"I feel incredibly,
incredibly blessed and
absolutely lucky to
have experienced Cie
Peterson as a drama
coach/teacher/
director. She absolutely
inspired me and
continues to inspire me
to be the best
performer that I can be."

-Stephen A.
NYU Tisch School of Arts
Class of 2008

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Cie Peterson is a native New Yorker, who began her actor training as a teenager studying at the renowned Gene Frankel Workshop in the Broadway district. After earning a Bachelors degree in Communications, Cie's career path took her behind the scenes, where she worked for many years as a freelance associate producer and camera operator on different television shows and video shoots. Returning to her first love, Cie once again studied acting—this time with noted acting coach Sande Shurin—and pursued her career, performing in a variety of venues: stage appearances, dinner theater, a national PSA, work at a Nickelodeon theme park, two different summers doing Shakespeare-in-the-park, and even some costume character work for the NY Mets.

After earning her Masters in Education from St. John's University, Cie began teaching theater, working as an acting coach, and directing. She also began developing her own actor training program at a private Marist Brothers school in Queens, NY. Continuing her education, Cie went on to earn another advanced degree, this one in theater, from Hunter College in NYC. She also continued to direct and coach, working with pre-professional high school students, adults in her local school district, and professional actors in Manhattan. In 2000 she began a ten-month course in Meisner training, with Sanford Meisner apprentice Larry Silverberg, that greatly influenced her approach to acting.

In 2003 Cie moved to the Hartford area, and immediately forged a connection with the Hartford Stage. She became one of the theater’s teaching artists and began writing a forty-year history of the theater, which was completed a year and a half later, all while continuing to develop her own training method through private acting classes conducted out of rented dance studio space. Finally, in September 2005 Cie's passion for theater and extensive background led to the creation of her own studio. Play On! Acting Studio, at The Exchange in Farmington, is the culmination of Cie's many years experience as an actor, teacher, director, and a lifetime spent in love with the theater.