Gary Kingston
Meisner Acting
Gary Kingston is a native of California, where he was a member of LACT in San Francisco. While there he appeared in a number of plays, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Present Laughter, and A Cry of Players. Later he acted in both Stockholm and London. In NYC he has appeared at Synchronicity Space, Playwright's Horizon, and is a founding member of The Neighborhood Group Theater, where he played the lead in the original production of William Maestros Simone's Air Guitar on Theater Row. Most recently, he appeared regionally at The Schoolhouse Theater in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer. Mr. Kingston is also a director whose work has been seen at various NYC venues including The Arclight Theater and Alice's Upstairs. He graduated in 1981 from The Neighborhood Playhouse where he studied with Sanford Meisner, Richard Pinter and Ron Stetson. Mr. Kingston was later trained by Mr. Meisner to be a teacher and has been a senior member of the acting faculty of The Neighborhood Playhouse for over 20 years. We are thrilled to have him as one of our Junior School instructors for the High School students.