The Story of the Actors Workshop of Sacramento
In the fall of 1989, Edward Claudio co-founded (with Michelle Barnett) the Actor's Workshop of Sacramento, a place for actors of all levels of experience to develop their craft. Over the years, the Actor’s Workshop has taught a wide range of classes. In 1992, the Actor’s Workshop added the Teen Actor's Workshop and the Children's Actor's Workshop. The Workshop offers private lessons, as well as group classes for children, teens, and adults.
Many students have continued to develop their craft at prestigious training programs such as:
Mike Nichols's New Actor's Workshop in New York City.
Circle in the Square
LMU School of Film and Television
Students have gone on to work at Regional Theaters including
- The Actor's Theatre of Louisville
- The Milwaukee Repertory Company
- Sacramento Theatre Company
- The California Music Theatre and The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
Others have gone on to appear in television and film and have appeared in plays both on and Off-Broadway.
In order to give workshop members the opportunity to put into practice what they learn in classes, the Actor's Workshop Theatre of Sacramento, the theater arm of the Actor’s Workshop of Sacramento, has staged more than 200 plays, including
Shakespeare (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Henrik Ibsen (Hedda Gabler - “Four Stars” from the Sacramento Bee)
Tennessee Williams (Sun and Smoke, I Can't Imagine Tomorrow, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Eugene O'Neill (Long Day's Journey Into Night, Hughie)
Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman)
John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men)
- and many more!
In addition to the classics, the theater stages modern plays, including productions of
- Brian Friel's (Dancing at Lughnasa)
- Michael Weller's (Loose Ends)
- Athol Fugard's (Valley Song)
For more than a decade, the Actor’s Workshop Theater has also produced annual one-act play festivals, teen shows, and children's shows.
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