MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: VICTORIA RATERMANIS ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “The Actors Studio has given me access to an epic community of creatives and a place where I can simply work on my craft without any pressure of “booking” or “getting it done”, simply for the spirit of creativity and challenging yourself to grow. I think the industry has been “in flux” for a long time now and I have always been quite envious of musicians and painters and artists who have such an easier access to their creativity. Having Mon-Fri access to the Studio has been a game changer. Not only for myself as an actor but also for my mental stability. You have to find creative outlets in the lulls of your career, otherwise that energy compounds and builds into something dark. I am very thankful to know that I have a lifetime of being a member and creator here, excited for the growth to come.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Victoria Ratermanis stars in Oscar-nominated short film ‘A Lien’. She is also a writer, director and theater maker, with her premiere short film “DISC” starring Jim Cummings ready to hit the festival circuit in 2026. Born in Baltimore, and brought up overseas, her childhood as a perpetual new kid taught her adaptability and strengthened her imagination, and now she’s made a career of the tendency. She is Meisner-trained thanks to Playhouse West Brooklyn, and graduated with a BFA in acting from Pace University. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are so excited to welcome Victoria as a new member to the Studio (she passed her final audition in 2024) and wish the “A Lien” team all the best at the Oscars this weekend!!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow @alien_short_film and @tozr ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @theacademy #oscars2025 #academyawards #actress #themethod #theactorstudio (fb)

ON THE WATERFRONT ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In the lead up to this year’s @theacademy Awards, we celebrate one of the most historic films to come out of The Actors Studio (then the Group Theater). At the 1954 Oscars, it won 8 of its 12 nominations. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here is what The Academy says about the cinema masterpiece: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “In the performance that would define his career, Marlon Brando plays Terry Malloy, a onetime prizefighter now resigned to backbreaking work as a longshoreman on docks ruled by a ruthless union boss (Lee J. Cobb) with mob ties. As the NY State Crime Commission starts closing in, Malloy begins to question his loyalties, not a simple matter considering that Cobb’s right-hand man is Malloy’s own brother (Rod Steiger). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Contributing to director Elia Kazan’s urban masterpiece are Karl Malden, who shines as a priest sympathetic to Malloy, and Eva Marie Saint as the vulnerable sister of a fellow stevedore. The film’s impact is intensified by Budd Schulberg’s Oscar-winning script, which features one of cinema’s most-loved speeches; Leonard Bernstein’s potent score, his only composed solely for film; and the Oscar-winning efforts of cinematographer Boris Kaufman and art director Richard Day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Based on Malcolm Johnson’s multi-part New York Sun exposé, which won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1949, Kazan’s film was shot on both sides of the Hudson River and bears the director’s signature Group Theatre intensity. Nominated for 12 Oscars and winning eight, including Best Actor for Brando and Directing for Kazan, On the Waterfront remains a haunting portrait of life on the margins. Hollywood legend Eva Marie Saint, whose 60-year film career includes collaborations with Hitchcock, Preminger and Zinnemann, will appear in person to reminisce about working with Brando and Kazan during the making of this American classic.” (fb)