The following is a list of New York- area stage and film acting schools, teachers, and coaches organized in alphabetically. Those asterisked (*) were contacted, but did not respond by press time; they were accurate as of September, 2002.
Entries are divided into six categories: Acting Technique, Children/Teens, Comedy/Improv, Mono-logue/Audition/ Coaching, Multi-purpose, and On-Camera (Film/TV/ Commercial). For alphabetical listing by category, see the Quick Reference Chart on page A12
Each of the entries contains the following information, if applicable: a) name of school, b) address, c) phone number, e) number of years experience or in operation, f) average number of students in the class, g) whether beginners, intermediate, or advanced students are taught, h) if auditing is permitted, i) whether classes are ongoing or by sessions, and j) any special emphasis used in classes or coaching. Descriptions of the class, school, or coaching are provided by the instructor. Editing of listings is at the discretion of Back Stage.
If any schools or names have been omitted, contact B.L. Rice in writing so that we may include you in our next listing: c/o Back Stage, 770 Broadway, 4th floor, New York, NY 10003, .
ABRONS ARTS CENTER
HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT THEATER PROGRAM
466 Grand St.
New York, NY 10002
(212) 598-0400/fax (212) 388-1418
Email: HSSTheater@aol.com
Website: www.HenryStreet.org
109 years in operation.
15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
American method acting and other techniques to develop actors for a culturally diverse theatre.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ACTeen
c/o Rita Litton, dir.
at Weist-Barron Studios
35 W. 45 St.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 391-5915
Email: rita@acteen.com
Website: www.acteen.com
25 years in operation.
8-12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions; year-round and summer academy.
Film, television, commercials, improvisation, auditioning, musical theatre, movement, Shakespeare, speech, voice, directing, script writing, monologues, agent & casting director showcases, private coaching, specialized for ages 13-20.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*ACTING CLASSES IN
NEW JERSEY
TNT Actors Group
PO Box 114
South Orange, NJ 07079
(973) 447-0650
15 years acting/six years teaching.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Based on Meisner and Stanislavski techniques. Learn to work from instinct. Classes for adults (18 and up).
Acting School Category: Acting Technique, Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTING CREATIVELY WITH KERRY LEA
122 W. 26 St., 2nd fl.
New York, NY 10001
(646) 336-7985/fax (646) 336-7986
Email: ActingCreatively@aol.com
Website: www.ActingCreatively.com
7 years of teaching experience (Kerry Lea).
3 years in operation (Acting Creatively).
12 students average per class.
All levels.
No auditing permitted.
Classes by sessions, workshops, and private coaching.
Kerry Lea offers classes & coaching to kids and teens. Classes are based on improvisation and character development, with focuses on everything from theatre to commercials. Industry showcases included.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTING/DIRECTING AT
THE TISH STUDIO
c/o Hill
47 Perry St., #5C
New York, NY 10014
Phone/fax (212) 929-4156
8-10 students maximum per class.
Beginners and intermediate.
Auditing—open to discussion.
By sessions and ongoing.
Gentle though detailed approach to discovering a process of acting and directing for theatre/camera emphasizing supportive encouragement, personal expression and growth, release and relief for those stuck in the corporate grind.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTING FOR CAMERA
Maria Greco, Tony Greco
The Film Center Building
630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 702
New York, NY 10036
(212) 247-2011
30 years in operation.
10 students or less per class.
From beginners to advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted by arrangement.
Ongoing.
Audition techniques for commercials, films, soaps, theatre, and business affairs.
Special emphasis in classes on cold reading.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE ACTING PLACE
Loukas Skipitaris, dir.
32-15 38 St. (near Kaufman-Astoria Studios)
Astoria, NY 11103
(718) 721-7610
Email: theactingplace@aol.com
Website: www.theactingplace.com
24 years in operation.
One-on-one and classes of no more than ten actors.
All levels.
An ongoing acting workshop.
Acceptance and enrollment only after free interview.
"The Core of the Creative Center" approach to acting.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
ACTINGSCENE
484 W. 43 St., #10-C
New York, NY 10036
(212) 695-9101
Website: www.actingscene.com
5 years in operation/of experience.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing fee charged.
Private sessions and group classes.
ActingScene prepares students for an ever-competitive and fast-paced entertainment career emphasizing industry demands and individual artistic expression.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTING TRAINING WITH KATHRYN ROSSETTER
325 W. 45 St., # 207
New York, NY 10036
(212) 946-5135/fax (212) 262-6612
Email: NYKass@aol.com
7 years in operation.
10 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Private coaching available.
Classes consist of technique and scene study combining Meisner and Strasberg. Students receive intense individual attention preparing them for work in all areas of theatre, film & TV. Also a specialist in teaching stand-up comics to act.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ACTION THEATRE
CONSERVATORY
68 Union Ave.
Clifton, NJ 07011
(973) 772-6998/fax (973) 772-7684
Email: www.atcstudios.org
12 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Classes in acting, musical theatre, improvisation, on-camera acting, TV commercial, dance, and children's theatre.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTOR MARKETING
666 Fifth Ave., Ste. 323
New York, NY 10103
Phone/Fax (888) 889-9009
WebsIte: www.actormarketing.biz
19 years in operation.
Private one-on-one.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Career strategy sessions, marathon seminars, personal introductions to agents, casting directors, the industry. A system whereby an actor works one-on-one with a career coach/mentor to market their talent to the TV, film, theatre industry. Three-, six-, and 12-month programs.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
ACTORS ADVENT LTD.
Esther Brandice, dir.
212 W. 29 St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 627-0854/fax (212) 627-0638
28 years in operation.
7 students maximum per workshop.
All levels—contemporary through classics.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Audition material and stage technique. On-camera/commercials/soap. Professional and career guidelines. Private coaching available. Free brochure upon request. Cold reading skills—voice & diction, improvisational theatre, stage presence, commitment; responsibility to the craft.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTORS AND WRITERS LAB
Diane Shalet, dir., teaching associate of the late Robert "Bobby" Lewis (17 yrs.), and published author ("Grief in a Sunny Climate," St. Martin's Press).
(212) 245-8411
26 years in operation/experience.
15-20 students average per class.
All levels.
No auditing permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Actors Workshop: Technique, scene study; Writers Workshop: Acting technique for novelists, playwrights, and screenwriters. Interactive workshop for actors and writers: Ongoing workshop to create and develop material.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ACTORS AT MOTION/BELINDA MELLO
c/o Belinda Mello
314 Eighth Ave., #3L
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 788-0620
Email: bmello@AlexanderMotion.com
Website: www.AlexanderMotion.com
14 years in operation/of experience.
Six students average per class.
All levels.
No auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Alexander Technique: physical preparation and movement training for actors, dancers, and musicians; private coaching, group classes, and workshops.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique (Alexander Technique/movement)
THE ACTORS CENTER
12 W. 27 St., Ste. 1700
New York, NY 10001
(212) 447-6309
Website: www.theactorscenter.org
7 years in operation.
Classes limited to 12 students.
Intermediate and advanced level students.
Auditing is not permitted.
Admission by audition only.
Classes offered by session, with both classical and contemporary emphases.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
ACTORS CONNECTION
Lisa Gold, owner & president
Tony Nation, operations mgr.
630 9th Ave., Ste. 1410
New York, NY 10036
(212) 977-6666
Email: info@ActorsConnection.com
Website: www.actorsconnection.com
12 years in operation.
18-22 actors per seminar.
Intermediate and advanced levels for seminars and classes.
Ongoing (classes) and by sessions (seminars).
Trained actors network with casting directors and agents, as well as fellow actors. Monologues, scenes, songs, and/or commercial copy is presented in varied settings; one on one, or groups.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ACTORS CONSERVATORY
Elaine Aiken, Lily Lodge, dirs.
750 8th Ave., Studio 400-401
New York, NY 10036
(212) 764-0543/fax (212) 580-5021
Email: actorsconservatory@netzero.com
Website: www.actorsconservatory.org
19 years in operation.
8-22 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Development of the actor with sense memory techniques.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
ACTORS GESTALT WITH RICHARD ZANE ROSS
324 E. 85 St.
New York, NY 10028
(212) 794-8983/fax (212) 794-8983 (call before faxing)
Email: theactorsgestalt@att.net or
gestaltkid@att.net
20 years experience.
One or two actors' single session
or 5-20 packages.
Intermediate and advanced (some beginners).
"Unlimited Expression," workshop or coaching: character development via "Pathological Expressive Gesture" (PEG). Monologue and scene work: individual or scene partners as above. Specialities: Directing monologues and cold reading techniques for audition and dissolving emotional and physical limitations.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose.
THE ACTORS INSTITUTE
159 W. 25th St., 9th fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 924-8888/fax (212) 627-5045
Email: enrollment@tairesources.com
Website: www.tairesources.com
25 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
No more than 15 students per group.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted by appointment, free of charge.
By sessions and ongoing.
Stress on individual's creativity as a core approach to art and acting.
Strong emphasis on combining physicality with text work and practical application of all facets of the artistic framework from scene study to audition technique. Classical and contemporary work introduced through new approaches. Career coaching and developmental skills stressed.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTORS LOFT SEMINARS
Maggie Maes
Classes are held at 250 W. 54 St., NYC.
(212) 358-5003
Email: actorsloft@aol.com
15 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Classes by appointment.
10-12 students average per class.
One-day audition seminars for cold reading/ monologue/songs with casting directors from prime time television, soaps, NY theatre, and musical theatre casting directors.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTORS MOVEMENT STUDIO
PO Box 1098
New York, NY 10018
(212) 736-3309/fax (212) 736-2596
Email: ams@actorsmovementstudio.com
Website: www.actorsmovementstudio.com
24 years in operation.
12-18 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Williamson Movement Technique, origins in Meisner Technique and modern dance, was designed to expand and develop the actor's instrument, from physical flexibility and freedom to advanced character, impediments, and period styles of: Elizabethan, Restoration, and Victorian. Also offers free intro classes.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Children/Teens; Multipurpose
ACTORTEC
Ken Schatz, artistic dir.
106 Hicks St. #4A
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 625-8372
Email: info@actortec.com
Website: www.actortec.com
2 years in operation.
Class size varies.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Comprehensive personal and project coaching, workshops, and group classes for professionals: acting technique, scene study, monologue and audition preparation, voice, speech, dialects, movement, improvisation, and physical character work.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ACTORS THEATRE WORKSHOP, INC.
Thurman E. Scott, artistic dir. and founder
145 W. 28 St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 947-1386
Over 25 years in operation.
All levels.
By sessions.
Professional acting technique with an emphasis on development of the imagination and leading to the creation of original work.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
ACTORS TRAINING INSTITUTE
PO Box 2096
91 Monmouth St.
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732) 219-0055/fax (732) 219-0098
Email: ati@cps.net
14 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Stanislavsky, Meisner, Method, audition, and monologue techniques, radio/TV voice-over techniques, foreign dialects.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
ALLISON ADLER
(212) 252-3704
12 years in operation.
All levels.
By session.
My coaching technique is based on the Stella Adler technique (Stanislavsky method).
