Anna Steers
Anna is an actor, educator, coach and director. Since 2010 Anna has taught multiple subjects in the Department of Theatre Arts at CSULB, such as Theatre of Community Engagement, Professional Skills, Meisner, Advanced Meisner, Uta Hagen, Script Analysis, Theatre Today, Introduction to Theatre for the 21st Century and EPIC (Educational Performance in Community).
Anna trained extensively at Oxford University (BADA), University of San Francisco (BA in Performing Arts and Social Justice), Anne Bogart’s SITI Company (Suzuki/Viewpoints), The John Ruskin School of Acting (Advanced Meisner), Lesley Kahn (Comedy Intensive) and the Teacher Development Program at The Actors Center in NYC, she is a founding member of The National Alliance of Acting Teachers.
Anna recently performed in and produced an original play Not Not Together at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. She has dipped her toes in casting for numerous short films in Hollywood and directed Bad Jews at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. Other LA directing credits include The 24hour Play Festival with Cornerstone Theatre Company and Incidentally at the Electric Lodge. TV/film appearances include award winning short Not Quite Fired Not Quite Hired and Rage Yoga, features Day Out of Days and Shadows of the Dead, American Body Shop (Comedy Central), Las Vegas (NBC), Bill Nye the Science Guy. San Francisco theatre credits include Angels in America, Blue Room, and Blind Spot. Cal Rep theatre credits include Blackbird, Quills, Hyacinth Macaw, Festen, Brittannicus, Out of Thin Air, Saint Plays, Kentucky Cycle, And the War Came and Pool of Bethesda. Other LA credits: Through the Lyres Strings at Ruskin Group Theatre, Tartuffe and A Chorusline at Norris Theatre, Little Shop of Horrors Curtains Up! Theatre. Univeristy directing credits include the devised CSULB production #ethnocentricCRAP and co-directed devised play In or Out, at Pierce College - Streetcar Named Desire, Bad Jews, and Honor.
Ms. Steers' philanthropic work, inspired by theatre for social change, led her to teach at an orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Ms. Steers received a grant from Cal State's Center for Community Engagement to create the first authenticated Service-Learning course implemented in Theatre Arts curriculum. Anna is founder of Steers Studio: an actor's gymnasium and coaching business for tv/film.
Anna is a proud member of SAG and AEA.
