Jaclyn Loewenstein

MASTER TEACHER/DIRECTOR
ADVANCED WORKSHOPS * KIDS’ CABARET * PRIVATE COACHING

Since 1992, Jaclyn Loewenstein has worked professionally as an acting instructor, theatre director and audition coach at numerous institutions, including: the Piven Theatre Workshop and Northwestern University’s “Cherubs” program in Evanston, Apple Tree Theatre in Highland Park, The Children’s Acting Academy in NYC, and ZACH Theatre in Austin, where her theatre students included Tony-nominee David Bologna (Billy Elliot).

In NYC, Jaclyn was a casting assistant for numerous Broadway productions, including Les Misérables, Chicago and Cats, and she assisted director James Lapine on The Diary of Anne Frank, starring Natalie Portman.

A native of Chicago’s northern suburbs, Jaclyn holds an MFA in Directing from Illinois State University. Since relocating to Champaign in 2011, she has taught acting at Parkland College for Kids, Art-in-Motion, and here at Class Act, where she created the Class Act Kids’ Cabaret (for which auditions are held each fall). Jaclyn directed The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company (CUTC), and has performed with CUTC, Parkland Theatre and Monticello Theatre Association.

Upcoming projects:
Directing The Hallelujah Girls for Monticello Theatre Association. Runs June 1-8, 2013.
Class Act Summer Intensives
Private Acting & Audition Coaching. Email Jaclyn.Loewenstein@gmail.com