Faculty Profiles

Tommy Schrider

Assistant Professor
Theatre, College of Arts and Sciences

Performing Arts Center 252
516.877.4931
tschrider@adelphi.edu

General Information

Diplomas/Degrees

Diplomas/Degrees

MFA in Acting, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts (2000)

Licenses and Certifications

Licenses and Certifications

Memeber of Actors Equity Assiciation and SAG/AFTRA.

Professional Experience

Professional Experience

I recently appeared in an episode of The Gilded Age on HBO.

As an actor I've also appeared in War Horse (Vivian Beaumont Theater) on Broadway. My other NYC Off Broadway credits include shows at Theatre for A New Audience, Red Bull, BAM/Brooklyn Academy of Music, Ensemble Studio Theater, Classic Stage, NYTW, Keen Company, Irish Rep, Rattlestick Theater, Sheen Center, PROTOTYPE Festival and Urban Stages. Regionally, I have appeared in several shows at Yale Rep, South Coast Rep, Huntington Theater, Westport Playhouse, Berkshire Theater Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pioneer Theater, Syracuse Stage, Hangar Theater, Virginia Stage Company, Portland Stage and Williamstown Theater Festival. I have appeared internationally at Andrew’s Lane Theatre in Dublin. TV credits POSE, The Americans, Blacklist, The Good Fight, Elementary, The Enemy Within, Medium, Numbers, Law & Order. I also appreared in two audio productions (Othello, Pericles) for the award winning Play On/Next Chapter Podcasts. Recipient of the Charles Bowdan Acting Award from New Dramatists.



Personal Statement

Personal Statement

I am a professional actor and educator who is passionate about working with the next generation of actors. I will be teaching Text Analysis and The Rudiments of Directing in Fall 2024. In the Spring I'll be teaching Intermediate Scene Study, Psychological Acting, Manhattan Showcase and bringing students from the department to the Kennedy Center American Theater Festival. 

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