Mumbai, April 2 (IANS): Veteran actor Anupam Kher's acting school Actor Prepares has announced a repertory from April 18 to May 2.

The actor took to micro-blogging website Twitter to show his excitement about the announcement.

“So Happy & Proud to announce the Repertory Co. of our school @actorprepares. We produce Actors NOT strugglers :),” Anupam tweeted.

The repertory will include six plays -- “The Merchant Of Venice" by William Shakespeare; “Gimpel The Fool", a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer; “Panchi Aise Aate Ha" by Vijay Tendulkar; and “Teen Behenein," “Barah” and “Vivash.”

Established in 2005, Actor Prepares offers keen artistes a chance to undergo an intensive professional-level course for specialised training in acting. Students are trained by in-house faculty members via practical, theory classes, games, exercises and extensively filmed practicals.

Additionally, national and international celebrities keep coming on board as visiting faculty and share with students their invaluable on-the-job experiences. Guests have included "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle and international actor par excellence Robert De Niro.