Assistant Professor, Acting
Bio
For the past two decades, Zack Fine has been based in New York as an actor, playwright, director and teacher, and he was most recently on faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Fine has worked as an actor in TV, on and off Broadway, and has extensive regional credits. He’s a Helen Hayes Award Winner (and multiple-time nominee) for his work as an actor in the D.C. area. As a writer, his work has been developed around the country at New York Stage and Film, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, The Public, The Guthrie, MCC, among others. He was a 2024 UCROSS Fellow and a 2025 Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference Finalist for his show Fathertime, created with and starring Tony Nominee Bryce Pinkham. His play, Bewilderness, was a Steinberg/Best New American Play nominee. As a director, he’s helmed works around the country as well as in Mexico, where he directed the world premiere of the first-ever Spanish translation of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good, which ran for two years in Mexico City. Fine has trained extensively in clown and play and has taught in university and conservatory settings across the country. He is a founding faculty member of the Fiasco Conservatory and leads workshops on play through his company, Recess.
Areas of Expertise
Physical Theatre, Devising, Shakespeare, Clowning, Commedia, Playwriting
Classes
Acting, Shakespeare, Clown
For the past two decades, Zack Fine has been based in New York as an actor, playwright, director and teacher, and he was most recently on faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Fine has worked as an actor in TV, on and off Broadway, and has extensive regional credits. He’s a Helen Hayes Award Winner (and multiple-time nominee) for his work as an actor in the D.C. area. As a writer, his work has been developed around the country at New York Stage and Film, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, The Public, The Guthrie, MCC, among others. He was a 2024 UCROSS Fellow and a 2025 Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference Finalist for his show Fathertime, created with and starring Tony Nominee Bryce Pinkham. His play, Bewilderness, was a Steinberg/Best New American Play nominee. As a director, he’s helmed works around the country as well as in Mexico, where he directed the world premiere of the first-ever Spanish translation of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good, which ran for two years in Mexico City. Fine has trained extensively in clown and play and has taught in university and conservatory settings across the country. He is a founding faculty member of the Fiasco Conservatory and leads workshops on play through his company, Recess.
Physical Theatre, Devising, Shakespeare, Clowning, Commedia, Playwriting
Acting, Shakespeare, Clown