Lenard Petit and Andrea Haring

Teaches at Linklater Center

Lenard Petit is the Artistic Director of The Michael Chekhov Acting Studio. As one of a handful of teachers trained by the original members of Michael Chekhov’s Theatre School his knowledge of the technique coupled with his gifts have brought him to be recognized as one of the foremost teachers of this technique in the world. He has taught at the Moscow Art Theatre, The International School for Film and Television in Munich, Helsinki University, and for 16 years at the MFA program at Rutgers. Andrea Haring is a director, actress and vocal coach, Andrea is also the Coordinator for Linklater Voice Teacher Training. She is currently on faculty at Columbia Graduate Theater Program, Circle in the Square Theatre School, and Fordham University. She has previously taught at Yale School of Drama, The New Actor’s Workshop, NYU Tisch Undergraduate Drama, and Dartmouth College. Andrea was a Founding Member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. She regularly teaches at various theater schools and companies in London, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Iceland.