FILMS FEATURING OTHER FRANK ROSSI STUDIO ALUMNI
"The theater is a place to discover one's core - to explore and search out who we are as individuals. Children and animals know their true calling and who they are. Both act on pure instinct and innate gifts. We as actors - we as adults must explore the lost CHILD in us and bring that perfect being to life on stage. It is only then that we have truly arrived as actors."
-Frank Rossi
"Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous."-Stella Adler
The Frank Rossi studio of acting is dedicated to the implementation of these high ideals instilled in him as a former student of the legendary, Stella Adler. Frank's purpose is to create an environment for the artist, that he or she can safely explore an actor's greatest gift - their emotional availability.
The Theater
The theater is a place to discover one's core - to explore and search out who we are as individuals. Children and animals know their true calling and who they are. Both act on pure instinct and innate gifts. We as actors - we as adults, must explore the lost CHILD in us and bring that perfect being to life on stage. It is only then that we have truly arrived as actors.
Frank Rossi returned to Upstate, New York in the summer of 2002. He immediately recruited several dedicated and very passionate actors and began teaching acting technique, cold reading and comedy improvisation skills. During the past five years, Mr. Rossi has taught over 300 actors in the upstate, New York region alone. Mr. Rossi also spends time privately coaching actors in Los Angeles.
Frank's weekly advanced class in New York is currently visited by numerous casting directors, producers and directors. The advanced class also participates in several showcases annually.
To date, Frank's students have booked well over 800 paying jobs in upstate, New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and the Los Angeles area.
Frank Rossi returned to Upstate, New York in the summer of 2002. He immediately recruited several dedicated and very passionate actors and began teaching acting technique, cold reading and comedy improvisation skills. During the past five years, Mr. Rossi has taught over 300 actors in the upstate, New York region alone. Mr. Rossi also spends time privately coaching actors in Los Angeles.
Frank's weekly advanced class in New York is currently visited by numerous casting directors, producers and directors. The advanced class also participates in several showcases annually.
To date, Frank's students have booked well over 800 paying jobs in upstate, New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and the Los Angeles area.
The Philosophy
"The need of a young actor to act is stronger than an intelligent nonprofessional can comprehend. The world may think that an actor's ambition is focused on an appetite for money, success, and fame. Even those actors who admit to these aims tell only part of the story. The theatre is different from most other professions because it requires its dedicated practitioners to struggle toward a brutally honest, creative way of life.
All tangible professions that are recognized and understood are good; but they tend to be too confining for an actor's chaotic psyche. Once channeled in the theatre and through acting, the actor quickly realizes the unlimited powers of imagination. A blossoming of emotional range follows this realization. Plays are no longer read for amusement, they are studied to learn about life. The world is no longer an occasional space for vicarious being; it is a constant staging area for vital engagement. The actor ceases to be an observer on the fringe of life, but feels permission to investigate, audaciously, life's every nook and cranny.
Everyday reality is no longer enough for the actor. Only an art form will do to express the reality of life. Even if you take the physical staging platform away, the actor will grow; for the tools, training, and discipline are there.
To grow, by the way, is the deepest and truest need of any human being who says, I want to be an actor!"
- Stella AdlerHaving studied with Ms. Adler, Frank has incorporated a number of her belief's and techniques into his approach on teaching. She, along with several other prominent teachers, have enabled Frank to develop a style of his own discovery, as well as incorporating what he has learned from them.
All tangible professions that are recognized and understood are good; but they tend to be too confining for an actor's chaotic psyche. Once channeled in the theatre and through acting, the actor quickly realizes the unlimited powers of imagination. A blossoming of emotional range follows this realization. Plays are no longer read for amusement, they are studied to learn about life. The world is no longer an occasional space for vicarious being; it is a constant staging area for vital engagement. The actor ceases to be an observer on the fringe of life, but feels permission to investigate, audaciously, life's every nook and cranny.
Everyday reality is no longer enough for the actor. Only an art form will do to express the reality of life. Even if you take the physical staging platform away, the actor will grow; for the tools, training, and discipline are there.
To grow, by the way, is the deepest and truest need of any human being who says, I want to be an actor!"
- Stella AdlerHaving studied with Ms. Adler, Frank has incorporated a number of her belief's and techniques into his approach on teaching. She, along with several other prominent teachers, have enabled Frank to develop a style of his own discovery, as well as incorporating what he has learned from them.