 RONALD RAND - FOUNDER, PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
U.S. Goodwill Cultural Ambassador/International Performing Artist
A celebrated International Director, Mr. Rand’s production of “LUV” continues to run into its 8th year at Sarajevo’s Chamber Theatre 55 in Bosnia & Herzegovina with Zana Marjanovic (star of Angelina Jolie’s film, “In the Land of Blood and Honey), Moamer Kasumovic and Muhamed Hadzovic.
Ronald Rand's three books include “SOLO TRANSFORMATION ON STAGE: a Journey into the Organic Process of the Art of Transformation,” published by Brown Posey Press (Sunbury Press), acknowledged by PLAYBILL as one of “13 Theatre Books to Take to the Park This Spring and Christopher Plummer wrote: “An unforgettable journey of passion, insight and discovery!" – "CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live to Create and Create to Live" published by Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing with 130 interviews and over a hundred artworks – and "Acting Teachers of America" published by Allworth Press, which continue to be used as texts at universities, colleges and acting academies.
For over two decades, Mr. Rand continues to perform in his internationally-celebrated solo play, "LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion" bringing to life Harold Clurman, the "Elder Statesman of the American Theatre" around the world in over 25 countries. In 2017, Mr. Rand represented the United States in the 8th Theatre Olympics performing to standing ovations at New Delhi's famed Kamani Auditorium and at the Tagore Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram.
"LET IT BE ART!"has received three critically-acclaimed runs Off-Broadway at the Century Center of the Performing Arts, the ArcLight Theatre and Sande Shurin Theatre in New York City. Audiences world-wide have given this celebrated play standing ovations in 25 countries, and 20 states across America at over 100 theaters, international festivals and conferences, universities, colleges, and schools. "LET IT BE ART!” is a NYFA sponsored project, and was directed by Gregory Abels in 2001. Presently, Ronald Rand is Managing Director of all tours of "LET IT BE ART!"
Mr. Rand is the Librettist of “IBSEN,” the first opera written about the Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, with music by German composer Harmut von Lieres – the World Premiere is presently being scheduled.
In 2018, Mr. Rand represented the U.S. at the Colombo International Theatre Festival in Sri Lanka, and performing at the National Theatre in Nairobi in The Kenya International Theatre Festival, and at Nakuru Players Theatre.
Ronald Rand was chosen by the U.S. State Department & World Learning as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar during 2021-2025 and 2013-2018. In 2017, he became the first Fulbright Specialist Scholar to teach at the Taller de Teatro of Paysandú, Uruguay sharing Stanislavsky's "Method of Physical Actions" Chart in four 7-hour Master Acting Workshops. He also performed his solo play, "LET IT BE ART!" twice (with Spanish sub-titles), and became the first American director to direct an adaptation of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-prize winning play, "Our Town" in Paysandú at the Aras Theatre, translated into Spanish by Ilse Olivera (a language he does not speak), with several gifted actors of Paysandú. Five articles about Mr Rand appeared in the largest newspaper of Paysandu, "Diario El Telegrafo," and he gave radio interviews on the two largest radio stations in Paysandú.
In 2015, Ronald Rand was chosen by the U.S. State Department/CIES as the first Fulbright Specialist to teach for six weeks at the University of Malaya’s Cultural Centre.
During 2015, the Malaysian Ministry of Arts & Culture invited Mr. Rand as the first American to perform and teach across Malaysia at their State Theaters in Ipoh, Alor Setar and Kuala Terengganu. He was also a Visiting Guest Professor in Kuala Lumpur at the National Arts Culture and Heritage Academy, Islamic International State University, and Universiti Teknologi Mara.
In 2013, Mr. Rand was chosen as the first Fulbright Specialist to teach for six weeks at the University of Sarajevo’s Academy of Dramatic Arts.
During 5 tours across India, Mr. Rand has performed and been a Visiting Guest Professor at Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares Academy in Mumbai, Jaipur’s Manipal University, University of Mysore, Bangalore’s Christ University (performing in their International Baptizer Festival (also as a Judge of the Festival), Auroville’s Aurobindo Auditorium, Chilsag Chilies Acting Academy, Alliance française de Delhi Auditorium, Pondicherry University, University of Calicut, New Delhi’s Nehru University, Mumbai’s Bhavans College, New Delhi’s R.K. Films & Media Academy, and the Cpracsis Association for Asian Performance's International Theatre Conference on Body, Space and Technology in Performance at St. Thomas College, in Kerala.
He was the first American invited to perform in Zimbabwe's BAFA International Arts Festival (co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy), "Voices of History" International Theatre Festival (Vologda, Russia), Bareilly International Theatre Festival (India), MerCoSur International Theatre Festival (performing in Paysandu’s Teatro Florencio Sanchez-Uruguay), Bangkok's Patravadi Theatre, Johannesburg’s National School of Arts Fame Festival (South Africa), Last Frontier Theatre Conference-Alaska, and invited as the first solo play at Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts-New York City (USA).
