Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on May 22, 2013

Two weeks ago, we introduced American Jewish Heritage Month which focuses this year on the world of entertainment with a look at talented actors who grew up in Connecticut. This week, we take a look at two more of our homegrown stars.

Harrison Greene

Hometown: Stamford / West Hartford

Harrison Greene

Harrison Greene grew up in Stamford. He and started performing at age seven in Curtain Call Performing Arts improv classes, and then in school plays, summer theatre, chorus, and band. He moved with his family to West Hartford in 2004, the summer before his freshman year at Hall High School. Raised in a Conservative Jewish home, Greene was a member of USY and volunteered in the community through the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. After graduating, Greene attended UConn, where he participated in the campus Hillel and earned a BFA in acting.

Being Jewish has had a major impact on me and has certainly influenced my work, he says. It plays a part in my creating a character and in the way I think and react to certain material. Understanding who I am as a person and seeing where I stand socially is necessary for being an actor. And of course, there is the influence of many Jewish people in show business. Growing up, I was inspired by the Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, and Dustin Hoffman, to name a few.

Now 23, Greene recently performed in No One Isat the Manhattan Repertory Theatre. He is a member of a new independent sketch-comedy team, Nerds On Fire, based at the Peoples Improv Theater in Manhattan. This spring, he is acting in a short film being produced in Connecticut.

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