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
STELLA ADLER STUDIO
OF ACTING
31 W. 27 St., 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 689-0087/(800) 270-6775/fax (212) 689-6110
Email: info@stellaadler.com
Website: www.stellaadler.com
52 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Focus on acclaimed Stella Adler technique of acting.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
GLENN ALTERMAN'S
FINDING/REHEARSING/
PERFORMING THE "PERFECT" MONOLOGUE
(212) 769-7928
Website: www.glennalterman.com
14 years teaching experience.
One-on-one personalized coaching only.
All levels; flexible scheduling; reasonable rates.
Auditing is not permitted.
For actors looking for exciting and rarely done audition monologues. Total audition preparation from entrance to exit. Also for actors who wish to "create" their own monologues. Taught by the author of "An Actors Guide—Making It In New York," "Creating Your Own Monologue," and the recently released "Two Minutes and Under—Volume 2" (original character monologues for actors)
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
DRAMATIC ARTS
120 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10016
(212) 686-0620/fax (212) 696-1284
Email: admissions-ny@aada.org
Website: www.aada.org
118 years in operation (founded 1884).
Never more than 16 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
The Academy offers comprehensive conservatory training for professional careers. In addition to the accredited full-time program, there are part-time Saturday and evening classes and summer school.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
AMERICAN COMEDY INSTITUTE ONE-YEAR PROGRAM
481 Eighth Ave., Rm. 736
New York, NY 10001
(212) 247-5555/fax (212) 247-5568
Email: info@comedyinstitute.com
Website: www.comedyinstitute.com
13 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
Admission by audition.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
One-year comprehensive program in comedy performing and writing. Courses in stand-up comedy, comedy writing, improvisation, sketch comedy, sitcom audition technique, commercial technique, and acting. Program culminates in an industry showcase at Carolines.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
AMERICAN GLOBE THEATRE CONSERVATORY
145 W. 46th St.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 869-9809/fax (212) 869-9807
Website: www.Americanglobe.org
18 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Classical, especially First Folio Technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
THE AMERICAN MIME THEATRE
61 Fourth Ave., 2nd fl.
New York, NY 10003
(212) 777-1710
Email: AmMime@aol.com
Website: www.americanmime.org.
Paul J. Curtis, dir.
Jean Barbour, asst. dir.
50 years in operation.
15-20 students average per class.
All levels plus a company trainee program.
Auditing: A prerequisite to studying followed by an interview.
Ongoing.
"American Mime" is an art form created by the Director, Paul J. Curtis; it is a blending of acting and moving simultaneously, a silent theatre totally different from the French tradition.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
AMERICAN MUSICAL AND
DRAMATIC ACADEMY (AMDA)
2109 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
(212) 787-5300/fax (212) 799-4623
Website: www.AMDA.edu
Founded in 1964.
20 students average per class.
Intermediate & advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Full-time two-year program/15 weeks per session.
AMDA offers two programs in a conservatory setting. Integrated program offers training in singing, acting, and dance. Studio program trains students in acting for stage, film, and television.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
ANANIA STUDIO
306 W. 38 St., Ste. 1207
New York, NY 10018
(212) 279-0707
20 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
All classes taught are from a Meisner perspective. Advanced scene study also taught.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV)
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY ACTING SCHOOL
453 W. 16 St.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 691-5919
Email: Admissions@atlantictheater.org
Website: www.atlantictheater.org
19 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted: $20 fee.
By sessions.
Teaches the Practical Aesthetics Technique, developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy ("Fargo"), and outlined in "A Practical Handbook for the Actor." We emphasize clarity through script analysis and moment-to-moment work.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
THE AUDITION STUDIO
Margaret H. Burns, acting teacher/ independent casting dir..
(212) 229-7752
10 years of teaching experience.
All levels.
Admission by interview.
Auditing is permitted with permission of instructor.
Six-week sessions: On camera.
Private coaching for monologues and auditions by appointment.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV)
AUDITIONING WITH
MONOLOGUES
Classes with Karen Kohlhaas, author of "The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors" (foreword by David Mamet).
Founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company & senior acting teacher at the Atlantic's school.
(212) 252-4200
Email: MonologuesKarenK@aol.com
Website: www.KarenKohlhaas.com
15 years teaching experience.
8 students only per class.
6-week workshops.
For actors with some experience; not a suitable first acting class.
Six-class basic workshops and three-class advanced workshops held throughout the year.
Completely addresses monologue auditions: acting, staging, and audition technique. Students can complete three monologues per session
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
RON AUGUST
516 E. 83rd St.
New York, NY 10028
(212) 861-4528
20 years teaching experience.
10-15 students average per class.
Advanced levels.
Auditing by permission.
By sessions and ongoing.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Multipurpose
THE TED BARDY STUDIO, INC.
Instructors: Ted Bardy and Glen Vincent
Classes/coaching sessions held in Union Square area.
(212) 769-7666
Email: Bardted@aol.com
Website: www.tedbardy.com
18-plus years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is occasionally permitted.
Ongoing.
Utilizing Stanislavski-derived approaches, the Ted Bardy Studio offers an intense, personalized program of acting instruction. Basic technique classes establish/re-establish an all-important foundation. Application/audition technique is offered in special ongoing workshops for experienced actors and working professionals.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commerical)
THE BARROW GROUP
Seth Barrish, Lee Brock, & Eric Paeper
312 W. 36 St., 4 West
New York, NY 10018
(212) 760-2615/fax (212) 760-2962
Website: www.barrowgroup.org
17 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
The Barrow Group Technique focuses on maximizing natural behavior and spontaneity onstage.
Does offer work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique, Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
JOHN BASIL
American Globe Theatre Conservatory
145 W. 46 St.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 869-9809
18 years of teaching experience.
One-on-one class.
All levels.
Auditing not permitted.
Ongoing.
Classical Audition Coach. Specializes in Shakespeare.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
BE PRESENTED
131 Christopher St., 2nd fl.
New York, NY 10014
(212) 645-0273
Website: www.bepresented.com
First year of operation.
10 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Showcases and classes to stay sharp, directed by industry professionals, like Michael Imperioli.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE STEVE BEAUCHAMP ACTING SCHOOL EAST
553 Third Ave., Ste. 34
New York, NY 10016-3559
Contact: Sean Cohane, class administrator
(917) 334-0744 or (212) 332-9180
Fax (401) 489-8057
Email: coproductions29@hotmail.com or
mtnhippo@aol.com
25 years in operation/of experience.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
JOANNA BECKSON
J. BECKSON STUDIO
325 W. 38 St., Ste. #204
New York, NY 10018
(917) 749-6922
Email: JTBeck417@aol.com
20 years in operation.
14-16 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing and by sessions.
The Meisner approach based on "the ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances." The actor aims to leave himself alone, eliminating "self-consciousness." The improvisation exercises are based on the actor's sense of truth and sensitivity.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
*LYNNEA BENSON
Actors Studio member, artistic prod'r. of Frog & Peach Theatre Co.
(212) 330-7784
7 years experience.
Private coaching. Scene study available.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Emphasis on relaxation and sensory. Auditions a specialty. All materials including Shakespeare and classics. Audition coaching a specialty.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
TANYA BEREZIN—PRIVATE COACHING FOR THE ACTOR
171 W. 79 St.
New York, NY 10024
(212) 874-1945/fax (212) 874-3862
Email: tberezin@bellatlantic.net
7 years in operation.
12 students average per class (Studio Classes).
All levels, including a professional class for young people, 13-18.
Auditing permitted by appointment.
Classes by sessions; coaching is ongoing.
Coaching on set, for auditions, or developing a role.
Ms. Berezin, an Obie Award-winning actress, is co-founder and former artistic director of the Circle Repertory Company. Seven years of coaching private clients for film, TV, and theatre as well as resident acting coach on "All My Children," "One Life to Live," and "As the World Turns."
Special emphasis in classes on contemporary acting; developing the connection of imagination and organic behavior. Private coaching—ongoing, audition, monologue. Studio classes—acting technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
KATHRYN BILD
1341 Second Ave., #5N
New York, NY 10021
(212) 517-3265
Website: www.kathrynbild.com
12 years teaching.
Private coaching, one-on-one.
All levels.
Classes are by appointment.
Private training and career guidance in Stanislavsky/Strasberg, integrating acting as an art, a business and a calling. Ms. Bild is also a success coach, and is the author of "Acting: From A Spiritual Perspective." Call for an interview.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
PETER BLOCK
1710 First Ave.
Box #170
New York, NY 10128
(212) 332-9777
Email: block_casting@hotmail.com
5 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
Beginners and intermediate levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Stanislavsky-based approach geared to help the actor develop an individual way of working on both contemporary and classical material through scene study and monologue work.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
JIM BONNEY STUDIO
134 W. 26 St., Ste. 602
New York, NY 10001
(212) 352-3327 or (212) 713-5277
Website: www.JimBonneyActing.com
16 years teaching.
12-14 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
2-year Meisner–Plus® technique, plus 12-week sessions and scene study.
Emotional development is encouraged and fostered, and movement and body energy are an integral part of the technique. Mr. Bonney is a trained Meisner teacher and certified Core Energetic body worker. Also: on camera one-on-one, ATW career & support group, business of business, emotional workshops, audition classes, and basic acting.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE BOVA ACTORS WORKSHOP/
ERIC MORRIS SYSTEM
Anthony Vincent Bova
(212) 726-8380
Email: Anthony@bpadvantage.com
Teaching since 1978.
7 students average per class, plus private classes.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing weekly classes and weekend workshops.
Emphasis on the Eric Morris System, as in "No Acting Please," "Being and Doing," and "Irreverent Acting."
Method-based technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
JAMES BRILL
(212) 642-1095
8 to 10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Meisner-based technique, scene study, and audition coaching.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
DELOSS BROWN:
ACTING SHAKESPEARE'S VERSE
444 Central Park West, 5A
New York, NY 10025-4356
(212) 865-1127/fax (212) 865-1579
8 years in operation.
9 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is sometimes permitted; free sample class offered at beginning of session.
By sessions.
Emphasis on Shakespeare.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
ELIZABETH BROWNING STUDIO
Elizabeth Browning, dir.;
Rhonda S. Muzak; Christine Hahn; David Pixley; and Anne Marie Rose
Classes in Midtown Manhattan.
(212) 946-1702
Website: www.elizabethbrowningstudio.com
17 years in operation.
Maximum of 15 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Scene study and monologues (classical and contemporary), acting technique, audition exercises, acting in musical theatre, personalized "instrumental" work, and the creation of original material.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
DAVID BRUNETTI
71 W. 71st St., #1G
New York, NY 10023
(212) 580-3292
22 years in operation.
All levels.
Private coaching.
Meisner-based acting technique applied to songs.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
WALTRUDIS BUCK
155 W. 68 St., #22F
New York, NY 10023
(212) 787-3104
Email: Waltrudis@earthlink.net
11 years in operation.
All levels.
Emphasis on methods and exercises created by Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
PAUL CALDERON
135 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone/fax (718) 230-1792
Email: kinogabe@aol.com
25 years in operation.
8-10 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Audition material, personal material, classical and contemporary, scene study, script analysis.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose.
LIZ CAPLAN VOCAL STUDIOS
324 W. 23 St., Ste. 3B
New York, NY 10011
Phone/fax (212) 645-9369
or (866) SING OUT
Website: www.LizCaplan.com
24 years in operation.
Private lessons/12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
All levels: Musical theatre/pop/rock singing technique.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching (vocal coaching/voice teacher)
AMANDA CASTLE
325 W. 45 St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 765-8330
All levels.
Group classes/private coaching available.
Castle states: "I have been teaching for 13 years and have seen consistently that all actors face the same challenge: being totally present in the moment on stage. Actors tend to be judging the line they just said or interpreting the line to come, rather than allowing BEHAVIOR (right brain function) to inform lines (left brain function). It is the ability to fuse those two brain functions that is the source of all good acting. My class gives you a simple process to do just that."
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ROBERT CASTLE
Mailing address: 529 3 St.
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Classes taught in Manhattan.
(212) 592-0137
11 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Scene study and sense memory classes. Class works on one or two playwrights per session. Private coaching also available.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
CAYMICHAEL PATTEN STUDIO
211 W. 61 St., 6th fl.
New York, NY 10023
Phone/fax (212) 765-7021
Email: cpatstudio@aol.com
Website: www.cpattenstudio.com
20 years in operation.
16 students maximum.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Preparation for scene study, advanced scene study, audition, authentic movement, movement for actors, and vocal production. Also coaching. Admission by interview.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercials)
THE CENTAUR STAGE
Gillien Goll, artistic dir.
P.O. Box 250795 C. U. Station
New York, NY 10025
(212) 501-6196
Email: CenStageNY@aol.com
Website: www.gilliengoll.com
14 years in operation.
Private coaching, one-on-one.
Coaching for all levels.
Coaching both on and off-camera.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Instruction for all media, including monologues, commercials, audition technique, on-camera, business tips, public presentation skills. Emphasis is on supportive moment-to-moment technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
CHEKHOV THEATRE ENSEMBLE, INC.
STAGES OF LEARNING®
138 S. Oxford St., #1-B
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 398-2494/fax (718) 398-2794
Email: mike@stagesoflearning.org
Website: www.stagesoflearning.org
9 years in operation/experience.
20 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
The next acting intensive will take place Oct. 13-18, 2003, and will focus on the psycho-physical technique of Michael Chekhov. The workshop series often includes directors who participate and apply the technique with actor-participants. An ongoing waiting list for the following year is maintained. Applications may be downloaded from website www.stagesoflearning.org.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
CHICAGO CITY LIMITS
1105 First Ave.
New York, NY 10021
(212) 888-5233/fax (212) 888-0810
Email: info@chicagocitylimits.com
Website: www.chicagocitylimits.com
23 years in operation.
10-15 students average per class (no more than 15).
All levels.
Auditing is permitted for some classes.
By sessions.
Classes teach the improv techniques used by the performers of CCL. The emphasis is on scene-making skills, learning to work quickly and intelligently. Recommended for actors, writers, comedians, and directors.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
THE CHILDREN'S ACTING
ACADEMY
Monica May, dir.
1050 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10028
Classes taught at 131 W. 72 St.
(212) 860-7101
30 years in operation.
8-10 students per class.
All levels.
Ages 5-17. Professional teen program, ages 14-18.
No auditing; admission by interview and audition.
By sessions. Classes after school or Saturday.
A professional theatre program for the shy or outgoing with emphasis on speech, improv, scene study, and performance. Staged production of scenes from famous authors is given in March to invited audience of friends, agents, managers and casting directors. Private coaching available.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens
CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE
THEATRE SCHOOL
1633 Broadway at 50th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 307-0388/fax (212) 307-0257
Email: circleinthesquare@att.net
Website: www.circlesquare.org
40 years in operation.
17 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
An eclectic approach to actor training, exposing students to various acting styles and different viewpoints on those styles. Both acting and musical theatre are available for summer and full-time workshops.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
CITY LIGHTS YOUTH
THEATRE, INC.
300 W. 43 St., Ste. 402
New York, NY 10036
(212) 262-0200/fax (212) 262-1888
Email: citylights@clyouththeatre.org
Website: www.clyouththeatre.org
12 years in operation.
15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions: fall and spring semesters, and special summer programs.
After-school and Saturday classes for grades K-12 begin Jan. 25. Age-appropriate instruction in acting, musical theatre, and playwriting, as well as opportunities to perform in full-scale productions.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens
CLASS ACT STUDIOS
77 Tarrytown Rd.
White Plains, NY 10607
(914) 946-3391/fax (914) 946-1547
Website: www.classactstudios.com
14 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens (also Adults); Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
COACHING BY ARIANE BRANDT
39-1/2 Washington Square South #2
New York, NY 10012
Phone/fax (212) 473-4803
Email: coachari@aol.com
12 years in operation.
10 students average for groups.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing by permission only.
By sessions (privately) and ongoing (scene study).
Private work and scene study/role preparation class based on a combination of the Method's psycho-emotional grounding and British text-based techniques. Classical and contemporary material. Specialty in role preparation for Broadway and film. Dialects, speech, and vocal production also available privately.
Acting Category: Multipurpose
ELI COATS
34-24 77th St., #3U
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
(347) 678-8989/fax (212) 750-9022 (call first)
Email: elicoats@aol.com
12 years in operation/of experience.
One student average per coaching.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Emphasis: Children, adolescents, and adults; personalized monologue written just for you; Shakespeare demystified.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
SUSAN GRACE COHEN STUDIO
Located on the West Side.
(212) 678-8515
Email: sgcstudio@aol.com
25 years teaching experience.
One on one private coaching.
All levels.
Day and evening appointments.
Develop technique, sharpen audition skills, and book the job. Sense memory, audition monologues, cold readings.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose.
SUSAN GRACE COHEN STUDIO/TEEN PROGRAM
Located on the West Side.
(212) 678-8515
Email: sgcstudio@aol.com
25 years teaching experience.
One on one private coaching for teens of all levels.
Preparation for college entrance exams. Acting technique, monologues, sense memory, and cold readings.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose.
LEE MICHAEL COHN
(310) 709-9101/fax (310) 441-1816
Email: shuriken4@aol.com
Location TBA.
Teaching and coaching privately for 14 years.
12-16 students average per class. Private coaching available.
All levels.
One audit is permitted.
By session in NYC on a periodic seminar basis (classes held on a regular basis in L.A.).
Emphasis on technique described in Cohn's book "A Practical Handbook for the Actor"; advanced classes include: styles, Shakespeare, audition skills, and showcases; classes include script analysis, scene study, and technique. Focus on making strong action choices and executing them with imagination/spontaneity. Strong moment-to-moment work also emphasized.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
COLLABORATIVE ARTS
PROJECT 21
18 W. 18 St., 6th floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 807-0202/fax (212) 807-0166
Website: www.cap21.org
10 years in operation.
18 students maximum per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Classes in acting, voice and music, and dance. Four-year musical theatre performance training program with NYU. Also comprehensive summer professional program including acting/scene study and audition/preparation.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
SUSAN CAMPOCHIARO CONFREY
Career Breakthroughs Unlimited
PO Box 1465
New York, NY 10023
(212) 978-0715
Website: www.careerbreakthroughsunlimited.com
Two-and-a-half years in operation; 25 years of experience.
16-20 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By session and some classes ongoing.
Has various classes taught by industry professionals.
Classes and workshops are all based on transformational coaching. Also offers musical theatre intensive.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
MATTHEW COROZINE STUDIO
c/o Shetler Studios & Theatre
250 W. 54 St., Rm. 1208
New York, NY 10019
(212) 592-4138
Email: mattcnyc@aol.com
Website: www.matthewcorozinestudio.com
10 years directing.
8-12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Acting classes rooted in the Meisner technique. Does cast students in productions. Studio in the heart of the theatre district.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
CREATIVE ACTING COMPANY
Gus Waite, artistic dir.
122 W. 26 St., #1102
New York, NY 10001
(212) 352-2103/fax (212) 352-2076
Website: www.creativeacting.com
8 years in operation.
12 students average per class; private coaching available.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Does offer work/study program.
Company seeks to provide a creative home for actors to develop and maintain their craft; emphasizes the need to hone skills and encourages students to audition and to maintain a high profile within the community. Comedy performances weekly by students in black box theatre.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE CREATIVE ACTOR'S
WORKSHOP
Jeffrey Zeiner
451 W. 43 St.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 245-1237
Website: www.zeiner-acting.com
19 years teaching experience.
10 students average per class.
Advanced training for professionals by interview and reference.
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.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
CREATIVE ARTISTS LABORATORY
946 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10025
(212) 316-0400/fax (212) 316-0400
Website: www.creativeartistslab.com
6 years in operation.
20 students per class.
Intermediate and advanced.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing. All acting classes are for members only.
Bringing your character to life by knowing your character's objective, working moment-to-moment.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Multipurpose
ROBERT DAGNY'S PERFORMANCE AUDITION PACKAGE
Box 852, FDR Station
New York, NY 10150-0852
(212) 371-8258 (telephone/fax/ans. machine)
25 years teaching experience.
Private one-on-one sessions.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Creator of "The Performer Audition Package"
Custom-directed film, TV, and stage monologues, scenes, musical numbers, and tailor-made cabaret acts; emphasis on cold readings, image presentation, "grab 'em" monologue selection; commercial copy preparation sessions.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
SUSANNA DALTON
146 E. 49 St., PHN
New York, NY 10017
(212) 980-1971
7 years teaching experience.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
8-week sessions and coaching by appointment.
Small on-camera classes, marketing and career strategy, and private coaching in on-camera skills for commercials, films, sitcoms, soaps, infomercials, and home-shopping hosts, agent interviewing, and image makeovers by established industry professional.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
DDP
(212) 388-7034/fax (212) 579-5641
Email: erma@duricko.com
2 years in operation/of experience.
10 students average per class.
Advanced level.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Instructors Peg Denithorne, Erma Duricko, and Michael Powell team teach. The workshop is for actors, directors, and writers. Scene study and advanced directing are for professionals.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Multipurpose
SAM DEFAZIO
Mailing Address (ofc.):
76 W. 86 St.
New York, NY 10024
Phone/fax (212) 724-3963
Email: samdefazio@att.net
13 years in operation/of experience.
10-12 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Private coaching/scene study. Exercises include: emotional recall, cold readings, performance technique, and private coaching/career counseling.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
BRIAN DELATE
(212) 924-1154
20 years teaching experience.
Private coaching only.
All levels.
The most personal way to be yourself in any role.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ROB DEROSA
(212) 946-5251
10 years in operation/of experience.
8-10 average number of students in a class. Interview required.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Meisner acting technique class begins Feb. 2003 twice a week. Three hours per class. By interview only.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique.
*GEORGE DICENZO
(212) 352-4315
7 years in operation.
30 students average per class.
Advanced level.
Auditing is permitted.
