He has worked as an actor in Germany in numerous productions including in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin. He has performed in Budapest, London, Stockholm and in New York.

His theater directing credits include the reworking of Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey Into Night': Eugene's Ghosts (TAE 2009), Between Worlds (US Premiere, Chekhov Theatre Ensemble, New York), For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (TAE), Oscar und die Dame in Rosa (WerkBühne Berlin, Germany), Monsieur Ibrahim und die Blumen des Koran (WerkBühne Berlin, Germany), Waiting for Godot (TAE; Adelaide Fringe Festival, Australia 2004), I have Never Been Here (TAE) and Uncle Ethan Ripley (TAE).

Recently he directed Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn starring Joanna Merlin, Executive Producer Bob Balaban. The film won "Best Short Film" at the Big Apple Film Festival in New York City as well as the Audience Awards for "Best Short" at the Beverly Hills HD Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Washington DC Independent Film Festival. It also won Joanna Merlin an award for "Best Actress" at the Strasbourg International Film Festival and Ragnar a "Silver Remi" for Directing at WorldFest Houston. The film was part of the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival 2009 in France.

Ragnar is currently teaching in the Graduate Acting Program of The New School in New York City. Previously he has been on the faculty of Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, Brooklyn College, Marymount Manhattan College and the Michael Howard Studio. In New York City he has also been teaching for  the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio, the Actors Movement Studio and the Linklater Center. Ragnar also has been conducting workshops in Rome, Tokyo, Zürich and L.A.

He is a board member of MICHA (the Michael Chekhov Association) and teaches regularly at MICHA's Workshops & Conferences internationally and the United States. He served as co-artistic director and as master teacher for "Master Classes in the Michael Chekhov Technique", MICHA's DVD series, published by Routledge.

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GUEST WORKSHOP

   at MAGIS, NYC

    

   February 5th 2012

   with Ragnar Freidank

  

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"BECKETT WEEKEND WORKSHOP"

  

   February 2012

   with Susan Main

   & Ragnar Freidank

 

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