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Constantin Stanislavski
Virginia Wall Gruenert (Actor and Playwright) is co-founder and Artistic Director of Off The Wall Theater in Carnegie, PA.
A native of New York City, Virginia grew up in Bogota, New Jersey and is a cum laude graduate of Syracuse University’s Drama Department. She has studied acting, voice, and movement in both New York (Maria Wida, Arthur Storch, Jaques Chwat) and London (National Theater, Bristol Old Vic), and in Los Angeles with the legendary Stella Adler.
Her play Shaken &
Stirred was the first play produced by Off The Wall. A relative newcomer to southwestern PA at the
time, Virginia initially played all four roles. She subsequently rewrote Shaken & Stirred for four actors, and the play had a successful
run at Theater 54 in New York City in October of 2011. Her short play Bugaboo was featured in SWAN Day Pittsburgh 2012.
Other NYC acting credits:
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Perry
St. Theatre), Camelot Revisited (Theater
for the New City). Syracuse: Bye Bye
Birdie, Anyone Can Whistle, The Happy Prince, The Adding Machine, The Braggart
Soldier, Ah, Wilderness!, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Kennedy’s Children. Villanova Master’s Program: Watt (adapted
from Samuel Beckett’s novel by Charles Van Buren). Off The Wall Theater: Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Martha); Season’s Greetings…! (Jocelyn); Agnes
of God (Martha Livingstone); ‘night,
Mother (Thelma); The House of Yes (Mrs.
Pascal); The Other Place (Julianna); Well (Ann); Ghosts (Mrs. Alving)
Virginia is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.,
The League of Professional Theatre Women,
and Actors’ Equity Association.
Virginia is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.,
The League of Professional Theatre Women,
and Actors’ Equity Association.
