Associate Acting Teacher
Annie McGovern is a A NYC based actor, producer, singer and lifelong believer in the beauty of the creative process.
Run Towards the Cannons!
After graduating from the Rutgers Theater Dept, Annie continued her exploration of the Meisner Technique in NYC with Bill Esper, Maggie Flanagan and eventually with Terry. Other notable teachers include Barbara Marchant, Lloyd Williamson, Pierre Lefevre, Thomas G Waites, Vince D’Onofrio, Tim Phillips and mentor Seret Scott.
While her roots are in the theater, she has worked extensively in film and television as well. She is currently working as an acting coach for top rated series on Paramount + and Netflix. And just this year she was Executive Producer on the film HALTED which deals with issues stemming from the conflict in Ukraine.
On stage Annie has appeared, over the last 20 yrs, in productions throughout the city- everything from Off Off to celebrated long running Off-Broadway productions.
Believing in the importance of creating an artistic home, Annie served as a founding Artistic Director of the 3Graces Theater Company. Overseeing nearly a decade of work that resulted in collaborations with hundreds of the city’s most creative artists, notably – Rob Askins, Antoinette Nwandu, Chiara Atik, Noah Galvin, Francis Benhamou, William Jackson Harper & Lila Neugebauer.
Under her leadership 3Graces was awarded the LPTWs Lucille Lortel Award for Emerging Theater Co. and produced several World Premieres. As an Assistant Director she has been fortunate to be involved in many wonderful productions-most notably The Taming of the Shrew– Dir Thomas G Waites at The Baruch Performing Arts Center, and Dark Laughter– Dir Estelle Parsons at The Actors Studio.
As a facilitator/producer Annie helms the SAG/AEA signatory Simulations Inc,
hiring actors to work in the corporate space using improvisational techniques working on improving communication skills for sales teams in the US as well as internationally. Annie is a member of The Actors Center and as a singer can be seen in all the downtown hotspots with her band.
