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Faculty Natalia Lazarus
Natalia Lazarus
Artistic Director
SAG, AEA, AFTRA
Artistic Director, Natalia Lazarus is at the helm of the Promenade Playhouse & its subsidiaries: Promenade Conservatory, a Professional Acting School, 3rd Street Comedy & the Artist's Keys To Success Series, the Acting, Writing, Directing & Personal Growth technique that she created and developed. In addition, Ms. Lazarus is also a private & international coach for Hollywood celebrities on sets (most notably Ken Jeong of The Hangover, Community & Knocked Up; Teresa Ruiz from Border Town with Jennifer Lopez & winner of the Cannes Camera d’Or 2010) and in institutions throughout the world, like Bridge Media, The International School of Cinema of Paris and Casa Azul in Mexico City, to name a few.
Ms. Lazarus is a graduate of the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, the Film Program at New York University with adjacent studies at the University of London, The British Film Institute and the Ned Herrmann Brain Dominance Center. She is Syd Field's “docent” & one of the few in the world authorized to teach his screenwriting technique.
Her written works include: Screenplays: Ruling of Revenge, Norma Beckman’s Return (Hollywood Film Festival winner), Voices of the Drina, based on the Bosnian War, Ripened on the Vine, adapted from the book of the same title, A Life Interrupted, currently in pre-production and recently hired by Omega Films in France to pen The Picasso Rubens Enigma.
Plays: her One Woman Show, Birthday Girl (selection at the Edinburgh Int'l Theatre Festival in Scotland), Programs and Books: the entire curriculum of the Promenade Conservatory’s three year degree, The Actor’s Key, The Screen Star Key, The Screen Icon Key, The Pathology Key, The Director’s Key and The Screenwriter’s Key.
Directorial Credits include, Films: The Trilogy: Growing Up, The Room, Sans Promesse. Stage: Porno Stars at Home, How To Go Out On A Date In Queens, The Ties that Bind, Top Girls, Crimes of the Heart, Bobby Gould in Hell and slated to direct in Paris, France, Marie Antoinette, The Color of Flesh.
Acting Credits include: Stage: The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, The Runner Stumbles, Frida Kahlo, Malcolm & Teresa, Chilean Holiday, Not the Fifth, the Ninth!. Film: Across the Line, Hanging With the Homeboys, Portrait of a Puerto Rican, Touchstone, Maria Cristina, Side Bets, Love It Is.
TV: Promised Land, On Common Ground, Passions, The Young & The Restless, The Bold & The Beautiful, You Be The Judge, Reyes & Rey, Port Charles. Commercial & Voice Over Campaigns: Anheiser Busch, Bank of America, Dodge, Coca Cola, Texaco, Estee Lauder, Mitsubishi, McDonalds, Gerbers, Smirnoff Vodka.
She is fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian. Ms. Lazarus resides in Paris, France & Malibu, California.
The Promenade Playhouse & Conservatory is a Santa Monica based Acting, Screenwriting and Directing school that serves artists from Los Angeles, Hollywood, and throughout California. The Conservatory offers acting, screenwriting, directing, and improv comedy classes. It is a well-respected school that serves both local and international students. International students can also take English As A Second Language classes (ESL), and may qualify for a federal F1 Visa. Instructors include Natalia Lazarus, Syd Field, Matt Moore, Sally Kirkland, and several other celebrity teachers and Hollywood Casting Directors. Alumni include Ken Jeong, Teresa Ruiz and Leslie Garza. Acting techniques include Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, and Michael Chekhov. The Playhouse is home to 3rd Street Comedy and the Promenade Players theatre company. The Promenade Playhouse also offers theatre rental, stage rental, screening rooms, and rehearsal space.