Next session begins Sept. 30 for 10 weeks.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
NINA DOVA ON-CAMERA
COMMERCIAL TRAINING
280 Riverside Drive, 10B
New York, NY 10025
(212) 222-7651/fax (212) 222-7651*51
Email: dovakoor@hotmail.com
10 years in operation.
8 students average per class.
Beginning and intermediate levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Affordable on-camera acting, monologues, and audition classes. Private sessions available.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
DREAMCATCHER REPERTORY THEATRE
Laura Ekstrand, artistic dir.
Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
(973) 748-9008 x995/fax (908) 206-8796
Email: Laura@Dreamcatcher.org
Website: www.DreamcatcherRep.org
8 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions with a teen program during the month of July.
Classes and coaching for adults, teens, and children are focused on discovering and bringing to the fore the special qualities each student has and giving him or her the technical skills to fully express them.
Does offer work/study program: Offers internships for high school and college students. Credit can be arranged.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
COLETTE DUVALL
Creative Acting Company
122 W. 26 St., 11th fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 352-2103/fax (212) 352-2076
Private Coaching (917) 304-8870
10 years in L.A.; 6 years in New York
10-12 students for on-camera and acting technique/scene study classes; private coaching available.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Focus is on getting to performance level being your own director. Technique marries the emotional/physical to the text to build the scene dramatically and professionally to its most dramatic potential.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE EASTERN HILL THEATRE WORKSHOP
460 W. 50 St., #1A
New York, NY 10019
Phone/fax (212) 245-9223 (press * for fax)
Email: easternhill@msn.com
5 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
Advanced level.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Eastern Hill was formed five years ago as a commitment to the work of the director and teacher, Bobby Lewis. Edward Burke, assistant to Mr. Lewis for 14 years, conducts all sessions. Coaching available.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ANGELA ECKARD
(The Actor's Place)
(212) 946-4541/fax (212) 663-1629
Email: EckardMasters@aol.com
8 years in operation/of experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Vocal production and speech coach. Exercises based on Berry, Turner, Rodenburg applied to both classical and contemporary texts. Integrating with Andrea Masters acting technique class. Classes taught: vocal production and speech.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching (vocal production & speech)
PAUL EISEMAN
305 E. 40 St., #4H
New York, NY 10016
(212) 953-6926
Email: pauleise@aol.com
Over 20 years experience.
1 student average per class.
All levels.
By sessions and ongoing.
One-on-one private coaching by acting coach. Concentrating on connecting the actor emotionally to the character, finding you in the character to produce truthful, unpredictable, exciting, emotionally-charged performances. "Method acting" customized and made practical for each actor.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
EMPATHY ACTING STUDIO,
DOUG LORY
243 13th St., #8
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(917) 556-4845
Email: acting@douglory.com
Website: www.douglory.com
5 years of experience.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Mentored by Jeremy Whelan, internationally recognized teacher/author/philosopher. New approach to actor/director training, character development. Contemporary training in a non-judgmental environment.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ENDEAVOR STUDIO, INC.
19 W. 21 St., #404
New York, NY 10010
(212) 645-2641/fax (212) 645-4102
Email: acting@endeavorstudiosonline.com
3 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted by arrangement.
By sessions and ongoing.
Audition technique. Also includes musical theatre.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE
549 W. 52 St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 247-4982 ext. 19
Fax (212) 664-0041
Website: www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org
30 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
For actors, playwrights, and directors. Emphasis on creating new work as well as mastering the classics. Specializes in giving artists a chance to "crossover" into directing, playwriting, or acting.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO
261 West 35 St., 7th fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 904-1350/fax (212) 904-1349
Website: www.esperstudio.com
36 years of experience.
Maximum of 22 students in a class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Dedicated to the work of Sanford Meisner and William Esper. Two-year professional actor training program. Script analysis, cold reading, auditioning, voice/speech, classical text, mask, and advanced scene study.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
LARRY EUDENE
(800) 607-4942
Email: efworks@ix.netcom.com
Website: www.efworks.com/acting.htm
and www.screenplayreadinggroup.com
8 years in operation. Teaches both in NYC and L.A.
Classes limited to 8-10 students. Call with a group of 8 students if you are in NYC and want to take the three-day weekend intensive class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Acting in films with advanced scene study and subtext improvisation designed to help actors make the transition into feature films. Three-day weekend intensive class concentrates on a focusing technique used to draw the camera to the actor.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
F.A.C.T.
(Franco-Americaine Cinema Theatre)
Sarah Eigerman, artistic dir.
65, rue de Reuilly
75012 Paris, France
Phone/fax +33-1-43-44-76-98
Email: factinfo@infonie.fr
Website: http://www.chez.com/fact/
13 years in operation.
Auditing permitted by special arrangement.
By sessions and ongoing.
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.
Does offer work/study program in NYC.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
DOUGLAS FARWELL
ACTING STUDIO
PO Box 20170
New York, NY 10011
(212) 243-7017
Email: farwellstudio@hotmail.com
Website: www.farwellstudio.com
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
The Douglas Farwell Acting Studio offers professional actor training in the Meisner technique. Private coaching is also available. A free introductory Meisner class is being held Sat. Jan. 11 and Sat. Jan. 18.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*TOVAH FELDSHUH
322 Central Park West, 11B
New York, NY 10025
(212) 932-2416/fax (212) 961-0487
Website: www.tovahfeldshuh.com
28 years in operation/of experience.
25 students maximum per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
"An Actor's Approach to a Song," individual instruction guaranteed. 20-hour weekend master class intensive.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
MAGGIE FLANIGAN STUDIO
153 W. 27 St., Ste. 803
New York, NY 10001
(917) 606-0982/fax (917) 606-0983
Website: www.maggieflaniganstudio.com
21 years in operation/of experience.
16-18 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
The work at the Studio is based in the Sanford Meisner Technique. The two-year professional actor training program is only for the serious actor. Admission is through a personal interview and audition. Other classes include: master class in contemporary text; master class in classical text; Shakespeare workshop; cold reading/audition; monologue; script analysis; M. Chekhov workshop; and professional business seminar.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
THE PETER FLINT STUDIO
484 W. 43 St., 32 L
New York, NY 10036
(212) 244-2649/fax (212) 947-0693
Email: scottyrob@aol.com
28 years in operation.
6-8 students average per class.
All levels.
Ongoing.
Classical, contemporary, actor/singer development, cold readings.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
GENE FRANKEL THEATRE & FILM WORKSHOP
24 Bond St.
New York, NY 10012
(212) 777-1776/fax (212) 777-4373
Email: info@genefrankel.com
Website: www.GeneFrankel.com
57 years in operation.
14 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is sometimes permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
In this workshop, the actor's journey is from basic technique to advanced study of scene and scene analysis, and from there to a master class in the classics. Chekhov, Ibsen, Shakespeare, and finally participation in a permanent acting company.
Does offer work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
RUTH FRANKLIN
PO Box 142
New York, NY 10023-0142
(212) 496-9696
20 years voice-over teaching experience.
Eight-week course, culminating with a professional demo tape.
Career-oriented master class in every facet of voice-overs. Highly specialized, individual curriculum. Subjects taught: radio and television spokesperson, cartoon and character voices, narration, marketing plan, etc. Audition required for entrance. Held in professional digital working recording studio. 90% of graduates working in field.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*FREESTYLE REPERTORY
THEATRE
120 W. 86 St., 1A
New York, NY 10024
(212) 642-8202
Email: freestyle@echonyc.com
Website: www.echonyc.com/freestyle
19 years in operation.
6-10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By session. Classes are two-day intensive with the first intensive scheduled for November.
Narrative theatrical improvisation; focus on collaboration, support, and fun.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
CATHERINE GAFFIGAN
(212) 586-6300
29 years in operation.
12 students maximum per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Wide range of material; Stanislavsky technique plus strategies learned on the job.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
BILL GALARNO
461 W. 44 St. 1-E
New York, NY 10036
(212) 765-9002
Private coach for 18 years.
1-2 students per class.
All levels.
Preparation for audition and performance (stage, film, TV, cabaret): monologues, songs, scenes, dialects, cold readings. Emphasis: text, style, language, Shakespeare, musicals, contemporary comedy.
Working actor/dir. (Training: Lloyd Richards; David Perry; Royal Nat. Theatre Studio, London.)
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
JULIE GARFIELD
(212) 799-6967
20 years teaching.
All levels.
Private coaching and classes at T. Schreiber Studios
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
GATE—GREGORY ABELS
TRAINING ENSEMBLE
28 W. 27 St.
New York, NY 10001-6906
Phone/Fax (212) 689-9371
(Toll-free) (888) 277-GATE
Website: www.gateacting.com
6 years in operation; 41 years experience.
12 students average per class; master teacher and faculty of 6 and guest artists.
Intermediate and advanced students.
Auditing is encouraged.
By sessions.
Several approaches in both classical and contemporary; Sept.-May, full daytime conservatory; Mr. Abels is available for private coaching; New York performances in March and May.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*GENESIS REP:
GAIA ART & DESIGN
Mary Elizabeth MiCari, dir.
Ofc.:
28-25 33rd St., Ste. D4
Astoria, NY 11102
(718) 932-3577
Email: GAIAMagazine@aol.com
Website: www.genesisrep.org
All levels.
The educational arm of Genesis Repertory co-sponsored by Anne & Faye's House-Theatre for Young People features classes for all levels of theatrical artists in acting, voice & diction, and a new section featuring extensive classes in stage makeup as well as TV and film makeup (including special effects) taught by licensed cosmetologists. Classes are in Queens and Manhattan. Call for a brochure.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Multipurpose
BLAIR GLASER, M.A.
The Institutes for the Arts in Psychotherapy
526 W. 26 St., Ste. 309
New York, NY 10001
(212) 726-1592
Email: blair@spiritplay.org
Website: www.spiritplay.org
6 years teaching experience.
1-7 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Individual coaching, drama therapy and workshops are available for actors interested in increasing self-awareness and spontaneity, which in turn builds confidence and the ability to be genuine and mesmerizing in any type of acting work.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
LARRY GLEASON
Acting Coach
360 W. 21 St., #3M
New York, NY 10011
(212) 242-8797/fax (212) 727-9965
Email: nypuck@iprimus.com
7 years in operation/of experience.
9 students and under per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing (as in, ongoing sessions).
Gleason combines text with emotional work to improve classical and contemporary scenes and monologues for personal growth, auditions, or upcoming roles. Private sessions available.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
THE GOLDSTON STUDIO FOR MIME
PO Box 974
New York, NY 10011
(212) 560-4333/fax (212) 755-3153
Website: http://goldmime.com
22 years in operation.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Gregg Goldston's contemporary style of mime and 25-year touring career offers the improviser, stand-up, actor, and mime a broad base of movement training. Specializing in physical comedy, mime, and solo performance development.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
*MICHAEL GOLDSTROM
321 W. 80 St., #16
New York, NY 10024
(212) 252-4546
Email: info@goldstrom.com
17 years of experience.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Learn independence and self-control, channel your energy and make strong character choices, develop your own process, classical/contemporary scenes and monologues, audition preparation, dialect coaching, class or private coaching, flexible hours.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ALAN GORDON
847 Carroll St., #4
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 622-4150/fax (718) 399-0678
Email: fujifit@earthlink.net
9 years in operation.
12-15 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Meisner technique applied to script analysis and interpretation, character development, monologues, scenes, and working moment to moment.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv (improv only); Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ABRAHAM GORLIN
245 W. 75 St., Apt. 1E
New York, NY 10023
(212) 721-3830
Email: abraham.gorlin@gte.net
18 years in operation.
One student average per class.
All levels.
Ongoing.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
GOTHAM CITY IMPROV, INC.
158 W. 23 St., #2
New York, NY 10011
(212) 367-8222/fax (212) 367-8185
Website: www.gothamcityimprov.com
14 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Short and long form improvisational comedy. Comedy writing and character development. Students perform at the theatre. Classes available for performers and non-performers alike.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
ANTHONY GRASSO
427 W. 45 St., #4RE
New York, NY 10036
Phone/fax (212) 245-3243
or (212) 946-4684 (voice mail)
Email: grassoact@aol.com
4 years in operation/of experience.
12 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Physical/vocal work, emphasis on cold readings for film & theatre, and strong monologue technique using Method and Meisner.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens (Teens only); Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
MICHAEL GRAVES
320 Riverside Dr., #7D
New York, NY 10025
(212) 663-5133
35 years in operation.
Average one student per class.
Professionals only.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Private coaching for auditions/monologues, basic techniques for acting, role preparation (Shakespeare a specialty).
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ED GREEN'S VOICE OVER
TRAINING COURSE
300 E. 57 St.
New York, NY 10022
(212) 980-6531 or (917) 991-9551
Fax (212) 980-6531
Email: votraining@hotmail.com
Website: www.edgreen.com
Over 30 years in operation/of experience.
Four students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing permitted only by private appointment.
By sessions.
Emphasis is on understanding copy, timings, microphone setup, various reading styles, how to audition, working with other talent, creating a demo CD, marketing oneself, weekend seminars, and much more.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
THE GROWN-UP'S PLAYGROUND
Joy Newman, founder-dir.
New York Comedy Club
241 E. 24 St.
New York, NY 10010
(212) 714-8275
9 years in operation (7 years teaching independently).
Average students per class varies.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted. (Free sample classes).
Ongoing.
Comedy and improvisation, teaches quick-thinking, helpful for auditions; ensemble work, character work, emotional pantomime. Give & take exercises help develop good listening skills, an attentive mind, a fluid body.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
GS IMPROV
Improvisational Comedy Acting Instruction at Producers Club Theaters, 358 W. 44 St., just east of Ninth Ave.
Greg Sullivan, instructor
(212) 501-2905
Email: greg@gsimprov.com
Website: www.gsimprov.com
7 years in operation.
18 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing and trial classes permitted.
Ongoing.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 7-10PM; $150/10 weeks or $18/class. Supportive, in-the-moment training. Learn spontaneity, creativity, listening from KLAATU's founder/director/performer.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
DOUGLAS HALL
PO Box 1758
New York, NY 10011
(212) 802-7298
Email: dugall@earthlink.net
10 years in operation.
15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
All scene study/monologues. No exercises. Every student works every week.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
PAUL HARMAN
(212) 252-4767
Website: www.auditionsuccess.com
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
The purpose of the class is to provide the actor with a clearly delineated process, which will support him or her in the crafting of any song at all.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ROSEMARY HAY
Artistic dir.
REV Theatre Company
302 W. 51 St., #4D
New York, NY 10019
(212) 581-5377
10 years experience teaching & directing; professional dir.; Royal Shakespeare Co., Williamstown Theatre Festival, Juilliard School, NYU Graduate Acting, Stella Adler Conservatory, American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Private coaching/one-on-one sessions.
Shakespeare and classical coaching, with focus on selection of monologues, preparation and rehearsal especially for undergraduate/graduate and conservatory programs in the U.S. and England.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
HB STUDIO
120 Bank St.
New York, NY 10014
(212) 675-2370/fax (212) 675-2387
Website: www.hbstudio.org
56 years in operation.
15-35 students average, depending on the class.
All levels.
Classes for young people.
Auditing is permitted and recommended.
Ongoing.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens
HISPANIC ORGANIZATION OF LATIN ACTORS (HOLA)
107 Suffolk St., Ste. 302
New York, NY 10002-3305
(212) 253-1015/fax (212) 253-9651
Email: holagram@aol.com
Website: www.hellohola.org
27 years in operation.
10 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
(1) Workshops & seminars designed to perfect Spanish voicing technique for radio and television commercials; (2) Production of Spanish voice-over demo available.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
SHERRI HODES
CASTING DIRECTOR
Actors Loft
Classes held at 250 W. 54 St., NYC.
(212) 358-5003
Email: actorsloft@aol.com
24 years of experience in the business.
8-10 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Learn and practice basic & advanced auditioning techniques, the role of improvisation in auditions. Identify and enhance your commercial personality. Find your strengths, work on your weaknesses.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
E. RANDAHL HOEY
THE ENTERTAINMENT STUDIO
New York, NY
Email: Randahl@TheEntertainmentStudio.com
Website: www.TheEntertainmentStudio.com
20 years in operation.
10-12 students average per class.
Auditing is permitted. On-camera private coaching available.
Offering a unique approach to accessing your emotional energy without going into personal psychology. Techniques for auditions, stage, musical, and on-camera performance. Randahl has directing, teaching, and coaching experience in all media.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ERIC HOFFMANN
310 Riverside Drive., #1505
New York, NY 10025
(212) 662-5790
Email: bardyard@aol.com
20 years experience.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Shakespeare and audition technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
JANICE HOFFMAN
(917) 208-0779
Email: smartjanice@earthlink.net
Website: www.successissweetest.com
Six years in operation.
Four students average per class.
All levels.
By session.
Executive coaching devoted to the rigors of the performing artist's life and profession.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
PRUDENCE HOLMES
"The Monologue Detective"
255 W. 108 St., #9D
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-6525/cell (917) 723-0164
Email: prudenceholmes@hotmail.com
19 years in operation.
Private.
Beginners.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Emphasis on monologue selection and audition preparation.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
MICHAEL HOWARD STUDIOS
152 W. 25 St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 645-1525
Website: www.michaelhowardstudios.com
49 years in operation.
15 students average per class.
Some previous training preferred.
Auditing is not permitted.
Most enrollment through interview. Free weekly information sessions.
Ongoing classes.
Workshops by session.
Work in all disciplines for the professional actor. Special workshops with international master teachers. One-year conservatory begins Sept. 2003.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER FOR CHILDREN
Vivian B. Teich, dir.
50 Central Park West, #4B
New York, NY 10023
(212) 874-5054
Classes on Upper East and West Side.
12 years in operation.
15-20 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing permitted in most classes.
Ongoing and by sessions.
Classes for children in a theatre setting; non-threatening, relaxed atmosphere; chance to perform regularly.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens
IMPROVISATION WITH DAVID MATTHEW PRIOR
Studio located in Chelsea, NYC.
(800)-OK-COACH (800-562-6224)
Email: david@getacoach.com
Eight years in operation/of experience.
8-10 average number of students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Improv class for acting-based improvisational skills and scenes. Individual work on truth, imagination, spontaneity, character, emotion, and instinct in action. Johnstone narrative emphasis.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
SUSAN JEFFRIES
Private coaching at Savoir Studio
228 W. 72 St., #2R
New York, NY 10023
(212) 787-8352
12 years teaching experience.
Private coaching.
One-on-one and scenes with partners.
Professional actors.
Clear and concise approach to working with the script, developing the character, and audition preparation.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
JAMES JENNINGS
American Theatre of Actors
314 W. 54 St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 581-3044
27 years in operation.
10-12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Sense memory, emotional memory, environment, and scene study. Video classes available. Method.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
ERICA JENSEN
(Playwrights Horizons, Asst. Casting ED)
Actors Loft Seminars
Classes are held at 250 W. 54 St., NYC.
(212) 358-5003
Email: actorsloft@aol.com
2 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
By sessions.
Get on camera every week. Work on exercises that challenge and stretch. Individual feedback enhances your personal strengths and works areas where you need work.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*TIM JEROME
62 Northfield Ave.
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Phone/fax (914) 693-8333
Email: timjerome@aol.com
37 years as actor-singer.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Ongoing.
Drawing on a synthesis of technical approaches, the goal is to identify and sharpen useful self-help tools for building and maintaining performance.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
SALLY JOHNSON STUDIO
25 W. 23 St., 2nd fl.
New York, NY 10010
(212) 463-7962/fax (212) 463-7847
Email: sjohnsonstudio@aol.com
17 years in operation/of experience
16-20 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Classes are for actors interested in TV & film careers. Particular emphasis on cold reading, auditioning, and working in front of a camera.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
BARBARA KAHN
Greenwich Village location
(212) 840-1234
17 years teaching independently.
Private sessions.
Intermediate and advanced only.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions or ongoing.
Audition techniques, monologues, callbacks, performance trouble-shooting, and expanding acting skills.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
E. KATHERINE KERR
195 Sharp Hill Rd.
Wilton, CT 06897
(212) 769-9405/(203) 762-7304
Email: Actingclass@aol.com
Website: www.ekatherinekerr.com
20 years in operation.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Class is limited to 12 students.
Ongoing.
Monologue, scene study, improvisation, original writing, songs. Emphasis on authentic acting, expanding creative expression, risk-taking. The acting book "The Four Principles," by award-winning actress Kerr, is available to interested students. Free class by appointment.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
KIDS LOVE ACTING
at Weist-Barron Studios
Sharon Richardson, children's dir.
35 W. 45 St.
New York, NY 10036
Inquiries: (212) 874-1081; Studio: (212) 840-7025
7-10 students per class.
Beginning through advanced levels.
Focus on pre-teen, from 10-12; children from ages 7-9 years old; little people, ages (4) 5-6 years old. After school or Saturday workshops, and private coaching. Commercials, acting technique, and scene study for film, TV, and stage, improvisation, monologues, audition, musicals, and industry showcases. Full Summer programs July or August (two-, three-, or four-week programs).
Acting School Category: Children/Pre-teens
*AMANDA SCHATZ KITAEFF
Phone (212) 741-4423
Email: amanda@bookthejob.com
Website: www.bookthejob.com
10-plus years experience; one year in operation.
One student average per class (one-on-one).
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing. Packages available.
Former talent executive and casting director will will work on improving auditioning. Preparation, hosting, interviewing, line-reading, and ad-libbing skills increase confidence. Contact network. Career advice.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ELYSE KNIGHT
c/o Playwrights Theatre of NJ
PO Box 1295
33 Green Village Rd.
Madison, NJ 07940
(973) 514-1787/fax (973) 514-2060
Email: info@ptnj.org
Website: www.ptnj.org
10 years teaching experience.
15-20 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Teaching method draws from various techniques. Emphasis on exercises, scenes, and monologues to suit the needs of the individual actor.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique.
