The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw () is a public higher education institution in Warsaw, Poland. Its focus is on the theatre arts. It is headquartered in the Collegium Nobilium, an eighteenth-century building which formerly housed an elite boarding secondary school run by Piarist monks.
It was founded in à Âódà º in 1946 and moved to Warsaw in 1949. It continues the tradition of the National Institute of Theatre Arts (Paà Âstwowy Instytut Sztuki Teatralnej) established in à Âódà º in 1932. It was founded as the National Higher School of Theatre (Paà Âstwowa Wyà ¼sza Szkoà Âa Teatralna) and received a patron (Aleksander Zelwerowicz) in 1955. In 1962 it received certification as a higher education institution. It received its current name in 1996.
Faculty members at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw were or are predominantly working professionals in their fields, the most notable of these including: Leon Shiller, Erwin Axer, Aleksander Bardini, Stanisà Âawa Wysocka, Henryk Elzenberg, Stanisà Âaw Ossowski, Zofia Lissa, Edmund Wiercià Âski, Jan Kreczmar, Stefan Jaracz, Maja Komorowska, Bohdan Korzeniewski, Andrzej à Âapicki, Zofia Mrozowska, Janina Mieczyà Âska, Marian Wyrzykowski, Ludwik Sempolià Âski, Kazimierz Rudzki, Hanka Bielicka, Ignacy Gogolewski, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Jan Englert, Wiesà Âaw Komasa, Tadeusz à Âomnicki, Gustaw Holoubek, Zygmunt Hà ±bner, Anna Seniuk.