella Adler Academy of Acting is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2010. The historic location housed the famous Embassy Club in the 1930s.
The school is an acting studio offering extensive training for actors in theatre, film, and television. The facility houses the not-for-profit Stella Adler Theatre, the Irene Gilbert Theatre, The Studio C Theatre, classrooms, dance studio, music studio, library, dressing rooms, video and equipment room, scene shop and administrative offices, all dedicated to teaching Stella’s technique.
Linville continues to teach at the academy as the lead instructor for the last 25 years. Irene Gilbert died in 2011.
In 2010, alumni of the school formed the Stella Adler Los Angeles Theatre Collective.
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