Babs George

Babs George founded The Actors School formerly the State Theatre School of Acting in 1993 and has been the Director since its inception She is a professional actress and has been a member of SAG and AEA for over 30 years Babs graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Performance from the University of Utah and an MFA in Classical Acting from The Shakespeare Theatres Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington Univ She has been awarded Austin Critics Awards the B Iden Payne Awards as well as the Austin Chronicles Best ActorActress in Austin Award In addition to her extensive stage career Babs also pursues film television and commercial work Some of her TVFilm credits include a PBS documentary of War of the Worlds Friday Night Lights and Sin City She is currently teaching in the theatre department at Texas State Austin TX and has also taught at University of Texas St Edwards University and Southwestern in Georgetown Ms George has studied with many prestigious teachers over the years including Uta Hagen Michael Kahn Shakespeare Theatre Ann Bogart SITI Company Viewpoints and Suzuki Tina Packer Shakespeare Co Karen Kohlhaas Atlantic Theatre and Lisa Dalton cofounder of the National Michael Chekhov Association Biography by Babs George