2009 List of New York Area Acting Schools and Coaches

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2009 List of New York Area Acting Schools and Coaches

2009 List of New York Area Acting Schools and Coaches September 10, 2009 The following is a list of New York–area stage and film acting schools, teachers, and coaches organized by category and alphabetically. Each of the entries contains the following information, if applicable: name of teacher or school, address, phone and fax numbers, email address and/or website, average number of students per class, whether beginning, intermediate, or advanced students are taught, whether auditing is permitted, whether classes are ongoing or by sessions, any special emphasis used in classes or coaching, whether a work/study program is offered. Descriptions of the class, school, or coaching are provided by the instructor or institution and edited by Back Stage. Schools or teachers who have been omitted may contact, in writing, Listings, c/o Back Stage, 5055 Wilshire Blvd., 6th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036, so that we may include you in our next list. Acting Technique/Scene Study 29th STREET REPERTORY SCHOOL OF THEATRE Tim Corcoran, Artistic Director 56 Seventh Ave. Studio 5H New York, NY 10011 corcorantim@hotmail.com www.29thstreetrep.com (212) 712-8712, Fax: (212) 242-9008 maximum 10 per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Classes focus on teaching students how to make truthful acting choices using contemporary material and one’s own personal life experience. Also prepares students to become working actors. Specializes in private coaching. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique; Improv and Comedy GREGORY ABELS 120 Washington Pl. New York, NY 10014-6819 gregoryabels@earthlink.net (212) 691-2972, Fax: (212) 691-2972 Private classes only (with scene partner if necessary); Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted when appropriate; Ongoing Abels is a master coach in Shakespeare who teaches exclusive relaxation and practical voice exercises, working from the outside in and inside out. He is also available for film coaching on location. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ABRONS ARTS CENTER Henry Street Settlement 466 Grand St. (at Pitt St.) New York, NY 10002 mgomez@henrystreet.org www.henrystreet.org/arts (212) 598-0400, ext. 216, Fax: (212) 388-1418 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Work study program offered. Classes in acting, playwriting, directing, and poetry for children, teens, and adults. Teenage students are given the opportunity to audition for the Urban Youth Theater, Abrons’ pre-professional acting company. Other: Young Performers; Singing/Musical Theater ACTEEN-ACTING FOR TEENS Rita Litton, Director 35 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036 rita@acteen.com www.acteen.com (212) 391-5915 8-12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions: year-round and summer academy; specialized for ages 13-15, 16-20. Film, television, commercials, improvisation, musical theater, Shakespeare and movement classes for children and teens. Also speech, voice, and auditioning technique classes. Workshops on directing and script writing. Agent and casting director showcases. Private coaching. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ACTING PLACE 32-15 38th St. Astoria, NY 11103 skipitaris@theatroninc.org (718) 721-7610, Fax: (718) 721-7127 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Class emphasis on overcoming obstacles that stand in the way of free expression. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ACTING STUDIO INC. James Price and John Grabowski, Associate Directors c/o Shetler Studio & Theatre 244 W. 54th St., 12th fl. New York, NY 10019 actingstudioinc@yahoo.com www.actingstudio.com (212) 580-6600, Fax: (212) 295-1513 12-16 students, depending on class, private coaching available; All levels - beginning through performance; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Now in it’s 25th year of operation, the Acting Studio is a conservatory-style acting program and offers classes in association with Chelsea Repertory Company. Programs draw heavily on the standards and traditions established by Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre and continued in the United States by Harold Clurman and the Group Theatre. They also incorporate practices of such noted teachers as Sanford Meisner, Stella Adler, Michael Chekhov and Uta Hagen, as well as the techniques of more recent progressive theater artists as Peter Brook, Joseph Chaikin, Viola Spolin, and Augusto Boal. Professional scene classes and coaching also available. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTING TRAINING WITH KATHRYN ROSSETTER 325 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036 nykass@gmail.com (917) 750-0124 10 - 15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Technique and scene study, classical and contemporary, for stage, film, and TV. Also teaches at NYU, the MFA Program at the New School of Drama, and Marymount Manhattan College. Rossetter works with many musical theater performers. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTING-DRAMA THERAPY CENTER OF NY 225 West End Ave. #67 New York, NY 10023 acting@speakeeezi.com www.speakeeezi.com/drama.htm (212) 724-2299 10 students average per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Scene study, monologue work, improvisation, basic acting technique, and overcoming stage fright. Class goal is to teach performers the fundamentals of acting while providing a supportive environment. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTION THEATRE CONSERVATORY Joel Robertson And Kathleen Kelaigh 68 Union Ave. Clifton, NJ 07011 atcstudios@aol.com www.atcstudios.org (973) 772-6998, Fax: (973) 772-7684 12 students on average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Classes in acting, dance, musical theater, improv, TV/film, standup comedy, hip-hop, classics, and children’s theater. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ACTOR’S ADVANTAGE Greg And Genevieve Seel 250 Fifth Ave., Ste. 501 New York, NY 10001 www.theactorsadvantage.com (212) 447-5649 8-12 students per class plus individual lessons; All levels; Free demo lesson; By sessions and ongoing; Sometimes offers work/study program. Acting technique using modern/contemporary scene study and monologues integrating hands-on Alexander technique to free the instrument. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTOR’S GESTALT WITH RICHARD ZANE ROSS 96 Main St. Tarrytown, NY 10591 gestaltkid@gmail.com (917) 608-6625, Fax: (914) 631-3590 Single private coaching sessions or 5 to 20 session packages; Intermediate and advanced (some beginners) Character development via natural and instinctive body, thought, voice, movement, and gesture called, “Psychological Expressive Gesture” (PEG). Specializes in audition monologues and simple, quick, and effective “PEG Cold Reading” techniques. Private coaching in Tarrytown and Manhattan. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTOR’S TECHNIQUE NEW YORK Todd Etelson 20 Newport Parkway, Ste. 2308 Jersey City, NJ 07310 info@actorstechniqueny.com www.actorstechniqueny.com (917) 763-1777 14 students average per class, private consultations; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Agent and casting director based on-camera training and audition forum for kids, teens, and adults. Classes at: Pearl Studios, 500 8th Ave., 4th floor, New York, NY 10018. Other: Young Performers; On-Camera Technique THE ACTORS CENTER J. Michael Miller, President Jennifer Smith Rockwood, Managing Director 520 Eighth Ave. Ste. 315 New York, NY 10018 info@theactorscenter.org www.theactorscenter.org (212) 447-6309 12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Offer exclusive, by nomination only, courses and workshops with master teachers. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTORS CONSERVATORY Lily Lodge, Director 312 W. 36th St., Rm. 6B New York, NY 10018 conservatory@netzero.net www.actorsconservatory.org (212) 967-0658, Fax: (212) 967-0658 6-16 students average per class; All levels; Admission is by interview only. Auditing is not permitted.; Ongoing; Offers work/study program when there is a vacancy. Founded by Lee Strasberg protégés Elaine Aiken and Lily Lodge. Schooling actors in the Method tradition, development is focused on using sense memory techniques that allow each actor to make choices emotionally connecting them with the five senses: taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight. With sensory awareness and behavior modification, the actor becomes willing to pour themselves into the special eccentricities of a character and make choices that are innovative and inspiring. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTORS LOFT Maggie Maes 244 W. 54th St. New York, NY 10019 info@actorsloftnyc.com www.actorsloftnyc.com (212) 358-5003, Fax: (646) 349-1118 8-12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not usually permitted if a casting directing is teaching the class; By sessions; Offers work/study program in some classes. Techniques for the actor, both on and off camera. Classes include the actor within, monologues, scenes, audition skills, and business of the business. Also offer specialized workshops in musical theater with Bob Cline, Merri Sugarman, Alison Franck, and Sara Schatz. Shakespeare workshops with Bryan Close. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ACTORS MOVEMENT STUDIO Janice Orlandi, Co-Director P.O. Box 1098 New York, NY 10018 ams@actorsmovementstudio.com www.actorsmovementstudio.com (212) 736-3309, Fax: (212) 736-2596 12-18 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted Free introductory classes offered every semester; Ongoing; Offers work/study and intern programs. Specializing in physical technique: Williamson movement training, period-style character (Elizabethan, Restoration, Edwardian), and Michael Chekhov technique, designed to expand and develop the actor’s instrument, physical flexibility, imagination, and freedom. Master classes also offered by founder Loyd Williamson. Studio address: 302 W. 37th St., 6th fl., New York, NY. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTORS PLAYGROUND SCHOOL OF THEATRE 1 Main St., Ste. 217 Eatontown, NJ 07724 info@actorsplay.com www.actorsplay.com (732) 935-1800, Fax: (732) 935 -1802 8-10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By session and ongoing; Offers work/study programs. Conservatory-style training in a friendly and creative atmosphere. Partnered with Industry Film School, acting and film students work together. Specializing in the Meisner technique for young actors. Seminars, workshops, camps, and classes offered. Private instruction and audition prep also available. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ACTORS THEATRE WORKSHOP Thurman E. Scott, Founder/ Artistic Director The Scott Conservatory 145 W. 28th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10001 info@actorstheatreworkshop.com www.actorstheatreworkshop.com (212) 947-1386, Fax: (212) 947-0642 30 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study. Professional acting technique with an emphasis on developing the imagination and creating original work. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ACTORS TRAINING INSTITUTE John Eyd, Artistic Director Crystal Brook Professional Bldg. 174 Main St., Rte. 35 Eatontown, NJ 07724 ati@monmouth.com www.actnj.com (732) 578-0055, Fax: (732) 578-9119 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing ATI’s curriculum provides concrete and tangible exercises to master the physical and psychological aspects of acting. Adult workshops include Stanislavsky, Meisner, Method, audition and monologue techniques, radio/TV voiceover techniques, and foreign dialects. Specialized program for “kids in acting.” Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ADAM ROEBUCK STUDIOS Midtown location In N.Y.C. New York, NY (917) 572-4592 All levels; First class is free Singing instruction, vocal coaching, acting instruction, and audition technique. First class is free. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading AIDA-AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ARTS Champion Studios 257 W. 39th St., 14th fl. New York, NY 10018 newyork@aidaacting.com www.aidaacting.com (347) 482-2074 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Artistic director Paul Parker’s mission is to train and coach aspiring and seasoned actors in the renowned Australian technique. Focus is on helping actors access their full emotional range and broaden their artistic palette. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ALAN GORDON STUDIO 847 Carroll St., #4 Brooklyn, NY 11215 ajg0103@yahoo.com www.alangordonstudio.com (718) 622-4150/(917) 566-2223, Fax: (718) 399-0678 12-plus students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Process oriented approach with an emphasis on achieving truthful, specific behavior. Some of the areas covered include: working moment to moment, developing the creative imagination, building a character, creating urgency, working with subtext, and beat changes. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ALBERTO VAZQUEZ ACTORS WORKSHOP 14 E. 28th St., #616 New York, NY 10016-7457 avaw04@verizon.net www.actoralbertovazquez.com (917) 286-0466 or (917) 331-3850 10-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitting for a $15 fee; Ongoing Organized primarily for beginners, semi-trained, and working actors who wish to enhance their training through the exercises and techniques as taught to Alberto Vazquez throughout his training and career. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT Tom Vasiliades, Director 330 W. 38th St., Ste. 805 New York, NY 10018 info@atcpd.com www.atcpd.com (212) 564-5472 6-10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing The Alexander Technique is an innovative method that helps actors become aware of and transform their harmful habits, how they “misuse” their physical selves. Performers are taught how to improve their breathing coordination and vocal production, create the physical life of characters with ease, and have greater emotional availability. Techniques which ultimately enhance their performance and reduce stress. Group classes and individual lessons available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS - NY 120 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10016 admissions-ny@aada.org, admissions-ca@aada.org. www.aada.org (800) 463-8990 16 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. The oldest acting school in the English-speaking world, the Academy was founded in 1884 on the East Coast to train actors in the basics of their craft. The Academy offers a two-year conservatory program in acting and musical theater as well as a two year program in dance. In NYC, there are also part-time Saturday programs for children, teens, and adults, and an evening program for adults. Also: American Academy of Dramatic Arts-LA, 1336 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028 (800) 222-2867. AMERICAN GLOBE THEATRE CONSERVATORY John Basil, Producing Artistic Director 145 W. 46th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10036 john@americanglobe.org www.americanglobe.org (212) 869-9809, Fax: (212) 869-9807 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions First Folio approach to Shakespeare. Master classes for actors as well as workshops designed specifically for teachers to incorporate theater into their classrooms. THE AMERICAN MIME THEATRE Paul J. Curtis, Director., Jean Barbour, Assistant Director 61 Fourth Ave., 2nd fl. New York, NY 10003 mime@americanmime.org www.americanmime.org (212) 777-1710 15-20 students per class; All levels plus a company trainee program; Auditing, followed by an interview, is a prerequisite to studying; Ongoing “American mime” is an art form created by AMT’s director, Paul J. Curtis. It is a blending of acting and moving simultaneously, a silent theater that differs from the French tradition of pantomime often associated with Marcel Marceau. AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY 211 W. 61st St. New York, NY 10023 info@amda.edu www.amda.edu (212) 787-5300/(800) 367-7908, Fax: (212) 247-0488 20 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Full-time two-year programs, 15 weeks per session AMDA is a conservatory training program in New York City and Los Angeles. Integrated program offers training in singing, acting, and dance. Studio program trains students in acting for stage, film, and television. Additionally offers BFA programs in acting and musical theater in Los Angeles: 6305 Yucca St., L.A., CA 90028 (866) 374-5300. AMERICAN THEATER OF ACTORS James Jennings, Founder/Artistic Director 314 W. 54th St. New York, NY 10019 www.americantheatreofactors.org (212) 581-3044 All skill levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Contemporary Method technique, sense memory technique, monologue, video, and scene study. ATA offers group and private adult acting classes for beginner, intermediate, and advanced skill levels. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading AMERICAN THEATRE OF HARLEM Keith Johnston, Artistic Director South Oxford Space 138 S. Oxford St., Ste. 4E Brooklyn, NY 11217 info@americantheatreofharlem.org www.americantheatreofharlem.org (718) 857-2783, Fax: (718) 398-2794 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions ATH provides a healthy environment to maintain and develop a solid craft. This holistic approach helps the actor discover individual methods of expression, personal style, and identity, through proven techniques. Classes focus on improv, acting technique, script analysis, and ensemble work. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ANANIA STUDIO Joseph Anania 212 W. 29th St. New York, NY 10001 info@ananiastudio.com, ananiaseminar@juno.com (seminars) www.ananiastudio.com (646) 382-4171 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers a work/study program. Teaching from a Meisner perspective. Two-year professional program where first year courses aim to free and strengthen the actor’s instrument. Acting skills such as the ability to really listen, to live truthfully in the moment, and to respond impulsively are stressed. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ANTHONY ABESON STUDIO 411 W. 50th St. New York, NY 10019 aabeson@ptd.net www.anthonyabeson.com (212) 581-4471, Fax: (570)296-6812 15 students average per class; Intermediate to advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Goal of classes: Doing work that gets work, doing and experimenting. Attention to currently casting sides, individual casting concerns, monologues, improvisation, and scene study. Classes concentrate on Shakespeare and contemporary scene study. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ARCHIBALD STUDIO 1024 Harding Ave., Ste. #202 Venice, CA 90291 craig@craigarchibald.com www.craigarchibald.com (646) 567-7210 12 students max; All levels; Free half hour for new students; Ongoing A realistic approach to the art in the business and the business in the art. Private coaching, classes, and an Actors’s Production Workshop in which students produce a short film available in Los Angeles. Private coaching only available in New York. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; Young Performers ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL 76 Ninth Ave., Ste. 537 New York, NY 10011 admissions@atlantictheater.org www.atlanticactingschool.org, www.atlantictheater.org (212) 691-5919, Fax: (212) 691-6280 16-18 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for a fee; By sessions Inspired by the Group Theater, Stanislavsky, and a passion for ensemble acting, David Mamet and William H. Macy formed the Atlantic Theater Company in 1985 with a select group of undergraduate drama students. Atlantic’s conservatory program offers in-depth training in the Practical Aesthetics Technique. This simple, honest, and straightforward approach demystifies the process of acting and gives students a clear set of analytical and physical tools. Atlantic pairs its technique training with comprehensive instruction in the fundamental physical tools required by the craft: Voice, speech, and movement. Programs include a two-and-a-half-year conservatory, a six-week summer intensive, ongoing workshops, and specialized classes for children and teens. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique; Young Performers THE BARROW GROUP Christel Ferguson 312 W. 36th St., Ste. 4W New York, NY 10018 school@barrowgroup.org www.barrowgroup.org (212) 760-2615, Fax: (212) 760-2962 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program on a limited basis. The Barrow Group offers tools to maximize natural behavior and spontaneity on stage and on screen, believing there is no one way to approach acting; professional and emerging artists training in scene study, script analysis,playwriting, directing, and film and television acting technique. Work/study and apprentice programs are available for students of merit. At the heart of The Barrow Group School is the desire to promote clear and concise tools of the trade. These tools have been outlined and published in “An Actor’s Companion - 99 Bits of Craft,” by Seth Barrish (TBG’s founder and co-artistic director.) Over 18 years in operation. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TANYA BEREZIN - PRIVATE COACHING FOR THE ACTOR 171 W. 79th St. New York, NY 10024 tanya@tanyaberezin.com www.tanyaberezin.com (212) 874-1945, Fax: (212) 874-3862 10-12 students average per class; All levels, including a professional class for young people, ages 13-18; Auditing is permitted by appointment; Classes by sessions Special emphasis in classes on contemporary acting, developing the connection between imagination and organic behavior. Private coaching for auditions and monologues also available. Over 15 years in operation. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading BERGEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA Brian Milli, Director 486 Curry Ave. Englewood, NJ 07631 info@bergendrama.com www.bergendrama.com (201) 820-8108 10 maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By session and ongoing; Scholarship program available Bergen offers acting classes for young people from kindergarten through high school, as well as adult programs in scene study, audition technique, and public speaking. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading BEVERLY HILLS PLAYHOUSE The Wings Theatre 154 Christopher St. btw Washington and Greenwich New York, NY 10014 interviewer@bhplayhouse.com www.bhplayhouse.com (646) 200-5790. 20 student average per class; All levels; Auditing permitted after interview; Ongoing; some scholarships available for returning students The BHP offers ongoing intensive scene study classes to instruct aspiring professionals in the areas of acting, career administration, and attitude. "Instruction focuses on identifying the goal of honest, authentic, moment-to-moment, behavior-oriented acting work, and finding each actor's individual way into that work, rather than on rote enforcement of a certain school of acting technique," says executive director Allen Barton. "High-quality, well-rehearsed scene study is emphasized, with exercises few and far between." No auditions, but an interview is required for admission. New York classes are held on Monday nights from 7-11 pm and taught by Jenifer Gelfer. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading KATHRYN BILD P.O. Box 878 New York, NY 10021 www.kathrynbild.com (212) 517-3265, Fax: (212) 517-5713 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Classes are by appointment Private training and counseling in Stanislavsky/Strasberg, integrating acting as an art, a business, and a calling. Also the author of “Acting From a Spiritual Perspective” and “The Actor’s Quotation Book.” Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BIZ KIDS NY Peggy Lewis, Director P.O. Box 340 New York, NY 10014 www.bizkidsny.com (646) 336-9101, Fax: (646) 336-9101 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Conservatory training, clown, mask, Lecoq, Grotowski, Stanislavsky, musical theater, dance, cabaret, on-camera, and audition technique. Studio address: Pier Studios, Pier 40, West Houston St. and West Side Hwy., south side, New York. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique BLACKOUT THEATRE WORKSHOP Abraham Gorlin - Artistic Director 358 W. 44th Street New York, NY 10036 ag@btworkshop.com www.btworkshop.com (212) 721-3830 10-20 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Students work on monologues, scenes, and improvisational exercises. Classes in playwriting and directing are also offered. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BOB McANDREW STUDIO www.bobmcandrew.com (212) 580-3834 12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Contemporary film and television acting for serious actors. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique BODY DYNAMICS CLASSES Carol Reynolds, Founder and Director 345 E. 81st St., Apt. 19N New York, NY 10028 (212) 288-8380, Fax: (917) 432-1179 8-16 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing A quintessential movement program for actors. Reynolds teaches at T. Schreiber and CayMichael Studios. BOVA ACTORS WORKSHOP - THE ERIC MORRIS SYSTEM (NY) Anthony Vincent Bova Times Sq. Arts Center/Ionica Theatre 300 W. 43rd St., Ste. 504 New York, NY 10036 admin@bovaactorsworkshop.com www.bovaactorsworkshop.com (212) 726-8380 12 students average per class, plus private classes; All levels; By sessions and ongoing NY training center of the Method-based Eric Morris system. Weekly classes and intensives. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ARIANE BRANDT ari@healingartshaven.org www.healingartshaven.org/pa.html (646) 334-5943, Fax: (866)212-8630 Limited class size, private coaching; Advanced level; Auditing is not permitted Private coaching sessions for role preparation, auditioning, Shakespearean text, vocal production, and dialects. Also workshops in emotional clearing, structural alignment, futuring, and personal growth. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BREAKTHROUGH STUDIOS Anthony Grasso, Artistic Director 212 W. 35th St., 11th fl. New York, NY 10001 anthony@breakthroughstudios.com www.breakthroughstudios.com (212) 594-9616, Fax: (212) 594-9618 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for some classes; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Breakthrough offers a two-year conservatory, a six-week intensive, one-on-one seminars, master class workshops, and on-camera classes with leading industry professionals. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique JAMES BRILL (212) 642-1095 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes are in Meisner-based technique, both beginning and advanced. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ELECTA BROWN 241 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10014 e@electabrown.com www.electabrown.com (212) 242-4161, Fax: (212) 366-1810 One student in private sessions; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing For private sessions, Brown works on whatever the actor needs or wants to work on, whether audition technique, monologues, scene study, or something else. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique BRUCE ORNSTEIN ACTING WORKSHOP 61 Fourth Ave. New York, NY 10003 info@actingclassnyc.com www.actingclassnyc.com (212) 802-4955 12-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Offers scene study, exercise work, and improvisation, all leading toward overall artistic growth. JULIE BUDD www.juliebudd.com (917) 445-8799 One-on-one classes; Intermediate, advanced, and professional.; No auditing; Ongoing Julie Budd understands the toll performance takes on the voice, and as a result has developed a course and technique to protect, preserve and enhance an actor’s vocal instrument. A professional singer from the age of twelve, Budd’s acclaimed course draws upon the disciplines of the master vocal teachers, including Lydia Summers and Willard Young. Budd’s method is simple, helping vocal performers maintain an ongoing awareness about their vocal health. Julie teaches principally in New York, but also lectures at colleges, performing arts centers, and universities around the country. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; Young Performers CAPES COACHING 826 Broadway, 4th Fl. New York, NY 10003 info@capesco.com www.capesco.com (212) 777-2270 1-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for select classes; Ongoing Career planning center for actors and artists. Private coaching, career classes, and practical training includes personal attention from industry experts. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CAROL FOX PRESCOTT: ACTING CLASSES 23 Watson Woods P.O. Box 89 Lake Hill, NY 12448 cfprescott@hvc.rr.com www.carolfoxprescott.com (845) 679-5984 16 students average per class; All levels; No auditing, but participation in a single class is encouraged; Ongoing Classes held at Stage Left Studios, 438 W. 37th St., Ste. 5-A, New York, NY. Ages 18 and older. A joyful, reliable, physically based acting technique that gives rise to spontaneous, imaginative, and exciting actors who draw their strength from the text through the breath. CAROLINE THOMAS’ TOTAL THEATRE LAB 118 W. 79th St., Ste. 12A New York, NY 10024 cttheatre@nyc.rr.com www.totaltheatrelab.com (212) 799-4224, Fax: (212) 595-9770 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. An integrated acting process, combining Meisner, Method, physical acting styles, voice, and showcases. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading CARTER THOR STUDIO EAST Brownwen Booth, Instructor. 438 Center Rd. Middlesex, VT 05602 info@thoreast.com, newyork@thoreast.com www.thoreast.com and www.carterthor.com (917) 208-3877 12 students average per class Private coaching available; All levels; Auditing is permitted for a fee; Ongoing; Offers a limited work/study program. Acting-for-film scene study classes are on hiatus at this time. Private coaching continues to be available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ROBERT CASTLE c/o International Theatre New York (ITNY) 17 Little West 12th St., Studio #11 New York, NY 10014 robertcastle@itnewyork.org www.itnewyork.org (212) 592-0137 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions IT New York facilitates and promotes the exchange of artistic, literary, and cultural aspects of the performing arts around the world. Weekly classes and international workshops include technique, scene study, Shakespeare, acting on camera, and sense memory. CAYMICHAEL PATTEN STUDIO 939 Eighth Ave., Ste. 206 New York, NY 10019 info@cpattenstudio.com www.cpattenstudio.com (212) 765-7021, Fax: (212) 765-6388 16 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Beginning, intermediate, and advanced scene study; auditioning; acting on camera; vocal production; body dynamics. Also private coaching. Admission by interview. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE CENTAUR STAGE Gillien Goll, Artistic Director P.O. Box 250795 C.U. Station New York, NY 10025 censtageny@aol.com www.gilliengoll.com (212) 501-6196 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Instruction for all media, including monologues, commercials, audition and acting technique, on-camera, business tips, and public presentation skills. Emphasis is on supportive moment-to-moment technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE SCHOOL E. Colin O’Leary - Executive Director 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 admissions@circlesquare.org www.circlesquare.org (212) 307-0388, Fax: (212) 307-0257 17 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Work study available to Financial Aid recipients who qualify. Some non-paid internships available. An eclectic approach to actor training, exposing students to various acting styles and differing viewpoints. Both acting and musical theater are available for summer and full-time workshops. CLASS ACT STUDIOS Alyssa McEnaney, director 77 Tarrytown Rd. White Plains, NY 10607 www.classactstudios.com (914) 946-3391, Fax: (914) 946-1547 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes and workshops in basic technique, commercial, improv, on-camera training, and musical theater. Also offers an academy for intermediate actors. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique COACH SAMANTHA JONES’ WILD IMPROV! AND ACTING CLASSES C/O Dora Mae Productions P.O. Box 141, Planetarium Station New York, NY 10024 wildimprov@gmail.com www.doramae.com (917) 306-9642 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; contact for info; Ongoing and by sessions Improv group classes are short-form-based. Acting classes take a well-rounded approach based on Meisner, Uta Hagen, and others. Coaches for monologues, standup comedy, and solo development. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique COLLABORATIVE ARTS PROJECT 21 18 W. 18th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10011 jbulleri@cap21.org www.cap21.org (212) 807-0202, Fax: (212) 807-0166 18 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions CAP21 is a professional theater company with a conservatory. They have a four-year in-depth actor training program with NYU specializing in musical theater performance. Six-week professional and pre-college summer programs are also available with classes in acting, voice, and music and dance. Theater artists hone their skills in a collaborative environment. Each season, three new works are produced for a two week “work in progress” run. They also work in development with twenty new musicals and plays providing public and in-house readings. DAVID GIDEON/THE ACTING CLASS 211 W. 61st St., 6th fl. New York, NY 10023 david@davidgideon.com www.davidgideon.com (917) 453-7455, Fax: (845) 876-8733 12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted after interview; Ongoing Former director of the Actor’s Studio and taught by Lee Strasberg himself, Gideon has over 27 years of experience. Class emphasis is divided into two parts: practical training techniques that cover relaxation, sensory memory, private moment, affective moment, animal exercises, and song and dance movement. The second part part of class allows actors to apply what they’ve learned to scene work. Classes meet once a week for four hours. Daytime and evening classes available. DAVID ZEMA ENTERPRISES, INC. Voice of Success Programs 1123 Broadway, Ste. 1012, 10th Floor New York, NY 10010 davidzema@aol.com www.davidzema.com (212) 675-4978, Fax: (212) 675-6065 12 students average per class; All levels; First hour of technique class may be audited; other classes may be sampled; Ongoing Techniques and training include audition skills in microphone work, studio recording sessions, opening vocal range, and stylistic variety. All areas covered, including commercials, characters, narration, animation, industrials, corporate, books, documentaries. DEENA LEVY THEATRE STUDIO deena@deenalevy.com www.deenalevy.com (212) 340-1084 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Meisner/Grotowski fusion: intensive acting and scene study. The Deena Levy Studio is dedicated to the belief that acting is a gutsy journey that evolves into a craft and culminates as an art. A “whole person” approach which deeply explores process while teaching and harnessing technique all the way to performance. The environment is highly supportive and creative. Also offers the “More Than Acting” weekend workshop which incorporates trust, breakthrough, and authenticity. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique DELOSS BROWN: ACTING SHAKESPEARE’S VERSE 444 Central Park West, #5A New York, NY 10025-4356 delossbrown@prodigy.net http://pages.prodigy.net/delossbrown/asv.htm (212) 865-1127, Fax: (212) 865-1579 9 students max per class; All levels; Auditing is sometimes permitted; By sessions Classes concentrate on dramatic verse technique with emphasis on Shakespeare, including how to prepare a Shakespearean audition and how to prepare the part when you get cast. Private coaching also available. GEORGE DICENZO Triangle Theater c/o Jane Stojak 708 N. Bodine St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 triangleacting@aol.com www.randomactsoftheater.com (215) 760-0230, Fax: (215) 922-4028 30 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted for a fee; Ongoing Classes concentrate on acting, scene study, and directing for stage and film. Acting master class held at: Shelter Studios, 244 W. 54 St., 12th fl., New York, NY. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DONNA MARRAZZO STUDIO donna@donnamarrazzostudio.com www.donnamarrazzostudio.com (917) 239-8823 Limited number of students per class; All levels; Call for auditing info; By sessions Located in midtown Manhattan, a studio for the serious actor. Develop techniques that works for each individual actor. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DOUGLAS FARWELL ACTING STUDIO 327 W. 22nd St. New York, NY 10011 info@douglasfarwellstudio.com www.douglasfarwellstudio.com (212) 243-7017 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Specialist in the Sanford Meisner technique. Open to serious students of all levels. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DREAMCATCHER REPERTORY THEATRE Laura Ekstrand, artistic director Baird Center 5 Mead St. South Orange, NJ 07079 info@dreamcatcherrep.org www.dreamcatcherrep.org (973) 378-7754, ext. 2228, Fax: (908)206-8796 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions, with a teen program during the month of July; Offers work/study program (internships for high school and college students) Summer Theater Conservatory program for students aged 10 to 17 to explore their interest in the performing arts during their summer vacation. Professionals in their field teach all classes, and students receive individual attention, constructive feedback, and the support needed to achieve their personal goals. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SALLY DUNN c/o T. Schreiber Studio 151 W. 26th St., 7th Fl. New York, NY 10001 sally@sallydunn.net www.sallydunn.net (917) 769-7768 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Scene study/exercise classes, special workshops, and personal one-on-one coaching. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ED GREEN’S VOICE OVER TRAINING COURSE Midtown NY, NY ed@edgreen.com www.edgreen.com (212) 752-9123 One-on-one coaching only; Beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels; Consultation required; By sessions and ongoing Specializes in voiceover training and self-marketing. Private one-on-one coaching. Student receives complete demo CD. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading PAUL EISEMAN 305 E. 40th St., #4H New York, NY 10016 pauleise@aol.com (212) 953-6926 1 student average per class; All levels; No auditing; By sessions and ongoing One-on-one private coaching that focuses on connecting the actor emotionally to character, resulting in truthful, unpredictable, exciting, and emotionally charged performances. Method acting customized and made practical for each actor. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ELIZABETH BROWNING STUDIO Elizabeth Browning, Rhonda Musak, and David Pixley Classes in midtown Manhattan elizabethbrowningstudio@gmail.com www.elizabethbrowningstudio.com (212) 946-1702, Fax: (914) 788-1559 12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Scene study, monologues, audition exercises, and original material developed. All levels, classical and contemporary. Also offers acting classes for teens and workshops in Los Angeles. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading LARRY EUDENE c/o MSRG P.O. Box 1091 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 info@screenplayreadinggroup.com www.screenplayreadinggroup.com Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Three-day weekend intensive class concentrates on a focusing technique used to draw the camera to the actor. Acting in films, with advanced scene study and subtext improvisation. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique F.A.C.T. (Franco-Americaine Cinema Theatre) Sarah Eigerman, Artistic Director 65, Rue de Reuilly 75012 Paris, factinfo@free.fr http://factinfo.free.fr +33-1-43-44-76-98, Fax: +33-1-43-44-76-98 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing permitted by special arrangement; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Inspired by but not limited to the Stanislavsky approach, the training integrates many techniques to help the actor develop his or her own transforming process in creating a real experience of an imaginary life. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CATHERINE GAFFIGAN catherineg@verizon.net www.catherinegaffigan.com (212) 586-6300 12 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Catherine’s wide range of offerings include professional classes for all levels, private coaching, and topic- specific workshops. GALLI ACTING SCHOOL - NYC 38 W. 38th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10018 newyork@galli-group.com www.gallitheaterny.com (212) 810-6485 Free introductory classes on Thursdays from 7-8 pm; sessions and ongoing; work/study is available Offers acting training and the opportunity for all students to perform in the theater’s ongoing productions. Galli believes acting is a healing process where students connect with their true selves. Other: Young Performers JULIE GARFIELD C/O T. Schreiber Studios 151 W. 26th St. New York, NY 10001 juliegarfield3@gmail.com www.tschreiber.org (212) 741-0209 16-18 students average per class, private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Work/study program offered at T. Schreiber Studios. Concentrates on scene study and script analysis. Sense memory and Meisner technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading GENESIS REPERTORY Jay Michaels and Mary Elizabeth Micari, Directors 509 72nd St., Ste. 3F Brooklyn, NY 11209 genesis.brooklyn@gmail.com www.genesis-repertory.org (347) 492-0534 15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted by approval of the instructor; By sessions and ongoing; Work/study program is offered on a case-by-case basis. Internship, apprentice, and scholarship opportunities available. Nonprofit theater arts organization offers a year-round series of classes and workshops in voice, vocal training, speech, diction, acting, and theater management, all in a supportive environment. Private coaching and lessons also available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BLAIR GLASER, M.A., R.D.T. The Institutes for the Arts in Psychotherapy 526 W. 26th St., Ste. 309 New York, NY 10001 info@spiritplay.org www.spiritplay.org (212) 726-1592 1-7 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Workshops and individual coaching. LARRY GLEASON 360 W. 21st St., #3M New York, NY 10011 info@larrygleason.com www.larrygleason.com (917) 549-5173 10-15 students maximum per class, private sessions; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Gleason is an acting coach on the faculty of the Circle in the Square Theater School. He combines text with emotional work to improve classical and contemporary scenes and monologues for personal growth, auditions, or upcoming roles. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading LINDA GLICK www.lindaglick.com (212) 769-8288, Fax: (212) 873-8215 6-8 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted (by permission); By sessions Contemporary integrative acting-based techniques relating to song. Weekly musical performance technique workshop in a safe and supportive atmosphere. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DOUGLAS HALL P.O. Box 1758 New York, NY 10011 dugall@earthlink.net (917) 923-5339 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing All scene study/monologues. No exercises. Every student works every week. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HAYMARKET ANNEX Jennifer Gelfer, Artistic Director; Carol Mennie, Associate Artistic Director 300 W. 43rd St., Ste. 506 New York, NY 10036 jgelfer@haymarketannex.com, cmennie@haymarketannex.com www.haymarketannex.com (917) 273-7238/(917) 733-7718, Fax: (212) 222-3757 10 students average per class. One-on-one coaching available; Advanced level; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Scene study class for the professional working actor. Both contemporary and classical theater. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HB STUDIO Edith Meeks, Executive Director 120 Bank St. New York, NY 10014 info@hbstudio.org www.hbstudio.org (212) 675-2370, Fax: (212) 675-2387 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted and recommended; Ongoing; Offers work/study program Established in 1945 by Viennese actor/director Herbert Berghof (HB), the studio was created to provide professional theater training and practice for aspiring and accomplished actors of all ages. Uta Hagen joined the Studio in 1948 as Berghof’s artistic partner. Hagen’s master classes at HB Studio became the basis for her two books on acting. Her exercises are still taught there today. Course offerings include acting, voice, musical theater, dance, movement, improv, fencing, writing, and stage combat. The studio works in partnership with the HB Playwrights Foundation and Theater. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; On-Camera Technique HISPANIC ORGANIZATION OF LATIN ACTORS 107 Suffolk St., Ste. 302 New York, NY 10002-3305 holagram@hellohola.org www.hellohola.org (212) 253-1015, Fax: (212) 253-9651 10 students per class; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions (twice a year) English and Spanish-language workshops and classes including voiceover, audition, acting technique, and more. Geared toward expanding the presence of Hispanic actors in the Latino and mainstream entertainment and communications media. ERIC HOFFMANN 310 Riverside Dr., #1505 New York, NY 10025 bardyard@aol.com (212) 662-5790 8 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Shakespeare, auditions, and Meisner technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HOWARD MEYER’S ACTING PROGRAM IN WESTCHESTER, N.Y. P.O. Box 1004 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 hmaxial@aol.com www.hmacting.org (914) 962-8828, Fax: (914) 245-8562 10-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for advanced class only; By sessions for beginners and intermediate; ongoing for advanced; Offers work/study program for previously enrolled students. In its 17th year. Technique based in Strasberg and Meisner. Classes at: 8 Sunnyside Ave., Pleasantville, NY. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading JASON BENNETT ACTOR’S WORKSHOP Jason Bennett 432 E. 14th St., Ste. 1903 New York, NY 10009 info@jbactors.com www.jbactors.com (212) 777-7603 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Classes and workshops reflect a synthesis of all the great acting methods for theater, television, and film. Offerings include acting classes, special acting workshops, voice and movement classes, acting classes for teenagers, and private coaching. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique JEFFREY ZEINER STUDIO AT WEIST-BARRON Jeffrey Zeiner 35 W. 45th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10036 wbacting@weistbarron.com www.weistbarron.com (212) 245-1237 10 students average per class; Advanced level; Free introductory seminar offered three times a year; Ongoing Contemporary material. Emphasis on development of actor’s own technique, ability to direct imagination, accomplished through improvisation. Advanced training for professionals by interview and reference. JIM BONNEY ACTING STUDIO Institute of Core Energetics 115 E. Third St., 12th Fl. New York, NY 10010 info@jimbonneyacting.com www.jimbonneyacting.com (212) 713-5277 8-12 students average per class; All levels from beginner to advanced; Work audit; By sessions and ongoing Offers a complete 2 year program as well as emotional workshops, individual work, twelve week sessions, core energetics, monologue and audition classes, plus singing workshops. Specializes in private coaching for film and stage auditions. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique JOANNA BECKSON-J. BECKSON STUDIO 325 W. 38th St., Ste. 203 New York, NY 10018 jtbeck417@aol.com www.joannabeckson.com (917) 749-6922 14-16 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Focus is on the Meisner approach, “the ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” The actor aims to leave himself alone, eliminating self-consciousness. Improvisation exercises are based on the actor’s sense of truth and sensitivity. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading JOHN STRASBERG STUDIOS An International Center for Creativity and Theater Arts Research 555 Eighth Ave., Ste. 403 New York, NY 10018 info14@johnstrasbergstudios.org www.johnstrasbergstudios.org (646) 435-7867, Fax: (646) 435-7867 8-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions: Full-time program, individual classes, intensive workshops A consciously intuitive, personal, individual creative process/technique within scene work. Based on the “nine natural laws of creativity,” talent, imagination, spontaneity, intentional dreaming, truth. Involvement, putting yourself into someone else’s shoes, belief, and emotion develop naturally and pleasurably. JUDITH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY NYC Joanne Zipay, Founder and Artistic Director 367 Windsor Hwy., #409 New Windsor, NY 12553 judishakes@gmail.com www.judithshakespeare.org (212) 592-1885 10-15 students per class, also individual coaching; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Taught by Joanne Zipay. Shakespeare acting technique based in the text. Bridging the worlds of contemporary and classical acting. BARBARA KAHN barbara@barbara-kahn.com (212) 840-1234 (service) One student per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Greenwich Village location. Private coaching by a veteran director/coach. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique KEN SCHATZ ACTOR TRAINING 106 Hicks St. #4A Brooklyn, NY 11201 info@kenschatz.com www.kenschatz.com (718) 625-8372 Class size varies; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Comprehensive private coaching, project coaching, workshops, and group classes for professionals: acting technique and scene study, monologue study and audition preparation, voice, speech, accents and dialects, movement, improvisation, and physical character work. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading E. KATHERINE KERR 195 Sharp Hill Road Wilton, CT 06897 actingclass@aol.com www.ekatherinekerr.com (203) 762-7304 12 students average per class; All levels; One free audit offered; Ongoing Teaches at the Theater Artists Workshop in Norwalk, CT. Acting technique for actors, singers, and writers. Classes bring out authentic expressions and uncover one’s own genius. GRACE KILEY Acting and Performance Coach gracekiley@gmail.com www.gracekileyperformancecoach.com (917) 593-2662 8 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Specialty is in working through creative blocks with actors. The goal is to prepare and present your most dynamic work for auditions and performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading LARRY SILVERBERG-THE MEISNER INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM c/o The School for Film and Television 39 W. 19th St., 12th fl. New York, NY 10011 trueacting@actorscraft.com www.actorscraft.com 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted only at open class performances, three times a year; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Master Classes and workshops. Meisner intensive training program. LARRY SINGER STUDIOS 160 Wadsworth Ave., #401 New York, NY 10033 larrysinger@nyct.net www.larrysingerstudios.com (917) 327-5406, Fax: (212) 740-1736 18 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Limited work/study program. Classes include technique, development of the actor as an individual, and voice work. Also private coaching. Studio address: 300 W. 43rd St., 5th fl. New York, N.Y. 10036. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BLAKE LAWRENCE coaching@blake-lawrence.com www.blake-lawrence.com (917) 406-4282 Private coaching only; All levels; Free 30-minute consultation available; By sessions Director and private audition coach. Focuses on contemporary and classical texts that best represent the actor. Also works on cold reading skills and sides preparation. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE LEE STRASBERG THEATRE AND FILM INSTITUTE 115 Lee Strasberg Way (E. 15th St.) New York, NY 10003 lstfi@strasberg.com www.strasberg.com (212) 533-5500, Fax: (212) 473-1727 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Two-year certificate program; full or part-time introductory program; Offers limited work/study program. Method acting and voice, singing, dance, movement, and film and TV. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE LINKLATER CENTER FOR VOICE AND LANGUAGE Kristin Linklater, Artistic Director; Andrea Haring, Associate Director P.O. Box 504 New York, NY 10025 mail@thelinklatercenter.com www.thelinklatercenter.com (212) 340-4762 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is allowed by permission only; By sessions Championing the power of the human voice, the center offers classes and workshops where language and the human voice is exercised and celebrated. Courses build on investigation of personal vocal freedom and explore vocal energies, dynamics, and power. Students develop greater breath capacity and vocal stamina. Other: Improv and Comedy BECKY LONDON beckyonel@aol.com www.beckylondon.com (917) 498-1983 10 students average per class; individual coaching available; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions (8-12 classes) and ongoing; Work/study possible. Technique classes and private, individual coaching focusing on technique and auditioning; practical skills developed from Yale School of Drama curriculum. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BERNICE LOREN 350 W. 55th St., #3F New York, NY 10019 (212) 586-8604 4 students maximum per class; also private instruction; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Groups by term; private study by sessions Total performing preparation: acting, voice, and dance unified. Also general self improvement. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading LUNA STAGE COMPANY Jane Mandel, Artistic Director education@lunastage.org www.lunastage.org (973) 744-3309, Fax: (973) 509-2388 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; 9-to-18 week sessions Classes offered in musical theater, improv, playwriting, basic and advanced acting, plus more workshops of all kinds. Other: Young Performers; On-Camera Technique LYNETTE SHELDON ACTORS STUDIO 28th St. and 5th Ave. New York, NY classinfo@lsactorstudio.com www.lsactorstudio.com (212) 477-0171 12-16 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels.; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Professional actor training for film, TV, and theater for all levels of actors. Specific training in the Stanislavsky, Adler, Meisner, and Australian techniques, with improvisation. Studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Australia. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading LYNN WINTERS’ STUDIO OF ACTING AND VOICE P.O. Box 369, Village Station New York, NY 10014 (212) 636-9829 12 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Stage and acting technique based on Stanislavsky principles. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading EUGENIA MACER-STORY 511 Avenue of the Americas, PMB 173 New York, NY 10011 mmc-feedback@att.net www.magickmirror.com or www.theatre-cosmos.com (212) 255-2111, Fax: (212) 208-2951 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Playwriting and acting workshops with an emphasis on the inter-dimensional experience. MAGGIE FLANIGAN STUDIO 153 W. 27th St., Ste. 803 New York, NY 10001 info@maggieflaniganstudio.com www.maggieflaniganstudio.com (917) 606-0982, Fax: (917) 606-0983 12-16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Conservatory-based actor training school focused on the Sanford Meisner technique. Curriculum designed so that actors are fully prepared to work professionally with a well-developed craft. Supplementary classes include movement, voice, Western Canon, script analysis, cold reading, monologue, actor-director relationship, Shakespeare, the business of acting, and a Michael Chekov workshop. A full two year curriculum and a six week summer intensive are also offered. Admission is through a personal interview and audition. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique MAIN STREET THEATRE & DANCE ALLIANCE 548 Main St. New York, NY 10044 jackiemstda@yahoo.com www.mstda.org (212) 371-4449 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program for the appropriate students. Offer a wide variety of classes to children of all ages. Additionally, students perform in theater and dance productions. Also offers a writing/acting class for teens, plus kindergarten -second grade creative drama. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading MARC TASLIT/ACTING OPERA marctaslit@verizon.net www.actingopera.com (727) 859-4599, Fax: (727) 376-3844 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions In its 19th year, workshops and classes for actors and singer-actors. Emphasis on cold reading and text-memorization exercises. Classes for singers include opera, musical theater, oratorio, and art song repertoire. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique MARTIN ACTING STUDIOS Dianna Martin 312 W. 36th St. New York, NY 11224 martin.acting.studios@gmail.com (917) 941-0151 10 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted Contemporary and classical scene study, sensory exercises, improvisations, character and script analysis. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading CHRISTOPHER MARTIN 564 Hudson St., #1 New York, NY 10014 xrismartin@aol.com (212) 691-4883 1-5 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Emphasis on Shakespeare, classics, and European drama. Other: Audition Technique/ Cold Reading MATTHEW COROZINE STUDIO THEATRE 300 W. 43rd St., Ste. 502 New York, NY 10036 matthew@matthewcorozinestudio.com www.matthewcorozinestudio.com (212) 592-4138 8-12 students average per class, private coaching also available.; All levels; Auditing is permitted by interview only; Ongoing MC studio cultivates a new generation of professional artists that currently work on Broadway, Hollywood, television, film, and live theater. Acting classes are rooted in the Meisner technique. Experience “the reality of doing” and finding the truth within yourself. Actors learn to trust their instincts and impulses fully, and respond truthfully from their humanity. The purpose in every class and performance is to reconnect truthful self-expression. Showcases in 40-seat theatre. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading JODIE LYNNE McCLINTOCK 49-01 39th Ave. Sunnyside, NY 11104 info@jodiemcclintock.com www.jodiemcclintock.com (718) 476-2590, Fax: (718) 505-3733 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted only on sample-class day; Ongoing Private coaching: monologue selection and polishing (classical and contemporary) for general auditions, grad schools, and overseas programs; audition technique, sides prep, cold readings, commercial copy, and role rehearsal. Classes: Shakespearean text, soliloquies, scenes, rehearsal, and performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading PATRICIA McGINNIS 344 W. 89th St. New York, NY 10024 (212) 362-3374, Fax: (212) 362-3374 Private sessions, Some small classes; All levels; Ongoing Alexander Technique eliminates unwanted tension and performance anxiety for actors, singers, dancers, and musicians. Certified by ACAT and AmSAT. THE MICHAEL CHEKHOV ACTING STUDIO Lenard Petit 138 W. 15th St., 1st Fl. New York, NY 10011 lenardmcas@yahoo.com www.michaelchekhovactingstudio.com (646) 385-2876 10 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Chekhov technique covers contemporary and classical scene study. Workshops, classes, and private coaching for auditions available as well as a 24 week full time training program. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE MICHAEL CHEKHOV PROJECT David H. Cohen and Bryan L. Cohen PO Box 97 Burlingham, NY 12722 improv@warwick.net (914) 850-3226 (cell phone) 10-12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Offers classes only in New York City. Classes taught at the Actors Movement Studio. MCP specializes in a creative and practical approach to the actor’s process using the Michael Chekhov technique and the art of inner movement. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading MICHAEL HOWARD STUDIOS Michael Howard, Founder 152 W. 25th St., 10th fl. New York, NY 10001 info@michaelhowardstudios.com www.michaelhowardstudios.com (212) 645-1525 15 students average per class; Some previous training preferred; Auditing is not permitted, enrollment through interview; Ongoing classes; Work study is very limited Work in all disciplines for the professional actor. Special workshops with international master teachers. One-year and two-year conservatory program begins in fall. Also summer conservatory, evening/daytime. