Rebecca Stein
NYC-BASED ActRESS, SINGER & writer
Rebecca Stein is an NYC based actress, singer, and writer. Her strengths lie in nuanced portrayals of complex women — strong, naive, seemingly perfect, with much more brewing beneath the surface. Rebecca’s quick wit and comedic timing help balance the melancholic feeling that inevitably follows. Above all, Rebecca strives for truth, in art and in life.
→ About Rebecca
Headshots
During my first semester at Tisch, my movement professor gave each student the same poem. “Here is New York” by E.B. White. We sat quietly and read it to ourselves. E.B. says, “The capacity to make such dubious gifts is a mysterious quality of New York. It can destroy an individual or it can fulfill him, depending on a great deal of luck. No one should come to New York unless they are willing to be lucky.” I thought it to be true then. I know it to be true now.
Gallery
The first time I fell in love with acting I was 5 years old. I had just been cast as “the Princess” in a counselor written play at summer camp. I wore an orange dress and heard the audience laugh when I spoke. I smiled brighter than I ever had before. The first time I thought I could be an actor was when I was 16 and just had been cast as “Vladimir” in a production of Waiting for Godot. I had a moment alone on stage where I felt the audience hanging onto my every word. This is how art can change things. Make people listen. Make them learn. From 5 to 16 to 25 - I’ve grown up, sure, but the passion remains the same. May the firsts continue…
