Jed Diamond (Ebenezer Scrooge) has taught acting and the Alexander Technique at UTK since 2005. He has appeared in many roles at the CBT, including Scrooge 8 times now, each time a joy and privilege. He has also acted at Wheelhouse Theatre Co; The New York Shakespeare Festival; Roundabout Theatre; The Acting Company; Signature Theatre; Arena Stage; Syracuse Stage; etc. Prior to UT, he was founding faculty of the New York Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare Lab and of the Actors Center in NY. He taught at NYU Tisch School of the Arts; Stella Adler Studio; Playwright’s Horizons Theatre School; Fordham University, etc. He is an AmSAT* certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, trained in New York and London. He taught as a guest artist at Chautauqua Theatre Company, Yale School of Drama, Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre, and Great River Shakespeare Festival.  He has an MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting Program.