ED KOVENS
THE PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP
20 Dongan Place, #311
New York, NY 10040
(212) 567-6761/fax (212) 304-9335
Website: www.edkovens.com
37 years in operation.
9-15 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Method-oriented; Strasberg technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
*DEBORAH KYM
D.R.M. Studios
PO Box 1702
New York, NY 10101-1702
(212) 841-1672
Email: Light A Dream@aol.com
15 years as a teacher; 5 years at Stella Adler Conservatory, Columbia, and Paramount Studios.
7 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing permitted on certain days and includes participation.
Classes are ongoing and by sessions; private coaching.
Theatre, musical theatre, film and television performance, and audition technique; script interpretation (based on Stella Adler's) and master classes. Deborah's workshops are also based on her soon-to-be-released book, "Acting: The First 30 Seconds."
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
LA MIA VOCE (MY OWN VOICE)
CREATIVE COACHING
c/o Linda Lombardo
215 Campagnoli Ave., Apt. A
Copiague, NY 11726
(631) 841-2272
Email: coachlinda@lamiavoce.com
Website: www.lamiavoce.com
30 years of experience.
One-on-one or 8-10 students average per class.
Free sample session.
Lombardo states "I am a certified coach using life coaching skills for character development." Also works with actors to create balance in their lives.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
*THE LAB THEATER SCHOOL
140 W. 44 St.
New York, NY 10036
School: (212) 252-5510
Theater Ofc.: (212) 719-5699/fax (212) 391-1909
Email: thelabco@aol.com
8-12 students in class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By session.
The artists formerly associated with Circle Rep offer classes in acting, directing, and playwriting.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
SAM LALLY'S WILD IMPROV!
92 Pinehurst Ave., #2B
New York, NY 10033
(917) 306-9642 or (646) 685-0111
Fax (212) 799-7624
Website: www.doramae.com
10 years in operation/of experience.
8-12 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Students study short-form improvisation with a focus on positive self-image and development of imagination. "Clean" material encouraged in class to entertain all classes. Also includes class on one-person show development.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching (one-person development); Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
SAM LAMANNA
30-2315 River Court
Jersey City, NJ 07310
(212) 697-8080
12 students average per class.
Beginning level.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
On-camera commercial audition techniques.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
BLAKE LAWRENCE
Director, Private Audition Coach
(917) 406-4282
Email: coaching@blake-lawrence.com
Website: www.blake-lawrence.com
6 years in operation/of experience.
Private coaching only.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted. Free 30-min. consultation available.
By session.
Lawrence states: "I work with actors to select and perfect audition pieces and cold reading skills." Special focus on techniques for classical and contemporary texts and creating physical connection to character.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*PAUL LAZAR &
DEBORAH HEADWELL
303 Clinton St.
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone/fax (718) 422-0303
Email: jack99@mindspring.com
15 years in operation/of experience.
20 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Paul Lazar—film audition; Deborah Headwell—scene study.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; (Auditioning) On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
SARA LAZARUS STUDIO
Classes in Midtown Manhattan.
(212) 864-7901
15 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Musical theatre audition and performance technique; private coaching on monologues, scenes, and songs.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
ROSETTA LENOIRE
MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY
c/o Amas Musical Theatre, Inc.
450 W. 42 St., Ste. 2J
New York, NY 10036
(212) 563-2565
Website: www.amasmusical.org
34 years in operation.
30 students average per class.
All levels, ages 14-20.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
A Saturday performance musical training program with classes in singing, dancing, acting, and the business of theatre culminates in a professional production for two weeks Off-Off Broadway.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching;
DEENA LEVY THEATRE STUDIO
215 W. 20 St., #2W
New York, NY 10011
(212) 340-1084
Website:
www.deenalevy-theatrestudio.com
14 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Emphasis on technique/scene study. An approach based on the assumption that "the character is stuck with you." Grotowski, Meisner, Method integrated.Work every week. A weekend intensive is offered. Yearly performance showcases.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ERIC LOEB STUDIO
(212) 243-5331
8 years teaching experience.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
New technique, contemporary, on-camera, audition technique, and career help. Coaches stand-up comics.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE LOOKING GLASS THEATRE
422 W. 57 St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 252-5368
Email: LGTheatre@aol.com
10 years in operation/of experience.
8-16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing classes available..
Multi-technique scene study includes Meisner, viewpoints, Spolin, voice, and in-depth individual and group work. Movement for Actors compliments scene class, helps integrate body with acting/voice.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
BERNICE LOREN AT EXPRESSIONS
350 W. 55 St., 3F
New York, NY 10019
(212) 586-8604
Over 25 years teaching experience.
Private and group classes (with a maximum of 4 in each group).
All levels.
Auditing not permitted at private lessons. Lengthy interviews are offered instead.
Groups by term; private study by sessions.
Total performing preparation: Acting, voice, and dance approached as a unit.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*THE BOB LUKE ACTING STUDIO
Bob Luke, Casting Consultant
341 W. 47 St.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 245-2831/fax (212) 957-5363
Email: blukeactst@aol.com
15 years teaching experience.
Private coaching.
All levels.
Initial interview class is free.
Ongoing.
Emphasis on the individuals and their ability to "direct" themselves. Current audition techniques; commercial, film/TV training, and marketing to prepare the actor for the working market as quickly as possible.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
LUNA STAGE COMPANY
Garth Kravits, education dir.
695 Bloomfield Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 744-3309/fax (973) 509-2388
Email: garth@lunastage.org
Website: www.lunastage.org
10 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels (youth to adult).
Auditing is permitted.
9- to 18-week sessions.
Classes offered in musical theatre, improv, playwriting, basic and advanced acting, plus workshops of all kinds.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
EUGENIA MACER-STORY
511 Avenue of the Americas, PMB 173
New York, NY 10011-8436
(212) 208-2951 (voice mail)
Email: mindstyles@aol.com and magickorders@aol.com
Website: http://www.magickmirror.com or
http://www.yankeeoracle.org
26 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted with fee.
By sessions and ongoing.
Contemporary, using the "inner force" to develop individual "signature" and "style" for all media, including Internet.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
MAGGIE MAES
Actor, dir., prod'r., and artistic dir. of
The ActorLoftTheatreCo.
Classes are held at 250 W. 54 St., NYC.
(212) 358-5003
Email: actorsloft@aol.com
Private coaching.
12 years in operation/of experience.
6 students average per class.
All levels.
Classes by appointment.
Will work on monologues; on- and off-camera audition skills (commercial/film/TV); craft work and instrumental exercises; and the business of the business.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens (Long Island, NY location); Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
MAIN STREET THEATRE & DANCE ALLIANCE
548 Main Street
New York, NY 10044
(212) 371-4449
Email: mstreettheatre@cs.com
Website: www.mstda.org
20 years in operation/of experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing by special permission.
By sessions (fall & spring semesters) and ongoing.
Focusing on children and teens, their purpose is to give all students (regardless of ability) an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of acting in class work and develop performance skills in our productions.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
HOLLY MANDEL
(212) 696-6893
Website: www.hollymandel.com
7 years in operation.
15 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Trained, taught, and performed with "The Groundlings" in Los Angeles, also studied with Second City alums. Emphasis on improv basics; actors and non-actors welcome.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Auditon/Coaching
*TRACEY MOORE MARABLE
591 Vanderbilt Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(212) 330-8048/fax (718) 230-8133
Email: orfa@aol.com
15 years as a casting dir./7 years teaching.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is pemitted.
By sessions.
The spirited actor class is designed to empower the "person" inside the actor.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
CATHERINE MARKS
WORKSHOP
250 E. 73 St.
New York, NY 10021
(212) 737-5911
21 years in operation.
All classes private one-on-one.
All levels (of skill).
Interview required (no fee).
On-going in five one-hour session cycles.
All major drama techniques. All classes are on-camera (students retain videocassettes). Training for all media including commercials, soaps, film, and stage. Emphasis on skills, cold reads, monologues, and direction for auditions. Separate classes for voice-overs, including professional demo. Singers: direction and producing for cabaret and CD's.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
ROBERT MARKS
850 Seventh Ave., Ste. 804
New York, NY 10019
(212) 664-1654/fax 245-4120
Email: bob@bobmarks.com
Website: www.bobmarks.com
28 years in operation.
Private only.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Preparation of songs for performance for auditions, clubs, and recordings. Digital orchestrations and transpositions.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
DONNA MARRAZZO STUDIO
(888) 660-8882
Email: dmarrazzo@aol.com
15 years of experience.
Limited number of students per class.
Beginners and intermediate levels.
Ongoing.
Develop a technique that works for you: Monologues, scene study and exercises that open up the actor. Receive individual attention that focuses on personal goals. Locations in midtown Manhattan and Monmouth Co., NJ.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
564 Hudson St., #1
New York, NY 10014
(212) 691-4883
Email: xrismartin@aol.com
30 years in operation/of experience.
One student (private coaching)/10-15 students (group classes) average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
By sessions and ongoing.
Private/scene coaching sessions in Shakespeare, classics, and modern European repertoire by international director, actor, and founder of the Classic Stage Company.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
WILLIAM MARTIN
222 W. 83 St., #4B
New York, NY 10024
Phone/fax (212) 724-1548 (dial *51 for fax)
Email: WGMartinJr@aol.com
31 years in operation.
1 or 2 students only per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Classical, contemporary, voice and diction. Private coaching and consulting sessions for auditions, sharpening acting skills, scene breakdown, and character analysis and development.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ANDREA MASTERS
(The Actor's Place)
(212) 946-4541 (vm)/fax (212) 663-1629
Email: EckardMasters@aol.com
15 years in operation/experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Both contemporary and classical. Acting technique and scene study grounded in work of Wynn Handman, Gene Lasko, and Michael Howard, combined with Linklater voice exercises. Co-teach special acting technique/voice class with voice coach Angela Eckard.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
DEBORAH MATHIEU-BYERS
Artistic dir., Streetlight Productions
Streetlight Productions, Inc.
110-64 Queens Blvd., PMB# 175
Forest Hills, NY 11375-6347
(212) 769-7755/fax (212) 202-4107
Email: streetlight@nyc.rr.com
Website: www.streetlightproductions.org
Over 20 years experience as actor/dir./prod'r.
10 years teaching experience.
Private coaching and classes.
8-12 students average per class.
All levels.
One non-participatory audit is permitted.
Ongoing.
Auditioning, script analysis/character creation, classical texts from all areas including Shakespeare and the "business" of the business.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
BOB McANDREW STUDIO
45 W. 87 St.
New York, NY 10024
(212) 580-3834/fax (212) 580-2581
Website: www.BobMcAndrew.com
25 years in operation/of experience.
15 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Contemporary film and television acting for serious actors.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On- Camera (Film/TV)
*CLARKE McCARTHY,
ELIZABETHAN SHAKESPEARE CO.
244 Fifth Ave., Ste. 2176
New York, NY 10001
(212) 252-4618
Email: ESCompany@aol.com
8 years in operation/of experience.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Using the First Folio, actors crack Shakespeare's code. Basic text analysis, monologue, "cue-script," scene study classes, and private coaching available. Call for latest info.
