Acting Faculty Member
What Lights Him Up About Teaching?
Proudest Career Moment
Get to Know K. Lorrel
K. Lorrel'S FAVORITE CHARACTERS(FILM/TV/THEATER)?
"Walter Younger" in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
"Levee" in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
"Katurian" in The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
Acting Faculty Member
K. Lorrel Manning is an award-winning writer, director, actor and musician. His solo show, Lost…Found will make its international premiere in Summer 2024 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. His first feature film,Happy New Year, premiered in competition at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) in 2011. The film, adapted from Manning's one-act play and award-winning short film of the same name, has screened at over two dozen film festivals around the world and was officially released by Snag Films in 2013. Recently, he directed The Red Shoe, a short film, and is in heavy development with his second feature, Sheila & the Punk Rock. Manning holds an MFA in Film from Columbia and a BFA in Drama from the University of Georgia. In addition to his classes at T. Schreiber Studio, he teaches screenwriting, filmmaking, and advanced scene study at Sarah Lawrence College. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA.