Theatre

Sheila Bandyopadhyay is an actor, director, devisor, movement specialist and Director of Training at Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training in Lenox, Massachusetts. As a theatre maker, Sheila is interested in non-traditional performance that champions physical story-telling, heightened text, and ensemble work. Recent acting credits include Dog People (Jesse/Betty) at Great Barrington Public Theatre and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck/Starveling) at Shakespeare & Company. In New York, Sheila has directed shows at the Brick, the United Solo Festival (Theater Row), the Tank, the Women in Theater Festival (the Gural), the West End Theater, and the 72nd St Theater Lab. For eight years Sheila served as Head of the Movement Department at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. In 2021-22, Sheila was Head of the Professional Training Program at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater. An AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, Sheila teaches movement, physical acting, devising, & Shakespeare. Sheila has served as a guest artist or faculty member with: California State University Summer Arts, Westfield State University, Brandeis University, FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, NYU Gallatin, the Linklater Center, the Upright Citizen’s Brigade, and Emerson College. Sheila is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.