The Shelton Studios, also known as the Jean Shelton Actors Lab, is an American
method acting
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school based in
San Francisco
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. The school was founded in 1961 by stage actors Robert Elross and Jean Shelton. It prepares students to the art of film and theater acting by training human beings to be extraordinarily alive by developing a vivid imagination, an expressive body, an open heart, a searing intellect, and finally a desire to communicate what it means to be human in the world.
Students of the school have won
Academy Award
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s,
Emmy Awards,
Tony Award
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s, and local awards.
Alumni
Alumni of the Shelton Studios include:
Rob Epstein
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,
Nancy Kelly
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,
Lourdes Portillo
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Biography
Portillo got her first filmmaking experience at the age of twenty-one when a friend in Hollywood asked her to help out on a documentary. Her formal training began se ...
,
Danny Glover,
Wendy Phillips
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Life and career
Phillips was born in Brooklyn, New York. She made her scree ...
,
Bill English
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,
Howard Hesseman,
J.E. Freeman,
Anthony Cistaro
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,
Peter Coyote
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,
John Callahan,
Laurie Walters,
Tommy Wiseau
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, and
Greg Sestero
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.
Venues
* Shelton Theater: 533 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94108
References
External links
Shelton Studios WebsiteShelton Theater
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