Biography

An acclaimed member of New York's acting community, Ted Zurkowski is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio. He's also been playing in bands and composing songs since his tender, pre-shaving years.

In 1994, he and fellow Studio member Lynnea Benson founded the venerable Frog & Peach Theatre Company, one of New York's most popular Shakespeare ensembles. A man of many talents, Ted sometimes found himself serving as Frog & Peach's Lead Actor; sometimes as Director, often as a Producer, and frequently, as a Composer.

With a burgeoning musical career, and a great many fish to fry, Ted bid farewell to theatre to return to his first love: playing music and writing songs full time. In 2017, he joined with British rock and roll legend Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner) to form the band Honey West, releasing their debut album, "Bad Old World".

Ted is a gifted teacher of Shakespeare, Strasberg's method, and theatre history. His restless curiosity and encyclopedic knowledge of literature, history, and culture have made him a true Renaissance Man.

Not one to blow his own horn, Ted still struggles to overcome his almost pathological modesty. Composing this bio and finding an opportunity to refer to himself in the third person over and over again has Ted feeling confident. Ted likes that.