Joseph Paul Stachura
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Founded Knightsbridge: 1991
Productions with KNIGHTSBRIDGE: 250+ (Director/Actor/ Writer/Producer)
Download Joseph's Resume Here
"The Knightsbridge was created to cultivate its audience and develop our many talented actors, writers, directors, set designers, lighting designers; ALL that are involved in the creative process on the stage, film and television. Theatre and film are collaborative. We work together with great passion and dedication to create, preserve and extend the boundaries of our chosen art forms.
The Knightsbridge Theatre and the National American Shakespeare Company's mission has been not only to preserve and nurture quality live theatre and film but to move it boldy forward... To experiment and take risks. We entertain our audiences causing them to think, feel, laugh and cry, with a belief that this is how we all learn and develop.
This is how we at the Knightsbridge and the NASC will continue to venture forward into our exciting and visceral future as an essential part of the worldwide theatre and film community."
Mr. Stachura is the founder and Managing Artistic Director of both the Knightsbridge Theatre and The National American Shakespeare Company. A native of Los Angeles, Mr. Stachura had already appeared in several stage plays, and he made his debut on film and television by the age of fifteen. Seeking growth as an actor, artist and human being, he relocated to England and started what turned out to be five years of traveling, learning and working all around the world. Spending long periods of time in London, Europe, Australia, Japan, China, India and South East Asia has given Mr. Stachura a unique perspective on the craft of directing and acting and has nurtured in him a true passion for film and theatre. At the age of 26, he returned to Los Angeles and began directing and producing Shakespeare's plays as well as pursuing his directing and acting career, being the "actor's director" on the feature film The Sand Castle in 1992, directing the video cable film Othello in 1992, and eventually Directing the 35mm feature film Simple Gifts in 1998, as well as directing and writing the television series The Company in 2007. Realizing a true need for a classically based theatre company in Los Angeles, Joseph built and opened the first Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena in 1993, then opened a second Knightsbridge Theatre in Los Angeles in 2000. Mr. Stachura has produced a staggering 312 productions, from Shakespeare’s entire canon, to Mamet, Ibsen, O’Neil, Miller and many, many more. He has written numerous stage and screenplays, produced feature films and is currently in negotiations on his new feature film, a Civil War epic entitled Redemption. Stachura himself has won best actor awards for his performances as Hamlet, Cyrano, Macbeth, Richard III, and Lenny in Of Mice and Men, and has also won many awards for directing and producing, including best director of the year for his brilliant productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano, andMacbeth. Knightsbridge productions have received well over a hundred awards and accolades since 1991, including an Award Resolution from the California State Senate and Senator Adam P. Schiff, but Mr. Stachura’s greatest pride comes from nurturing and seeing the growth of his fellow directors, actors and writers.
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Founded Knightsbridge: 1991
Productions with KNIGHTSBRIDGE: 250+ (Director/Actor/ Writer/Producer)
Download Joseph's Resume Here
"The Knightsbridge was created to cultivate its audience and develop our many talented actors, writers, directors, set designers, lighting designers; ALL that are involved in the creative process on the stage, film and television. Theatre and film are collaborative. We work together with great passion and dedication to create, preserve and extend the boundaries of our chosen art forms.
The Knightsbridge Theatre and the National American Shakespeare Company's mission has been not only to preserve and nurture quality live theatre and film but to move it boldy forward... To experiment and take risks. We entertain our audiences causing them to think, feel, laugh and cry, with a belief that this is how we all learn and develop.
This is how we at the Knightsbridge and the NASC will continue to venture forward into our exciting and visceral future as an essential part of the worldwide theatre and film community."
Mr. Stachura is the founder and Managing Artistic Director of both the Knightsbridge Theatre and The National American Shakespeare Company. A native of Los Angeles, Mr. Stachura had already appeared in several stage plays, and he made his debut on film and television by the age of fifteen. Seeking growth as an actor, artist and human being, he relocated to England and started what turned out to be five years of traveling, learning and working all around the world. Spending long periods of time in London, Europe, Australia, Japan, China, India and South East Asia has given Mr. Stachura a unique perspective on the craft of directing and acting and has nurtured in him a true passion for film and theatre. At the age of 26, he returned to Los Angeles and began directing and producing Shakespeare's plays as well as pursuing his directing and acting career, being the "actor's director" on the feature film The Sand Castle in 1992, directing the video cable film Othello in 1992, and eventually Directing the 35mm feature film Simple Gifts in 1998, as well as directing and writing the television series The Company in 2007. Realizing a true need for a classically based theatre company in Los Angeles, Joseph built and opened the first Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena in 1993, then opened a second Knightsbridge Theatre in Los Angeles in 2000. Mr. Stachura has produced a staggering 312 productions, from Shakespeare’s entire canon, to Mamet, Ibsen, O’Neil, Miller and many, many more. He has written numerous stage and screenplays, produced feature films and is currently in negotiations on his new feature film, a Civil War epic entitled Redemption. Stachura himself has won best actor awards for his performances as Hamlet, Cyrano, Macbeth, Richard III, and Lenny in Of Mice and Men, and has also won many awards for directing and producing, including best director of the year for his brilliant productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano, andMacbeth. Knightsbridge productions have received well over a hundred awards and accolades since 1991, including an Award Resolution from the California State Senate and Senator Adam P. Schiff, but Mr. Stachura’s greatest pride comes from nurturing and seeing the growth of his fellow directors, actors and writers.
