It's early in September, and fall is on the way. I am in France, on my way to Madrid, where I will teach from September 8-26. Classes in New York begin on October 4th, and end on December 17th. There may be one space left, as of today, the 4th of September. This fall, the theater company I created, the Accidental Repertory Theater will begin its first season, in the same space at 555 8th Avenue, where classes are held. I've taken a long time creating another non-profit theater. I haven't spoken about it in class, or in these letters, to be sure that people come to work with me to develop their creative process, not because they think I am going to give them work. Though, I have always used actors I've trained in productions I do. I train actors, hoping I will want to work with them. But, that is not a promise, or a guarantee, when you come to work with me.

A theater is a lot of work. And, one starts anything because you have dreams. But, it's best to have no expectations. One does the work because you love it. That must be the main reason for doing it. If material success is the goal, then the standard changes, from a deeply personal standard of excellence, to a search to find what sells. The most successful results, materially, are a good level of mediocrity. ART began with Monday evening workshops, which some of you know in class know about. Actors, directors, and writers, come to work on themselves, and their craft. The workshop is continuous, and its goal is to provide a place where each member can work on their creative process. After several years, I think we are ready to share our work with the public. Hopefully, the deeply personal work that we are committed to doing will continue in performance. If it does, all the work is worth it. It is what we dream of doing.

Also this year , I decided to develop a Summer Program with other teachers trained by me. While there were actors ready to commit to doing it, I decided it would be better to wait until summer 2009 to begin, as we could use the time to better organize. I am very pleased to begin to offer this program, and to be able to train teachers who can share the Organic Creative Process with more actors than I am able to do by myself. You can look at the program on the website Summer Program.. John Strasberg Studios will also begin to offer regular, ongoing classes taught by teachers other than me.

In 2009, my Intensive Workshop will be from January 5-16. Then, I will be in Paris from January 26-February 13. My 10 week spring acting program in New York will be from February 28-May 13th. Go to the website, which has been updated, to see all the new information about other classes and teachers, and the Summer Program.

As always, you can contact me, or the New York Administration, or Paris, Madrid, and elsewhere, by clicking on the contact link in the menu, and then, clicking on the menu to pull down the menu, and choose the person you want to contact by email.

Regards,