Nola Chilton (born 1922) is an American-born Israeli theater director and acting teacher. She is a pioneer of socially engaged theater in Israel. In 2013, Chilton was awarded the Israel Prize for theater. She studied acting under Lee Strasberg and worked at the Actors Studio, coaching actors and directing. In 1960, she directed an off-off Broadway production of "Dead End,". Chilton was the inspiration for The Open Theater, an experimental theatre group active from 1963 to 1973 in New York City founded by her students to implement her "post-method," post-absurd acting technique through a collaborative process that explores political, artistic, and social issues. Among her iconic works "Kriza" (1976), “The Night of the Twentieth” (1973). Read more >>