An Academy Award winner for "Black Swan" and a Golden-Globe® winner for her performance in
Closer, Portman’s career skyrocketed
following her breakout film performance
in The Professional. Known by millions for her turn as Queen Amidala in the Star Wars trilogy and as the star of V for Vendetta,
one of our favorite performances is her star turn in Garden State with
Stagedoor-pal Zach Braff. |
 |
 |
Forever linked to his breakout film role as
Ducky in Pretty in Pink, Cryer is now
best recognized as the two-time Emmy® Award-winning star of the CBS
hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. Equal
parts actor and writer, Cryer’s film
writing/producing credits include The Pompatus
of Love. He made his Broadway debut opposite
Harvey Feirstein in Torch Song Trilogy.
|
 |
|
Best known as Tony Stark in the blockbuster films Iron Man 1 & 2 and The Avengers, and as Sherlock Holmes in that film series, Downey was
Oscar®-nominated for his roles as Charlie
Chaplin in Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin and in Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder.
Downey is equally comfortable on the small
screen, having starred on TV's Ally McBeal. Downey’s
range as a performer is also on showcase in
The Singing Detective and on his solo album. |
 |
|
Currently starring as Rachel in the hit FOX series Glee, Lea Michele is also known for her breakout starring turn as Wendla Bergman in the Broadway hit Spring Awakening. She first appeared on Broadway in Les Miserables, then went on to create the role of the Little Girl in the Broadway original cast of Ragtime. |
 |
|
With the release of License to Wed, How To Deal, and A Walk To Remember,
Mandy Moore established herself as one of Hollywood’s favorite young actresses.
Moore has released 7 best-selling albums, including her latest, Wild Hope.
Film star? Music star? TV star? Who says you have to pick? |
 |
|
Recognized as one of Broadway’s most-important composers for her brilliant work on Shrek and Caroline, or Change, this multiple Tony®-award-nominated
composer also wrote the new music for Thoroughly Modern Millie. As a returning guest to Stagedoor, Tesori watched students rehearse
Violet, her acclaimed musical. |
 |
|
Emmy®-nominated as the star of the CBS series The Good Wife, this Baltimore native was critically hailed for his work in the HBO series In Treatment.
Charles first broke out as Knox Overstreet in Peter Weir’s Dead Poet’s Society, opposite Robin Williams. Other
starring roles include anchor Dan Rydell on
ABC-TV’s SportsNight, T.J. McCabe in S.W.A.T., and Detective Fowler in Four Brothers. |
 |
|
One of Hollywood’s most successful
film directors and producers, Levy has already accomplished
what many filmmakers only dream of: His first SIX feature
films – Big Fat Liar, Just
Married, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, Night at the Museum, AND Night at the Museum 2
– all opened at #1. As of 2012, Levy has directed 31 projects and produced 23 more! |
 |
|
Nominated for a Tony® award for his work
as a composer on Urban Cowboy, Blumenkrantz
is one of the most important songwriters working in musical theatre and is the 2012 winner of the Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre songwriting. As an actor,
his Broadway appearances include A Class Act, Into the Woods,
How To Succeed…, and Damn Yankees. |
 |
|
An accomplished musical director and conductor, Grigsby's Broadway credits include Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, Spring Awakening, the revival of Grease!, The Light in the Piazza, Caroline, or Change,
The Full Monty, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Twelfth Night. She returns to Stagedoor to hold Master Classes almost every summer. |
 |
|
One of America's most respected casting directors, Saks currently casts The Good Wife, Person of Interest, and Elementary for CBS. Previous projects include Medium for NBC, Numb3rs for CBS, and Defending Your Life for Albert Brooks. Saks is a multiple Artios Award winner and has been nominated for three Emmy® Awards for his work. |
 |
|
Widely recognized for his role as Phil on the NBC series ED and as the absurd pitchman for Sierra Mist, Black is the co-founder of
The State and STELLA. In 2008, his book My Custom Van...And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face was purchased by more than 30 people.
