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www.joannabeckson.com
JoAnna Beckson was trained as an actress and
teacher by Fred Kareman, William Esper and
Sanford Meisner of the Neighborhood Playhouse.
She has worked extensively as an actress and
director both Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway
in such theaters as The Ensemble Studio Theater,
Intar II, The Working Theater and Woman's
Interart. She is also a founding member of New
York City's prestigious Circle Repertory
Company's LAB.
Along with being a consultant for Disney and
Paramount Studios, JoAnna has maintained the
dual career of Actress/Director and Teacher of
acting in New York City for many years. "Say
Something Funny", an original dramedy she
conceived, directed and co-produced at the
Criterion Center-Broadway, was optioned for
sitcom development by Nelle Nugent, a five-time
Tony Award winning producer, and by Dick Clark
Productions.
JoAnna's involvement in the daily "business" of
acting gives her special insight toward helping
actors develop their craft and solve the problem
of finding work.
For the past five years, JoAnna has also been an
Adjunct Professor at New York University's
prestigious School for Continuing and
Professional Studies/Department of Film,
Television, and Broadcasting.
JoAnna is nationally known as an expert acting
coach and comedy teacher. Many of her students
read like a Who's Who in the worlds of stand-up
and legitimate acting, including: Ray Ramano
(Title Star of Everybody Loves Raymond); Dave
Chappelle (Nutty Professor, You've Got Mail,
Chappelle's Show); Jim Gaffigan (Star of Welcome
to New York, My Boys, That 70s Show, Ed); Brett
Butler (Star of Grace Under Fire); Dave Atell
(The Daily Show, Insomniac); as well as other
industry favorites including Rob Bartlett
(Broadway: Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors,
Sweet Charity), Alana De La Garza of Law and
Order, and Darren Aronofsky - director of Pi,
Requiem for a Dream, and The Fountain.
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