Acting School Technique: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ROBERT McCASKILL
48 W. 8 St., #2D
New York, NY 10011
(212) 777-6050
12 years in operation/of experience.
10 students average per class.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Auditioning. Advanced technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
*JEAN McCLELLAND
PO Box 2281
New York, NY 10108
(212) 969-0783/fax (201) 854-2483
Email: muzen@mindspring.com
20 years in operation.
10 students per class.
All levels.
By session.
The Alexander technique uncovers the body's natural coordination, leading to greater physical and vocal freedom, ease, and spontaneity.
Classes held at 129 W. 67 St., NYC.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
JODIE LYNNE McCLINTOCK
Private Coaching and Classes
49-01 39th Ave.
Sunnyside, NY 11104
(718) 476-2590/fax (718) 505-3733
Email: jlmcclintock@hotmail.com
More than 20 years teaching experience in major universities and conservatory programs in this country and the United Kingdom and as a private acting coach.
6 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted with some restrictions. Free sample class days available. Private coaching on an hourly basis. Classes by term (5 or 12 weeks).
Private coaching: monologue selection (classical and contemporary) and polishing, sides, role preparation, developing solo performance general auditions for graduate schools or overseas programs. Classes—Beginning Shakespeare: sonnets, soliloquies, and text; Advanced Shakespeare: rehearsal repertory into performance; "Shakespeare on Film."
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
PATRICIA McGINNIS
344 W. 89 St.
New York, NY 10024
Phone/fax (212) 362-3374
10 years in operation/of experience.
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 & AmSAT.
Acting School Technique: Multipurpose
*MEDICINE SHOW THEATRE ENSEMBLE
Barbara Vann and James Barbosa, artistic dirs.
549 W. 52 St., 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 262-4216
31 years in operation.
Under 12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted sometimes by arrangement.
Ongoing.
Classes designed to extend the actor's reach and vocabulary, and to build a company. Medicine Show is a theatre that uses entertainment to present new ideas about theatre and life, melds the strength of theatrical tradition with experimentation and innovation, and works with a company of dedicated practitioners to build new visions of communal endeavor.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*ERIK MELVER
(MP PRODUCTIONS)
19-21 Ditmars Blvd., #1R
Astoria, NY 11105
(917) 693-5716/fax (917) 343-1661
Email: nimprovyc@hotmail.com
3 years in operation/of experience.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
While the class is mainly geared to teach improv technique in preparation for performance, the emphasis is less on comedy and more on the actor as storyteller.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv
WILLIAM METZO
300 W. 55 St., Apt. 175
New York, NY 10036
(212) 956-8294
Website: www.williammetzo.com
15 years in operation.
6 students in class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Includes work on Shakespeare, monologues, and helping advanced students with auditions.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
HOWARD MEYER'S
ACTING PROGRAM
1305 White Hill Rd.
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
(914) 962-8828
Website: www.hmacting.org
12 years teaching experience.
12-15 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted for advanced students.
Ongoing.
Method orientation based in Strasberg and Meisner, in addition to with influence from physical theatre.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Teens
STEPHEN MICHAELS
(212) 684-0630
20 years teaching experience.
10 students maximum per class. Also private coaching for auditions and work on roles.
All levels.
By interview only.
Ongoing: payment is by the month.
My work can be broken down into six major technical areas: script interpretation, action, and intent, use of the personal self, use of the partner, character work, and performance problems. Audition preparation and work on roles.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
MIDTOWN PRODUCTIONS
180 West End Ave., Ste. 29K
New York, NY 10023
(212) 875-7614
Website: www.midtownproductions.com
3 years in operation/of experience.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Our classes focus on careers in musical theatre, featuring audition techniques and how to treat your dream like a business. Teachers are Broadway professionals.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ROBERT X. MODICA
Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Ave., Rm. 809
New York, NY 10019
(212) 245-2089
Email: rxmodica@aol.com
Website: www.robertxmodica.com
42 years teaching.
16-20 students average per class.
All levels.
Ongoing.
For students to realize their talents by doing fully and truthfully all elements that make up the work they do in and out of class.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
THE ERIC MORRIS SYSTEM
Eric Morris, author of "No Acting Please"
(212) 726-8380
40 years in operation.
The average number of students per class depends on the structure of the workshop.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By session: two-day workshops, 10AM-6PM.
Method-based technique.
Eric Morris is also the author of "Being and Doing," "Irreverent Acting," "Acting for the Ultimate Consciousness," and "Acting, Imaging, and the Unconscious."
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
ROBIN MORSE
353 W. 39 St., #304
New York, NY 10018
(212) 352-4024
Email: robingus@earthlink.net
7 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Acting class: Morse teaches all levels of experience and training. Covers everything from basic cold reading technique to classical text. Singing performance class: Open to singers of all levels; Morse helps choose material, interpret songs, and basically free up the individual so he can work from his highest potential.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
LUCY MOSES SCHOOL AT
KAUFMAN CENTER
129 W. 67 St.
New York, NY 10023
Young People's Division: (212) 501-3360
Adult Division: (212) 501-3362
Fax (212) 874-7865
Website: www.ekcc.org
50 years in operation.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Children's classes emphasize cooperation, concentration, and imagination. Adult classes feature cabaret (beginner and intermediate).
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
DOUG MOSTON
DRAMA PROJECT, INC.
(212) 533-0933
12 students per class.
Auditing is permitted.
Scene study, Shakespeare, monologues, coaching.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
NINA MURANO (STUDIO)
320 E. 91 St.
New York, NY 10128
(946) 262-1262; fax (212) 722-8351
Email: ninamurano@aol.com
7 years in operation.
10-15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted once.
Ongoing.
Complete Meisner training (beginning to advanced) including actors wanting to continue their Meisner training at all levels. Meisner technique is a way of working and learning the craft of acting; can be applied to stage, film, television, and musical theatre.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
JOHN CHARLES MURPHY
230 W. 82 St., #D4
New York, NY 10024-5458
(212) 501-2357
Email: goplayon@yahoo.com
Over 20 years in operation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing by permission only.
By sessions and ongoing.
Movement-based training developed from classical and contemporary approaches. Joins the work of Stanislavsky, Michael Chekhov, and Jacques Lecoq, where imagination and inner awareness express themselves in spontaneous physical choices.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE
SCHOOL OF THE THEATRE
340 E. 54 St.
New York, NY 10022
(212) 688-3770/fax (212) 906-9051
Email: hgb340@aol.com
Website: www.the-neiplay.org
75 years in operation.
26 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Meisner technique-2-year full-time program; summer session (6 weeks); 18 years and up. Saturday Junior School, 9AM-3PM-6 years to 18 years. Acting/movement/voice.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE
SATURDAY JUNIOR SCHOOL
340 E. 54 St.
New York, NY 10022
(212) 688-3770/fax (212) 906-9051
Website: www.the-neiplay.org
In operation since 1928.
14 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Ages 6-18.
Saturdays 9AM-3PM.
Acting, singing, and dance.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens
RUTH NERKEN
52 W. 74 St.
New York, NY 10023
(212) 362-5277
20 years teaching experience.
One or 12 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Classes at The School for Film and Television: Auditioning, commercials, and Technique for the Whole Actor (integrates voice, movement, emotion, script analysis, and private audition coaching).
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE NEW ACTORS WORKSHOP
Founded by George Morrison, Mike Nichols, and Paul Sills
259 W. 30 St., 2nd fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 947-1310/fax (212) 947-9729
Email: newactorsw@aol.com
Website: www.newactorsworkshop.com
15 years in operation.
14-16 students average per class.
Six-week evening program (fall & spring sessions), and three-week summer session (July & August).
Auditing is not permitted.
Two-year, full-time training program. Each with dual focus on improvisation and Stanislavsky-based method technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
NEW ENGLAND ACADEMY
OF THEATRE
(formerly the New England Actors Theatre)
3013 Dixwell Ave.
Hamden, CT 06518
(203) 281-6115/fax (203) 281-6119
Website: www.neatct.org
10 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing permitted in some classes.
By sessions and ongoing.
Professional faculty with stage, film, and TV experience-regionally and nationally-teach a wide variety of classes.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
NEW JERSEY SHAKESPEARE
FESTIVAL
36 Madison Ave.
Madison, NJ 07940
(973) 408-3278/fax (973) 408-3361
Website: www.njshakespeare.org
40 years in operation/of experience.
10-30 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Focus on Shakespeare and other classic works through hands-on performance experience and in-depth classroom training. 11-week summer intensive and year-round touring opportunities. EMC points/stipends available.
Acting School Technique: Acting Technique; Children/Teens (Teens only); Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY
100 E. 17 St.
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-4300/fax (212) 477-1414
Email: film@nyfa.com
Website: www.nyfa.com
11 years in operation.
16 students average per class (enrollment limited).
Basic and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Eight-, six-, and four-week workshops in NYC and at Universal Studios in L.A.; London (Kings College); Florence, Italy; and Australia. 12-week and advanced directing and evening workshop available. Four-week Acting for Film, one-year acting digital filmmaking for film. Special summer workshops available at Princeton University, Harvard Faculty Club, American University of Paris, and Cambridge University. Intensive, hands-on filmmaking workshops in which students write, direct, shoot, and edit their own short 16mm films using professional Arriflex cameras.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*NEW YORK MASK AND CLOWN WORKSHOP
69 Sutton St., #1
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Phone/fax (718) 349-0008
Email: arianeanthony@yahoo.com
7 years in operation/of experience.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
This commedia dell'arte mask and clown technique helps the actor to master space, timing, movement specificity, use of errors, and working with the audience.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*TOM NOONAN
Paradise Theater Company
64 E. 4 St.
New York, NY 10003
(212) 473-7375
Email: tom@tomnoonan.com
Website: www.tomnoonan.com
6 years in operation at the Paradise Theater.
12 students average per class (there are 2 classes).
Advanced.
Ongoing.
Tom Noonan is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor who focuses on helping actors make their work more personal. Mr. Noonan also teaches a screenwriting workshop which uses actors from his acting workshops.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
BRIAN O'NEIL
322 E. 89 St., #1B
New York, NY 10128
(212) 459-4502/fax (212) 369-3814
Email: oactbiz@aol.com
13 years in operation/of experience.
6 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
"Monologues and Marketing" Workshop is a seven-week class emphasizing selection and performance of monologue audition pieces. By interview, limited to six participants and conducted throughout the year.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
O'NEILL NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
305 Great Neck Rd.
Waterford, CT 06385
(860) 443-7139/fax (860) 443-9653
Email: ntiadmit@conncoll.edu
Website: http://nti.conncoll.edu
33 years in operation (since 1970).
Maximum of 32 students per semester.
Intermediate level.
Auditing is permitted by appointment.
By session (semester).
A 14-week theatre training intensive for college-age students. Coursework includes acting, directing, playwriting, design, voice, and movement. Includes two weeks abroad.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
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Catherine Russell, teacher.
Duffy Theater
1553 Broadway, 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 840-3257/fax (212) 921-7928
Email: postarvis@aol.com
Website: www.oncamera-newyork.com
20 years in operation.