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TRACEY MOORE MARABLE “The Spirited Actor” 593 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11216 thespiritedactor@hotmail.com www.myspace.com/thespiritedactor (212) 465-2580 16 students average per class, private sessions; All levels; Auditing is permitted for first class only; By sessions Classes designed to empower the “person” inside the actor. Seminars. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading JOHN CHARLES MURPHY 140 Riverside Blvd., #701 New York, NY 10069 johncharlesmurphy@yahoo.com (212) 501-2357 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing by special permission only; By sessions Movement-based training and technique incorporating classical and contemporary approaches. O’NEILL NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE Jeff Janisheski, Artistic Director Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center 305 Great Neck Road Waterford, CT 06385 nti@theoneill.org www.theoneill.org/nti (860) 443-7139, Fax: (860) 444-1212 25-30 students average per class; Intermediate level; Auditing is permitted by appointment; By sessions One-semester (14 weeks) conservatory program that delves deeply into the craft of theater. Seven days a week, from sunup to sundown, actors train with working professionals who challenge actors on every level to develop and expand artistic horizons. Emphasis on ensemble work and exposure to a variety of methods. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE JUNIOR SCHOOL 340 E. 54th St. New York, NY 10022 www.neighborhoodplayhouse.org (212) 688-3770, Fax: (212) 906-9051 12-18 students per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Acting, dance, and voice for young people, ages 6-18. Saturdays. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE SCHOOL OF THE THEATRE 340 E. 54th St. New York, NY 10022 www.neighborhoodplayhouse.org (212) 688-3770, Fax: (212) 906-9051 25 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Two-year full-time program; also six-week summer session. “Where the Meisner Technique was born.” Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE NEW ACTORS WORKSHOP 259 W. 30th St., 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10001 newactorsw@aol.com www.newactorsworkshop.com (212) 947-1310/(800)947-1318, Fax: (212) 947-9729 20 students average per class; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Two-year, full-time training program, each year with dual focus on improvisation and Stanislavsky-based Method technique. Founded by George Morrison, Mike Nichols, and Paul Sills. NEW JERSEY YOUTH THEATRE (Formerly Westfield Young Artists’ Cooperative Theatre) 656 Westfield Ave. Westfield, NJ 07090 info@njyouththeatre.org www.njyouththeatre.org (908) 233-3200 6-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions (two per year, September-May; students can join anytime until March); Sometimes offers work/study program. NJYT acting classes focus on technique (improv, character development, etc.), scene study (mostly contemporary, some Shakespeare), and monologue work. Workshops and classes also in musical theater, voice, and dance, as well as a Shakespeare workshop for older kids in the fall. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY 456 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 contact@newperspectivestheatre.org www.newperspectivestheatre.org (212) 630-9945, Fax: (212) 594-2553 New Perspectives conducts a range of projects which are categorized into two program areas: professional and youth/community. The professional programs are designed to provide a showcase for the theatre company’s work and its artists, in main stage, developmental, and training projects. From the Women’s Work Project to the Shakespeare Bootcamp for Actors, the emphasis is on the craft of theater, providing training and developmental support to artists to help them achieve. The youth/community programs serve young people and communities in need by using the tools of theater to develop essential life skills and self awareness and include drama workshops and Shakespeare made simple. Other: Young Performers; Classical NEW YORK CONSERVATORY FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS The School for Film and Television 39 W. 19th St. New York, NY 10011 info@sft.edu www.sft.edu (212) 645-0030/(888) 645-0030, Fax: (212) 645-0039 10-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted by interview; By sessions; Offers work/study program: class and office positions by interview. SFT is an NAST-accredited conservatory with a two-year program and a large part-time offering. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY 100 E. 17th St. New York, NY 10003 film@nyfa.com www.nyfa.com (212) 674-4300/(800) 611-FILM, Fax: (212) 477-1414 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing All acting for film courses are offered for college credit and range from one-week immersion workshops to one-year courses. Filmcraft master classes are also included as part of the acting for film program. Other: On-Camera Technique THE NEW YORK MASK AND CLOWN WORKSHOP Ariane Anthony 69 Sutton St., #1 Brooklyn, NY 11222 arianeanthony@yahoo.com www.maskandclown.com (718) 349-0008 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions This European commedia dell’arte mask and clown acting technique trains timing, confidence, concentration, and use of space. Actors are trained to be fearless and vulnerable on the stage and to use whatever happens - mistakes, accidents, laughter - to strengthen presence and connection with the audience. Other: Improv and Comedy DAVID NEWER 312 W. 36th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10018 davidnewer@yahoo.com www.davidnewer.com (212) 501-4646 12-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for scene study only; By sessions Two-year program in the Meisner Technique. From moment-to-moment listening and responding, which Sanford Meisner defined as the “bedrock of acting,” to the beginnings of character work, the student learns through clearly structured exercises, how it all springs from within. As Meisner said, “If it’s not personal, it’s no good.” The words on the page are lifeless until the actor gives them meaning. Scene study classes are also offered. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ON CAMERA...AND OFF INC.- LARRY CONROY 42 W. 13th St., Ste. 4D New York, NY 10011-7922 oncamoff@aol.com www.larryconroy.com (212) 741-1444, Fax: (212) 366-5688 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted but free evaluations are offered; Ongoing Presentation and performance coach for actors, hosts, spokespeople, narrators, voiceover artists, radio personalities, corporate presenters, and news media. Meisner-based. All work done on camera and on audio tape for immediate playback. Work centered on the individual and that individual’s personality. Private and corporate coaching available. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ONE ON ONE PRODUCTION Marc Isaacman, Executive Director 34 W. 27th St., 11th Fl. New York, NY 10001 info@oneononenyc.com www.oneononenyc.com (212) 691-6000 14 students average per class; Advanced level; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Membership by audition. Actors meet and study with some of NYC’s top casting directors for film, TV, and theater. For the serious actor only. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PAN ASIAN REPERTORY WORKSHOP Tisa Chang, Artistic Director; Ernest Abuba, Resident Instructor 520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 314. New York, NY 10018 panasian@aol.com www.panasianrep.org (212) 868-4030, Fax: (212) 868-4033 10 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Workshops and classes on technique, speech, and movement. Also offers classes in Mandarin Chinese and Yoga for Actors. PAUL LE MOS ACTING WORKSHOP Drifter Films plemos@drifterfilm.com www.drifterfilm.com (212) 714-5042 Limited class size; All levels; No auditing; Ongoing Paul is a director, screenwriter, producer and former actor. He is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York and studied with Sanford Mesiner and David Mamet. The workshops include Meisner technique, scene study, monologues, cold reading, auditioning, and on-camera. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading PEACHCRAFT ACTORS STUDIO Kate Kennedy, Director of Dramatic Arts 371 Springfield Ave. Summit, NJ 07901 peachcraft@gmail.com www.peachcraft.net (908) 673-1485, Fax: (973) 215-2792 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Focus is on the Michael Chekhov technique preparing actors for stage, film, and television. For serious actors, child through adult. Also a musical theater and filmmaking academy. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PENNY TEMPLETON STUDIO Penny Templeton, Hank Schob 261 W. 35th St., Ste. 304 New York, NY 10001 pts158@pennytempletonstudio.com www.pennytempletonstudio.com (212) 643-2614, Fax: (212) 643-2615 15 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Penny’s style of teaching encourages actors to grow beyond their comfort zone, guiding them to dig deep within themselves and take control of their craft. The demanding classes inspire the inner artist while discovering and illuminating an actor’s uniqueness. Penny commits to helping actors reach their goals and become professional working actors. Classes emphasize strong technique for theater and film. In addition to master classes in scene study and film technique, courses are also available in intermediate technique, script analysis, voice/Linklater, commercials, monologues, and improvisation. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE’S CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY mailing address: P.O.Box 1295 Madison, NJ 07940 info@ptnj.org www.ptnj.org (973) 514-1787, Fax: (973) 514-2060 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Classes concentrate on scene study, in-depth preparation, and audition techniques. Spring, summer, and fall semesters. Classes for children, teens, and adults. Class address: 33 Green Village Road. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; On-Camera Technique PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL Chuck Vassallo, Director of Performing Arts 328 W. 48th St. New York, NY 10036 www.ppasnyc.org (212) 247-8652, Fax: (212) 247-7514 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Professional Performing Arts High School. Courses include musical theater, scene study, voice and diction, movement, playwriting, directing, and theater history. All classes are taught by Actors Institute instructors. Open for audition by NYC residents only. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THEATRE Raul Julia Training Unit 304 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10025 prttny@prtt.org www.prtt.org (212) 354-1293/(212) 427-8835, Fax: (212) 307-6769 20 students average per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; By sessions The training unit teaches all styles of acting with an emphasis on contemporary Latino theater and American playwrights. Other: Young Performers PULSE ENSEMBLE THEATRE Alexa Kelly, Artistic Director 248 W. 35th St., 15th fl. New York, NY 10018 www.pulseensembletheatre.org (212) 695-1596 Up to 10 students per class.; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Private coaching as well as classes focusing on acting technique and directing. Also scene study and movement. Adults and children. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HENRY RAVELO 484 W. 43rd St., #10-C New York, NY 10036 www.ramtalent.com (212) 695-9101, Fax: (646) 219-4285 Private coaching. Referrals preferred; All levels; Auditing is not permitted Prepares students for an ever-competitive and fast-paced entertainment career, emphasizing industry demands and individual artistic expression. A blend of artistry and business. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PAULA J. RILEY Acting Coach paula@pjrileystudio.como www.pjrileystudio.com (212) 689-4362 or (917) 544-5986 10 students per class; Auditing encouraged Paula is the originator of the PPA (Primary Principles of Acting) Process. Classes and workshops focus on helping the actor achieve a deeper understanding of character development and progression. Improvisation is a main tool, enabling PPA students to make the conscious choices necessary to embrace a character’s ‘sense of truth.’ Paula additionally conducts a three-month “From Scratch to Script” workshop three times a year. Free consultation for private sessions. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ROBERT PATTERSON STUDIO 170 W. 74th St. New York, NY 10023 rpatterson11201@yahoo.com www.thepattersonstudio.com (212) 840-1234, Fax: (212) 595-3765 7 students average per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; Auditing is not permitted, free one hour class; Ongoing Stanislavski conceived of a system. Sanford Meisner shaped it into a teachable approach. Robert Patterson has developed it into a complete craft. It is not a “technique” from a year of basic exercises and a year of character work, after which a student applies his bag of tricks for life; it is acting as a complete craft, learned as one continuous action. Classes offer a complete way of working that allows actors to make strong, specific choices, and improvise fully in any given set of imaginary circumstances. Introductory class and 28-month course. Classical, contemporary. ROBERT X. MODICA ACTING STUDIO 881 Seventh Ave., Rm. 809 New York, NY 10019 robertxmodica@hotmail.com, rxmodica@aol.com www.robertxmodica.com (212) 245-2089 16-20 students per class; All levels; Ongoing Meisner-based classes where students participate in exercises and techniques that allow them to discover the truth of themselves in personal, meaningful, and imaginative ways. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ROD MCLUCAS: CLASSICAL SCENE & MONOLOGUE WORKSHOPS 307 W. 71st St. New York, NY 10023 rodmclucas@nyc.rr.com, rod@rodmclucas.com www.rodmclucas.com (212) 362-9793 Small classes - 8 students per class Private coaching; Intermediate & advanced; Sometimes permitted; Ongoing Focuses on the intensity and precision of classical writers’ language. Classes emphasize learnable vocal and physical techniques. Dancers and singers welcome. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE ROSETTA LENOIRE MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY Amas Musical Theatre 115 Macdougal St., Ste. 2B New York, NY 10012 amas@amasmusical.org www.amasmusical.org (212) 563-2565, Fax: (212) 239-8332 30 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. A preprofessional musical performance and training program that enrolls up to 30 culturally and economically diverse young people between the ages of 14 and 20 in all-day classes, with rehearsals Saturdays and some Sundays, from October through May. Students study with professionals in acting, improvisation, singing, dance, creative writing, and stagecraft. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading CATHERINE RUSSELL 1627 Broadway New York, NY 10019 postarvis@aol.com (212) 445-1016, Fax: (212) 445-1015 One student for private coaching.; All levels; Auditing is not permitted Private one-on-one coaching. Monologue and cold reading. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SAM DEFAZIO/FILM AND TV ACTORS WORKSHOP Shetler Studios 244 W. 54th St. New York, NY samdefazio@verizon.net (212) 724-3963, Fax: (212) 724-3963 8-10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. On-camera intensive. Personal coaching in a group setting for working film and TV actors. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SANDE SHURIN ACTING STUDIO-TRANSFORMATIONAL ACTING 208 W. 30th St., Ste. 701 New York, NY 10001 info@sandeschurin.com www.sandeshurin.com (212) 262-6848, Fax: (212) 563-2275 15 students average per class; also offers private coaching; All levels; specializing in advanced and professional; Admission by interview; Ongoing; some workshops by session Shurin’s “transformational acting” classes work with present emotions, utilizing the actor’s authentic self and essence, rather than recalling from the past. Also offers “star power” and “break-through” workshops. Available at both NY and Woodstock locations. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SARATOGA INTERNATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE (SITI COMPANY) Megan Wanlass Szalla, Executive Director 520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 310 New York, NY 10018 training@siti.org www.siti.org/training (212) 868-0860, Fax: (212) 868-0837 25-60 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers internships and scholarships for returning students. Focus is on the Suzuki method of actor training that is principally concerned with restoring the wholeness of the human body to the theatrical context and uncovering the actor’s innate expressive abilities. CARLA SAVOY 230 E. Seveth St., #5D New York, NY 10009 ceesavoy@earthlink.net (212) 979-5339/(917) 292-5073 4-8 students per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Private coaching focuses on character exploration. Play scenes that aren’t in the play. Mostly contemporary work. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading LOUIS SCHEEDER 7 Stuyvesant Oval, #9D New York, NY 10009 ls36@nyu.edu (212) 614-9131 14 students max.; Advanced level; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Classes concentrate on Shakespearean and contemporary scene study. SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS AT THE JCC Kaplen JCC on the Palisades 411 E. Clinton Ave. Tenafly, NJ 07670 droberts@jccotp.org www.jccotp.org (201) 569-7900, ext. 1492/1493, Fax: (210) 569-5039 8-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Work/study can be arranged. Children and teen divisions offer technique classes and performing workshops, preprofessional and recreational tracks. New York agent and casting directors attend programs for children, teens, and adults several times a year. Also offers instruction in singing, musical theater, and dance. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/ Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SCOTT POWERS STUDIOS 135 W. 29th St., Ste. 404 New York, NY 10001 getworking@scottpowers.com www.scottpowers.com (212) 242-4700, Fax: (212) 242-4768 6-10 students per class; also one-on-one consultations; All levels; Online and sample-class days offered; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Emphasis on professional training by current agents, directors, casting directors, and producers to obtain work in the industry. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique LETTY SERRA 15 Charles St., Apt. 12B New York, NY 10014 lserra8@verizon.net (646) 263-8100, Fax: (212) 633-6834 8 students max. Private coaching available.; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Workshops in Film/TV acting using Adler/Meisner techniques: Characterization, script analysis, work on self, and Business of Acting. Classes video taped. Director and coach who worked with Stella Adler for 20-plus years. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SHAKESPEARE LAB Rosemarie Tichler, Director The Public Theater 425 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10003 www.publictheater.org (212) 539-8525 All levels Acting intensive in Shakespeare designed to immerse the actor in his classic plays and language. Classes include acting, monologues, voice and speech, movement, text analysis, teaching, clown work, and stage combat. THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director 36 Madison Ave. Madison, NJ 07940 information@shakespearenj.org www.shakespearenj.org (973) 408-3278, Fax: (973) 408-3361 10-30 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Non-performance internships available Focus on Shakespeare and other classic works through hands-on performance experience and in-depth classroom training. Eleven-week summer professional intensive and year-round touring opportunities. Also Junior and Senior Corps programs for young actors ages 11-to-17. EMC points/stipends available. Mentorship opportunities. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading SUZANNE SHEPHERD 225 W. 86th St. New York, NY 10024 suzannesshepherd@aol.com www.suzanneshepherd.com and www.agiftoffire.com (212) 873-5324 20 students average per class; available for private coaching; Advanced level; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Suzanne began her career in the 1960’s and is a founding member of the Compass Players with Alan Alda and Alan Arkin among others. Known for her varied and remarkable character portrayals on “The Sopranos,” “Law and Order,” and “Third Watch,” Suzanne offers advanced classes focusing on how to work on a text and inhabit a character. Suzanne specializes in helping actors develop the ability to bridge the gap between a writer’s intent and an audience’s perception. Featured in chapter of “Qualified Acting Coaches” by Larry Silverberg. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE SIMON STUDIO Roger Hendricks Simon, Director P.O. Box 231469, Ansonia Station New York, NY 10023 rhsstudio@hotmail.com www.simonstudio.com (212) 841-0204, Fax: (845) 485-7526 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Professional lab mixes stage with film training and production, classical with contemporary, actors with writers, directors, agents; training and showcase. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SINGERS FORUM Alexia Tate, Coordinator 49 W. 24th St., 4th Fl. New York, NY 10010 info@singersforum.org www.singersforum.org (212) 366-0541, Fax: (212) 366-0546 10-12 students per class. Private coaching available; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers a work/study program Founded in 1978 by Andy Anselmo and John Albert Harris, Singers Forum was envisioned as a training center for the vocal arts. Combining training in the bel canto method with performance training in various singing styles, Singers Forum is unique in that it offers private voice lessons, classes and workshops, and a place where students can develop performance skills in a wide variety of vocal and performing styles ranging from opera to cabaret and musical theater. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading JACQUELINE SOLOTAR (212) 595-3039 Private coaching; 10 students average per class; All levels; Ongoing Acting technique and scene study. Monologues, auditions. DEANNA SORENSON 400 E. 59th St., #16H New York, NY 10022-2368 (212) 759-7619 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Individual coaching. Sessions specifically tailored individually for the actor. Taught by Lee Strasberg for nine and a half years, inspired by his genius. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE STAGE AND SCREEN LAB FOR KIDS 277 N. Seventh St., Ste. 1L Brooklyn, NY 11211 mattmorrow@aol.com (718) 963-2091 20 students average per class; Beginner and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions One day acting and audition sessions led by the casting director of “Sesame Street” and the acting coach for the “New Electric Company,” for kids ages 7 to 11 and 11 to 15. Learn the basic fundamentals of acting for the stage and television through this workshop which highlights cultivating stage presence, scene study, creating character, cultivating the ensemble, as well as covering industry standards and professionalism. Other: Young Performers; On-Camera Technique STARS THEATRE & DANCE ACADEMY 51 Mount Bethel Road Warren, NJ 07059 info@starstheatre.com www.starstheatre.org (908) 755-3400, Fax: (908) 755-3507 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Offers work/study program. Classes for ages 4 to adult. Offers private lessons in voice, acting, and musical instruments. Also offers summer camp and birthday parties. Also master classes for adults. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING 31 W. 27th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10001 info@stellaadler.com www.stellaadler.com (212) 689-0087/(800) 270-6775, Fax: (212) 689-6110 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Founded in 1949, the Stella Adler Studio’s mission is to create an environment with the purpose of nurturing theater artists who value humanity, their own and others, as their first and most precious priority while providing art and education to the greater community. Three-year conservatory, evening conservatory, teenage conservatory, summer sessions, NYU affiliated BFA program, an Outreach Division for inner-city youth, and workshops are offered. STETSON STUDIOS Ron Stetson New York, NV ronstetson@hotmail.com www.stetsonstudio.com (917) 742 0141 The Stetson Studios provides quality training for the professional and preprofessional actor based in the Meisner technique. Founder Ron Stetson has been a senior member of the acting staff of the Neighborhood Playhouse since 1987 and was Sanford Meisner’s assistant from 1984 to 1991. He has been acting and directing in New York for over 20 years and is a current member of the Ensemble Studio Theater. Stetson Studio was founded in 1985. STEVEN IVCICH STUDIO C/O John Sierros 481 Fort Washington Ave., #51 New York, NY 10033 (212) 740-2850 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing and by sessions How to develop a clear, concise approach to an actor’s work. How to problem-solve on the spot, grow with every audition, every rehearsal, and every performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique MARK STOLZENBERG Pierrot Productions 210 W. 89th St., Ste. 4E Box 92 New York, NY 10024 stolzfun@earthlink.net www.actingclassforfilm.com (212) 877-2219, Fax: (212) 874-3078 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions (12 in all); Offers work/study program. Film and camera technique: monologues, scenes, improvs. Audition technique. Agent night and screening. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE Leese Walker P.O. Box 2396 Times Square Station New York, NY 10108 office@strikeanywhere.info www.strikeanywhere.info (212) 875-7476 10-25 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Offers master classes to professional performers in Lecoq technique, mask work, puppetry, improvisation, and multidisciplinary techniques. Participants work alongside SA ensemble members. Also offers “The Learning Exchange,” a monthly technique swap with members of a different featured ensemble. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy THE STUDIO (FORMERLY SALLY JOHNSON STUDIO) Jennifer Krater and Brad Calcaterra, Instructors 25 W. 23rd St., 2nd fl. New York, NY 10010 sjohnsonstudio@aol.com www.sallyjohnsonstudio.com (212) 463-7962, Fax: (212) 463-7847 16-20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Workshops and classes focus on booking the part. Cold reading, framing the audition, creative risk-taking, releasing blocks, staying powerful in auditions. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading SUMMER THEATRE INSTITUTE NYC Allyn Sitjar, Artistic Director 23 Tomahawk Trail Sparta, NJ 07871 youththeatreallyn@yahoo.com www.youththeatreinstitutes.org (201) 415-5329 (cell) or (212) 258-2110 (evenings), Fax: (973) 729-3654 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions A program of Youth Theater of New Jersey in residence at Hunter College, CUNY. This intensive, multidisciplinary teen theater program focuses on training the whole actor through a variety of classes in movement, voice, acting, and musical theater. Teens, ages 12-18. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SUSAN GRACE COHEN STUDIO sgcstudio@aol.com (212) 678-8515, Fax: (212) 961-9250 One-on-one private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Classes located on the Upper West Side. Special emphasis on career development. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SUSAN SLAVIN ACTORS & SINGERS ACADEMY AT CARNEGIE HALL 119 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10019 (212) 582-0321 10-20 students per class; also private coaching; All levels; Ongoing Innovative acting and musical performing techniques. Comprehensive approach dealing with the unique identity of each individual, art and invisible craft, and marketing oneself accurately in the industry. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique T. SCHREIBER STUDIO Terry Schreiber - Artistic Director 151 W. 26th St., 7th fl. New York, NY 10001 info@tschreiber.org www.tschreiber.org (212) 741-0209, Fax: (212) 741-0948 14-16 students per class; All levels; Weekly info sessions available. Auditing is not permitted.; Ongoing; Offers work/study program (students must be enrolled for at least three months). Classes and workshops at the studio include Scene Study, Beginning Technique, Beginning Intensive, On-Camera, Audition, Commercial Acting, Shakespeare, Vocal Production, and Body Dynamics. A six-week conservatory incorporates acting, voice and body work. The studio also provides current students and alumni professional development opportunities through its annual season of mainstage productions and industry evenings. TADA! YOUTH THEATER 15 W. 28th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10001 info@tadatheater.com or classes@tadatheater.com www.tadatheater.com (212) 252-1619, ext. 4, Fax: (212) 252-8763 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted, open house available.; By sessions; Offers need-based scholarships. One of NYC’s best known youth theaters, TADA! offers musical theater skills, acting, and creative dramatic classes for all ages. Also performance opportunities and school vacation programs. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE TED BARDY STUDIO Ted Bardy and Faculty 153 W. 27th, Ste. 301 New York, NY 10001 tedbardy@tedbardy.com www.tedbardy.com (212) 725-7575 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is occasionally permitted; Ongoing; Acting Technique The studio offers a unique accelerated three-phase program in the Meisner technique. Also ongoing workshops for advanced actors/working professionals, and advanced scene study leading to public performance and industry showcase. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THOMAS G. WAITES ACTING STUDIO 17 Lexington Ave. (Inside Baruch College) New York, NY 10010 tw90876@aol.com www.thomasgwaites.com (646) 215-8722 15-20 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Classes enmesh students at every level. Focus is on the classics and performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TOM TODOROFF STUDIO at the National Comedy Theatre 347 W. 36th St. New York, NY 10018 ttwnewyorkcity@gmail.com. www.tomtodoroff.com (212) 362-8141 Class size varies; All levels; Offers a work/study program. Classes provide a personalized road map to reach one’s highest potential as an actor in a uniquely supportive studio. Actors work on scene and monologue study, improv, audition technique, cold reading, and additional skills for TV, film, and theatre. Tom has directed, coached, cast, produced for, or acted opposite Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, and Brendan Gleeson, to name a few. Now interviewing and auditioning for classes in NYC and L.A. Special rates available for AEA, SAG, and AFTRA members. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TVI ACTORS STUDIO 165 W. 46th St., Ste. 509 New York, NY 10036 admissions@tvistudios.com www.tvistudios.com (212) 302-1900, Fax: (212) 302-1926 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted in some classes; By sessions and ongoing Course content covers cold reading and audition technique, acting in feature films, sitcoms, theater, improv, prime-time and daytime TV, voiceovers, and commercials. Additional locations in Los Angeles and Chicago. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique UJAMAA BLACK THEATER SCHOOL Titus Walker, Coach P.O. Box 4383 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163 blkbroadway@yahoo.com (212) 642-8261 12 students average per class; Beginner and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program for severe hardships. African-American theater expertise. Classes held at: Times Square Theater Arts Center, 300 W. 43rd St., 6th fl., Theater Studio 608, New York, NY. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading VOICEOVERS UNLIMITED Dan Duckworth 123 W. 18th St., 7th fl. New York, NY 10011 voiceoversunltd@aol.com www.voiceoversunlimited.com (917) 363-9877, Fax: (212) 627-2838 1 student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted, but no-charge evaluation sessions are available; Ongoing Classes concentrate on setting up a voiceover business, including technique, demos, and marketing. Also offers separate casting company: aaavoicecasting@aol.com Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading VOICETHEATRE Shauna Kanter, Artistic Director 219 Avenue B, #3B New York, NY 10009 shaunakanter@voicetheatre.com www.voicetheatre.com (212) 201-9337, Fax: 845-679-0154 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Classes are a fusion of the best acting techniques and tools of acting. From scene study, technique, and monologue coaching to full productions for the public. Studio Address: 45 East 33rd St. (between Madison and Park), New York, NY 10016 Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading WARD ACTING STUDIO Wendy Ward 145 W. 28th St., Ste. 8F New York, NY 10001 wardactingstudio@yahoo.com www.wardstudio.com (212) 239-1456 12 students average per class; All levels; By sessions; Offers work/study program. One-year Meisner training followed by an intensive audition preparation/career mentoring course and advanced performance workshops. One-year repertory company program. Also six-week intensives and part-time acting program. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading KERRY WATTERSON C/O New Perspectives Theatre 456 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 kerrwatt@gmail.com (347) 665-3599 1 student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Private coaching with a professional teacher-casting director. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/ Cold Reading WICKHAM VOCAL STUDIOS Performers Career Center 249 W. 34th St., Ste. 707 New York, NY 10001 admin@vocalstudios.com www.vocalstudios.com (646) 473-0900, Fax: (646) 473-2005 12-16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Professional development in performance; emphasis on vocal technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading WICKHAM VOCAL STUDIOS 249 W. 34th St., Ste. 707 New York, NY 10001 www.vocalstudios.com (646) 473-0900, Fax: (646) 473-2005 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing and by sessions; Work/study offered The program is geared toward developing a solid acting technique in vocalists. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO 208 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 esperstudio@gmail.com www.esperstudio.com (212) 904-1350, Fax: (212) 904-1349 22 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study for second year students. Dedicated to the work of Sanford Meisner and William Esper and the proposition that acting is a creative art and true excellence in its practice may only be achieved through total mastery of technical craft. Two-year professional actor training program. Six-week summer intensives also available. Classes include script analysis, cold reading, auditioning, voice/speech, Alexander Technique, classical text, movement, mask, and on-camera (film and TV). Other: On-Camera Technique JOHN WINDSOR-CUNNINGHAM 433 W 34th St. #2E New York, NY 10001 jwcactor@yahoo.com (347) 633-0398 8 students average per class, private coaching; All Levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Work study available. Working on British plays for American actors. Mainly private coaching. FLORENCE WINSTON New York, NY (212) 541-7600 Private coaching and small groups; All levels; Ongoing Private coaching and small classes are a blend of Stanislavsky, Carnovsky, Meisner, and Stella Adler. WITCOVER ACTING STUDIO Walt Witcover 40 W. 22nd St. New York, NY 10010 witcover@yahoo.com www.witcover.org (212) 691-4367, Fax: (212) 989-7274 1-2 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Structured, practical training from the inside out. Author of “Living on Stage: Acting From the Inside Out: A Practical Process.” Special attention given to the actor-singer with the “seven-step sonnet solution” for verse and song. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ALAN WYNROTH 61 Morton St. New York, NY 10014 awynroth@aol.com (212) 675-9267, Fax: (212) 675-9267 1 student per class; All levels; By session Individual attention to monologues and callbacks (cold reading or rehearsed); focus on specific personal choices in response to the spoken text. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading NATASHA YANNACANEDO of The New York Acting Company St. Francis College, Communication Art Department 180 Remsen St Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 natashatheactress@yahoo.com www.nyactingcompany.com (646) 391-6136 One student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Private coaching offered in contemporary and classical work in a safe, nurturing, noncompetitive environment where actors hone their craft, allowing them to take risks and grow as artists. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SHANE ANN YOUNTS New York, NY say1@nyu.edu www.shaneannyounts.com (212) 877-2567 12 -13 students average; Auditing is permitted.; 2 year program runs Oct.-June Specializing in voice and speech for actors, emphasizing vocal ease, range, and flexibility, Ms. Younts teaches actors to strengthen their vocal stamina, eliminate their regionalisms, clarify their speech without sounding phony, and develop a resonant, flexible voice. She also prepares actors to work on their own and to analyze a text in-depth. Advanced class includes detailed work on Shakespeare’s monologues. Private coaching and audition coaching available. Shane Ann has been teaching in New York City for over twenty-six years. Her former students are currently appearing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theaters, film and television. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ZINA JASPER SCENE STUDY 11 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10023 (212) 873-2370, Fax: (212) 873-2370 15-17 students average per class; Intermediate and Advanced; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Private coach works one-on-one with actors for auditions and on scripts in preparation for upcoming or current roles in film, TV, and theater; contemporary and classical scene-study class for the intermediate and advanced actor. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique Audition Technique/Cold Reading AUDITION MONOLOGUES WITH KAREN KOHLHAAS C/O Atlantic Acting School 76 Ninth Ave., Ste. 537 New York, NY 10011 www.monologueaudition.com (212) 252-4200 8 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Five-week monologue sessions, three-week cold reading/audition technique session, and one-day seminars A complete approach to monologues with the author of “The Monologue Audition” and director of the DVD “The Monologue Audition Video.” Workshops also available. BARBARA SPIEGEL THEATRE WORKSHOPS 500 W. 43rd St. New York, NY 10036 sbejoy@aol.com (212) 465-9477, Fax: (212) 465-9497 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted. All areas and methods, including classical and contemporary. Periodically teaches group classes. JOHN BASIL American Globe Theatre Conservatory 145 W. 46th St. New York, NY 10036 john@americanglobe.org (212) 869-9809 One-on-one coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Classical audition coach. Specializes in Shakespeare. Over 25 years of teaching experience. BILL GALARNO 461 W. 44th St., Ste. 1-E New York, NY 10036 willgala@hotmail.com (212) 765-9002 1-3 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted Preparation for audition/performance with working actor-director: monologues, scenes, dialects, and songs. Explore text, style, language for Shakespeare, comedy, musicals, and more. GLENN ALTERMAN STUDIO glenn@glennalterman.com www.glennalterman.com (212) 769-7928 One-on-one personalized coaching only; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing For actors looking for exciting and rarely done audition monologues. Total audition preparation from entrance to exit. All levels and ages, flexible scheduling, numerous classes, reasonable rates. Author of “The Perfect Audition Monologue,” “An Actors Guide- Making it in New York,” and “Creating Your Own Monologue.” Has been teaching for 19 years. THE GOLDSTON STUDIO FOR MIME P.O. Box 974 New York, NY 10011 goldmine@aol.com www.goldmime.com (917) 776-4333 All levels Private coaching on a limited basis. Gregg Goldston’s contemporary style of mime and 25-year touring career offer the improviser, standup, actor, and mime a broad base of movement training. Specializing in physical comedy, mime, and solo performance development. PAUL HARMAN paulharman@mindspring.com www.auditionsuccess.com (212) 252-4767 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Emphasis on musical theater. The actor is provided with a clearly delineated process that will support him or her in the crafting of any song and result in an audition that is professional, thoughtful, emotionally true, and delightfully impressive. PRUDENCE HOLMES, THE MONOLOGUE DETECTIVE 123 W. 93rd St., #2E New York, NY 10025 prudenceholmes@hotmail.com www.prudenceholmes.com (917) 723-0164 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Coaching for over 25 years. Emphasis on monologue selection and audition preparation. JACK POGGI, MONOLOGUE COACH 880 W. 181st St., Apt. 4B New York, NY 10033 jp.actor@verizon.net (212) 928-6882/cell (646) 418-8933, Fax: 212) 928-6882 Private coaching; Intermediate and advanced levels Emphasis on finding, rehearsing, and performing monologues for auditions. Author of “The Monologue Workshop.” JACK WALTZER ACTING WORKSHOPS 5 Minetta St., Apt. 2B New York, NY 10012 info@jackwaltzer.com www.jackwaltzer.com (212) 473-7056/(212) 840-1234 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Workshops on technique, sense memory, improv, cold reading, and scene study. Private coaching for specific roles. Also available in Los Angeles, London, and Paris. JEFFREY D. STOCKER - FILM ACTING STUDIO 90 Lexington Ave., Ste. 1H New York, NY 10016 studio-90-lexs@prodigy.net www.filmactingstudio.com (212) 725-3437 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing and by sessions On-camera, monologues, scene study, audition/pre-shoot coaching, career consultation, reader’s theater workshop (a production showcase to which casting directors and agents are invited). Original cold reading technique for stage and film. Other: On-Camera Technique KIMBERLY VAUGHN PERFORMANCE STUDIO New York, NY performingcoach@optonline.net kimberlyvaughnperformancestudio.com (212) 340-9598 8-10 students average per class.; Advanced beginner, intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing as well as a 4-6 week workshop Teacher, regional director, and Broadway producer coaching for stage, TV/film, and cabaret. Musical performance audition-technique classes and private coaching for monologues, auditions, career coaching. Master classes with widely known industry casting directors, agents, composers, and directors. ROBERT MARKS 850 Seventh Ave., Ste. 804 New York, NY 10019 bob@bobmarks.com www.bobmarks.com (212) 365-4840, Fax: (212) 245-4120 1 student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Musical audition coaching. Private sessions to prepare for singing auditions. WILLIAM METZO 300 W. 55th St., Apt. 17-S New York, NY 10019 www.williammetzo.com (212) 956-8294 6 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Emphasis on auditions, Shakespeare. RUTH NERKEN 10 W. 66th St., Apt. 12G New York, NY 10023 ruthnerken@yahoo.com (212) 362-5277 1 student average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Private coaching for on-camera and stage. NINA MURANO STUDIO 300 W 43rd St., 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 ninamurano@mac.com www.ninamurano.com (646) 220-6142 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted once; By sessions Meisner-based full training program. Accepts students wanting to continue training. Other: On-Camera Technique KAREN PORTER WHITE 410 E. Sixth St., #16B New York, NY 10009 kpwsdt@yahoo.com (646) 265-3767, Fax: (212) 677-8134 8 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Work/study is offered Classes and private coaching on audition technique. Michael Shurtleff’s only authorized “audition guideposts” instructor in New York. STEVE POTFORA New York, NY stevepotfora@gmail.com facebook/steve potfora (212) 496-8864 All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Result-oriented, with clients in almost every show on Broadway. Coaching to improve marketability in musical theater auditions. Classes are held on the Upper West Side, Manhattan. ROBERT DAGNY’S PERFORMER AUDITION PACKAGE P.O. Box 852 FDR Station New York, NY 10150-0852 robert@actorsauditioncoaching.com www.actorsauditioncoaching.com (212) 371-8258 Private one-on-one sessions; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Creator of “The Performer Audition Package.” Custom-directed coaching on film, TV, and stage monologues, scenes, musical numbers, and tailor-made cabaret acts. SARA LAZARUS STUDIO saralazarus@comcast.com (973) 218-0417 10 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes in midtown Manhattan. Musical theater audition and performance technique; private coaching on monologues, scenes, and songs. Currently on staff at the Circle in the Square Theater School in NYC. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study DENISE SIMON P.O.Box 5 South Salem, NY 10590 denisesimon@optonline.net www.denisesimonactorsworkshop.com (212) 501-2484 Small classes. Size varies.; All levels; Auditing is not permitted.; Ongoing Private coaching, ages 6 and up. Emphasis on audition coaching as well as business consultation. Group classes available. THE SINGING EXPERIENCE Linda Amiel Burns, Director 215 E. 24th St., Ste. 326 New York, NY 10010 linda@singingexperience.com www.singingexperience.com (212) 315-3500 12-15 students per class; All levels; No auditing.; By sessions A complete performance workshop that concentrates on technique, singing out with confidence, lyric interpretation, and choosing material, all in a nurturing, supportive atmosphere. Private coaching available and cabaret acts prepared and directed. ALICE SPIVAK C/O Three of Us Studios 39 W. 19th St. New York, NY 10011 alice.spivak@gmail.com (212) 924-0561 22 students average per class; Advanced level; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Teaches only in the spring, fall, and winter; Offers work/study program. Stanislavsky technique in scene study. Author of “How to Rehearse When There is No Rehearsal - Acting and the Media.” STEVEN DITMYER-DITMYER STUDIO 484 W. 43rd St., #35S New York, NY 10036 sditmyer@aol.com (917) 915-1175, Fax: (212) 643-5440 One-on-one coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Meisner-trained teacher-director who most recently worked with the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater and the DiverseCity Theatre Company. WEIST-BARRON ACTING FOR TELEVISION & FILM Valerie Adami, Director 35 W. 45th St., 6th fl. New York, NY 10036 weistbarron@earthlink.net www.weistbarron.com (212) 840-7025 10 students average per class; All levels plus showcase programs; Auditing is permitted and free; By sessions “Whatever your technique, the camera is the great equalizer.” Prepares actors for the real world of on-camera casting and performance. Classes and workshops for technique, improv, on-camera scene classes. Also classes for teens/children and toddlers. Other: On-Camera Technique Business of Acting JANICE HOFFMAN Career and Lifestyle Coaching New York, NY www.successissweetest.com (917) 208-0779 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Private coaching and workshops aimed on developing a client’s best work by designing better goals, breaking through inertia, and developing new and creative ways of doing things. BRIAN O’NEIL Acting as a Business 322 E. 89th St., #1B New York, NY 10128 www.actingasabusiness.com (212) 459-4502, Fax: (212) 369-3814 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes concentrate on monologue preparation and delivery as well as career strategy. One-on-one career development and coaching services for actors available as well. Author of “Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success.” Former talent agent and manager. SUE PORTER HENDERSON Career Counselor 360 E. 65th St., Ste. 15-E New York, NY 10065 sue@hendersonenterprises.com www.hendersonenterprises.com (212) 472-2292, Fax: (212) 472-5999 40 students average per class. Private coaching also available.; All levels; Some free workshops and events available Teaches actors the business of acting, so they may better promote their career and pursue it to the highest level. Helps avoid many pitfalls and the unnecessary waste of time and money. Also can help actors find the right agent. TAM THE ACTOR’S MARKET 331 W. 57th St., Ste. 173 New York, NY 10019 info@theactorsmarket.com www.thetamstore.com (212) 595-9001 12-15 students per seminar; also private coaching; All levels; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. TAM is a marketing firm for actors that includes: Marketing packages; career coaching; monologue coaching, commercial prepping, and image consulting among its many services. Also produces seminars, “Auditions for the Industry,” in New York City and Los Angeles. Classical SHAKESPEARE - WITH RON SONG DESTRO Ron Song Destro New York, NY www.shakespeareclass.org (917) 627-2334 Destro is a Kennedy Center award winning playwright, actor, director, and teacher. He is the founding director of BoAR and the Oxford Shake-speare Company. Destro offers a four-week focus class on Shakespeare in the RADA method that emphasizes voice, movement, and text. Eight week performance workshop with training and rehearsals leading to a public performance of a Shakespeare play. At the end of each month is “Agent Night” where agents and casting directors watch and comment on student work. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study Improv and Comedy AMERICAN COMEDY INSTITUTE Stephen Rosenfield, Director 481 Eighth Ave., Rm. 736 New York, NY 10001 info@comedyinstitute.com www.comedyinstitute.com (212) 279-6980, Fax: (212) 279-6981 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing One-year professional comprehensive program in comedy performing and writing. Also offer standup comedy workshops covering comedy writing, improvisation, sketch comedy, sitcom audition technique, commercial technique, and acting. Professional program culminates in an industry showcase at Gotham Comedy Club. Also offer individual classes and private writing sessions to create a standup set. GOTHAM CITY IMPROV 48 W. 21 St., 8th fl. New York, NY 10010 info@gothamcityimprov.com www.gothamcityimprov.com (212) 367-8222, Fax: (212) 367-8185 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program Sister Company of the L.A. based Groundlings, short and long-form improvisational comedy classes for writing and character development. Students perform at the theater. Learn and perform in a supportive environment. Other: Young Performers GS IMPROV Greg Sullivan, Instructor Producers Club Theatre 358 W. 44th St. New York, NY classes@gsimprov.com www.gsimprov.com 13 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted, first semester free to new students.; By sessions Improvisational comedy acting. Mixes short and long-form styles. Admission strictly by audition. IMPROVOLUTION! Holly Mandel The Players Theatre Studios 115 MacDougal St. New York, NY 10012 info@improvolution.org www.hollymandel.com or www.improvolution.org (212) 696-6893 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Fundamentals of improv in a safe, supportive, non-competitive and fun environment inspired by the Groundlings and its character-based approach. Students learn how to be a good improviser who can play in all situations and all formats. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study; Audition Technique/Cold Reading MAGNET THEATER 254 W. 29th St. New York, NY 10001 classes@magnettheater.com www.magnettheater.com (212) 244-8824 Class size varies; All levels; Free introductory class; Ongoing and by session; Internship program available Magnet is an improvisational comedy theater and improv school in New York City, located a few blocks below Madison Square Garden in Chelsea. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study JOY NEWMAN Founder, The Grown-Up’s Playground New York Comedy Club 241 E. 24th St. New York, NY 10010 (212) 714-8275 Number of students per class varies; All levels; Auditing is permitted (free sample class); Ongoing Classes are taught in a comfortable, relaxed environment. Improv helps actors to develop characters, build confidence, and be quick on their feet. Action/reaction. Emotional work. Pantomime, aka space work, etc. Also offers writing classes for actors. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE SECOND CITY TRAINING CENTER NYC Programs 1616 N. Wells St. Chicago, IL 60614 nholly@secondcity.com www.secondcity.com (312) 475-3563, Fax: (312) 664-9837 8-16 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Classes and workshops. Improvisation, sketch, and comedy writing. TOM SOTER AT THE WINGNUT COMEDY STUDIO 1264 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10027 soterink@earthlink.net www.tomsoter.com or www.sundaynightimprov.com (212) 316-4916 5-10 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Classes concentrate on characters and scene work. Also hosts Sunday Night Improv Jam Session. Studio address: 78th Street Theater Lab, 236 W. 78th St., New York, NY, 10024. On-Camera Technique ACTORS CONNECTION Lisa Gold, Owner/President Tony Nation, Owner 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1410 New York, NY 10036 contactus@actorsconnection.com www.actorsconnection.com (212) 977-6666, Fax: (212) 765-4274 18-22 students average per seminar; Intermediate and advanced levels for seminars and classes, not for beginners; No auditing; By sessions (seminars) and ongoing classes Professional actors educational and networking facility. Casting director and agent workshops where monologues, scenes, songs, and/or commercial copy are presented in varied settings, one-on-one or in groups. THE ART OF VOICE-OVERS Steve Harris 241 E. 76th St. New York, NY 10021 info@theartofvoiceny.com www.theartofvoiceny.com (212) 517-8616 As small as 2 students per workshop as well as private coaching.; Beginner and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted All inclusive training for on-camera commercials and voiceovers with state-of-the-art digital demo reel production. Private master-level coaching available as well as small group workshops. DAVID CADY Long Dog Enterprises 30-2315 River Court Jersey City, NJ 07310 dcrazmo@aol.com www.davidcady.com (201) 222-3314 12 students average per class; Beginning level; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions On-camera commercial audition techniques. RON MILLKIE 400 W. 43rd St. New York, NY 10036 rmillkie@aol.com www.officerdorf.com (212) 724-2800 7-12 students per class; All levels; Ongoing Millkie’s class offerings emphasize a Meisner-Plus approach. Saturday afternoon classes available, as well as scene nights. ON CAMERA Catherine Russell, Teacher Duffy Theater 1627 Broadway (at 50th Street) New York, NY 10019 postarvis@aol.com www.oncamera-newyork.com (212) 840-3257, Fax: (212) 921-7928 8-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions On-camera work on cold readings of monologues and scenes. Three-hour classes; each student works twice every class. PETER KELLEY ACTING 601 W. 26th St., Ste. 1762 New York, NY 10013 www.actingonfilm.com 10-12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Rigorous, text-based training that focuses specifically on film technique and process for the experienced actor. All work is taped and screened. Voice/Dialects/Accent Reduction ROBERT STECKO - VOCAL COACH New York, NY pro.voice@yahoo.com (212) 580-0399 The musical director/arranger for Jane Olivor and several Broadway productions offers professional preparation and consultation services for auditions, shows, and cabaret acts. Stecko teaches song interpretation techniques covering subtext, emotion, lyrics, character, and style. For cabaret performance, he offers direction in song selection, song structure, set list, pacing, monologue, and movement as well as custom arrangements for any vocal performance. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study Young Performers A CLASS ACT NY Jessica Rofe, Artistic Director 200 W 60th St, Ste 28 E New York, NY 10023 info@aclassactny.com www.aclassactny.com (212) 479-8480 Space is limited; All levels; Ongoing Musical theater and drama classes as well as a Broadway camp program and on-camera weekend workshops for kids and teens. Educators are professional industry folk including Broadway veterans as well as casting directors and talent agents. BROADWAY ARTISTS ALLIANCE Musical Theater Intensive for Teens 344 W. 46th St., Ste. 1F New York, NY 10018 info@broadwayartistsalliance.org www.broadwayartistsalliance.org (212) 561-9429/(646) 709-9918 15 students average per master class, 65 per camp session/summer intensive; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted on scheduled dates; By sessions Curriculum integrates dance, drama, and music. Instructors are Broadway performers, dancers, directors, choreographers, and composers. Admittance by application and national auditions. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading CAREER BREAKTHROUGHS UNLIMITED, INC Susan Campochiaro Confrey - Owner & Transformational Coach info@cbucoaching.com www.cbucoaching.com (212) 978-0715 10-16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By session and some classes ongoing Coaching in the business of acting. Acting classes, three day intensives, monologue and musical theater coaching, comedian workshops. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CHICAGO CITY LIMITS 318 West 53rd St., Ste 207 New York, NY 10019 info@chicagocitylimits.com www.chicagocitylimits.com (212) 888-5233, Fax: (212) 888-0810 10-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for some classes; By sessions; Offers work/study program (interns take classes for free). Classes teach the improv techniques of the theatrically-based, emotionally-grounded comedy style used by the performers of CCL. Other: Improv and Comedy THE CHILDREN’S ACTING ACADEMY Monica May And Mimi Stuart, Directors 25 Bartels Place New Rochelle, NY 10801 mimi@childrensactingacademy.com www.childrensactingacademy.com (212) 860-7101 8-10 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions A professional theater program for the shy or outgoing, with emphasis on speech, improv, scene study, and performance. Classes after school or on Saturday. Admission by interview and audition. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CITY LIGHTS YOUTH THEATRE Melissa Fenton Herrod, Executive Director 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1411 New York, NY 10036 program@clyouththeatre.org www.clyouththeatre.org (212) 262-0200, Fax: (212) 262-1888 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions: fall and spring semesters and special summer program; No work/study program, but does offer teaching and administrative internships. Afterschool and Saturday classes for ages 3-19. Age-appropriate instruction in acting, musical theater, and playwriting, as well as opportunities to perform in full-scale productions. SUSANNA DALTON 146 E. 49th St. New York, NY 10017 tvcoach911@aol.com (212) 980-1971 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Eight-week sessions and coaching by appointment On-camera and voice-over coaching, demo production, acting for TV/film, commercials, broadcasting, hosting, and music videos. Master instant script analysis, camera worthy acting choices, cold readings, cue cards, industry interviewing, marketing/career strategy, and image makeover. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER FOR CHILDREN Vivian B. Teich, Dir. 50 Central Park West, #4B New York, NY 10023 (212) 874-5054 15-20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing permitted in most classes; Ongoing and by sessions Classes for children in a theater setting. KIDS LOVE ACTING At Weist-Barron Studios Sharon Richardson, Children’s Director 35 W. 45th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10036 (212) 874-1081, (212) 840-7025, Fax: (212) 768-8918 10 students per class; All levels, children 5 to 12; Free interview/consultation used instead of auditing; By sessions Workshops focus on professional-quality acting for commercials, film, TV, and stage in a nurturing environment. Classes include: commercials, improv, acting technique and scene study for film, TV, and stage, auditions/cold readings, monologues, musical theater, and showcases. Children ages 5 to 12. LIZ CAPLAN VOCAL STUDIOS 324 W. 23rd St., Ste. 3B New York, NY 10011 lizcaplan@mac.com www.lizcaplan.com (212) 645-9369/ (866) SING-OUT, Fax: (212) 645-9369 (also fax) 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted/No drop in visitors; Ongoing Musical theater/pop/rock singing technique. College workshops, master classes, private coaching, and group classes available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading 2009 List of New York Area Acting Schools and Coaches September 10, 2009 The following is a list of New York–area stage and film acting schools, teachers, and coaches organized by category and alphabetically. Each of the entries contains the following information, if applicable: name of teacher or school, address, phone and fax numbers, email address and/or website, average number of students per class, whether beginning, intermediate, or advanced students are taught, whether auditing is permitted, whether classes are ongoing or by sessions, any special emphasis used in classes or coaching, whether a work/study program is offered. Descriptions of the class, school, or coaching are provided by the instructor or institution and edited by Back Stage. Schools or teachers who have been omitted may contact, in writing, Listings, c/o Back Stage, 5055 Wilshire Blvd., 6th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036, so that we may include you in our next list. Acting Technique/Scene Study 29th STREET REPERTORY SCHOOL OF THEATRE Tim Corcoran, Artistic Director 56 Seventh Ave. Studio 5H New York, NY 10011 corcorantim@hotmail.com www.29thstreetrep.com (212) 712-8712, Fax: (212) 242-9008 maximum 10 per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Classes focus on teaching students how to make truthful acting choices using contemporary material and one’s own personal life experience. Also prepares students to become working actors. Specializes in private coaching. