Dianna Martin

Current

• Instructor, Continuing Education at Hunter College
• Audience Building Manager and Actress at MTWorks
• Acting Instructor at Martin Acting Studios

• Actress, Marketing & Communications Coordinator at Oberon Theatre Ensemble
• Merchandising Coordinator at Barnes & Noble

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Past

• Acting Teacher at New York Film Academy
• Acting Instructor at Ernie Martin Studio Theatre

Education

• Washington University in St. Louis
• University of Mississippi
• The Calhoun School

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Recommended

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Connections

36 connections

Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Website

Dianna Martin’s Experience

• Instructor, Continuing Education

  Hunter College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  I offer two acting courses, beginner to intermediate and intermediate to advanced, for the Hunter College CE Program.

• Audience Building Manager and Actress

  MTWorks

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  As an arm of this fantastic theatre company's marketing department, I assist in getting the word out about productions to appropriate groups in the community who might be interested in seeing our shows.

• Acting Instructor

  Martin Acting Studios

  (Performing Arts industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  I am currently teaching classes and privately coaching students in the Chelsea/Midtown area. Studied with Ernie Martin, Ann Wedgeworth, Larry Singer, Susan Main, and Anna Pileggi. Taught for the Ernie Martin Studio Theatre, New York Film Academy, and have been privately coaching for three years, but have now created my own company. Will be teaching at Hunter College CE this fall. Website: www.MartinActingStudios.com

• Actress, Marketing & Communications Coordinator

  Oberon Theatre Ensemble

  (Entertainment industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  I am a core member of Oberon Theatre Ensemble, a professional theatre company in NYC that has produced over 50 shows over the last 13 seasons. I am an actress as well as an integral part of its Marketing and Communications staff.

• Merchandising Coordinator

  Barnes & Noble

  (Public Company; BKS; Retail industry)

  2000 — Present (9 years )

  I assist the entire Bargain Merchandising Department.

• Acting Teacher

  New York Film Academy

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  I teach in the teen acting program during the summers.

• Acting Instructor

  Ernie Martin Studio Theatre

  (Entertainment industry)

  2003 — 2007 (4 years )

  Taught for/apprenticed under one of the leading acting teachers of the past 30 years, whose students included Sean Penn, Harvey Keitel, Lorraine Bracco, and David Zayas; who was also Artistic Director of the Actors Studio West Coast for a year until moving back to NYC. I taught teens, beginning students, and took over classes and his theatre company, The Actors Creative Theatre, when he could not attend. Ernie (my father) retired this past year after teaching over 35 years, and in doing so, passed the torch to me.

Dianna Martin’s Education

• Washington University in St. Louis

  B.A. , English, Acting, Psychology , 1993 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  Golden Key National Honor Society; Theatre; KWUR 90.3 FM - College Radio Disc Jockey

• University of Mississippi

  English Literature and Compostion 1990 — 1993

• The Calhoun School

Additional Information

Dianna Martin’s Websites:

• My Website

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