Rob Adler

An actor, director and celebrity performance coach, Rob Adler specializes in helping actors use improvisation techniques for scripted performances. 

As an actor, Rob Adler has appeared on stage and screen. Recently in Los Angeles with Theatre Dybbuk playing Jethro in the world premier of Exagogue (an unearthed greek tragedy thought to be the first written 'Jewish' play) and a run as "Larry the Liquidator" in Other People's Money at the Pico Playhouse with Interact.

Adler directed the acclaimed short film iVOTE, based on the true story of a whistleblower, starring Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts and Emmy Award winners Dan Lauria and Sharon Lawrence. A long time activist, Adler's artistic mission is to raise awareness of peace and progress issues, which is also reflected in the plays and films he has directed, including The Diary Play, an original adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary for the Trump era.. He devised and directed Patriot Act, starring acclaimed performer Roger Guenveur Smith (Do the Right Thing, American Gangster, Rodney King), continuing his long time affiliation with Los Angeles' Bootleg Theater. For the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Adler directed Rise & Shout, starring Joe Mantegna, Jack Klugman, Jean Smart and Wendie Malick.

Adler is a professor of acting at Chicago's Theatre School at DePaul. His teaching is sought after nationally and internationally at places like the USC School of Dramatic Arts, CalArts, the Geffen Playhouse, American Music & Dramatic Academy, Boston University, Occidental College, the famed USC School of Cinematic Arts and internationally in places like Tokyo, Nassau (for the Bahamas International Film Festival), at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and in Stockholm for Top Model Sweden. Adler also writes a regular column offering expert advice to actors for Backstage.