Judith Marian Feingold is a New York based, classically trained Meisner actor. After graduating from Oberlin College in 2010 (Theatre, visual art, Russian Language & Literature), Judith attended the Summer Training Institute at Shakespeare & Company with Dennis Krausnick and Tina Packer, acted in Philadelphia for several years, and ultimately sought her most deeply rooted training in the Meisner technique at the John DeSotelle Acting Studio, in New York.
Judith found an artistic home at the DeSotelle Studio and its adjoining company, Nu.ance Theatre; there she has acted in, designed for, and directed several mainstage and blackbox productions, including Awake And Sing, How I Learned To Drive, This Property Is Condemned & Talk To Me Like The Rain And Let Me Listen, The Bear & The Evils Of Tobacco, and Hamlet. Judith currently works at the DeSotelle Studio, where she is a teaching asststant, prop master, company actor and director. She takes great pleasure in organizing Wednesday night readings, and in welcoming new actors to the space.
Judith most recently appeared in her first feature film, The Manhattan Front, with Polyvinyl films (Cathy Crane Dir., 2017 release), which was taken to the European Film Market in Berlin. She is most proud of her involvement in Nu.ance Theatre’s 2017 production of Hamlet, which she Assistant Directed with John DeSotelle, Nu.ance Theatre’s Artistic Director, over the course of a year.
Judith will talk shakespeare for hours with anyone, anywhere, at anytime, and is a great advocate of training, practice, and devotion without excuse to one’s craft; above all, she believes that in a world of screens and devices, imagination is all the more worth cultivating and defending- imagination begets empathy, which is the greatest reason of all to step onto a stage.
Awards
2017 New York Innovative Theatre Awards nominee (Proof, Nuance Theatre)
Reviews
PROOF BY DAVID AUBURN AT THE NUANCE THEATRE, NYC
From my Seat in the House by Mari Lyn Henry
July 30, 2017
The Proof is the Pulitzer Prize for best play; A proof is an inferential argument for a mathematical statement; a proof must demonstrate that a statement is always true…(source: wikipedia)While watching this complicated and intriguing play about the world of a subject I never had a connection with in school—-I barely got a C in algebra, and needed a tutor for geometry—I marvel at the extensive knowledge of discovering proofs that Auburn has injected into this exploration of the four characters who inhabit or visit his ramshackle house in suburban Chicago. At the heart of his play are Robert, a renowned mathematics professor whose star rose at the age of 22 and then disappeared by the time he was 23.
Now in his 50s (having had a career as professor of math at University of Chicago during periods of lucidity) his long bout with mental illness has slowly eroded his ability to create new work. His caregiving daughter Catherine has inherited his left brain gifts but fears she is also susceptible to the ‘crazy’. (I enjoyed the line where it was explained if you ask “Am I Crazy? It is proof you are not.)
Under the direction of the talented John Desotelle, with an extremely gifted ensemble of actors, this production of Proof is filled with characters who seem to be in the moment at all times, finding fresh thoughts and heartfelt truth. Judith Feingold’s portrayal of Catherine is a tribute to the depth she brings to the emotional arcs, the fears, the insecurities, the yearning for love and happiness and her love-hate-relationship with her eccentric father. Kyle Begley is an engaging Hal who is totally believable as the eager math professor who is dedicated to a deeper relationship with Catherine. Gene Pope as Robert and Whitney St. Ours as Claire give finely etched portrayals and their scenes with Catherine have the right mixture of truth and passion.
Technical credits are terrific and congrats to Matt Imhoff for set and lighting, Carly Katz for costumes, and Megan Culley for sound design and projections, espeically the classical music selections.
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+Add a Highlight“Judith Feingold’s portrayal of Catherine is a tribute to the depth she brings to the emotional arcs, the fears, the insecurities, the yearning for love and happiness and her love-hate-relationship with her eccentric father. “
-‘From my Seat in the House’ by Mari Lyn Henry
July 30th, 2017
“You have to remind yourself to breathe…an indication of real theare, in my mind”
“…what ensues cannot be witnessed with anything less than pure fascination”
-Kristen Morale, Broadway World Review, Aug. 19th, 2017
“Judith Feingold is a stunning actress. Also, brilliant painter. Can also paint or draw theatre posters, postcards, She has done three hand drawn posters for shows for me. Including my favorite, Awake and Sing, by Clifford Odets. If interested contact her and she will send you any samples. Just simply an amazing all round artist who does not mind getting her hands dirty. Stunning.”
-John DeSotelle, Artistic Director, Nuance Theatre, 2019
“Jude is a consummate, professional artist who utilizes her keen intelligence and skillful artistry especially while bringing out the best in her fellow actors or as a director of actors. Her attention to detail and untiring energy to achieve perfection is incomparable. "
Margo Singalese, Fuacata Films, 2019
“I have seen her work as well as engaged her to do work for Black Orchid theatre group. I have ALWAYS been pleased and impressed with her professionalism, her creativity, and her gracious work ethic — and results!”
-Craig Hutchinson, Director, Black Orchid Theatre Group, 2019
“Judith directed my play “The Dark Horse” and was a pleasure to work with. She was communicative and thoughtful with the process. Her use of multi-media design was especially impressive. "
-Lindsay Partain, Playwright, 2019
Links
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Hamlet theatrical trailer
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Nuance Theatre
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