David Staller, the artistic director and founder of Gingold Theatrical Group, is originally from Glencoe, Illinois. He studied acting with Lee Strasberg, Uta Hagen Stella Adler and at RADA. He was in the Rostropovich master ‘cello class at USC and was in the apprentice Joffrey Ballet Company as a teenager. A writer for many years, he has been a staff script writer for Turner Entertainment among other film and television companies. He has acted in three Broadway plays and almost 50 Off-Broadway plays. He has appeared in the usual television shows and innumerable commercials. He has produced and directed many plays, concerts and special productions in New York and around the world.

            Gingold Theatrical Group is the company currently producing the juggernaut reading series, Project Shaw. This series is devoted to presenting every play ever written by George Bernard Shaw. It is also producing the new play development program, PRESS CUTTINGS, named for one of Shaw’s plays. As Shaw was a theater critic and journalist before leaving his post to become a playwright, all of GTG’s playwrights will be currently on staff in a similar capacity. Gingold Theatrical Group is named for Mr. Staller’s longtime friend, the actress Hermione Gingold who died in 1987 at the age of 93.

            A resident of Manhattan’s East Side, David lives with two cats. He is currently nominated for a Drama League award for his performance in GASLIGHT at the Irish Repertory Theatre Company in New York.