Actor, director and educator Celeste Walker holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Acting from The Actor’s Studio Drama School at the New School University in New York.

Ms. Walker is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, a member of Actors Equity, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and the Voice Foundation.

She is on the adjunct teaching faculty at LaSalle University, Eastern University, and Arcadia University.

Ms. Walker spent a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at Saint Joseph’s University where she served as Artistic Director of the theatre program.

She has been a member of the adjunct teaching faculty at Penn State Abington, Muhlenberg College, and The University of Scranton.

She taught and directed summer musicals at Stage Door Workshop in Allentown for 14 years, and was a teaching artist for New York’s Theatre for a New Audience from 1998-2000.

In July 2006, Ms. Walker was selected for membership as a resident artist with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

She teaches acting at The Wilma Theater, where she developed and conducts workshops in acting and performance techniques for lawyers as part of their continuing legal education.

Courtroom Drama: Acting Techniques for Attorneys© is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Association.

In May, 2006 she was a presenter at the New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Spring Meeting.

She appeared on the panel presentation "Attorneys, Actors and the Art of Oral Advocacy," with Honorable Roger J. Miner, United States Court of Appeals, Albany and Peter C. Harvey, Esquire, past Attorney General of New Jersey and Council with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP in New York City.

Ms. Walker also consults with actors, business professionals, and public speakers teaching acting techniques, vocal production and presentation skills.

In January 2005, she was interviewed by Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY's Radio Times.      (Requires Real Audio player).

Her acting credits are numerous.

Most recently, she appeared in "The Women" at the Palmer Project/Theatre Catalyst in Philadelphia.

Ms Walker originated the role of Rachel in "The Calling" with the Kaleidoscope Theatre Company in New York in 1999, and brought the production to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in 2001.

Ms. Walker wrote, produced, directed and performed in 2003 Philadelphia Fringe Festival production of "Colette, My Evil Twin."

Other New York credits include:

She has appeared in film and television and has been featured in numerous industry related videos.

Favorite theatre roles include Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s "Master Class," Rachel in "Reckless" and Frankie in "Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune."

She produced, directed and performed in benefit performances of Eve Ensler’s "The Vagina Monologues" as part of the annual V-Day celebration for the three years from 2002 through 2004.

In 2003 she participated in Philadelphia’s Eternal Spiral Project’s Solo Performance Festival.

She has directed more than two-dozen plays and musicals including the one-act play, "Precious," as part of Green Light Theatrical Production’s GLO Festival of plays written and directed by female Philadelphia theatre artists.