Jason Bennett is honored to work with professional performers on Broadway, in film and television, and in theaters throughout the country. In addition, he has coached politicians, attorneys, national news anchors, corporate executives, and activists.
Jason Bennett studied acting, voice, singing and movement with around 25 teachers, including the techniques of Adler, Barrish, Berry, Boal, Boleslavski, Chekhov, Chubbuck, Cohen, Hagen, Hart, Linklater, Mamet, Meisner, Morris, Moss, Rodenburg, Shurtleff, Spolin, Stanislavski, Strasberg, Hornby and others. He has created his own one-person shows, and performed in such diverse roles as Malvolio in Shakespeare's "The Twelfth Night," Tony in "West Side Story," and Valére in "Tartuffe."
Jason Bennett studied extensively with Master acting teacher Eric Morris (Author of Irreverent Acting; No Acting, Please, and more) in Los Angeles, who was the first to substantially develop Archetype Work as a tool for actors. He studied Musical Theater at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He received a BFA from Florida State University in Acting, with a minor in Psychology and Dance. He continues studying voice with Barbara Feller, Richard Armstrong and Jonathan Hart.
Jason Bennett has studied Voice Dialogue/Archetype Work and The Psychology of Selves for over 15 years. He has completed five times the advanced professional training offered by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone at Voice Dialogue International in California. Jason Bennett studied with Dr. Judith Tamar Stone in Los Angeles and completed basic facilitator training there. He worked with Dr. Dassie Hoffman in New York, Yolanda Vlesmas-Koumidou, and trained with Dr. Martha-Lou Cohen at the Southern California Voice Dialogue Institute.
Jason Bennett has studied voice, singing, evolutionary psychology, archetypal psychology, family systems theory, personality psychology, social psychology, hypnosis, yoga, nutrition, exercise physiology and various systems of psychological and spiritual thought for about 20 years. Jason Bennett is currently studying miltary survival and combat training with former Russian Special Forces member Sergei Maslikhov.
Jason Bennett still performs occasionally and is working on a book about acting.
Jason Bennett is from Tampa, Florida and returns there often to be with family. He now lives in the East Village in New York City, and regularly travels to Los Angeles, Europe and elsewhere, teaching and furthering his training.
His grandmother said, even when he was a child, that he was "born a teacher." His family received this message from many sources as Jason grew up -- sometimes not in the most positive terms, as one may imagine.