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Past Events & Productions

Fool for Love

Directed by Shaun Peknic, Fool for Love was selected to participate in the 9th annual ITSelF Festival in Warsaw, Poland. Set in a desolate motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the play displays an alternately tender and violent love-hate relationship.

Urinetown: The Musical

In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company.

StrasbergTALKS: Vincent D’Onofrio

After teaching a week long masterclass, Vincent D’Onofrio gave a talk on February 10, 2017. He explains the way that he teaches his classes, disclaimers of his classes and created a conversational atmosphere with the audience. While going through his own process he demonstrates the process that he uses, directly taken from Strasberg Method.

Punk Rock

Punk Rock, directed by Isabella Uzcátegui, is coming soon to The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Read all about the director and the show here!

Unity (1918)

LSTFI presents Kevin Karr’s Unity (1918) directed by Kareem Fahmy.

A Flea in Her Ear

Raymonde Chandebise is worried that her husband, Victor Emmanuel, is being unfaithful so she devises a plot to test him. Chaos ensues when all the characters meet at a promiscuous hotel.

Love Letters to My Children

2016 StrasbergWORKS Selection

Tensions erupt in the Salvadi family, a tight-knit Italian Jewish clan, as they face the rise of Fascism in pre-World War II Milan.

Our Lady of 121st Street

After the death of the beloved Sister Rose, a group of her former students return to their Harlem neighborhood to pay respects. But at the funeral home, there’s a problem: her dead body has been stolen.

Ugly Little Sister

Ugly Little Sister (2016)
By Charlotte Miller

Wonder what would happen if the Kardashians were in a Greek tragedy? A group of sisters seek divine intervention in their human schemes and utter chaos ensues.

StrasbergTALKS: Eric Falkenstein

In an exclusive StrasbergTALK, Broadway producer Eric Falkenstein offered insights on the theatre industry and advice for aspiring actors looking for work.

The Wild Party

Lovers Queenie and Burrs decide to throw the party-to-end-all-parties in their Manhattan apartment. As the drama is reaching a climax, the gun is fired. But who’s been shot?

Pulp Vérité

Pulp Vérité (2015)
By Crystal Skillman

A team of filmmakers return to the States from Syria to finish a documentary. But what begins as a story about creating art to survive turns deeply personal as they attempt to bring their last crew member home.

Wayward

Wayward (2015)
By Steve DiUbaldo

At a nature camp for troubled teens, Wanda finds herself immersed in a world of conflicting truths battling for salvation.

Balm in Gilead

Set in Frank’s Cafe, a greasy diner in NYC, the play focuses on the relationship between Joe, a drug dealer indebted to a kingpin named Chuckles, and Darlene, a naive girl who has just moved to the city.

Meet Steve DiUbaldo and David Mendizábal

steve diubaldo and david mendizábal

We had a chance to sit down with Steve DiUbaldo and David Mendizábal, who have been awarded The Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission and The Lee Strasberg Directing Fellowship, respectively.

I Remember It Well

2015 StrasbergWORKS Selection

I Remember It Well tells the true story of famous French actor, singer, and entertainer, Maurice Chevalier.

Reasons to be Pretty

reasons to be pretty student production

When Greg makes a seemingly harmless comment about his girlfriend Steph’s “regular” looking face, the information gets back to Steph and sends their relationship off the deep end.