Peter Zazzali is Director of the Acting Program at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. He has acted, directed, and taught throughout the world. His credits include the Western Australian Academy for the Performing Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Actors Repertory Theatre Luxembourg, National Theatre School of Ireland, and a wide range of institutions throughout the US. In 2019, he was a Fulbright Scholar at New Zealand’s national drama school (Toi Whakaari). His scholarship on actor training has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals such as American Theatre, Theatre Journal, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, and Theatre Topics, among others. He has received praise for his book, Acting in the Academy: The History of Professional Actor Training in US Higher Education (2016). In 2021, he published a sequel, Actor Training in Anglophone Countries, a sociocultural and pedagogical investigation of drama schools and BFA/MFA programs worldwide. Peter holds a BFA (CalArts) and an MFA (University of Delaware) in Acting and a Ph.D. in Theatre Studies (CUNY Graduate Center).