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique; Improv and Comedy GREGORY ABELS 120 Washington Pl. New York, NY 10014-6819 gregoryabels@earthlink.net (212) 691-2972, Fax: (212) 691-2972 Private classes only (with scene partner if necessary); Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted when appropriate; Ongoing Abels is a master coach in Shakespeare who teaches exclusive relaxation and practical voice exercises, working from the outside in and inside out. He is also available for film coaching on location. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ABRONS ARTS CENTER Henry Street Settlement 466 Grand St. (at Pitt St.) New York, NY 10002 mgomez@henrystreet.org www.henrystreet.org/arts (212) 598-0400, ext. 216, Fax: (212) 388-1418 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Work study program offered. Classes in acting, playwriting, directing, and poetry for children, teens, and adults. Teenage students are given the opportunity to audition for the Urban Youth Theater, Abrons’ pre-professional acting company. Other: Young Performers; Singing/Musical Theater ACTEEN-ACTING FOR TEENS Rita Litton, Director 35 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036 rita@acteen.com www.acteen.com (212) 391-5915 8-12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions: year-round and summer academy; specialized for ages 13-15, 16-20. Film, television, commercials, improvisation, musical theater, Shakespeare and movement classes for children and teens. Also speech, voice, and auditioning technique classes. Workshops on directing and script writing. Agent and casting director showcases. Private coaching. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ACTING PLACE 32-15 38th St. Astoria, NY 11103 skipitaris@theatroninc.org (718) 721-7610, Fax: (718) 721-7127 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Class emphasis on overcoming obstacles that stand in the way of free expression. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ACTING STUDIO INC. James Price and John Grabowski, Associate Directors c/o Shetler Studio & Theatre 244 W. 54th St., 12th fl. New York, NY 10019 actingstudioinc@yahoo.com www.actingstudio.com (212) 580-6600, Fax: (212) 295-1513 12-16 students, depending on class, private coaching available; All levels - beginning through performance; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Now in it’s 25th year of operation, the Acting Studio is a conservatory-style acting program and offers classes in association with Chelsea Repertory Company. Programs draw heavily on the standards and traditions established by Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre and continued in the United States by Harold Clurman and the Group Theatre. They also incorporate practices of such noted teachers as Sanford Meisner, Stella Adler, Michael Chekhov and Uta Hagen, as well as the techniques of more recent progressive theater artists as Peter Brook, Joseph Chaikin, Viola Spolin, and Augusto Boal. Professional scene classes and coaching also available. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTING TRAINING WITH KATHRYN ROSSETTER 325 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036 nykass@gmail.com (917) 750-0124 10 - 15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Technique and scene study, classical and contemporary, for stage, film, and TV. Also teaches at NYU, the MFA Program at the New School of Drama, and Marymount Manhattan College. Rossetter works with many musical theater performers. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTING-DRAMA THERAPY CENTER OF NY 225 West End Ave. #67 New York, NY 10023 acting@speakeeezi.com www.speakeeezi.com/drama.htm (212) 724-2299 10 students average per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Scene study, monologue work, improvisation, basic acting technique, and overcoming stage fright. Class goal is to teach performers the fundamentals of acting while providing a supportive environment. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTION THEATRE CONSERVATORY Joel Robertson And Kathleen Kelaigh 68 Union Ave. Clifton, NJ 07011 atcstudios@aol.com www.atcstudios.org (973) 772-6998, Fax: (973) 772-7684 12 students on average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Classes in acting, dance, musical theater, improv, TV/film, standup comedy, hip-hop, classics, and children’s theater. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ACTOR’S ADVANTAGE Greg And Genevieve Seel 250 Fifth Ave., Ste. 501 New York, NY 10001 www.theactorsadvantage.com (212) 447-5649 8-12 students per class plus individual lessons; All levels; Free demo lesson; By sessions and ongoing; Sometimes offers work/study program. Acting technique using modern/contemporary scene study and monologues integrating hands-on Alexander technique to free the instrument. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTOR’S GESTALT WITH RICHARD ZANE ROSS 96 Main St. Tarrytown, NY 10591 gestaltkid@gmail.com (917) 608-6625, Fax: (914) 631-3590 Single private coaching sessions or 5 to 20 session packages; Intermediate and advanced (some beginners) Character development via natural and instinctive body, thought, voice, movement, and gesture called, “Psychological Expressive Gesture” (PEG). Specializes in audition monologues and simple, quick, and effective “PEG Cold Reading” techniques. Private coaching in Tarrytown and Manhattan. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTOR’S TECHNIQUE NEW YORK Todd Etelson 20 Newport Parkway, Ste. 2308 Jersey City, NJ 07310 info@actorstechniqueny.com www.actorstechniqueny.com (917) 763-1777 14 students average per class, private consultations; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Agent and casting director based on-camera training and audition forum for kids, teens, and adults. Classes at: Pearl Studios, 500 8th Ave., 4th floor, New York, NY 10018. Other: Young Performers; On-Camera Technique THE ACTORS CENTER J. Michael Miller, President Jennifer Smith Rockwood, Managing Director 520 Eighth Ave. Ste. 315 New York, NY 10018 info@theactorscenter.org www.theactorscenter.org (212) 447-6309 12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Offer exclusive, by nomination only, courses and workshops with master teachers. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTORS CONSERVATORY Lily Lodge, Director 312 W. 36th St., Rm. 6B New York, NY 10018 conservatory@netzero.net www.actorsconservatory.org (212) 967-0658, Fax: (212) 967-0658 6-16 students average per class; All levels; Admission is by interview only. Auditing is not permitted.; Ongoing; Offers work/study program when there is a vacancy. Founded by Lee Strasberg protégés Elaine Aiken and Lily Lodge. Schooling actors in the Method tradition, development is focused on using sense memory techniques that allow each actor to make choices emotionally connecting them with the five senses: taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight. With sensory awareness and behavior modification, the actor becomes willing to pour themselves into the special eccentricities of a character and make choices that are innovative and inspiring. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTORS LOFT Maggie Maes 244 W. 54th St. New York, NY 10019 info@actorsloftnyc.com www.actorsloftnyc.com (212) 358-5003, Fax: (646) 349-1118 8-12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not usually permitted if a casting directing is teaching the class; By sessions; Offers work/study program in some classes. Techniques for the actor, both on and off camera. Classes include the actor within, monologues, scenes, audition skills, and business of the business. Also offer specialized workshops in musical theater with Bob Cline, Merri Sugarman, Alison Franck, and Sara Schatz. Shakespeare workshops with Bryan Close. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ACTORS MOVEMENT STUDIO Janice Orlandi, Co-Director P.O. Box 1098 New York, NY 10018 ams@actorsmovementstudio.com www.actorsmovementstudio.com (212) 736-3309, Fax: (212) 736-2596 12-18 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted Free introductory classes offered every semester; Ongoing; Offers work/study and intern programs. Specializing in physical technique: Williamson movement training, period-style character (Elizabethan, Restoration, Edwardian), and Michael Chekhov technique, designed to expand and develop the actor’s instrument, physical flexibility, imagination, and freedom. Master classes also offered by founder Loyd Williamson. Studio address: 302 W. 37th St., 6th fl., New York, NY. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ACTORS PLAYGROUND SCHOOL OF THEATRE 1 Main St., Ste. 217 Eatontown, NJ 07724 info@actorsplay.com www.actorsplay.com (732) 935-1800, Fax: (732) 935 -1802 8-10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By session and ongoing; Offers work/study programs. Conservatory-style training in a friendly and creative atmosphere. Partnered with Industry Film School, acting and film students work together. Specializing in the Meisner technique for young actors. Seminars, workshops, camps, and classes offered. Private instruction and audition prep also available. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ACTORS THEATRE WORKSHOP Thurman E. Scott, Founder/ Artistic Director The Scott Conservatory 145 W. 28th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10001 info@actorstheatreworkshop.com www.actorstheatreworkshop.com (212) 947-1386, Fax: (212) 947-0642 30 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study. Professional acting technique with an emphasis on developing the imagination and creating original work. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ACTORS TRAINING INSTITUTE John Eyd, Artistic Director Crystal Brook Professional Bldg. 174 Main St., Rte. 35 Eatontown, NJ 07724 ati@monmouth.com www.actnj.com (732) 578-0055, Fax: (732) 578-9119 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing ATI’s curriculum provides concrete and tangible exercises to master the physical and psychological aspects of acting. Adult workshops include Stanislavsky, Meisner, Method, audition and monologue techniques, radio/TV voiceover techniques, and foreign dialects. Specialized program for “kids in acting.” Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ADAM ROEBUCK STUDIOS Midtown location In N.Y.C. New York, NY (917) 572-4592 All levels; First class is free Singing instruction, vocal coaching, acting instruction, and audition technique. First class is free. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading AIDA-AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ARTS Champion Studios 257 W. 39th St., 14th fl. New York, NY 10018 newyork@aidaacting.com www.aidaacting.com (347) 482-2074 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Artistic director Paul Parker’s mission is to train and coach aspiring and seasoned actors in the renowned Australian technique. Focus is on helping actors access their full emotional range and broaden their artistic palette. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ALAN GORDON STUDIO 847 Carroll St., #4 Brooklyn, NY 11215 ajg0103@yahoo.com www.alangordonstudio.com (718) 622-4150/(917) 566-2223, Fax: (718) 399-0678 12-plus students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Process oriented approach with an emphasis on achieving truthful, specific behavior. Some of the areas covered include: working moment to moment, developing the creative imagination, building a character, creating urgency, working with subtext, and beat changes. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ALBERTO VAZQUEZ ACTORS WORKSHOP 14 E. 28th St., #616 New York, NY 10016-7457 avaw04@verizon.net www.actoralbertovazquez.com (917) 286-0466 or (917) 331-3850 10-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitting for a $15 fee; Ongoing Organized primarily for beginners, semi-trained, and working actors who wish to enhance their training through the exercises and techniques as taught to Alberto Vazquez throughout his training and career. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT Tom Vasiliades, Director 330 W. 38th St., Ste. 805 New York, NY 10018 info@atcpd.com www.atcpd.com (212) 564-5472 6-10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing The Alexander Technique is an innovative method that helps actors become aware of and transform their harmful habits, how they “misuse” their physical selves. Performers are taught how to improve their breathing coordination and vocal production, create the physical life of characters with ease, and have greater emotional availability. Techniques which ultimately enhance their performance and reduce stress. Group classes and individual lessons available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS - NY 120 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10016 admissions-ny@aada.org, admissions-ca@aada.org. www.aada.org (800) 463-8990 16 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. The oldest acting school in the English-speaking world, the Academy was founded in 1884 on the East Coast to train actors in the basics of their craft. The Academy offers a two-year conservatory program in acting and musical theater as well as a two year program in dance. In NYC, there are also part-time Saturday programs for children, teens, and adults, and an evening program for adults. Also: American Academy of Dramatic Arts-LA, 1336 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028 (800) 222-2867. AMERICAN GLOBE THEATRE CONSERVATORY John Basil, Producing Artistic Director 145 W. 46th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10036 john@americanglobe.org www.americanglobe.org (212) 869-9809, Fax: (212) 869-9807 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions First Folio approach to Shakespeare. Master classes for actors as well as workshops designed specifically for teachers to incorporate theater into their classrooms. THE AMERICAN MIME THEATRE Paul J. Curtis, Director., Jean Barbour, Assistant Director 61 Fourth Ave., 2nd fl. New York, NY 10003 mime@americanmime.org www.americanmime.org (212) 777-1710 15-20 students per class; All levels plus a company trainee program; Auditing, followed by an interview, is a prerequisite to studying; Ongoing “American mime” is an art form created by AMT’s director, Paul J. Curtis. It is a blending of acting and moving simultaneously, a silent theater that differs from the French tradition of pantomime often associated with Marcel Marceau. AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY 211 W. 61st St. New York, NY 10023 info@amda.edu www.amda.edu (212) 787-5300/(800) 367-7908, Fax: (212) 247-0488 20 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Full-time two-year programs, 15 weeks per session AMDA is a conservatory training program in New York City and Los Angeles. Integrated program offers training in singing, acting, and dance. Studio program trains students in acting for stage, film, and television. Additionally offers BFA programs in acting and musical theater in Los Angeles: 6305 Yucca St., L.A., CA 90028 (866) 374-5300. AMERICAN THEATER OF ACTORS James Jennings, Founder/Artistic Director 314 W. 54th St. New York, NY 10019 www.americantheatreofactors.org (212) 581-3044 All skill levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Contemporary Method technique, sense memory technique, monologue, video, and scene study. ATA offers group and private adult acting classes for beginner, intermediate, and advanced skill levels. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading AMERICAN THEATRE OF HARLEM Keith Johnston, Artistic Director South Oxford Space 138 S. Oxford St., Ste. 4E Brooklyn, NY 11217 info@americantheatreofharlem.org www.americantheatreofharlem.org (718) 857-2783, Fax: (718) 398-2794 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions ATH provides a healthy environment to maintain and develop a solid craft. This holistic approach helps the actor discover individual methods of expression, personal style, and identity, through proven techniques. Classes focus on improv, acting technique, script analysis, and ensemble work. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ANANIA STUDIO Joseph Anania 212 W. 29th St. New York, NY 10001 info@ananiastudio.com, ananiaseminar@juno.com (seminars) www.ananiastudio.com (646) 382-4171 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers a work/study program. Teaching from a Meisner perspective. Two-year professional program where first year courses aim to free and strengthen the actor’s instrument. Acting skills such as the ability to really listen, to live truthfully in the moment, and to respond impulsively are stressed. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ANTHONY ABESON STUDIO 411 W. 50th St. New York, NY 10019 aabeson@ptd.net www.anthonyabeson.com (212) 581-4471, Fax: (570)296-6812 15 students average per class; Intermediate to advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Goal of classes: Doing work that gets work, doing and experimenting. Attention to currently casting sides, individual casting concerns, monologues, improvisation, and scene study. Classes concentrate on Shakespeare and contemporary scene study. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE ARCHIBALD STUDIO 1024 Harding Ave., Ste. #202 Venice, CA 90291 craig@craigarchibald.com www.craigarchibald.com (646) 567-7210 12 students max; All levels; Free half hour for new students; Ongoing A realistic approach to the art in the business and the business in the art. Private coaching, classes, and an Actors’s Production Workshop in which students produce a short film available in Los Angeles. Private coaching only available in New York. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; Young Performers ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL 76 Ninth Ave., Ste. 537 New York, NY 10011 admissions@atlantictheater.org www.atlanticactingschool.org, www.atlantictheater.org (212) 691-5919, Fax: (212) 691-6280 16-18 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for a fee; By sessions Inspired by the Group Theater, Stanislavsky, and a passion for ensemble acting, David Mamet and William H. Macy formed the Atlantic Theater Company in 1985 with a select group of undergraduate drama students. Atlantic’s conservatory program offers in-depth training in the Practical Aesthetics Technique. This simple, honest, and straightforward approach demystifies the process of acting and gives students a clear set of analytical and physical tools. Atlantic pairs its technique training with comprehensive instruction in the fundamental physical tools required by the craft: Voice, speech, and movement. Programs include a two-and-a-half-year conservatory, a six-week summer intensive, ongoing workshops, and specialized classes for children and teens. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique; Young Performers THE BARROW GROUP Christel Ferguson 312 W. 36th St., Ste. 4W New York, NY 10018 school@barrowgroup.org www.barrowgroup.org (212) 760-2615, Fax: (212) 760-2962 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program on a limited basis. The Barrow Group offers tools to maximize natural behavior and spontaneity on stage and on screen, believing there is no one way to approach acting; professional and emerging artists training in scene study, script analysis,playwriting, directing, and film and television acting technique. Work/study and apprentice programs are available for students of merit. At the heart of The Barrow Group School is the desire to promote clear and concise tools of the trade. These tools have been outlined and published in “An Actor’s Companion - 99 Bits of Craft,” by Seth Barrish (TBG’s founder and co-artistic director.) Over 18 years in operation. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TANYA BEREZIN - PRIVATE COACHING FOR THE ACTOR 171 W. 79th St. New York, NY 10024 tanya@tanyaberezin.com www.tanyaberezin.com (212) 874-1945, Fax: (212) 874-3862 10-12 students average per class; All levels, including a professional class for young people, ages 13-18; Auditing is permitted by appointment; Classes by sessions Special emphasis in classes on contemporary acting, developing the connection between imagination and organic behavior. Private coaching for auditions and monologues also available. Over 15 years in operation. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading BERGEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA Brian Milli, Director 486 Curry Ave. Englewood, NJ 07631 info@bergendrama.com www.bergendrama.com (201) 820-8108 10 maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By session and ongoing; Scholarship program available Bergen offers acting classes for young people from kindergarten through high school, as well as adult programs in scene study, audition technique, and public speaking. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading BEVERLY HILLS PLAYHOUSE The Wings Theatre 154 Christopher St. btw Washington and Greenwich New York, NY 10014 interviewer@bhplayhouse.com www.bhplayhouse.com (646) 200-5790. 20 student average per class; All levels; Auditing permitted after interview; Ongoing; some scholarships available for returning students The BHP offers ongoing intensive scene study classes to instruct aspiring professionals in the areas of acting, career administration, and attitude. "Instruction focuses on identifying the goal of honest, authentic, moment-to-moment, behavior-oriented acting work, and finding each actor's individual way into that work, rather than on rote enforcement of a certain school of acting technique," says executive director Allen Barton. "High-quality, well-rehearsed scene study is emphasized, with exercises few and far between." No auditions, but an interview is required for admission. New York classes are held on Monday nights from 7-11 pm and taught by Jenifer Gelfer. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading KATHRYN BILD P.O. Box 878 New York, NY 10021 www.kathrynbild.com (212) 517-3265, Fax: (212) 517-5713 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Classes are by appointment Private training and counseling in Stanislavsky/Strasberg, integrating acting as an art, a business, and a calling. Also the author of “Acting From a Spiritual Perspective” and “The Actor’s Quotation Book.” Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BIZ KIDS NY Peggy Lewis, Director P.O. Box 340 New York, NY 10014 www.bizkidsny.com (646) 336-9101, Fax: (646) 336-9101 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Conservatory training, clown, mask, Lecoq, Grotowski, Stanislavsky, musical theater, dance, cabaret, on-camera, and audition technique. Studio address: Pier Studios, Pier 40, West Houston St. and West Side Hwy., south side, New York. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique BLACKOUT THEATRE WORKSHOP Abraham Gorlin - Artistic Director 358 W. 44th Street New York, NY 10036 ag@btworkshop.com www.btworkshop.com (212) 721-3830 10-20 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Students work on monologues, scenes, and improvisational exercises. Classes in playwriting and directing are also offered. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BOB McANDREW STUDIO www.bobmcandrew.com (212) 580-3834 12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Contemporary film and television acting for serious actors. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique BODY DYNAMICS CLASSES Carol Reynolds, Founder and Director 345 E. 81st St., Apt. 19N New York, NY 10028 (212) 288-8380, Fax: (917) 432-1179 8-16 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing A quintessential movement program for actors. Reynolds teaches at T. Schreiber and CayMichael Studios. BOVA ACTORS WORKSHOP - THE ERIC MORRIS SYSTEM (NY) Anthony Vincent Bova Times Sq. Arts Center/Ionica Theatre 300 W. 43rd St., Ste. 504 New York, NY 10036 admin@bovaactorsworkshop.com www.bovaactorsworkshop.com (212) 726-8380 12 students average per class, plus private classes; All levels; By sessions and ongoing NY training center of the Method-based Eric Morris system. Weekly classes and intensives. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ARIANE BRANDT ari@healingartshaven.org www.healingartshaven.org/pa.html (646) 334-5943, Fax: (866)212-8630 Limited class size, private coaching; Advanced level; Auditing is not permitted Private coaching sessions for role preparation, auditioning, Shakespearean text, vocal production, and dialects. Also workshops in emotional clearing, structural alignment, futuring, and personal growth. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BREAKTHROUGH STUDIOS Anthony Grasso, Artistic Director 212 W. 35th St., 11th fl. New York, NY 10001 anthony@breakthroughstudios.com www.breakthroughstudios.com (212) 594-9616, Fax: (212) 594-9618 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for some classes; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Breakthrough offers a two-year conservatory, a six-week intensive, one-on-one seminars, master class workshops, and on-camera classes with leading industry professionals. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique JAMES BRILL (212) 642-1095 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes are in Meisner-based technique, both beginning and advanced. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ELECTA BROWN 241 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10014 e@electabrown.com www.electabrown.com (212) 242-4161, Fax: (212) 366-1810 One student in private sessions; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing For private sessions, Brown works on whatever the actor needs or wants to work on, whether audition technique, monologues, scene study, or something else. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique BRUCE ORNSTEIN ACTING WORKSHOP 61 Fourth Ave. New York, NY 10003 info@actingclassnyc.com www.actingclassnyc.com (212) 802-4955 12-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Offers scene study, exercise work, and improvisation, all leading toward overall artistic growth. JULIE BUDD www.juliebudd.com (917) 445-8799 One-on-one classes; Intermediate, advanced, and professional.; No auditing; Ongoing Julie Budd understands the toll performance takes on the voice, and as a result has developed a course and technique to protect, preserve and enhance an actor’s vocal instrument. A professional singer from the age of twelve, Budd’s acclaimed course draws upon the disciplines of the master vocal teachers, including Lydia Summers and Willard Young. Budd’s method is simple, helping vocal performers maintain an ongoing awareness about their vocal health. Julie teaches principally in New York, but also lectures at colleges, performing arts centers, and universities around the country. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; Young Performers CAPES COACHING 826 Broadway, 4th Fl. New York, NY 10003 info@capesco.com www.capesco.com (212) 777-2270 1-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for select classes; Ongoing Career planning center for actors and artists. Private coaching, career classes, and practical training includes personal attention from industry experts. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CAROL FOX PRESCOTT: ACTING CLASSES 23 Watson Woods P.O. Box 89 Lake Hill, NY 12448 cfprescott@hvc.rr.com www.carolfoxprescott.com (845) 679-5984 16 students average per class; All levels; No auditing, but participation in a single class is encouraged; Ongoing Classes held at Stage Left Studios, 438 W. 37th St., Ste. 5-A, New York, NY. Ages 18 and older. A joyful, reliable, physically based acting technique that gives rise to spontaneous, imaginative, and exciting actors who draw their strength from the text through the breath. CAROLINE THOMAS’ TOTAL THEATRE LAB 118 W. 79th St., Ste. 12A New York, NY 10024 cttheatre@nyc.rr.com www.totaltheatrelab.com (212) 799-4224, Fax: (212) 595-9770 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. An integrated acting process, combining Meisner, Method, physical acting styles, voice, and showcases. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading CARTER THOR STUDIO EAST Brownwen Booth, Instructor. 438 Center Rd. Middlesex, VT 05602 info@thoreast.com, newyork@thoreast.com www.thoreast.com and www.carterthor.com (917) 208-3877 12 students average per class Private coaching available; All levels; Auditing is permitted for a fee; Ongoing; Offers a limited work/study program. Acting-for-film scene study classes are on hiatus at this time. Private coaching continues to be available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique ROBERT CASTLE c/o International Theatre New York (ITNY) 17 Little West 12th St., Studio #11 New York, NY 10014 robertcastle@itnewyork.org www.itnewyork.org (212) 592-0137 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions IT New York facilitates and promotes the exchange of artistic, literary, and cultural aspects of the performing arts around the world. Weekly classes and international workshops include technique, scene study, Shakespeare, acting on camera, and sense memory. CAYMICHAEL PATTEN STUDIO 939 Eighth Ave., Ste. 206 New York, NY 10019 info@cpattenstudio.com www.cpattenstudio.com (212) 765-7021, Fax: (212) 765-6388 16 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Beginning, intermediate, and advanced scene study; auditioning; acting on camera; vocal production; body dynamics. Also private coaching. Admission by interview. