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About Peter Kalos
In 2009, The Melbourne Actors Lab was founded by Peter Kalos, an actor, writer, director, and teacher with over four decades of experience in the industry.
Peter trained in the United States within the tradition of Lee Strasberg and worked closely within professional acting environments shaped by long-term studio practice.
He studied with Stella Adler for two years and then moved onto the The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institude for 8 years where he studied with Hedy Sontag, Mark Marno, Sandra Seacat, Lola Cohen, Martin Landau, Susan Peretz, Stefan Gierasch and many others. He also studied The Meisner Technique under Milton Katselas at The Berverly Hills Playhouse. Later, he frequently attended and then fascilitated acting workshops with Barry Primus all over the USA.
On returning to Australia, he established what is affectionately know as "The Lab" as a continuation of a studio style training approach, normal in the USA but missing in Australia — a studio where actors train consistently, over time, in a structured environment focused on building acting muscle.