In 2009, Black conducted the world's first Twitter war against actor Levar Burton. His online series, Michael and Michael Have Issues, is a hit on Comedy Central and iTunes. |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
While multiple Golden Globe® and Emmy®-nominee Braff is best known for his roles as Dr. John (JD) Dorian
on the hit NBC series, Scrubs, and as the voice of Disney's Chicken Little, Braff
is also an accomplished writer and filmmaker. He wrote, directed, and starred in the hit film
Garden State (with fellow Stagedoor alum, Natalie Portman) and won a Grammy® for its soundtrack. Braff is currently adapting his hit play, All New People, for film. |
 |
|
Her third film, M. Night Shymalan's The Village, placed Bryce on the short list of Hollywood's most talented
young actresses. Her next, Shymalan's The Lady in the Water, was followed by her portrayal of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3
and Roselind in Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It. Her recent star turns in Terminator Salvation and The Help solified her status as a Hollywood star. |
 |
|
Pascal is best known for his Tony®-nominated performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent
on Broadway and in the 2005 movie musical. Pascal also originated the role of Radames in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, played the
Emcee in the 1998 revival of Cabaret, and starred in the musical Memphis on Broadway. His latest CD release, Blinding Light, was released in 2008. |
 |
|
Amy Ryan's breakout role in Gone, Baby, Gone earned her numerous "Best Supporting Actress" awards and a nomination for an Academy Award®. A two-time Tony® nominee for her work in A Streetcar Named Desire and Uncle Vanya, Ryan is known to TV audiences for her roles as Holly Flax on NBC's The Office and Beadie Russell on HBO's The Wire. Her recent film projects include Win Win, Changeling, and Green Zone.
|
 |
|
Chaplin is instantly recognizable as the bumbling, naïve speechwriter, James Hobert, on
the hit ABC-series Spin City and for his numerous TV appearances on Scrubs and Law and Order. An accomplished stage and film actor, Chaplin starred in Comic Potential, the Alan Ayckbourn comedy, at the Manhattan
Theater Club and in Knickerbocker at the Public Theatre. |
 |
|
Federer made her Broadway debut as Nessarose in the original Broadway cast of Wicked and can currently be seen on the hit NBC series Smash as Monica Swift. A BFA Musical
Theater graduate of Ithaca College, Federer's stage credits include Lincoln Center’s A
Man of No Importance and the 50th Anniversary production of The Trip to Bountiful. |
 |
|
Arias is known to TV audiences around the world as the star of NBC’s Kingpin, for his role as Emilio on One Life To Live, as Gabriel Williams on FX's Thief, and as Alex on the NBC series Knight Rider.
Arias’s Broadway credits include Miss Saigon and creating the role of
"Black" in the Public Theater’s production of The Wild Party. |
 |
|
This Golden Globe®-nominated actress is a true chameleon, having starred in such diverse
roles as Stacy Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Tralala in Last Exit
to Brooklyn to Annie Sullivan in The Road to Perdition. She starred
in her feature film writing and directorial debut, The Anniversary Party.
She starred in Greenberg, which she also produced, and last starred on Broadway as Bunnie in The House of Blue Leaves.
|
 |
|
A quintuple threat (actor, singer, composer, writer, director), Graff paid homage to Stagedoor
Manor in his film CAMP, which was nominated for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance in 2003. A Tony®-nominated actor for
creating the role of Danny in Baby, Graff has appeared in The Abyss, Dominick and Eugene, and Five Corners. His film writing
credits include The Vanishing and Used People and he both wrote and directed the films Joyful Noise and Bandslam. |
 |
|
One of New York’s most-popular voiceover and television actresses, Murney is best known
for creating the roles of Queenie in Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party and Felicia
in A Class Act. Murney made her Broadway debut in Lennon and then starred as Elpheba
in the Broadway company of Wicked. Murney was one of only 15 female performers selected to appear on
the RCA album, Broadway Divas-100 Years of Music in advance of her own album, I'm Not Waiting. |
 |
|
Jonathan Marc Sherman's plays include the off-Broadway hit Things We Want,
directed by Ethan Hawke. Sherman's breakout play, Women and
Wallace, won the Young Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Horizons and was televised on American Playhouse.
His other works include Sophistry, and Knickerbocker, which recently premiered at the Public Theatre.
He also acts on occasion to remind himself why he became a playwright. |
 |
| |
 |
|
|