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE CENTAUR STAGE Gillien Goll, Artistic Director P.O. Box 250795 C.U. Station New York, NY 10025 censtageny@aol.com www.gilliengoll.com (212) 501-6196 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Instruction for all media, including monologues, commercials, audition and acting technique, on-camera, business tips, and public presentation skills. Emphasis is on supportive moment-to-moment technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE SCHOOL E. Colin O’Leary - Executive Director 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 admissions@circlesquare.org www.circlesquare.org (212) 307-0388, Fax: (212) 307-0257 17 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Work study available to Financial Aid recipients who qualify. Some non-paid internships available. An eclectic approach to actor training, exposing students to various acting styles and differing viewpoints. Both acting and musical theater are available for summer and full-time workshops. CLASS ACT STUDIOS Alyssa McEnaney, director 77 Tarrytown Rd. White Plains, NY 10607 www.classactstudios.com (914) 946-3391, Fax: (914) 946-1547 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes and workshops in basic technique, commercial, improv, on-camera training, and musical theater. Also offers an academy for intermediate actors. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique COACH SAMANTHA JONES’ WILD IMPROV! AND ACTING CLASSES C/O Dora Mae Productions P.O. Box 141, Planetarium Station New York, NY 10024 wildimprov@gmail.com www.doramae.com (917) 306-9642 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; contact for info; Ongoing and by sessions Improv group classes are short-form-based. Acting classes take a well-rounded approach based on Meisner, Uta Hagen, and others. Coaches for monologues, standup comedy, and solo development. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique COLLABORATIVE ARTS PROJECT 21 18 W. 18th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10011 jbulleri@cap21.org www.cap21.org (212) 807-0202, Fax: (212) 807-0166 18 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions CAP21 is a professional theater company with a conservatory. They have a four-year in-depth actor training program with NYU specializing in musical theater performance. Six-week professional and pre-college summer programs are also available with classes in acting, voice, and music and dance. Theater artists hone their skills in a collaborative environment. Each season, three new works are produced for a two week “work in progress” run. They also work in development with twenty new musicals and plays providing public and in-house readings. DAVID GIDEON/THE ACTING CLASS 211 W. 61st St., 6th fl. New York, NY 10023 david@davidgideon.com www.davidgideon.com (917) 453-7455, Fax: (845) 876-8733 12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted after interview; Ongoing Former director of the Actor’s Studio and taught by Lee Strasberg himself, Gideon has over 27 years of experience. Class emphasis is divided into two parts: practical training techniques that cover relaxation, sensory memory, private moment, affective moment, animal exercises, and song and dance movement. The second part part of class allows actors to apply what they’ve learned to scene work. Classes meet once a week for four hours. Daytime and evening classes available. DAVID ZEMA ENTERPRISES, INC. Voice of Success Programs 1123 Broadway, Ste. 1012, 10th Floor New York, NY 10010 davidzema@aol.com www.davidzema.com (212) 675-4978, Fax: (212) 675-6065 12 students average per class; All levels; First hour of technique class may be audited; other classes may be sampled; Ongoing Techniques and training include audition skills in microphone work, studio recording sessions, opening vocal range, and stylistic variety. All areas covered, including commercials, characters, narration, animation, industrials, corporate, books, documentaries. DEENA LEVY THEATRE STUDIO deena@deenalevy.com www.deenalevy.com (212) 340-1084 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Meisner/Grotowski fusion: intensive acting and scene study. The Deena Levy Studio is dedicated to the belief that acting is a gutsy journey that evolves into a craft and culminates as an art. A “whole person” approach which deeply explores process while teaching and harnessing technique all the way to performance. The environment is highly supportive and creative. Also offers the “More Than Acting” weekend workshop which incorporates trust, breakthrough, and authenticity. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique DELOSS BROWN: ACTING SHAKESPEARE’S VERSE 444 Central Park West, #5A New York, NY 10025-4356 delossbrown@prodigy.net http://pages.prodigy.net/delossbrown/asv.htm (212) 865-1127, Fax: (212) 865-1579 9 students max per class; All levels; Auditing is sometimes permitted; By sessions Classes concentrate on dramatic verse technique with emphasis on Shakespeare, including how to prepare a Shakespearean audition and how to prepare the part when you get cast. Private coaching also available. GEORGE DICENZO Triangle Theater c/o Jane Stojak 708 N. Bodine St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 triangleacting@aol.com www.randomactsoftheater.com (215) 760-0230, Fax: (215) 922-4028 30 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted for a fee; Ongoing Classes concentrate on acting, scene study, and directing for stage and film. Acting master class held at: Shelter Studios, 244 W. 54 St., 12th fl., New York, NY. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DONNA MARRAZZO STUDIO donna@donnamarrazzostudio.com www.donnamarrazzostudio.com (917) 239-8823 Limited number of students per class; All levels; Call for auditing info; By sessions Located in midtown Manhattan, a studio for the serious actor. Develop techniques that works for each individual actor. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DOUGLAS FARWELL ACTING STUDIO 327 W. 22nd St. New York, NY 10011 info@douglasfarwellstudio.com www.douglasfarwellstudio.com (212) 243-7017 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Specialist in the Sanford Meisner technique. Open to serious students of all levels. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DREAMCATCHER REPERTORY THEATRE Laura Ekstrand, artistic director Baird Center 5 Mead St. South Orange, NJ 07079 info@dreamcatcherrep.org www.dreamcatcherrep.org (973) 378-7754, ext. 2228, Fax: (908)206-8796 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions, with a teen program during the month of July; Offers work/study program (internships for high school and college students) Summer Theater Conservatory program for students aged 10 to 17 to explore their interest in the performing arts during their summer vacation. Professionals in their field teach all classes, and students receive individual attention, constructive feedback, and the support needed to achieve their personal goals. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SALLY DUNN c/o T. Schreiber Studio 151 W. 26th St., 7th Fl. New York, NY 10001 sally@sallydunn.net www.sallydunn.net (917) 769-7768 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Scene study/exercise classes, special workshops, and personal one-on-one coaching. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ED GREEN’S VOICE OVER TRAINING COURSE Midtown NY, NY ed@edgreen.com www.edgreen.com (212) 752-9123 One-on-one coaching only; Beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels; Consultation required; By sessions and ongoing Specializes in voiceover training and self-marketing. Private one-on-one coaching. Student receives complete demo CD. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading PAUL EISEMAN 305 E. 40th St., #4H New York, NY 10016 pauleise@aol.com (212) 953-6926 1 student average per class; All levels; No auditing; By sessions and ongoing One-on-one private coaching that focuses on connecting the actor emotionally to character, resulting in truthful, unpredictable, exciting, and emotionally charged performances. Method acting customized and made practical for each actor. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ELIZABETH BROWNING STUDIO Elizabeth Browning, Rhonda Musak, and David Pixley Classes in midtown Manhattan elizabethbrowningstudio@gmail.com www.elizabethbrowningstudio.com (212) 946-1702, Fax: (914) 788-1559 12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Scene study, monologues, audition exercises, and original material developed. All levels, classical and contemporary. Also offers acting classes for teens and workshops in Los Angeles. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading LARRY EUDENE c/o MSRG P.O. Box 1091 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 info@screenplayreadinggroup.com www.screenplayreadinggroup.com Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Three-day weekend intensive class concentrates on a focusing technique used to draw the camera to the actor. Acting in films, with advanced scene study and subtext improvisation. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique F.A.C.T. (Franco-Americaine Cinema Theatre) Sarah Eigerman, Artistic Director 65, Rue de Reuilly 75012 Paris, factinfo@free.fr http://factinfo.free.fr +33-1-43-44-76-98, Fax: +33-1-43-44-76-98 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing permitted by special arrangement; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Inspired by but not limited to the Stanislavsky approach, the training integrates many techniques to help the actor develop his or her own transforming process in creating a real experience of an imaginary life. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CATHERINE GAFFIGAN catherineg@verizon.net www.catherinegaffigan.com (212) 586-6300 12 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Catherine’s wide range of offerings include professional classes for all levels, private coaching, and topic- specific workshops. GALLI ACTING SCHOOL - NYC 38 W. 38th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10018 newyork@galli-group.com www.gallitheaterny.com (212) 810-6485 Free introductory classes on Thursdays from 7-8 pm; sessions and ongoing; work/study is available Offers acting training and the opportunity for all students to perform in the theater’s ongoing productions. Galli believes acting is a healing process where students connect with their true selves. Other: Young Performers JULIE GARFIELD C/O T. Schreiber Studios 151 W. 26th St. New York, NY 10001 juliegarfield3@gmail.com www.tschreiber.org (212) 741-0209 16-18 students average per class, private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Work/study program offered at T. Schreiber Studios. Concentrates on scene study and script analysis. Sense memory and Meisner technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading GENESIS REPERTORY Jay Michaels and Mary Elizabeth Micari, Directors 509 72nd St., Ste. 3F Brooklyn, NY 11209 genesis.brooklyn@gmail.com www.genesis-repertory.org (347) 492-0534 15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted by approval of the instructor; By sessions and ongoing; Work/study program is offered on a case-by-case basis. Internship, apprentice, and scholarship opportunities available. Nonprofit theater arts organization offers a year-round series of classes and workshops in voice, vocal training, speech, diction, acting, and theater management, all in a supportive environment. Private coaching and lessons also available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BLAIR GLASER, M.A., R.D.T. The Institutes for the Arts in Psychotherapy 526 W. 26th St., Ste. 309 New York, NY 10001 info@spiritplay.org www.spiritplay.org (212) 726-1592 1-7 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Workshops and individual coaching. LARRY GLEASON 360 W. 21st St., #3M New York, NY 10011 info@larrygleason.com www.larrygleason.com (917) 549-5173 10-15 students maximum per class, private sessions; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Gleason is an acting coach on the faculty of the Circle in the Square Theater School. He combines text with emotional work to improve classical and contemporary scenes and monologues for personal growth, auditions, or upcoming roles. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading LINDA GLICK www.lindaglick.com (212) 769-8288, Fax: (212) 873-8215 6-8 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted (by permission); By sessions Contemporary integrative acting-based techniques relating to song. Weekly musical performance technique workshop in a safe and supportive atmosphere. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading DOUGLAS HALL P.O. Box 1758 New York, NY 10011 dugall@earthlink.net (917) 923-5339 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing All scene study/monologues. No exercises. Every student works every week. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HAYMARKET ANNEX Jennifer Gelfer, Artistic Director; Carol Mennie, Associate Artistic Director 300 W. 43rd St., Ste. 506 New York, NY 10036 jgelfer@haymarketannex.com, cmennie@haymarketannex.com www.haymarketannex.com (917) 273-7238/(917) 733-7718, Fax: (212) 222-3757 10 students average per class. One-on-one coaching available; Advanced level; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Scene study class for the professional working actor. Both contemporary and classical theater. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HB STUDIO Edith Meeks, Executive Director 120 Bank St. New York, NY 10014 info@hbstudio.org www.hbstudio.org (212) 675-2370, Fax: (212) 675-2387 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted and recommended; Ongoing; Offers work/study program Established in 1945 by Viennese actor/director Herbert Berghof (HB), the studio was created to provide professional theater training and practice for aspiring and accomplished actors of all ages. Uta Hagen joined the Studio in 1948 as Berghof’s artistic partner. Hagen’s master classes at HB Studio became the basis for her two books on acting. Her exercises are still taught there today. Course offerings include acting, voice, musical theater, dance, movement, improv, fencing, writing, and stage combat. The studio works in partnership with the HB Playwrights Foundation and Theater. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; On-Camera Technique HISPANIC ORGANIZATION OF LATIN ACTORS 107 Suffolk St., Ste. 302 New York, NY 10002-3305 holagram@hellohola.org www.hellohola.org (212) 253-1015, Fax: (212) 253-9651 10 students per class; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions (twice a year) English and Spanish-language workshops and classes including voiceover, audition, acting technique, and more. Geared toward expanding the presence of Hispanic actors in the Latino and mainstream entertainment and communications media. ERIC HOFFMANN 310 Riverside Dr., #1505 New York, NY 10025 bardyard@aol.com (212) 662-5790 8 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Shakespeare, auditions, and Meisner technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HOWARD MEYER’S ACTING PROGRAM IN WESTCHESTER, N.Y. P.O. Box 1004 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 hmaxial@aol.com www.hmacting.org (914) 962-8828, Fax: (914) 245-8562 10-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for advanced class only; By sessions for beginners and intermediate; ongoing for advanced; Offers work/study program for previously enrolled students. In its 17th year. Technique based in Strasberg and Meisner. Classes at: 8 Sunnyside Ave., Pleasantville, NY. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading JASON BENNETT ACTOR’S WORKSHOP Jason Bennett 432 E. 14th St., Ste. 1903 New York, NY 10009 info@jbactors.com www.jbactors.com (212) 777-7603 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Classes and workshops reflect a synthesis of all the great acting methods for theater, television, and film. Offerings include acting classes, special acting workshops, voice and movement classes, acting classes for teenagers, and private coaching. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique JEFFREY ZEINER STUDIO AT WEIST-BARRON Jeffrey Zeiner 35 W. 45th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10036 wbacting@weistbarron.com www.weistbarron.com (212) 245-1237 10 students average per class; Advanced level; Free introductory seminar offered three times a year; Ongoing Contemporary material. Emphasis on development of actor’s own technique, ability to direct imagination, accomplished through improvisation. Advanced training for professionals by interview and reference. JIM BONNEY ACTING STUDIO Institute of Core Energetics 115 E. Third St., 12th Fl. New York, NY 10010 info@jimbonneyacting.com www.jimbonneyacting.com (212) 713-5277 8-12 students average per class; All levels from beginner to advanced; Work audit; By sessions and ongoing Offers a complete 2 year program as well as emotional workshops, individual work, twelve week sessions, core energetics, monologue and audition classes, plus singing workshops. Specializes in private coaching for film and stage auditions. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique JOANNA BECKSON-J. BECKSON STUDIO 325 W. 38th St., Ste. 203 New York, NY 10018 jtbeck417@aol.com www.joannabeckson.com (917) 749-6922 14-16 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Focus is on the Meisner approach, “the ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” The actor aims to leave himself alone, eliminating self-consciousness. Improvisation exercises are based on the actor’s sense of truth and sensitivity. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading JOHN STRASBERG STUDIOS An International Center for Creativity and Theater Arts Research 555 Eighth Ave., Ste. 403 New York, NY 10018 info14@johnstrasbergstudios.org www.johnstrasbergstudios.org (646) 435-7867, Fax: (646) 435-7867 8-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions: Full-time program, individual classes, intensive workshops A consciously intuitive, personal, individual creative process/technique within scene work. Based on the “nine natural laws of creativity,” talent, imagination, spontaneity, intentional dreaming, truth. Involvement, putting yourself into someone else’s shoes, belief, and emotion develop naturally and pleasurably. JUDITH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY NYC Joanne Zipay, Founder and Artistic Director 367 Windsor Hwy., #409 New Windsor, NY 12553 judishakes@gmail.com www.judithshakespeare.org (212) 592-1885 10-15 students per class, also individual coaching; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Taught by Joanne Zipay. Shakespeare acting technique based in the text. Bridging the worlds of contemporary and classical acting. BARBARA KAHN barbara@barbara-kahn.com (212) 840-1234 (service) One student per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Greenwich Village location. Private coaching by a veteran director/coach. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique KEN SCHATZ ACTOR TRAINING 106 Hicks St. #4A Brooklyn, NY 11201 info@kenschatz.com www.kenschatz.com (718) 625-8372 Class size varies; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Comprehensive private coaching, project coaching, workshops, and group classes for professionals: acting technique and scene study, monologue study and audition preparation, voice, speech, accents and dialects, movement, improvisation, and physical character work. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading E. KATHERINE KERR 195 Sharp Hill Road Wilton, CT 06897 actingclass@aol.com www.ekatherinekerr.com (203) 762-7304 12 students average per class; All levels; One free audit offered; Ongoing Teaches at the Theater Artists Workshop in Norwalk, CT. Acting technique for actors, singers, and writers. Classes bring out authentic expressions and uncover one’s own genius. GRACE KILEY Acting and Performance Coach gracekiley@gmail.com www.gracekileyperformancecoach.com (917) 593-2662 8 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Specialty is in working through creative blocks with actors. The goal is to prepare and present your most dynamic work for auditions and performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading LARRY SILVERBERG-THE MEISNER INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM c/o The School for Film and Television 39 W. 19th St., 12th fl. New York, NY 10011 trueacting@actorscraft.com www.actorscraft.com 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted only at open class performances, three times a year; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Master Classes and workshops. Meisner intensive training program. LARRY SINGER STUDIOS 160 Wadsworth Ave., #401 New York, NY 10033 larrysinger@nyct.net www.larrysingerstudios.com (917) 327-5406, Fax: (212) 740-1736 18 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Limited work/study program. Classes include technique, development of the actor as an individual, and voice work. Also private coaching. Studio address: 300 W. 43rd St., 5th fl. New York, N.Y. 10036. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BLAKE LAWRENCE coaching@blake-lawrence.com www.blake-lawrence.com (917) 406-4282 Private coaching only; All levels; Free 30-minute consultation available; By sessions Director and private audition coach. Focuses on contemporary and classical texts that best represent the actor. Also works on cold reading skills and sides preparation. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE LEE STRASBERG THEATRE AND FILM INSTITUTE 115 Lee Strasberg Way (E. 15th St.) New York, NY 10003 lstfi@strasberg.com www.strasberg.com (212) 533-5500, Fax: (212) 473-1727 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Two-year certificate program; full or part-time introductory program; Offers limited work/study program. Method acting and voice, singing, dance, movement, and film and TV. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE LINKLATER CENTER FOR VOICE AND LANGUAGE Kristin Linklater, Artistic Director; Andrea Haring, Associate Director P.O. Box 504 New York, NY 10025 mail@thelinklatercenter.com www.thelinklatercenter.com (212) 340-4762 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is allowed by permission only; By sessions Championing the power of the human voice, the center offers classes and workshops where language and the human voice is exercised and celebrated. Courses build on investigation of personal vocal freedom and explore vocal energies, dynamics, and power. Students develop greater breath capacity and vocal stamina. Other: Improv and Comedy BECKY LONDON beckyonel@aol.com www.beckylondon.com (917) 498-1983 10 students average per class; individual coaching available; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions (8-12 classes) and ongoing; Work/study possible. Technique classes and private, individual coaching focusing on technique and auditioning; practical skills developed from Yale School of Drama curriculum. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading BERNICE LOREN 350 W. 55th St., #3F New York, NY 10019 (212) 586-8604 4 students maximum per class; also private instruction; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Groups by term; private study by sessions Total performing preparation: acting, voice, and dance unified. Also general self improvement. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading LUNA STAGE COMPANY Jane Mandel, Artistic Director education@lunastage.org www.lunastage.org (973) 744-3309, Fax: (973) 509-2388 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; 9-to-18 week sessions Classes offered in musical theater, improv, playwriting, basic and advanced acting, plus more workshops of all kinds. Other: Young Performers; On-Camera Technique LYNETTE SHELDON ACTORS STUDIO 28th St. and 5th Ave. New York, NY classinfo@lsactorstudio.com www.lsactorstudio.com (212) 477-0171 12-16 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels.; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Professional actor training for film, TV, and theater for all levels of actors. Specific training in the Stanislavsky, Adler, Meisner, and Australian techniques, with improvisation. Studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Australia. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading LYNN WINTERS’ STUDIO OF ACTING AND VOICE P.O. Box 369, Village Station New York, NY 10014 (212) 636-9829 12 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Stage and acting technique based on Stanislavsky principles. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading EUGENIA MACER-STORY 511 Avenue of the Americas, PMB 173 New York, NY 10011 mmc-feedback@att.net www.magickmirror.com or www.theatre-cosmos.com (212) 255-2111, Fax: (212) 208-2951 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Playwriting and acting workshops with an emphasis on the inter-dimensional experience. MAGGIE FLANIGAN STUDIO 153 W. 27th St., Ste. 803 New York, NY 10001 info@maggieflaniganstudio.com www.maggieflaniganstudio.com (917) 606-0982, Fax: (917) 606-0983 12-16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Conservatory-based actor training school focused on the Sanford Meisner technique. Curriculum designed so that actors are fully prepared to work professionally with a well-developed craft. Supplementary classes include movement, voice, Western Canon, script analysis, cold reading, monologue, actor-director relationship, Shakespeare, the business of acting, and a Michael Chekov workshop. A full two year curriculum and a six week summer intensive are also offered. Admission is through a personal interview and audition. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique MAIN STREET THEATRE & DANCE ALLIANCE 548 Main St. New York, NY 10044 jackiemstda@yahoo.com www.mstda.org (212) 371-4449 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program for the appropriate students. Offer a wide variety of classes to children of all ages. Additionally, students perform in theater and dance productions. Also offers a writing/acting class for teens, plus kindergarten -second grade creative drama. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading MARC TASLIT/ACTING OPERA marctaslit@verizon.net www.actingopera.com (727) 859-4599, Fax: (727) 376-3844 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions In its 19th year, workshops and classes for actors and singer-actors. Emphasis on cold reading and text-memorization exercises. Classes for singers include opera, musical theater, oratorio, and art song repertoire. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique MARTIN ACTING STUDIOS Dianna Martin 312 W. 36th St. New York, NY 11224 martin.acting.studios@gmail.com (917) 941-0151 10 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted Contemporary and classical scene study, sensory exercises, improvisations, character and script analysis. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading CHRISTOPHER MARTIN 564 Hudson St., #1 New York, NY 10014 xrismartin@aol.com (212) 691-4883 1-5 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Emphasis on Shakespeare, classics, and European drama. Other: Audition Technique/ Cold Reading MATTHEW COROZINE STUDIO THEATRE 300 W. 43rd St., Ste. 502 New York, NY 10036 matthew@matthewcorozinestudio.com www.matthewcorozinestudio.com (212) 592-4138 8-12 students average per class, private coaching also available.; All levels; Auditing is permitted by interview only; Ongoing MC studio cultivates a new generation of professional artists that currently work on Broadway, Hollywood, television, film, and live theater. Acting classes are rooted in the Meisner technique. Experience “the reality of doing” and finding the truth within yourself. Actors learn to trust their instincts and impulses fully, and respond truthfully from their humanity. The purpose in every class and performance is to reconnect truthful self-expression. Showcases in 40-seat theatre. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading JODIE LYNNE McCLINTOCK 49-01 39th Ave. Sunnyside, NY 11104 info@jodiemcclintock.com www.jodiemcclintock.com (718) 476-2590, Fax: (718) 505-3733 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted only on sample-class day; Ongoing Private coaching: monologue selection and polishing (classical and contemporary) for general auditions, grad schools, and overseas programs; audition technique, sides prep, cold readings, commercial copy, and role rehearsal. Classes: Shakespearean text, soliloquies, scenes, rehearsal, and performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading PATRICIA McGINNIS 344 W. 89th St. New York, NY 10024 (212) 362-3374, Fax: (212) 362-3374 Private sessions, Some small classes; All levels; Ongoing Alexander Technique eliminates unwanted tension and performance anxiety for actors, singers, dancers, and musicians. Certified by ACAT and AmSAT. THE MICHAEL CHEKHOV ACTING STUDIO Lenard Petit 138 W. 15th St., 1st Fl. New York, NY 10011 lenardmcas@yahoo.com www.michaelchekhovactingstudio.com (646) 385-2876 10 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Chekhov technique covers contemporary and classical scene study. Workshops, classes, and private coaching for auditions available as well as a 24 week full time training program. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE MICHAEL CHEKHOV PROJECT David H. Cohen and Bryan L. Cohen PO Box 97 Burlingham, NY 12722 improv@warwick.net (914) 850-3226 (cell phone) 10-12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Offers classes only in New York City. Classes taught at the Actors Movement Studio. MCP specializes in a creative and practical approach to the actor’s process using the Michael Chekhov technique and the art of inner movement. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading MICHAEL HOWARD STUDIOS Michael Howard, Founder 152 W. 25th St., 10th fl. New York, NY 10001 info@michaelhowardstudios.com www.michaelhowardstudios.com (212) 645-1525 15 students average per class; Some previous training preferred; Auditing is not permitted, enrollment through interview; Ongoing classes; Work study is very limited Work in all disciplines for the professional actor. Special workshops with international master teachers. One-year and two-year conservatory program begins in fall. Also summer conservatory, evening/daytime. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TRACEY MOORE MARABLE “The Spirited Actor” 593 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11216 thespiritedactor@hotmail.com www.myspace.com/thespiritedactor (212) 465-2580 16 students average per class, private sessions; All levels; Auditing is permitted for first class only; By sessions Classes designed to empower the “person” inside the actor. Seminars. