A Message from the Producing Artistic Director
Welcome to The New Acting Company!
Stephen Michael Rondel
Photo by Jeff Cate  
A New Year and A New Home!
The New Acting Company is pleased to announce we will be moving in March of 2013 to The C.O.W. A new, fully equipped, 3,500 SQ. FT. basement theater with dressing rooms, a box office and brand new rehearsal rooms. The C.O.W. is located at 21 Clinton Street in the Lower East Side.  That is only two short blocks from the F train at Delancey Street!                                                                                           
I couldn't be more excited and proud to announce that this season, Zackary Zamsky ("Jack & The Beanstalk" 2012 & "Peter Pan" 2010), Charlotte Williams ("Peter Pan" 2010, "Wild Thing" 2009 & Alice & Wonderland" 2008) and Pheobe VanDusen ("Peter Pan" 2010 & "Wild Thing" 2009), all students trained exclusively through our company, were accepted into the prestigious LaGuardia Arts ("FAME") school.  This is an extraordinary accomplishment considering only 50 students are awarded this honor out of thousands of applicants a year.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
The New Acting Company has spent the last twelve years creating reputable, dynamic and innovative curriculum for our very popular after-school and adult evening programs as well as in our critically acclaimed annual professional productions.                                              
Our progressive theatrical curriculum is based on the Northwest Children's Theater model of building the audiences of tomorrow by enriching the children of today. We serve a diverse group of students of all ages and employ top-notch designers, choreographers, directors, actors, coaches and teaching artists.  Students range from those who use theater to enrich their everyday lives to seasoned actors who aspire to a career in the performing arts.  Many of our past students have graduated from our program to attend, LaGuardia Arts, The Professional Performing Arts School, (two prestigious public high schools in NYC specializing in Music, Art and the Performing Arts) and legendary colleges such as Stella Adler Conservatory and Tisch School of the Arts (NYU).
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Last year over 1,500 patrons from all over the world saw our original take on the classic fairytale "Jack and the Beanstalk". Here is what one critic had to say..."The always hilariously inventive direction of Stephen Michael Rondel led this tight knit company in another stellar theater experience by stretching the boundaries of the stage and leading the audience on a riotous adventure."
Tim Lalumia, The Villager                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
The New Acting Company has consistently been recognized by The New York Times, Time-Out New York, New York One News-Parenting Report, New York Magazine, The Villager, The New York Post, Talkin' Broadway, Big Apple Parent and New York Family, as an outstanding theater company and school producing top- quality family theater for all ages in the heart of Greenwich Village.                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                             
All of our instructors, assistants and designers are highly trained theater professionals who bring considerable teaching, acting and production experience to each class. By working closely with members of the industry, we provide our students with the truest sense of life in the theater.  In fact, one of our past students, (Phoebe VanDusen) went on to co-star in the 2009 Tony nominated Broadway production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart.                                                                                                                                                            
Our classes are designed to grow with your child's age and skill level. For example, a student starts our program at age three with Storybook Theater, then progresses to Young Actors Workshop, Intermediate Acting, Theater Games and finally to Advanced Acting and Pre-Teen Showcase. In addition, hundreds of adults have attended our Adult Acting Series and participated in our annual professional Off-Broadway productions. Our adaptations of The Jungle Book, & Once Upon A Pandora's Box, written by Monica Flory, have been published by Playscripts, Inc. - another confirmation we are producing new and vital dramatic works. Celebrate our 12th season of classic plays and original adaptations of children's literature for family and school audiences. Watch as the 2012-2013 season once again promises to entertain, educate and enrich.                                                                                                                                                                                   
Thank you to all of our returning members for supporting our program over the past twelve years and a sincere welcome to our new patrons.        

The New Acting Company is proud to be a fun, safe and creative place for students of all ages to explore the world of acting.    

Stephen Michael Rondel                                                                                                                                                                                           Producing Artistic Director



The New Acting Company Mission Statement
    
    Created and Founded in 2000 by Producing Artistic Director, 
Stephen Michael Rondel, The New Acting Company's mission is to use the energy of live performance (both onstage and in class) to promote responsibility, trust, friendship, teamwork and self-esteem in all ages of the community by offering the opportunity to study, rehearse and perform challenging texts
in a professional theater environment.  

Our professional productions feature classic plays, fairy tales and original adaptations of children’s and adult literature to entertain, engage, enrich and inspire new and future performing artists.  

The New Acting Company strives to be a fun, safe and creative place for children, teens and adults preserving and promoting the artistic and cultural life of their community.

 The New Acting Company is Children's Theater Redefined