Professor Setrakian has extensive professional experience in the performing arts having acted on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional Theatres and in film and television, most recently in the major motion picture Zodiac. He is also an accomplished director of Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. Professor Setrakian is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, The American Federation of Television and Radio, Artists, Actors Equity, and a life member of the internationally famous Actors Studio, where he has directed several major productions and moderated the directors unit. He is also the author of three plays that have received professional productions in the New York Theatre.