Director

Robert Epstein has acted in and directed theatre, film and television projects in NY and DC, but it is actor training that has proven a true passion for the last 25 years. He first taught The Complete Meisner-Based Actor's Training for Stage, Film and TV in his original NY Studio, but has conducted this program for the past 15 years in Washington, D.C., emphasizing in-depth training in areas such as Character Work, Film and TV acting, Audition Technique and Classical Technique.

In addition to his regular training program, Robert has created and taught a variety of workshops for both The Actor's Center and the DC SAG Local's Conservatory, covering a number of techniques for the area's professional stage and film actors, and for two years, Robert acted as a judge for The Actors Center's Scene Evening competition. He has conducted various explorations of film and theatre technique through a number of unique projects within his Studio, such as a one-time program for actors and directors, Improvising Characters for Film Creation, in which Robert collaborated with local film directors to train actors in the creation of original film material. Other projects include a workshop with playwright Jeffrey Sweet in which actors had the opportunity to be jointly directed by Jeff and Robert in one of Jeff's original plays, and a training program in Cold Reading Technique in which Robert collaborated with casting director Jane Brody and leading disciple of master audition teacher Michael Shurtleff. Additionally, he has taught a unique program for the DC area's leading Voiceover artists, training them to apply Meisner's truthful acting techniques to a variety of voiceover materials and venues.

His work in the studio has been the subject of articles in the Washington Post, Washington Times, and Post Express, and has recently appeared on Verizon Cable in an interview with Verizon Fios Television, which featured live footage of his classes.