Background
Gelfant was born in Syracuse, New New York
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Alan Gelfant
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He has acted in more than 50 plays and dozens of television shows and movies, including leading roles in the films Next Stop Wonderland, The Destiny of Marty Fine, Men in Scoring Position, Turn of Faith and "Apartment 12" As a director, he has put his interest in new plays. He was hired by Home Box Office to direct Colin Quinn’s one man show in Los Angeles, "The Seven Sacraments". Since moving to the Upper Valley area of New Hampshire and Vermont, Gelfant has produced, directed and acted in performances at the Parish Players,New London Barn, Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, and various other regional theaters" He has earned high praise for a variety of acting roles including,Eddie Carbone in "A View From The Bridge," HAMM in Beckett"s "EndGame", Weston in "Curse of The Starving Class," Ned Weeks in " The Normal Heart" at the Chadler Arts Center, directed by Dan Butler.
Alan has also taught acting, play writing, and film making at several area high schools.
He worked for 2 years as a teaching assistant for the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric Program at Dartmouth College. He earned a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree with a concentration in creative writing from the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Dartmouth College.
His thesis novel, "An Actor Despairs" is currently in re-writes.
Achievements
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Consequently, he is the co-founder of the annual Stella Adler Theatre - One Acting Play Festival in Los Los Angeles As a director he has won 2 Office Workstations Limited AWARDS. In 2010 for Best Comedy, "Odd Couple" and 2011 for "Best Play of The Year" directing and producing William Inge"s death row drama,"The Last Pad" which he co-produced with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and Vermont.