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading JOHN CHARLES MURPHY 140 Riverside Blvd., #701 New York, NY 10069 johncharlesmurphy@yahoo.com (212) 501-2357 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing by special permission only; By sessions Movement-based training and technique incorporating classical and contemporary approaches. O’NEILL NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE Jeff Janisheski, Artistic Director Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center 305 Great Neck Road Waterford, CT 06385 nti@theoneill.org www.theoneill.org/nti (860) 443-7139, Fax: (860) 444-1212 25-30 students average per class; Intermediate level; Auditing is permitted by appointment; By sessions One-semester (14 weeks) conservatory program that delves deeply into the craft of theater. Seven days a week, from sunup to sundown, actors train with working professionals who challenge actors on every level to develop and expand artistic horizons. Emphasis on ensemble work and exposure to a variety of methods. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE JUNIOR SCHOOL 340 E. 54th St. New York, NY 10022 www.neighborhoodplayhouse.org (212) 688-3770, Fax: (212) 906-9051 12-18 students per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Acting, dance, and voice for young people, ages 6-18. Saturdays. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE SCHOOL OF THE THEATRE 340 E. 54th St. New York, NY 10022 www.neighborhoodplayhouse.org (212) 688-3770, Fax: (212) 906-9051 25 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Two-year full-time program; also six-week summer session. “Where the Meisner Technique was born.” Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THE NEW ACTORS WORKSHOP 259 W. 30th St., 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10001 newactorsw@aol.com www.newactorsworkshop.com (212) 947-1310/(800)947-1318, Fax: (212) 947-9729 20 students average per class; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Two-year, full-time training program, each year with dual focus on improvisation and Stanislavsky-based Method technique. Founded by George Morrison, Mike Nichols, and Paul Sills. NEW JERSEY YOUTH THEATRE (Formerly Westfield Young Artists’ Cooperative Theatre) 656 Westfield Ave. Westfield, NJ 07090 info@njyouththeatre.org www.njyouththeatre.org (908) 233-3200 6-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions (two per year, September-May; students can join anytime until March); Sometimes offers work/study program. NJYT acting classes focus on technique (improv, character development, etc.), scene study (mostly contemporary, some Shakespeare), and monologue work. Workshops and classes also in musical theater, voice, and dance, as well as a Shakespeare workshop for older kids in the fall. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY 456 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 contact@newperspectivestheatre.org www.newperspectivestheatre.org (212) 630-9945, Fax: (212) 594-2553 New Perspectives conducts a range of projects which are categorized into two program areas: professional and youth/community. The professional programs are designed to provide a showcase for the theatre company’s work and its artists, in main stage, developmental, and training projects. From the Women’s Work Project to the Shakespeare Bootcamp for Actors, the emphasis is on the craft of theater, providing training and developmental support to artists to help them achieve. The youth/community programs serve young people and communities in need by using the tools of theater to develop essential life skills and self awareness and include drama workshops and Shakespeare made simple. Other: Young Performers; Classical NEW YORK CONSERVATORY FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS The School for Film and Television 39 W. 19th St. New York, NY 10011 info@sft.edu www.sft.edu (212) 645-0030/(888) 645-0030, Fax: (212) 645-0039 10-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted by interview; By sessions; Offers work/study program: class and office positions by interview. SFT is an NAST-accredited conservatory with a two-year program and a large part-time offering. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY 100 E. 17th St. New York, NY 10003 film@nyfa.com www.nyfa.com (212) 674-4300/(800) 611-FILM, Fax: (212) 477-1414 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing All acting for film courses are offered for college credit and range from one-week immersion workshops to one-year courses. Filmcraft master classes are also included as part of the acting for film program. Other: On-Camera Technique THE NEW YORK MASK AND CLOWN WORKSHOP Ariane Anthony 69 Sutton St., #1 Brooklyn, NY 11222 arianeanthony@yahoo.com www.maskandclown.com (718) 349-0008 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions This European commedia dell’arte mask and clown acting technique trains timing, confidence, concentration, and use of space. Actors are trained to be fearless and vulnerable on the stage and to use whatever happens - mistakes, accidents, laughter - to strengthen presence and connection with the audience. Other: Improv and Comedy DAVID NEWER 312 W. 36th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10018 davidnewer@yahoo.com www.davidnewer.com (212) 501-4646 12-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for scene study only; By sessions Two-year program in the Meisner Technique. From moment-to-moment listening and responding, which Sanford Meisner defined as the “bedrock of acting,” to the beginnings of character work, the student learns through clearly structured exercises, how it all springs from within. As Meisner said, “If it’s not personal, it’s no good.” The words on the page are lifeless until the actor gives them meaning. Scene study classes are also offered. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ON CAMERA...AND OFF INC.- LARRY CONROY 42 W. 13th St., Ste. 4D New York, NY 10011-7922 oncamoff@aol.com www.larryconroy.com (212) 741-1444, Fax: (212) 366-5688 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted but free evaluations are offered; Ongoing Presentation and performance coach for actors, hosts, spokespeople, narrators, voiceover artists, radio personalities, corporate presenters, and news media. Meisner-based. All work done on camera and on audio tape for immediate playback. Work centered on the individual and that individual’s personality. Private and corporate coaching available. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ONE ON ONE PRODUCTION Marc Isaacman, Executive Director 34 W. 27th St., 11th Fl. New York, NY 10001 info@oneononenyc.com www.oneononenyc.com (212) 691-6000 14 students average per class; Advanced level; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Membership by audition. Actors meet and study with some of NYC’s top casting directors for film, TV, and theater. For the serious actor only. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PAN ASIAN REPERTORY WORKSHOP Tisa Chang, Artistic Director; Ernest Abuba, Resident Instructor 520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 314. New York, NY 10018 panasian@aol.com www.panasianrep.org (212) 868-4030, Fax: (212) 868-4033 10 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Workshops and classes on technique, speech, and movement. Also offers classes in Mandarin Chinese and Yoga for Actors. PAUL LE MOS ACTING WORKSHOP Drifter Films plemos@drifterfilm.com www.drifterfilm.com (212) 714-5042 Limited class size; All levels; No auditing; Ongoing Paul is a director, screenwriter, producer and former actor. He is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York and studied with Sanford Mesiner and David Mamet. The workshops include Meisner technique, scene study, monologues, cold reading, auditioning, and on-camera. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading PEACHCRAFT ACTORS STUDIO Kate Kennedy, Director of Dramatic Arts 371 Springfield Ave. Summit, NJ 07901 peachcraft@gmail.com www.peachcraft.net (908) 673-1485, Fax: (973) 215-2792 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Focus is on the Michael Chekhov technique preparing actors for stage, film, and television. For serious actors, child through adult. Also a musical theater and filmmaking academy. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PENNY TEMPLETON STUDIO Penny Templeton, Hank Schob 261 W. 35th St., Ste. 304 New York, NY 10001 pts158@pennytempletonstudio.com www.pennytempletonstudio.com (212) 643-2614, Fax: (212) 643-2615 15 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Penny’s style of teaching encourages actors to grow beyond their comfort zone, guiding them to dig deep within themselves and take control of their craft. The demanding classes inspire the inner artist while discovering and illuminating an actor’s uniqueness. Penny commits to helping actors reach their goals and become professional working actors. Classes emphasize strong technique for theater and film. In addition to master classes in scene study and film technique, courses are also available in intermediate technique, script analysis, voice/Linklater, commercials, monologues, and improvisation. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE’S CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY mailing address: P.O.Box 1295 Madison, NJ 07940 info@ptnj.org www.ptnj.org (973) 514-1787, Fax: (973) 514-2060 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Classes concentrate on scene study, in-depth preparation, and audition techniques. Spring, summer, and fall semesters. Classes for children, teens, and adults. Class address: 33 Green Village Road. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; On-Camera Technique PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL Chuck Vassallo, Director of Performing Arts 328 W. 48th St. New York, NY 10036 www.ppasnyc.org (212) 247-8652, Fax: (212) 247-7514 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Professional Performing Arts High School. Courses include musical theater, scene study, voice and diction, movement, playwriting, directing, and theater history. All classes are taught by Actors Institute instructors. Open for audition by NYC residents only. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THEATRE Raul Julia Training Unit 304 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10025 prttny@prtt.org www.prtt.org (212) 354-1293/(212) 427-8835, Fax: (212) 307-6769 20 students average per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; By sessions The training unit teaches all styles of acting with an emphasis on contemporary Latino theater and American playwrights. Other: Young Performers PULSE ENSEMBLE THEATRE Alexa Kelly, Artistic Director 248 W. 35th St., 15th fl. New York, NY 10018 www.pulseensembletheatre.org (212) 695-1596 Up to 10 students per class.; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Private coaching as well as classes focusing on acting technique and directing. Also scene study and movement. Adults and children. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading HENRY RAVELO 484 W. 43rd St., #10-C New York, NY 10036 www.ramtalent.com (212) 695-9101, Fax: (646) 219-4285 Private coaching. Referrals preferred; All levels; Auditing is not permitted Prepares students for an ever-competitive and fast-paced entertainment career, emphasizing industry demands and individual artistic expression. A blend of artistry and business. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique PAULA J. RILEY Acting Coach paula@pjrileystudio.como www.pjrileystudio.com (212) 689-4362 or (917) 544-5986 10 students per class; Auditing encouraged Paula is the originator of the PPA (Primary Principles of Acting) Process. Classes and workshops focus on helping the actor achieve a deeper understanding of character development and progression. Improvisation is a main tool, enabling PPA students to make the conscious choices necessary to embrace a character’s ‘sense of truth.’ Paula additionally conducts a three-month “From Scratch to Script” workshop three times a year. Free consultation for private sessions. Other: Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading ROBERT PATTERSON STUDIO 170 W. 74th St. New York, NY 10023 rpatterson11201@yahoo.com www.thepattersonstudio.com (212) 840-1234, Fax: (212) 595-3765 7 students average per class; Beginning and intermediate levels; Auditing is not permitted, free one hour class; Ongoing Stanislavski conceived of a system. Sanford Meisner shaped it into a teachable approach. Robert Patterson has developed it into a complete craft. It is not a “technique” from a year of basic exercises and a year of character work, after which a student applies his bag of tricks for life; it is acting as a complete craft, learned as one continuous action. Classes offer a complete way of working that allows actors to make strong, specific choices, and improvise fully in any given set of imaginary circumstances. Introductory class and 28-month course. Classical, contemporary. ROBERT X. MODICA ACTING STUDIO 881 Seventh Ave., Rm. 809 New York, NY 10019 robertxmodica@hotmail.com, rxmodica@aol.com www.robertxmodica.com (212) 245-2089 16-20 students per class; All levels; Ongoing Meisner-based classes where students participate in exercises and techniques that allow them to discover the truth of themselves in personal, meaningful, and imaginative ways. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ROD MCLUCAS: CLASSICAL SCENE & MONOLOGUE WORKSHOPS 307 W. 71st St. New York, NY 10023 rodmclucas@nyc.rr.com, rod@rodmclucas.com www.rodmclucas.com (212) 362-9793 Small classes - 8 students per class Private coaching; Intermediate & advanced; Sometimes permitted; Ongoing Focuses on the intensity and precision of classical writers’ language. Classes emphasize learnable vocal and physical techniques. Dancers and singers welcome. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE ROSETTA LENOIRE MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY Amas Musical Theatre 115 Macdougal St., Ste. 2B New York, NY 10012 amas@amasmusical.org www.amasmusical.org (212) 563-2565, Fax: (212) 239-8332 30 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. A preprofessional musical performance and training program that enrolls up to 30 culturally and economically diverse young people between the ages of 14 and 20 in all-day classes, with rehearsals Saturdays and some Sundays, from October through May. Students study with professionals in acting, improvisation, singing, dance, creative writing, and stagecraft. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading CATHERINE RUSSELL 1627 Broadway New York, NY 10019 postarvis@aol.com (212) 445-1016, Fax: (212) 445-1015 One student for private coaching.; All levels; Auditing is not permitted Private one-on-one coaching. Monologue and cold reading. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SAM DEFAZIO/FILM AND TV ACTORS WORKSHOP Shetler Studios 244 W. 54th St. New York, NY samdefazio@verizon.net (212) 724-3963, Fax: (212) 724-3963 8-10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. On-camera intensive. Personal coaching in a group setting for working film and TV actors. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SANDE SHURIN ACTING STUDIO-TRANSFORMATIONAL ACTING 208 W. 30th St., Ste. 701 New York, NY 10001 info@sandeschurin.com www.sandeshurin.com (212) 262-6848, Fax: (212) 563-2275 15 students average per class; also offers private coaching; All levels; specializing in advanced and professional; Admission by interview; Ongoing; some workshops by session Shurin’s “transformational acting” classes work with present emotions, utilizing the actor’s authentic self and essence, rather than recalling from the past. Also offers “star power” and “break-through” workshops. Available at both NY and Woodstock locations. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SARATOGA INTERNATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE (SITI COMPANY) Megan Wanlass Szalla, Executive Director 520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 310 New York, NY 10018 training@siti.org www.siti.org/training (212) 868-0860, Fax: (212) 868-0837 25-60 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers internships and scholarships for returning students. Focus is on the Suzuki method of actor training that is principally concerned with restoring the wholeness of the human body to the theatrical context and uncovering the actor’s innate expressive abilities. CARLA SAVOY 230 E. Seveth St., #5D New York, NY 10009 ceesavoy@earthlink.net (212) 979-5339/(917) 292-5073 4-8 students per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Private coaching focuses on character exploration. Play scenes that aren’t in the play. Mostly contemporary work. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading LOUIS SCHEEDER 7 Stuyvesant Oval, #9D New York, NY 10009 ls36@nyu.edu (212) 614-9131 14 students max.; Advanced level; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Classes concentrate on Shakespearean and contemporary scene study. SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS AT THE JCC Kaplen JCC on the Palisades 411 E. Clinton Ave. Tenafly, NJ 07670 droberts@jccotp.org www.jccotp.org (201) 569-7900, ext. 1492/1493, Fax: (210) 569-5039 8-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Work/study can be arranged. Children and teen divisions offer technique classes and performing workshops, preprofessional and recreational tracks. New York agent and casting directors attend programs for children, teens, and adults several times a year. Also offers instruction in singing, musical theater, and dance. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/ Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SCOTT POWERS STUDIOS 135 W. 29th St., Ste. 404 New York, NY 10001 getworking@scottpowers.com www.scottpowers.com (212) 242-4700, Fax: (212) 242-4768 6-10 students per class; also one-on-one consultations; All levels; Online and sample-class days offered; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Emphasis on professional training by current agents, directors, casting directors, and producers to obtain work in the industry. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique LETTY SERRA 15 Charles St., Apt. 12B New York, NY 10014 lserra8@verizon.net (646) 263-8100, Fax: (212) 633-6834 8 students max. Private coaching available.; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Workshops in Film/TV acting using Adler/Meisner techniques: Characterization, script analysis, work on self, and Business of Acting. Classes video taped. Director and coach who worked with Stella Adler for 20-plus years. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SHAKESPEARE LAB Rosemarie Tichler, Director The Public Theater 425 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10003 www.publictheater.org (212) 539-8525 All levels Acting intensive in Shakespeare designed to immerse the actor in his classic plays and language. Classes include acting, monologues, voice and speech, movement, text analysis, teaching, clown work, and stage combat. THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director 36 Madison Ave. Madison, NJ 07940 information@shakespearenj.org www.shakespearenj.org (973) 408-3278, Fax: (973) 408-3361 10-30 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Non-performance internships available Focus on Shakespeare and other classic works through hands-on performance experience and in-depth classroom training. Eleven-week summer professional intensive and year-round touring opportunities. Also Junior and Senior Corps programs for young actors ages 11-to-17. EMC points/stipends available. Mentorship opportunities. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading SUZANNE SHEPHERD 225 W. 86th St. New York, NY 10024 suzannesshepherd@aol.com www.suzanneshepherd.com and www.agiftoffire.com (212) 873-5324 20 students average per class; available for private coaching; Advanced level; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Suzanne began her career in the 1960’s and is a founding member of the Compass Players with Alan Alda and Alan Arkin among others. Known for her varied and remarkable character portrayals on “The Sopranos,” “Law and Order,” and “Third Watch,” Suzanne offers advanced classes focusing on how to work on a text and inhabit a character. Suzanne specializes in helping actors develop the ability to bridge the gap between a writer’s intent and an audience’s perception. Featured in chapter of “Qualified Acting Coaches” by Larry Silverberg. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE SIMON STUDIO Roger Hendricks Simon, Director P.O. Box 231469, Ansonia Station New York, NY 10023 rhsstudio@hotmail.com www.simonstudio.com (212) 841-0204, Fax: (845) 485-7526 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Professional lab mixes stage with film training and production, classical with contemporary, actors with writers, directors, agents; training and showcase. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SINGERS FORUM Alexia Tate, Coordinator 49 W. 24th St., 4th Fl. New York, NY 10010 info@singersforum.org www.singersforum.org (212) 366-0541, Fax: (212) 366-0546 10-12 students per class. Private coaching available; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers a work/study program Founded in 1978 by Andy Anselmo and John Albert Harris, Singers Forum was envisioned as a training center for the vocal arts. Combining training in the bel canto method with performance training in various singing styles, Singers Forum is unique in that it offers private voice lessons, classes and workshops, and a place where students can develop performance skills in a wide variety of vocal and performing styles ranging from opera to cabaret and musical theater. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading JACQUELINE SOLOTAR (212) 595-3039 Private coaching; 10 students average per class; All levels; Ongoing Acting technique and scene study. Monologues, auditions. DEANNA SORENSON 400 E. 59th St., #16H New York, NY 10022-2368 (212) 759-7619 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Individual coaching. Sessions specifically tailored individually for the actor. Taught by Lee Strasberg for nine and a half years, inspired by his genius. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE STAGE AND SCREEN LAB FOR KIDS 277 N. Seventh St., Ste. 1L Brooklyn, NY 11211 mattmorrow@aol.com (718) 963-2091 20 students average per class; Beginner and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions One day acting and audition sessions led by the casting director of “Sesame Street” and the acting coach for the “New Electric Company,” for kids ages 7 to 11 and 11 to 15. Learn the basic fundamentals of acting for the stage and television through this workshop which highlights cultivating stage presence, scene study, creating character, cultivating the ensemble, as well as covering industry standards and professionalism. Other: Young Performers; On-Camera Technique STARS THEATRE & DANCE ACADEMY 51 Mount Bethel Road Warren, NJ 07059 info@starstheatre.com www.starstheatre.org (908) 755-3400, Fax: (908) 755-3507 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Offers work/study program. Classes for ages 4 to adult. Offers private lessons in voice, acting, and musical instruments. Also offers summer camp and birthday parties. Also master classes for adults. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING 31 W. 27th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10001 info@stellaadler.com www.stellaadler.com (212) 689-0087/(800) 270-6775, Fax: (212) 689-6110 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Founded in 1949, the Stella Adler Studio’s mission is to create an environment with the purpose of nurturing theater artists who value humanity, their own and others, as their first and most precious priority while providing art and education to the greater community. Three-year conservatory, evening conservatory, teenage conservatory, summer sessions, NYU affiliated BFA program, an Outreach Division for inner-city youth, and workshops are offered. STETSON STUDIOS Ron Stetson New York, NV ronstetson@hotmail.com www.stetsonstudio.com (917) 742 0141 The Stetson Studios provides quality training for the professional and preprofessional actor based in the Meisner technique. Founder Ron Stetson has been a senior member of the acting staff of the Neighborhood Playhouse since 1987 and was Sanford Meisner’s assistant from 1984 to 1991. He has been acting and directing in New York for over 20 years and is a current member of the Ensemble Studio Theater. Stetson Studio was founded in 1985. STEVEN IVCICH STUDIO C/O John Sierros 481 Fort Washington Ave., #51 New York, NY 10033 (212) 740-2850 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing and by sessions How to develop a clear, concise approach to an actor’s work. How to problem-solve on the spot, grow with every audition, every rehearsal, and every performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique MARK STOLZENBERG Pierrot Productions 210 W. 89th St., Ste. 4E Box 92 New York, NY 10024 stolzfun@earthlink.net www.actingclassforfilm.com (212) 877-2219, Fax: (212) 874-3078 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions (12 in all); Offers work/study program. Film and camera technique: monologues, scenes, improvs. Audition technique. Agent night and screening. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE Leese Walker P.O. Box 2396 Times Square Station New York, NY 10108 office@strikeanywhere.info www.strikeanywhere.info (212) 875-7476 10-25 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Offers master classes to professional performers in Lecoq technique, mask work, puppetry, improvisation, and multidisciplinary techniques. Participants work alongside SA ensemble members. Also offers “The Learning Exchange,” a monthly technique swap with members of a different featured ensemble. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy THE STUDIO (FORMERLY SALLY JOHNSON STUDIO) Jennifer Krater and Brad Calcaterra, Instructors 25 W. 23rd St., 2nd fl. New York, NY 10010 sjohnsonstudio@aol.com www.sallyjohnsonstudio.com (212) 463-7962, Fax: (212) 463-7847 16-20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Workshops and classes focus on booking the part. Cold reading, framing the audition, creative risk-taking, releasing blocks, staying powerful in auditions. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading SUMMER THEATRE INSTITUTE NYC Allyn Sitjar, Artistic Director 23 Tomahawk Trail Sparta, NJ 07871 youththeatreallyn@yahoo.com www.youththeatreinstitutes.org (201) 415-5329 (cell) or (212) 258-2110 (evenings), Fax: (973) 729-3654 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions A program of Youth Theater of New Jersey in residence at Hunter College, CUNY. This intensive, multidisciplinary teen theater program focuses on training the whole actor through a variety of classes in movement, voice, acting, and musical theater. Teens, ages 12-18. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SUSAN GRACE COHEN STUDIO sgcstudio@aol.com (212) 678-8515, Fax: (212) 961-9250 One-on-one private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Classes located on the Upper West Side. Special emphasis on career development. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SUSAN SLAVIN ACTORS & SINGERS ACADEMY AT CARNEGIE HALL 119 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10019 (212) 582-0321 10-20 students per class; also private coaching; All levels; Ongoing Innovative acting and musical performing techniques. Comprehensive approach dealing with the unique identity of each individual, art and invisible craft, and marketing oneself accurately in the industry. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique T. SCHREIBER STUDIO Terry Schreiber - Artistic Director 151 W. 26th St., 7th fl. New York, NY 10001 info@tschreiber.org www.tschreiber.org (212) 741-0209, Fax: (212) 741-0948 14-16 students per class; All levels; Weekly info sessions available. Auditing is not permitted.; Ongoing; Offers work/study program (students must be enrolled for at least three months). Classes and workshops at the studio include Scene Study, Beginning Technique, Beginning Intensive, On-Camera, Audition, Commercial Acting, Shakespeare, Vocal Production, and Body Dynamics. A six-week conservatory incorporates acting, voice and body work. The studio also provides current students and alumni professional development opportunities through its annual season of mainstage productions and industry evenings. TADA! YOUTH THEATER 15 W. 28th St., 3rd fl. New York, NY 10001 info@tadatheater.com or classes@tadatheater.com www.tadatheater.com (212) 252-1619, ext. 4, Fax: (212) 252-8763 20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted, open house available.; By sessions; Offers need-based scholarships. One of NYC’s best known youth theaters, TADA! offers musical theater skills, acting, and creative dramatic classes for all ages. Also performance opportunities and school vacation programs. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE TED BARDY STUDIO Ted Bardy and Faculty 153 W. 27th, Ste. 301 New York, NY 10001 tedbardy@tedbardy.com www.tedbardy.com (212) 725-7575 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is occasionally permitted; Ongoing; Acting Technique The studio offers a unique accelerated three-phase program in the Meisner technique. Also ongoing workshops for advanced actors/working professionals, and advanced scene study leading to public performance and industry showcase. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique THOMAS G. WAITES ACTING STUDIO 17 Lexington Ave. (Inside Baruch College) New York, NY 10010 tw90876@aol.com www.thomasgwaites.com (646) 215-8722 15-20 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Classes enmesh students at every level. Focus is on the classics and performance. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TOM TODOROFF STUDIO at the National Comedy Theatre 347 W. 36th St. New York, NY 10018 ttwnewyorkcity@gmail.com. www.tomtodoroff.com (212) 362-8141 Class size varies; All levels; Offers a work/study program. Classes provide a personalized road map to reach one’s highest potential as an actor in a uniquely supportive studio. Actors work on scene and monologue study, improv, audition technique, cold reading, and additional skills for TV, film, and theatre. Tom has directed, coached, cast, produced for, or acted opposite Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, and Brendan Gleeson, to name a few. Now interviewing and auditioning for classes in NYC and L.A. Special rates available for AEA, SAG, and AFTRA members. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique TVI ACTORS STUDIO 165 W. 46th St., Ste. 509 New York, NY 10036 admissions@tvistudios.com www.tvistudios.com (212) 302-1900, Fax: (212) 302-1926 16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted in some classes; By sessions and ongoing Course content covers cold reading and audition technique, acting in feature films, sitcoms, theater, improv, prime-time and daytime TV, voiceovers, and commercials. Additional locations in Los Angeles and Chicago. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique UJAMAA BLACK THEATER SCHOOL Titus Walker, Coach P.O. Box 4383 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163 blkbroadway@yahoo.com (212) 642-8261 12 students average per class; Beginner and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program for severe hardships. African-American theater expertise. Classes held at: Times Square Theater Arts Center, 300 W. 43rd St., 6th fl., Theater Studio 608, New York, NY. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading VOICEOVERS UNLIMITED Dan Duckworth 123 W. 18th St., 7th fl. New York, NY 10011 voiceoversunltd@aol.com www.voiceoversunlimited.com (917) 363-9877, Fax: (212) 627-2838 1 student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted, but no-charge evaluation sessions are available; Ongoing Classes concentrate on setting up a voiceover business, including technique, demos, and marketing. Also offers separate casting company: aaavoicecasting@aol.com Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading VOICETHEATRE Shauna Kanter, Artistic Director 219 Avenue B, #3B New York, NY 10009 shaunakanter@voicetheatre.com www.voicetheatre.com (212) 201-9337, Fax: 845-679-0154 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. Classes are a fusion of the best acting techniques and tools of acting. From scene study, technique, and monologue coaching to full productions for the public. Studio Address: 45 East 33rd St. (between Madison and Park), New York, NY 10016 Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading WARD ACTING STUDIO Wendy Ward 145 W. 28th St., Ste. 8F New York, NY 10001 wardactingstudio@yahoo.com www.wardstudio.com (212) 239-1456 12 students average per class; All levels; By sessions; Offers work/study program. One-year Meisner training followed by an intensive audition preparation/career mentoring course and advanced performance workshops. One-year repertory company program. Also six-week intensives and part-time acting program. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading KERRY WATTERSON C/O New Perspectives Theatre 456 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 kerrwatt@gmail.com (347) 665-3599 1 student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing Private coaching with a professional teacher-casting director. Other: Young Performers; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/ Cold Reading WICKHAM VOCAL STUDIOS Performers Career Center 249 W. 34th St., Ste. 707 New York, NY 10001 admin@vocalstudios.com www.vocalstudios.com (646) 473-0900, Fax: (646) 473-2005 12-16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program. Professional development in performance; emphasis on vocal technique. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading WICKHAM VOCAL STUDIOS 249 W. 34th St., Ste. 707 New York, NY 10001 www.vocalstudios.com (646) 473-0900, Fax: (646) 473-2005 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing and by sessions; Work/study offered The program is geared toward developing a solid acting technique in vocalists. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO 208 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 esperstudio@gmail.com www.esperstudio.com (212) 904-1350, Fax: (212) 904-1349 22 students maximum per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study for second year students. Dedicated to the work of Sanford Meisner and William Esper and the proposition that acting is a creative art and true excellence in its practice may only be achieved through total mastery of technical craft. Two-year professional actor training program. Six-week summer intensives also available. Classes include script analysis, cold reading, auditioning, voice/speech, Alexander Technique, classical text, movement, mask, and on-camera (film and TV). Other: On-Camera Technique JOHN WINDSOR-CUNNINGHAM 433 W 34th St. #2E New York, NY 10001 jwcactor@yahoo.com (347) 633-0398 8 students average per class, private coaching; All Levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing; Work study available. Working on British plays for American actors. Mainly private coaching. FLORENCE WINSTON New York, NY (212) 541-7600 Private coaching and small groups; All levels; Ongoing Private coaching and small classes are a blend of Stanislavsky, Carnovsky, Meisner, and Stella Adler. WITCOVER ACTING STUDIO Walt Witcover 40 W. 22nd St. New York, NY 10010 witcover@yahoo.com www.witcover.org (212) 691-4367, Fax: (212) 989-7274 1-2 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Structured, practical training from the inside out. Author of “Living on Stage: Acting From the Inside Out: A Practical Process.” Special attention given to the actor-singer with the “seven-step sonnet solution” for verse and song. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ALAN WYNROTH 61 Morton St. New York, NY 10014 awynroth@aol.com (212) 675-9267, Fax: (212) 675-9267 1 student per class; All levels; By session Individual attention to monologues and callbacks (cold reading or rehearsed); focus on specific personal choices in response to the spoken text. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading NATASHA YANNACANEDO of The New York Acting Company St. Francis College, Communication Art Department 180 Remsen St Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 natashatheactress@yahoo.com www.nyactingcompany.com (646) 391-6136 One student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Private coaching offered in contemporary and classical work in a safe, nurturing, noncompetitive environment where actors hone their craft, allowing them to take risks and grow as artists. Other: Young Performers; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique SHANE ANN YOUNTS New York, NY say1@nyu.edu www.shaneannyounts.com (212) 877-2567 12 -13 students average; Auditing is permitted.; 2 year program runs Oct.-June Specializing in voice and speech for actors, emphasizing vocal ease, range, and flexibility, Ms. Younts teaches actors to strengthen their vocal stamina, eliminate their regionalisms, clarify their speech without sounding phony, and develop a resonant, flexible voice. She also prepares actors to work on their own and to analyze a text in-depth. Advanced class includes detailed work on Shakespeare’s monologues. Private coaching and audition coaching available. Shane Ann has been teaching in New York City for over twenty-six years. Her former students are currently appearing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theaters, film and television. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading ZINA JASPER SCENE STUDY 11 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10023 (212) 873-2370, Fax: (212) 873-2370 15-17 students average per class; Intermediate and Advanced; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Private coach works one-on-one with actors for auditions and on scripts in preparation for upcoming or current roles in film, TV, and theater; contemporary and classical scene-study class for the intermediate and advanced actor. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique Audition Technique/Cold Reading AUDITION MONOLOGUES WITH KAREN KOHLHAAS C/O Atlantic Acting School 76 Ninth Ave., Ste. 537 New York, NY 10011 www.monologueaudition.com (212) 252-4200 8 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; Five-week monologue sessions, three-week cold reading/audition technique session, and one-day seminars A complete approach to monologues with the author of “The Monologue Audition” and director of the DVD “The Monologue Audition Video.” Workshops also available. BARBARA SPIEGEL THEATRE WORKSHOPS 500 W. 43rd St. New York, NY 10036 sbejoy@aol.com (212) 465-9477, Fax: (212) 465-9497 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted. All areas and methods, including classical and contemporary. Periodically teaches group classes. JOHN BASIL American Globe Theatre Conservatory 145 W. 46th St. New York, NY 10036 john@americanglobe.org (212) 869-9809 One-on-one coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Classical audition coach. Specializes in Shakespeare. Over 25 years of teaching experience. BILL GALARNO 461 W. 44th St., Ste. 1-E New York, NY 10036 willgala@hotmail.com (212) 765-9002 1-3 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted Preparation for audition/performance with working actor-director: monologues, scenes, dialects, and songs. Explore text, style, language for Shakespeare, comedy, musicals, and more. GLENN ALTERMAN STUDIO glenn@glennalterman.com www.glennalterman.com (212) 769-7928 One-on-one personalized coaching only; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing For actors looking for exciting and rarely done audition monologues. Total audition preparation from entrance to exit. All levels and ages, flexible scheduling, numerous classes, reasonable rates. Author of “The Perfect Audition Monologue,” “An Actors Guide- Making it in New York,” and “Creating Your Own Monologue.” Has been teaching for 19 years. THE GOLDSTON STUDIO FOR MIME P.O. Box 974 New York, NY 10011 goldmine@aol.com www.goldmime.com (917) 776-4333 All levels Private coaching on a limited basis. Gregg Goldston’s contemporary style of mime and 25-year touring career offer the improviser, standup, actor, and mime a broad base of movement training. Specializing in physical comedy, mime, and solo performance development. PAUL HARMAN paulharman@mindspring.com www.auditionsuccess.com (212) 252-4767 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Emphasis on musical theater. The actor is provided with a clearly delineated process that will support him or her in the crafting of any song and result in an audition that is professional, thoughtful, emotionally true, and delightfully impressive. PRUDENCE HOLMES, THE MONOLOGUE DETECTIVE 123 W. 93rd St., #2E New York, NY 10025 prudenceholmes@hotmail.com www.prudenceholmes.com (917) 723-0164 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Coaching for over 25 years. Emphasis on monologue selection and audition preparation. JACK POGGI, MONOLOGUE COACH 880 W. 181st St., Apt. 4B New York, NY 10033 jp.actor@verizon.net (212) 928-6882/cell (646) 418-8933, Fax: 212) 928-6882 Private coaching; Intermediate and advanced levels Emphasis on finding, rehearsing, and performing monologues for auditions. Author of “The Monologue Workshop.” JACK WALTZER ACTING WORKSHOPS 5 Minetta St., Apt. 2B New York, NY 10012 info@jackwaltzer.com www.jackwaltzer.com (212) 473-7056/(212) 840-1234 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Workshops on technique, sense memory, improv, cold reading, and scene study. Private coaching for specific roles. Also available in Los Angeles, London, and Paris. JEFFREY D. STOCKER - FILM ACTING STUDIO 90 Lexington Ave., Ste. 1H New York, NY 10016 studio-90-lexs@prodigy.net www.filmactingstudio.com (212) 725-3437 Private coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing and by sessions On-camera, monologues, scene study, audition/pre-shoot coaching, career consultation, reader’s theater workshop (a production showcase to which casting directors and agents are invited). Original cold reading technique for stage and film. Other: On-Camera Technique KIMBERLY VAUGHN PERFORMANCE STUDIO New York, NY performingcoach@optonline.net kimberlyvaughnperformancestudio.com (212) 340-9598 8-10 students average per class.; Advanced beginner, intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing as well as a 4-6 week workshop Teacher, regional director, and Broadway producer coaching for stage, TV/film, and cabaret. Musical performance audition-technique classes and private coaching for monologues, auditions, career coaching. Master classes with widely known industry casting directors, agents, composers, and directors. ROBERT MARKS 850 Seventh Ave., Ste. 804 New York, NY 10019 bob@bobmarks.com www.bobmarks.com (212) 365-4840, Fax: (212) 245-4120 1 student average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Musical audition coaching. Private sessions to prepare for singing auditions. WILLIAM METZO 300 W. 55th St., Apt. 17-S New York, NY 10019 www.williammetzo.com (212) 956-8294 6 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Emphasis on auditions, Shakespeare. RUTH NERKEN 10 W. 66th St., Apt. 12G New York, NY 10023 ruthnerken@yahoo.com (212) 362-5277 1 student average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Private coaching for on-camera and stage. NINA MURANO STUDIO 300 W 43rd St., 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 ninamurano@mac.com www.ninamurano.com (646) 220-6142 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted once; By sessions Meisner-based full training program. Accepts students wanting to continue training. Other: On-Camera Technique KAREN PORTER WHITE 410 E. Sixth St., #16B New York, NY 10009 kpwsdt@yahoo.com (646) 265-3767, Fax: (212) 677-8134 8 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Work/study is offered Classes and private coaching on audition technique. Michael Shurtleff’s only authorized “audition guideposts” instructor in New York. STEVE POTFORA New York, NY stevepotfora@gmail.com facebook/steve potfora (212) 496-8864 All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Result-oriented, with clients in almost every show on Broadway. Coaching to improve marketability in musical theater auditions. Classes are held on the Upper West Side, Manhattan. ROBERT DAGNY’S PERFORMER AUDITION PACKAGE P.O. Box 852 FDR Station New York, NY 10150-0852 robert@actorsauditioncoaching.com www.actorsauditioncoaching.com (212) 371-8258 Private one-on-one sessions; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Creator of “The Performer Audition Package.” Custom-directed coaching on film, TV, and stage monologues, scenes, musical numbers, and tailor-made cabaret acts. SARA LAZARUS STUDIO saralazarus@comcast.com (973) 218-0417 10 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes in midtown Manhattan. Musical theater audition and performance technique; private coaching on monologues, scenes, and songs. Currently on staff at the Circle in the Square Theater School in NYC. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study DENISE SIMON P.O.Box 5 South Salem, NY 10590 denisesimon@optonline.net www.denisesimonactorsworkshop.com (212) 501-2484 Small classes. Size varies.; All levels; Auditing is not permitted.; Ongoing Private coaching, ages 6 and up. Emphasis on audition coaching as well as business consultation. Group classes available. THE SINGING EXPERIENCE Linda Amiel Burns, Director 215 E. 24th St., Ste. 326 New York, NY 10010 linda@singingexperience.com www.singingexperience.com (212) 315-3500 12-15 students per class; All levels; No auditing.; By sessions A complete performance workshop that concentrates on technique, singing out with confidence, lyric interpretation, and choosing material, all in a nurturing, supportive atmosphere. Private coaching available and cabaret acts prepared and directed. ALICE SPIVAK C/O Three of Us Studios 39 W. 19th St. New York, NY 10011 alice.spivak@gmail.com (212) 924-0561 22 students average per class; Advanced level; Auditing is permitted; By sessions Teaches only in the spring, fall, and winter; Offers work/study program. Stanislavsky technique in scene study. Author of “How to Rehearse When There is No Rehearsal - Acting and the Media.” STEVEN DITMYER-DITMYER STUDIO 484 W. 43rd St., #35S New York, NY 10036 sditmyer@aol.com (917) 915-1175, Fax: (212) 643-5440 One-on-one coaching; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Meisner-trained teacher-director who most recently worked with the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater and the DiverseCity Theatre Company. WEIST-BARRON ACTING FOR TELEVISION & FILM Valerie Adami, Director 35 W. 45th St., 6th fl. New York, NY 10036 weistbarron@earthlink.net www.weistbarron.com (212) 840-7025 10 students average per class; All levels plus showcase programs; Auditing is permitted and free; By sessions “Whatever your technique, the camera is the great equalizer.” Prepares actors for the real world of on-camera casting and performance. Classes and workshops for technique, improv, on-camera scene classes. Also classes for teens/children and toddlers. Other: On-Camera Technique Business of Acting JANICE HOFFMAN Career and Lifestyle Coaching New York, NY www.successissweetest.com (917) 208-0779 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Private coaching and workshops aimed on developing a client’s best work by designing better goals, breaking through inertia, and developing new and creative ways of doing things. BRIAN O’NEIL Acting as a Business 322 E. 89th St., #1B New York, NY 10128 www.actingasabusiness.com (212) 459-4502, Fax: (212) 369-3814 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions Classes concentrate on monologue preparation and delivery as well as career strategy. One-on-one career development and coaching services for actors available as well. Author of “Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success.” Former talent agent and manager. SUE PORTER HENDERSON Career Counselor 360 E. 65th St., Ste. 15-E New York, NY 10065 sue@hendersonenterprises.com www.hendersonenterprises.com (212) 472-2292, Fax: (212) 472-5999 40 students average per class. Private coaching also available.; All levels; Some free workshops and events available Teaches actors the business of acting, so they may better promote their career and pursue it to the highest level. Helps avoid many pitfalls and the unnecessary waste of time and money. Also can help actors find the right agent. TAM THE ACTOR’S MARKET 331 W. 57th St., Ste. 173 New York, NY 10019 info@theactorsmarket.com www.thetamstore.com (212) 595-9001 12-15 students per seminar; also private coaching; All levels; Ongoing; Offers work/study program. TAM is a marketing firm for actors that includes: Marketing packages; career coaching; monologue coaching, commercial prepping, and image consulting among its many services. Also produces seminars, “Auditions for the Industry,” in New York City and Los Angeles. Classical SHAKESPEARE - WITH RON SONG DESTRO Ron Song Destro New York, NY www.shakespeareclass.org (917) 627-2334 Destro is a Kennedy Center award winning playwright, actor, director, and teacher. He is the founding director of BoAR and the Oxford Shake-speare Company. Destro offers a four-week focus class on Shakespeare in the RADA method that emphasizes voice, movement, and text. Eight week performance workshop with training and rehearsals leading to a public performance of a Shakespeare play. At the end of each month is “Agent Night” where agents and casting directors watch and comment on student work. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study Improv and Comedy AMERICAN COMEDY INSTITUTE Stephen Rosenfield, Director 481 Eighth Ave., Rm. 736 New York, NY 10001 info@comedyinstitute.com www.comedyinstitute.com (212) 279-6980, Fax: (212) 279-6981 14 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing One-year professional comprehensive program in comedy performing and writing. Also offer standup comedy workshops covering comedy writing, improvisation, sketch comedy, sitcom audition technique, commercial technique, and acting. Professional program culminates in an industry showcase at Gotham Comedy Club. Also offer individual classes and private writing sessions to create a standup set. GOTHAM CITY IMPROV 48 W. 21 St., 8th fl. New York, NY 10010 info@gothamcityimprov.com www.gothamcityimprov.com (212) 367-8222, Fax: (212) 367-8185 10 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions and ongoing; Offers work/study program Sister Company of the L.A. based Groundlings, short and long-form improvisational comedy classes for writing and character development. Students perform at the theater. Learn and perform in a supportive environment. Other: Young Performers GS IMPROV Greg Sullivan, Instructor Producers Club Theatre 358 W. 44th St. New York, NY classes@gsimprov.com www.gsimprov.com 13 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted, first semester free to new students.; By sessions Improvisational comedy acting. Mixes short and long-form styles. Admission strictly by audition. IMPROVOLUTION! Holly Mandel The Players Theatre Studios 115 MacDougal St. New York, NY 10012 info@improvolution.org www.hollymandel.com or www.improvolution.org (212) 696-6893 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions and ongoing Fundamentals of improv in a safe, supportive, non-competitive and fun environment inspired by the Groundlings and its character-based approach. Students learn how to be a good improviser who can play in all situations and all formats. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study; Audition Technique/Cold Reading MAGNET THEATER 254 W. 29th St. New York, NY 10001 classes@magnettheater.com www.magnettheater.com (212) 244-8824 Class size varies; All levels; Free introductory class; Ongoing and by session; Internship program available Magnet is an improvisational comedy theater and improv school in New York City, located a few blocks below Madison Square Garden in Chelsea. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study JOY NEWMAN Founder, The Grown-Up’s Playground New York Comedy Club 241 E. 24th St. New York, NY 10010 (212) 714-8275 Number of students per class varies; All levels; Auditing is permitted (free sample class); Ongoing Classes are taught in a comfortable, relaxed environment. Improv helps actors to develop characters, build confidence, and be quick on their feet. Action/reaction. Emotional work. Pantomime, aka space work, etc. Also offers writing classes for actors. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading THE SECOND CITY TRAINING CENTER NYC Programs 1616 N. Wells St. Chicago, IL 60614 nholly@secondcity.com www.secondcity.com (312) 475-3563, Fax: (312) 664-9837 8-16 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions; Offers work/study program. Classes and workshops. Improvisation, sketch, and comedy writing. TOM SOTER AT THE WINGNUT COMEDY STUDIO 1264 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10027 soterink@earthlink.net www.tomsoter.com or www.sundaynightimprov.com (212) 316-4916 5-10 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; Ongoing Classes concentrate on characters and scene work. Also hosts Sunday Night Improv Jam Session. Studio address: 78th Street Theater Lab, 236 W. 78th St., New York, NY, 10024. On-Camera Technique ACTORS CONNECTION Lisa Gold, Owner/President Tony Nation, Owner 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1410 New York, NY 10036 contactus@actorsconnection.com www.actorsconnection.com (212) 977-6666, Fax: (212) 765-4274 18-22 students average per seminar; Intermediate and advanced levels for seminars and classes, not for beginners; No auditing; By sessions (seminars) and ongoing classes Professional actors educational and networking facility. Casting director and agent workshops where monologues, scenes, songs, and/or commercial copy are presented in varied settings, one-on-one or in groups. THE ART OF VOICE-OVERS Steve Harris 241 E. 76th St. New York, NY 10021 info@theartofvoiceny.com www.theartofvoiceny.com (212) 517-8616 As small as 2 students per workshop as well as private coaching.; Beginner and advanced levels; Auditing is not permitted All inclusive training for on-camera commercials and voiceovers with state-of-the-art digital demo reel production. Private master-level coaching available as well as small group workshops. DAVID CADY Long Dog Enterprises 30-2315 River Court Jersey City, NJ 07310 dcrazmo@aol.com www.davidcady.com (201) 222-3314 12 students average per class; Beginning level; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions On-camera commercial audition techniques. RON MILLKIE 400 W. 43rd St. New York, NY 10036 rmillkie@aol.com www.officerdorf.com (212) 724-2800 7-12 students per class; All levels; Ongoing Millkie’s class offerings emphasize a Meisner-Plus approach. Saturday afternoon classes available, as well as scene nights. ON CAMERA Catherine Russell, Teacher Duffy Theater 1627 Broadway (at 50th Street) New York, NY 10019 postarvis@aol.com www.oncamera-newyork.com (212) 840-3257, Fax: (212) 921-7928 8-12 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; By sessions On-camera work on cold readings of monologues and scenes. Three-hour classes; each student works twice every class. PETER KELLEY ACTING 601 W. 26th St., Ste. 1762 New York, NY 10013 www.actingonfilm.com 10-12 students average per class; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted; Ongoing Rigorous, text-based training that focuses specifically on film technique and process for the experienced actor. All work is taped and screened. Voice/Dialects/Accent Reduction ROBERT STECKO - VOCAL COACH New York, NY pro.voice@yahoo.com (212) 580-0399 The musical director/arranger for Jane Olivor and several Broadway productions offers professional preparation and consultation services for auditions, shows, and cabaret acts. Stecko teaches song interpretation techniques covering subtext, emotion, lyrics, character, and style. For cabaret performance, he offers direction in song selection, song structure, set list, pacing, monologue, and movement as well as custom arrangements for any vocal performance. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study Young Performers A CLASS ACT NY Jessica Rofe, Artistic Director 200 W 60th St, Ste 28 E New York, NY 10023 info@aclassactny.com www.aclassactny.com (212) 479-8480 Space is limited; All levels; Ongoing Musical theater and drama classes as well as a Broadway camp program and on-camera weekend workshops for kids and teens. Educators are professional industry folk including Broadway veterans as well as casting directors and talent agents. BROADWAY ARTISTS ALLIANCE Musical Theater Intensive for Teens 344 W. 46th St., Ste. 1F New York, NY 10018 info@broadwayartistsalliance.org www.broadwayartistsalliance.org (212) 561-9429/(646) 709-9918 15 students average per master class, 65 per camp session/summer intensive; Intermediate and advanced levels; Auditing is permitted on scheduled dates; By sessions Curriculum integrates dance, drama, and music. Instructors are Broadway performers, dancers, directors, choreographers, and composers. Admittance by application and national auditions. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading CAREER BREAKTHROUGHS UNLIMITED, INC Susan Campochiaro Confrey - Owner & Transformational Coach info@cbucoaching.com www.cbucoaching.com (212) 978-0715 10-16 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By session and some classes ongoing Coaching in the business of acting. Acting classes, three day intensives, monologue and musical theater coaching, comedian workshops. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CHICAGO CITY LIMITS 318 West 53rd St., Ste 207 New York, NY 10019 info@chicagocitylimits.com www.chicagocitylimits.com (212) 888-5233, Fax: (212) 888-0810 10-15 students per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted for some classes; By sessions; Offers work/study program (interns take classes for free). Classes teach the improv techniques of the theatrically-based, emotionally-grounded comedy style used by the performers of CCL. Other: Improv and Comedy THE CHILDREN’S ACTING ACADEMY Monica May And Mimi Stuart, Directors 25 Bartels Place New Rochelle, NY 10801 mimi@childrensactingacademy.com www.childrensactingacademy.com (212) 860-7101 8-10 students per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions A professional theater program for the shy or outgoing, with emphasis on speech, improv, scene study, and performance. Classes after school or on Saturday. Admission by interview and audition. Other: Acting Technique/Scene Study; Improv and Comedy; Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique CITY LIGHTS YOUTH THEATRE Melissa Fenton Herrod, Executive Director 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1411 New York, NY 10036 program@clyouththeatre.org www.clyouththeatre.org (212) 262-0200, Fax: (212) 262-1888 15 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted; By sessions: fall and spring semesters and special summer program; No work/study program, but does offer teaching and administrative internships. Afterschool and Saturday classes for ages 3-19. Age-appropriate instruction in acting, musical theater, and playwriting, as well as opportunities to perform in full-scale productions. SUSANNA DALTON 146 E. 49th St. New York, NY 10017 tvcoach911@aol.com (212) 980-1971 6 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is permitted; Eight-week sessions and coaching by appointment On-camera and voice-over coaching, demo production, acting for TV/film, commercials, broadcasting, hosting, and music videos. Master instant script analysis, camera worthy acting choices, cold readings, cue cards, industry interviewing, marketing/career strategy, and image makeover. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading; On-Camera Technique IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER FOR CHILDREN Vivian B. Teich, Dir. 50 Central Park West, #4B New York, NY 10023 (212) 874-5054 15-20 students average per class; All levels; Auditing permitted in most classes; Ongoing and by sessions Classes for children in a theater setting. KIDS LOVE ACTING At Weist-Barron Studios Sharon Richardson, Children’s Director 35 W. 45th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10036 (212) 874-1081, (212) 840-7025, Fax: (212) 768-8918 10 students per class; All levels, children 5 to 12; Free interview/consultation used instead of auditing; By sessions Workshops focus on professional-quality acting for commercials, film, TV, and stage in a nurturing environment. Classes include: commercials, improv, acting technique and scene study for film, TV, and stage, auditions/cold readings, monologues, musical theater, and showcases. Children ages 5 to 12. LIZ CAPLAN VOCAL STUDIOS 324 W. 23rd St., Ste. 3B New York, NY 10011 lizcaplan@mac.com www.lizcaplan.com (212) 645-9369/ (866) SING-OUT, Fax: (212) 645-9369 (also fax) 12 students average per class; All levels; Auditing is not permitted/No drop in visitors; Ongoing Musical theater/pop/rock singing technique. College workshops, master classes, private coaching, and group classes available. Other: Audition Technique/Cold Reading
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