Sandy has been a theatre educator, artist, and administrator for over 30 years and is thrilled to be joining the staff of RMTA as the Acting instructor for the 2021-22 school year. He is the owner of Sandy Nagar Studio LLC, providing Acting coaching and Theatre Arts College Consulting services for students considering going to college for Theatre.
 
Having received his B.A. in Theatre-Acting/Directing from SUNY New Paltz, and his M.A. in Directing and Theatre History from the University at Albany, Sandy is a Theatre “jack-of-all-trades,” so to speak. Consequently, he brings a wealth of diverse experience to his students, emphasizing the multi-disciplined and collaborative nature of Theatre as an art form.
 
In the arena of educational Theatre, he has taught and directed at Bishop Kearney High School; directed, technical directed, and designed for Webster Schroeder High School and Webster Spry Middle School; and was the Technical Theater Manager for the Greece Central School District for 10 years. Most recently he was the Theatre and Film teacher at Rochester Prep High School for several years, where he also built and directed a vibrant Drama Club and the RPHS house improv troupe, The Underground Players.
 
Sandy has also worked as a Theater administrator and production manager in several regional theaters across the country including the Mercury Theater in Chicago, Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, and Rochester’s very own Geva Theatre. Additionally, he was the founding Producing Artistic Director of both the Webster Shakespeare Festival and Working Class Theatre Company.
 
As a director, favorite credits include Eurydice and Peter and the Starcatcher (Rochester Prep HS); Chicago and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Webster Schroeder HS); The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and Hellcab (Working Class Theatre Co.); A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night (Webster Shakespeare Festival); Little Shop of Horrors and Godspell (Bishop Kearney HS.)
 
            Sandy’s approach to actor training comes from his own extensive background and training in the Meisner technique, which emphasizes actors on stage living truthfully under imaginary circumstances as their character. Under his tutelage, young actors study the craft of Acting supported by the following four pillars: Circumstances & Point of View, Listening & Observing, Reacting, and Honesty. In a “performance lab” environment, exercises, skills, techniques, and text analysis are all crafted to provide students with opportunities to explore and experiment with these pillars in a safe and meaningful way.    
 
For more info on Sandy Nagar Studio LLC, visit www.sandynagarstudio.com