Milton Katselas’ acting technique is now available on both coasts.

The Beverly Hills Playhouse is pleased to announce the opening of BHP New York. Class will be held at the Wings Theatre Company, located at 154 Christopher Street on Monday nights from 7-10pm and will be taught by Jennifer Gelfer.

Jennifer Gelfer

Jennifer Gelfer is an Actor, Director, Teacher, and private coach to some of the finest actors both here and abroad. Among her many acting credits are HBO's Sex and The City, NBC'sThe Doctors, and Disney's Ice Princess. She has directed theatre in NYC, LA, and London. Her 2008 revival of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, for The Collective Tree, was widely acclaimed. Directing credits in LA include Pearls Before Swine, The Owl and The Pussycat, and the Associate Direction of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award winning Dylan.

In NYC she has directed the MITF's production of Padraic O'Reilly's Stray Dog Hearts, which won the award for best show, the Duo Theatres' production of Brilliant Traces, as well as the world premiere of Colors of Autumn.

In London she has been made an Associate Member of the West End's Theatre Royale Haymarkets Masterclass, an honor she shares along with Dame Judi Dench. She is the only American this honor has been bestowed upon. On the West End she has collaborated with Sex and The City's Kim Cattrall in Sir Peter Hall's production of Whose Life Is It Anyway and David Mamet's critically acclaimed, The Cryptogram at The Donmar Warehouse. She can be seen in the BBC's documentary of What I'd Really Like To Do, teaching one of her acclaimed Masterclasses.

Jennifer studied with Milton Katselas both in his advanced class and then in his celebrated Masterclass for seventeen years. She credits him with making her the accomplished artist she is today. "Milton taught me that I could do it all and that is the gift I want to give to other artists."

The New York classes mirror the Los Angeles classes in both the operation and method of teaching, so that a student studying at the BHP in Los Angeles who gets a job in New York, would be able to sign up for the New York class and his/her training and school environment will be consistent. The same will be true for students studying in New York and traveling to Los Angeles.

For more information and a phone interview, call (646) 200-5790.