Grant Kretchik

Personal Quote

"The quality of mercy is not strained" William Shakespeare, Act IV, Scene I of The Merchant of Venice.

Faculty Bio

Grant Kretchik is a full-time professor in The Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University and serves as the chair of BAF Acting and BFA Acting for Film and Media, two programs he wrote. He has also served as Associate Director and Executive Director of the College. Kretchik has appeared Off-Broadway as well as in film and television. His projects have premiered in festivals around the world including Cannes, Austin, Mumbai, Santa Fe, Boston LGBT, Honolulu, London. His latest project, America, which he executive produced, has been seen at Rosebud, Julien Dubuque and Women’s International Film and Arts Festival, Glendale Film Festival, Awareness Festival, Sapporo Film Festival (Japan) and The Moving Image where it received nominations as Best Narrative Short and Best Editing.

Kretchik assisted director Michael Grief on the first national tour of Next to Normal. Other directing credits include: The Parade at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival; Scottish Sperm at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (world premier), Zoofest and Just for Laughs in Montreal, Canada. Kretchik has worked as both director and an actor at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. As an actor, he has appeared Off-Broadway in The Servant of Two Masters, Einstein, I Knock at the Door and Pictures in the Hallway. Film/TV: Law & Order, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Broken, Man on the Moon, and When Harry Tries to Marry. Kretchik is a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Kretchik is a contributing expert for Backstage magazine and has contributed chapters and interviews to: The Ultimate Musical Theater College Audition Guide: Advice from the People Who Make the Decisions (Oxford University Press), Acting for the Screen: Moving Towards a Career (Taylor &Francis/ Routledge Press), Reframing Acting in the Digital Age: Nimbly Scaling Actor Training in the Academy (Taylor & Francis Group, Informa UK Limited Press). Grant Kretchik holds an MFA in Acting from The New School University.

BA, Pace University
Speech Communication Media Studies

MFA, New School University

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Our Class
[Theatre - Perform] Temple Emanu-El and The Polish Cultural Institute, New York, NYHer Dinner Party
[Film] Im'perfect Pictures, Los Angeles, Ca

Past Courses

COM 200: Public Speaking
PAAT 111: BFA Acting I
PAAT 112: BFA Acting II
PAAT 384: Appld Perfm Lab for BFA Actors
PAAT 390: Internship
PAAT 396: Appld Perfm Lab for BFA Actors
PAGE 271: Cultural Theater Travel Experi
PAGE 290: Theater Practicum
PAGE 390: Theatre Internship
PAGE 395: Independent Study in Theater
PAGE 425: Thtr Prctcm for 4th Yr PA Mjrs
PAGE 496: Topic: Acting Stage to Screen
THR 123: Current Theatre in New York -A
THR 127: Cultural Theater Travel Exp
THR 151: Acting I
THR 196: Performing Arts Freshman Sem
THR 219: Makng Connctns to Classicl Grk
THR 220: Rmn Thtr of Italian Rnssnce
THR 222: Production Crew II (Scenery)
THR 224: Russian Revolutions in Theater
THR 225: Theatre Practicum
THR 225: Theatre Practicum - A
THR 251: Acting II
THR 301: Advanced Scene Study I
THR 390: Theatre Internship
THR 395: Independent Study in Theatre
THR 460: The Business of Acting
UNV 101: First-Year Smnr Unvrsty Cmmnty
UNV 101: First-Yr Smnr: Unvrsty Commnty

Professional Memberships

• Actors Equity
• Stage Directors and Choreographers Society