ABOUT BOB..

A graduate of Tufts University, Bob Krakower started his teaching career at San Francisco’s famed American Conservatory Theatre. Shepherded by the company’s founder and Artistic Director(William Ball) and the Conservatory Director (Allen Fletcher), he was teaching first year graduate acting, directing projects, and given

Bob on set w/ actors Michael Strahan & Daryl “Chill” Mitchell.

the job of Associate Director of Conservatory, all by the age of 24, making him the youngest person to hold that post at a major theatre school in the United States.  He worked in the same capacity under Mr. Fletcher at the National Theatre Conservatory as well. In 1986, Krakower took over the acting program at another landmark institution, the Tony Award winning Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he also served as a resident director for the company. He was one of the main creative forces behind ATL’s Shorts Festivals, producing and/or directing over 100 projects, including world-premieres by Howard Korder, Lanford Wilson, Jane Anderson, and Jane Martin, and many more.

In 1996-97, Krakower took over as Director of the Atlantic Theatre Company Acting School, running both the Professional and NYU Undergraduate Divisions. He – along with Earl Gister (Yale), Lloyd Richards (Broadway) and J. Michael Miller (NYU) – is a founding faculty member of The Actor’s Center in New York. He has been a guest teacher at Yale, Harvard and NYU and is currently on staff at UNCSA and Juilliard. In addition to his rich theatre background, Krakower spent a much cherished year learning the business side of things at the famed Susan Smith & Associates Agency. He also has extensive experience in film & tv casting, having worked on over 60 productions including “NYPD Blue,” “My So-Called Life,” “Arliss,” “All That,” and “Varsity Blues.” Serving as acting coach on several of these projects, he worked with Brian Robbins, who said of his work on “Hardball” (Keanu Reeves), “I knew I had my hands full with ten actors who never acted before – he really gave them skills, and he really turned them into actors. Because when I got them on the set, they were ready. They really had some chops built up and he just did a fantastic job with them.” As an on-camera director, he has helmed multiple television episodes, and his most recent film “John Pinette: You Go Now” was selected as the opening night feature at Cinequest Film Festival. For over twenty-five years, Krakower has coached on countless films and television productions, hired by the studios, networks, producers, writers, directors, production companies and actors alike. At his studio in New York he teaches one of the longest-running acting classes in the city. And whether he’s working with students, celebrities, stand-ups or actors, he does so with what Emmy Award Winning Director Michael Lembeck has called “the most passionate, kindest, and brightest approach I’ve ever seen.” He lives in New York City.