Darius Homayoun

Darius Homayoun

“I first studied with Terry when he was teaching at NYU, and I was a college student there. After college, I secured an agent and began auditioning. After a series of unsuccessful auditions, my agent said that I needed more training, which I did not want to...
Julia Mayorga

Julia Mayorga

“Inspired by many great New York trained actors before me I enrolled in Terry Knickerbocker Studio for a Summer Intensive. The constant challenge was humbling and empowering. Not always easy, but truthful. A push and pull that sometimes felt impossible, but...
Jurnee Smollett

Jurnee Smollett

In the summer of 2020, my friend Chris Messina invited me to attend a virtual workshop conducted by Terry. While I had long heard great things about Terry from friends and colleagues like Jonathan Majors and Sam Rockwell, I was a bit skeptical about attending a...
Chris Messina

Chris Messina

“It wasn’t until your class, that I was reminded of the love of the craft. It was the plays, going back to how it started that pushed me to stop making excuses. It all clicked: the “running” I was doing was from was the business, not from the work. That brought...
Brian Michael Smith

Brian Michael Smith

“I began training with Terry nearly 10 years ago during a summer intensive. I had no idea how transformative working with him would be for me. I feel like I learned what it meant to be an artist over the course of our work together.” Brian’s Bio...