Around the world, Mr. Rand also has performed in “LET IT BE ART” and taught at Paris's Cinemateque Theatre, in the Palace Dar el-Majzen-Casbah of the Medina at Tangier's International Intermediality Theatre Conference, Minsk's Palace of Culture of the Trade Unions Theatre-Belarus, Sarajevo's International Winter Festival, Colombia's International Theatre Festival of Peace, Kathmandu International Theatre Festival-Nepal, Buenos Aires' Kafka Theatre, London’s Spiro Ark Theatre, Sarajevo’s International M.E.S.S Festival (also as a Judge of the Festival), Frankfurt’s Internationales Theatre, Eskisehir’s State Municipal Theatre-Turkey, Georgian International Festival of Arts-GIFT-Tbilisi, Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, Alaska), New England Theatre Conference’s Convention, Southeastern Theatre Conference Convention, and International Festival of Making Theatre-Athens.
Across America, his performances include North Coast Repertory Theatre, Cape May Stage, Tucson’s Invisible Theatre, Anchorage’s Cyrano’s Theatre, Jean-Claude van Itallie's "Shantigar", Stella Adler Academy-LA (Irene Gilbert Theatre, William Esper Studio, Orange County Community College, Maggie Flanigan Studio, Pace University, Villanova University, Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, Players Club, Penny Templeton Studio, Neighborhood Playhouse, and the Episcopal Actors Guild of America.
An Adjunct Professor of Acting at Pace University for four years, Mr. Rand now teaches as a Visiting Guest Professor sharing his unique master acting workshop, "Art of Transformation" across the globe in 23 countries and 20 states, including Anadolu University-Eskisehir-Turkey, Belarusian State University-Tbilisi, Georgia, University of Zagreb's Academy of Dramatic Art, Georgian International Festival of Arts-GIFT-Tbilisi, and across America at New York University, Louisiana State University, Lycoming College, University of Missouri-Columbia, Syracuse University, San Diego University, Orange County Community College.
Mr. Rand has appeared in over 200 films and TV shows including "The Emperor's Club," “In & Out" opposite Kevin Kline, "Jerky Boys," "Another You," as President Nixon in "Rude Awakening" and "Quiz Show" directed by Robert Redford, “When in Rome” opposite Angelica Huston, as Mercedes Ruehl's husband on "Law & Order," "Third Watch," as Milton Sterns in "A Marriage-O’Keefe and Steiglitz" (American Playhouse) opposite Jane Alexander & Christopher Plummer; "Homeless" opposite Yoko Ono; on "Saturday Night Live," "All My Children," "As the World Turns," "One Life to Live," and "Guiding Light."
His Off-Broadway debut in "Julius Caesar" at BAM with Richard Dreyfuss, George Rose, Thomas Hulce and Rene Auberjunois was followed by numerous Off-Broadway appearances including "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Classical Theatre of Harlem), "Servant of Two Masters" directed by Stuart Vaughan, Hamm in "Endgame," directed by Joseph Chaikin; "Conversation with a Kleagle," the lead in Goldoni's "The Liar;" First Gravedigger in "Hamlet"; leads in several of Bernard Shaw's plays; and all three male roles in "Perfect Crime". He toured for five months throughout Europe as the Fool in "King Lear" with Tom McGowan.
He created, co-produced and appeared with Marian Seldes, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayne Atkinson, David Margulies, and Rosemary Harris in the Schueur Book Series at The Jewish Museum in New York City.
Mr. Rand starred in "LUV" at The Barnstormers Theatre in New Hampshire, and at the Mirror Repertory’s Greensboro Arts Alliance Summer Stock Theatre as the Stage Manager in “Our Town,” Polonius in “Hamlet,” and as Captain Keller in “The Miracle Worker.”
His other plays include "Consequences," "Ode to the Moon," "The Site of Human Life," and "The Group!" about the life of the Group Theatre (World Premiere-Northern Illinois University). "The Group!" has also received presentations at The York Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, and The Actors Studio. Mr. Rand's play "Consequences" was given a Staged Reading by the Nebraska Repertory Theatre at Edward Albee's First Great Plains Theatre Conference & his play “Just Drive” was given a Staged Reading at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference.
As a producer, he presented the U.S. premiere of Spain’s most controversial playwright, Inigo Ramirez de Haro’s most controversial play at La MaMa, a tribute to Harold Clurman and Robert Whitehead at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and at The Players Club in New York City: Ruby Dee, Irene O'Garden and Sandy Rochelle in "An Evening of Exceptional Poets," "An Evening with Vijay Tendulkar," "Vivien Leigh", "H.L. Mencken," "Cirque Jacqueline," Vinie Burrows as "Rose McClendon," "Jane Austen," and new plays by Dale Wasserman and Ty Jones.
Mr. Rand’s mentors include Stella Adler (over 5 years), Harold Clurman, Joseph Chaikin, Richard Schechner, Robert Lewis and Jerzy Grotowski Lewis.
Committed to the vision of his teachers, Harold Clurman and Stella Adler, Ronald Rand created this newspaper, THE SOUL OF THE AMERICAN ACTOR in 1998. |
