Shelton Studios
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The Shelton Studios, also known as the Jean Shelton Actors Lab, is an American method acting school based in San Francisco. The school was founded in 1961 by stage actors Robert Elross and Jean Shelton.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/27/DDL01NO9UO.DTL|title=Acting coach Matthew Shelton tells what it takes|date=27 March 2012|website=Sfgate.com|accessdate=5 October 2018}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.chatterblock.com/resources/4578/shelton-studiostheatre-san-francisco-ca/ | title=Shelton Studios/Theatre | Parent reviews, schedules, photos, & more }}
Students of the school have won Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Tony Awards, and local awards.
Alumni
Alumni of the Shelton Studios include: Rob Epstein,{{cite web|url=http://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/repstein|title=Rob Epstein - California College of the Arts|website=Cca.edu|accessdate=5 October 2018}} Nancy Kelly, Lourdes Portillo, Danny Glover,{{cite web |url=http://notedguys.com/danny-glover/ |title=Danny Glover |accessdate=2012-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317031030/http://notedguys.com/danny-glover/ |archivedate=2012-03-17 }} Wendy Phillips, Bill English, Howard Hesseman, J.E. Freeman, Anthony Cistaro, Peter Coyote, John Callahan, Laurie Walters, Tommy Wiseau, and Greg Sestero.
Venues
- Shelton Theater: 533 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102
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External links
- [http://sheltonstudios.org Shelton Studios Website]
- [http://www.sheltontheater.org/ Shelton Theater]
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Category:Drama schools in the United States