A graduate of Chicago's Theater School at DePaul University/Goodman School of Drama, Adler also studied Shakespeare in the UK with the British American Drama Academy, Improvisation with The Second City and The Groundlings and founded AdlerImprov: for Actors not Caricatures. Adler also teaches acting and improvisation at USC, CalArts the Aaron Speiser Acting Studio and actor training programs nationwide. Adler stays active in the theater as a company member of
Tim Robbins Actors Gang and the
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.