About Us
Marc Clopton – Founder/Educator
Marc Clopton has taught acting locally for more than thirty-three years. His drama teaching credentials also include: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Performance Group at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA; Gene Bua’s Acting for Life in Burbank, CA; the UCLA Adult Education Program; The Singers Forum in Manhattan, and his own studio classes in Los Angeles.
Marc’s directional credits include: Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal,” Bernard Pomerance’s “The Elephant Man,” Tennessee William’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Steve Faria’s comedy “Sense” and musical “Things That Matter,” Linda Goodman’s “Daughter’s of the Appalachians,” de Ghelderode’s “The Women at the Tomb,” Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors, John Tavano’s Fuente Grande, Lynne Kaufman’s The Couch, and Michael Kimball’s Best Enemies.
Marc performed at the Player’s Club in Manhattan in Bud Schulberg’s rewrite of “The Disenchanted,” the glamorous script about the life of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald.
“When I see a student come through the door, I don’t see a beginner or an expert, but a full person full of mystery and inspiration, an actor with a life’s worth of experiences which will inform their work.”
Executive Director
Marc Clopton (Founder)
Board of Directors
Useful Links
Exit Dance Theatre
Firehouse Center for the Arts
The Newburyport Art Association
Newburyport Arts Collective
The Performing Project
Theater in the Open
Zach Field Drums and Music
If you need help planning your visit to the Studio, contact info@newburyportacting.org.
For more information on the performing arts:
NewburyportArts
Newburyport Daily News
North Shore Art Throb
ArtsBoston
Variety
Equity Actors of America