Greg Skura is a NYC based actor, director, teacher, and private acting coach whose ideas and attitudes on actor training have been profoundly influenced by the late visionary theatre artist Joseph Chaikin.  Greg had the good fortune to train as an actor with Mr. Chaikin, and was honored to serve as Mr. Chaikin’s assistant for his last Master Class at the Stella Adler School of Acting.  Greg continues to train and develop his teaching philosophy in NYC and in Amsterdam with Nancy Gabor, Mr. Chaikin’s longtime friend and colleague.

Building on the pioneering groundwork developed years ago by Mr. Chaikin and Ms. Gabor in their ensemble workshops with the Open Theater, Greg has developed a system, modified for young actors, of fun games and exercises that investigates the idea of “presence” and provides techniques that enable young actors to be open to themselves and to their creative impulses.  Tools are introduced that encourage the spontaneous and joyful examination of our relationship with each other and with the world around us.

Greg holds a B.A. in Child Development from Tufts University and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.  For more on Greg’s acting work, visit www.gregskura.com.