8 to 12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
On-camera work on cold readings of monologue and scenes; three-hour classses, each student works twice every class.
Acting School Category: On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ON CAMERA...and off, INC.
Larry Conroy
42 W. 13 St.
New York, NY 10011-7922
(212) 741-1444/fax (212) 366-5688
Email: oncamoff@aol.com
19 years in operation.
Private one-on-one coaching.
Beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted. No charge evaluation offered.
Ongoing.
Meisner-based techniques developed by my work/methods with individual student/clients.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
BRUCE ORNSTEIN
(212) 802-4955
Email: actngclass@aol.com
7 years in operation.
12-15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Scene study, exercise work, improvs-all leading toward overall artistic growth.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*PETRONIA PALEY
c/o Frederick Douglas Creative Arts Center
270 W. 96 St.
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-3375/fax (212) 252-2188
25 years in operation/of experience.
10 students average per class.
Beginners and intermediate.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
The Acting Workshop is a process to help the actor develop the ability to commit, commune, and concentrate in three successive levels.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique, Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
*PAN ASIAN REPERTORY
520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 314, 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10018
(212) 868-4030/fax (212) 868-4033
Email: panasian@aol.com
Website: www.panasianrep.org
25 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Offer workshops that vary year to year: Creation Theatre Workshop-New Works/Performance Art led by Ernest Abuba for performance artists, directors who write, and playwrights to develop scripts on a non-linear structure. Call for information.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*ROBERT PATTERSON STUDIO
170 W. 74 St.
New York, NY 10023
(212) 840-1234/fax (212) 595-3785
Email: RPatterson11201@yahoo.com
Website: www.RPattersonStudio.com
28 years teaching experience.
7 students per class.
Intermediate level.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
28-month course; classical by nature. Six-week introductory classes.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
CRAIG PEARLBERG
237 W. 109 St., #1D
New York, NY 10025
(917) 626-4012
Email: cpearlberg@nyc.rr.com
15 years in operation/of experience.
Private only.
All levels.
Emphasis on developing monologues, one-person shows, and cabarets; giving individual more understanding and control of his/her career. Industry questions answered.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
MICHAEL PERRECA
SONGS & MONOLOGUES CLASS
Location: TADA!, 15 W. 28 St., NYC
(212) 714-4669
Classes begin in mid-Jan. 2003.
7 years in operation.
Intermediate and advanced.
Auditing permitted.
Audition and performance class that combines work on songs and monologues. Alternates weeks working on songs and monologues, to brush up on students' overall audition techniques, for both actors and singers.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*TODD PETERS
345 W. 85 St.
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-5836
18 years in operation.
Private coaching only.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
The focus is on personalization & characterization for all kinds of material.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
LENARD PETIT-MICHAEL CHEKHOV ACTING STUDIO
PO Box 20168
West Village Station
New York, NY 10014
(212) 802-8350/fax (718) 858-2498
Email: meglenium@earthlink.net
Seven years (studio) in operation/15 years teaching experience.
12 students limit per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Overview and practical application of Michael Chekhov technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
DARCI PICOULT AND LOUIS SCHEEDER
(212) 614-9131
11 years teaching experience.
15 students average per class; private coaching.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Sessions start every 10 weeks.
Classical and contemporary scene work and monologues.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
JACK POGGI
MONOLOGUE COACH
880 W. 181 St., Apt. 4B
New York, NY 10033
(212) 928-6882
Service: (212) 382-3535
30 years teaching experience.
8 students average per class.
Intermediate/advanced in monologue workshops; all levels privately.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions for workshops. Ongoing for private coaching.
Emphasis on finding, rehearsing, and performing monologues for auditions. Author of "The Monologue Workshop."
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
SCOTT POWERS
STUDIOS, INC.
22 W. 21 St., Ste. 405
New York, NY 10010
(212) 242-4700
Email: getworking@scottpowers.com
Website: www.scottpowers.com
16 years in operation.
6-14 students per class; also individual one-on-one consultations.
All levels.
Sample class days offered.
Overriding goal is to prepare the committed actor to obtain professional work in the industry. Curriculum includes professional-level training in on-camera commercials, soap, film, commercial print, monologues, improvisation, and corporate video. Courses also offered online live via Internet.
Does offer work/study program.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
CAROL FOX PRESCOTT: ACTING CLASSES
The Basement Space
102 W. 75 St.
New York, NY 10023
(212) 501-7776/fax (914) 679-6707
Email: CFPrescott@aol.com
Over 20 years teaching experience.
12-18 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing (by participation) is encouraged.
Ongoing.
Special emphasis on developing and maintaining a solid acting technique, which serves for stage, film, and TV. Additional workshops in improv and musical theatre offered.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Multipurpose
PROFESSIONAL ACTOR'S GYM (PAG)
NYC: (866) 510-6560 ext. 5893
L.A.: same phone no. as above
Email: info@professionalactorsgymn.org
Website: www.professionalactorsgymn.org
33 years in operation.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted on Audit Night, the last night of an 8-week workout.
Classes are by 8-week workouts, one night per week, with a total of 32 nights per year.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens (10 and up); Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL
Ryan Clark, arts coordinator
328 W. 48 St.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 247-8652/fax (212) 247-7514
Email: rclark1921@aol.com
12 years in operation.
20 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Courses include: Musical theatre, scene study, voice & diction, movement, playwriting, directing, filmmaking, and theatre history. All classes are taught by Actors Institute instructors. (See Actors Institute for description).
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THEATRE
Mailing address:
141 W. 94 St.
New York, NY 10025
(212) 354-1293/fax (212) 307-6769
Email: prttny@aol.com
35 years in operation.
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 theatre and American playwrights.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*PULSE ENSEMBLE THEATRE
432 W. 42 St.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 695-1596
Email: pet@pulseensembletheatre.org
13 years in operation.
Public speaking.
Monologue coaching group or individual.
Playwrights' lab, directing.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Participatory auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Emphasis on building a character based on the Stanislavsky technique. Work with contemporary and classical prose, and verse.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
LOIS RAEBECK
(718) 624-8145
Over 30 years of teaching experience.
Private coaching only.
Intermediate and advanced students, or beginners with some previous training.
No auditing permitted, but free interview.
Now focusing on alleviating stage fright and difficulty memorizing for actors.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*ROB REESE
454 W. 49 St., #34B
New York, NY 10019
(917) 756-8396
Email: Coaching@amnesiawars.com
Website: www.rob-reese.com
One student per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Coaching is ongoing, by appointment.
Emphasizes powerful, immediate connection with text, as well as utilizing visualization and goal setting techniques for auditions, etc.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*REV THEATRE COMPANY
Rosemary Hay, artistic dir.
Rudy Caporaso, co-artistic dir.
302 W. 51 St., #4D
New York, NY 10019
(212) 581-5377
Email: revtco@hotmail.com
12-14 students maximum.
Auditing is permitted.
10-12 week sessions, except for workshop, which is ongoing throughout the year.
Interview and audition required.
Focus on classical training in association with REV Theatre Company.
Shakespeare Workshop: ongoing weekly intensive throughout the year; for intermediate and advanced actors. Shakespeare Foundation course: beginners. Monologue Intensive: intermediate students.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
CAROL REYNOLDS
BODY DYNAMICSTM CLASSES
(212) 288-8380
Over 25 years teaching.
10-18 students per class.
Basic course and ongoing workshop.
Auditing is not permitted.
Reynolds is founder/director of Body DynamicsTM-quintessential movement for actors.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*KYMBERLY HARRIS RIGGS
Classes at the New School for Social Research
(917) 781-1263
Website: www.bway.net/~fresh
11 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
CATHERINE RUSSELL
(212) 445-1016
20 years teaching experience.
Private coaching onstage and on camera.
All levels.
Emphasis on text, cold readings, monologues, and audition preparation.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
SARATOGA INTERNATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE (The Siti Company)
520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 310, 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10018
(212) 868-0860/fax (212) 868-0837
Email: inbox@siti.org
Website: www.siti.org
In operation since 1992.
20 students average per class.
Beginning and intermediate levels.
Auditing is permitted by arrangement.
Classes are by sessions and ongoing.
Suzuki method of actor training, viewpoints and composition.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Multipurpose
*CAROL SCHNEIDER
Private Coaching Studio
(212) 726-3537
Three years in operation.
Private coaching.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Professional, supportive, private coaching for role preparation and auditions. Both classical and modern material. Schneider has been a working actor for 16 years. Credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, and principal work in films.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
THE SCHOOL FOR FILM AND TELEVISION
39 W. 19 St., 12th fl.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 645-0030/fax (212) 645-0039
Email: info@filmandtelevision.com
Website: www.filmandtelevision.com
Over 20 years in operation.
10-12 students average per class.
All levels, including master classes.
Auditing is permitted by interview.
By 8-12 week sessions.
SFT is a NAST accredited conservatory with a two-year professional training program and a large part-time division. The focus is on acquiring performance skills for success in film and television.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
THE SCHOOL OF RUSSIAN ART THEATRE
418 Central Park West, Ste. 64
New York, NY 10025
Phone/fax (212) 316-6608
Email: ok-heyfets-iec@att.net
8 years in operation/of experience.
20 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Acting, directing, stage movement: Improvisation methods of Stanislavsky and Vakhtangov; Chekhov & Shakespeare scenes; Meyerhold's Biomechanics. Instructors: Slava Dolgatchev (Moscow Art Theatre), Oleg Kheyfets (Columbia University).
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
T. SCHREIBER STUDIO
151 W. 26 St., 7th fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 741-0209/fax (212) 741-0948
Email: info@t-s-s.org
Website: t-s-s.org
34 years in operation.
16-18 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Variety of classes offered in acting technique, vocal production, acting for the camera, body dynamics, and auditioning; plus an annual season of full-scale productions showcasing current student/alumni.
Does offer work/study program (students must be enrolled for at least three months).
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*THE SECOND CITY TRAINING CENTER
PMB #379
70A Greenwich Ave.
New York, NY 10011
Phone/fax (212) 691-0011
Website: www.secondcity.com
16 years in operation.
13 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions. Classes in NYC.
Improvisation fundamentals and advanced improvisation for audition, rehearsal, and performance. Creation and performance of a Second City-style sketch comedy revue. Specialty classes such as commedia dell'arte, mask work, and improving one-act plays.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Multipurpose
JACQUELINE SEGAL
(212) 683-9428
26 years experience.
6-10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing not permitted.
Ongoing.
Emphasis on combining acting tools with intuitive and sensory work and on individual time for each student. One day workshops are also given.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
LAURA SEGAL/THE TARA STUDIO
83 Leonard St., 4th fl.
New York, NY 10013
(212) 966-1997
Email: Tarastudio@aol.com
24 years experience.
8-12 students per class.
All levels.
No auditing permitted.
By sessions.
A comprehensive course in movement for the theatre; dance, mime, mask, physical comedy, commedia dell'arte, and improvisation.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*THE SHAKESPEARE LAB
The Public Theater/NYSF
425 Lafayette St.
New York, NY 10003
Hotline: (212) 539-8525 and (212) 539-8702/fax (212) 539-8505
Website: www.publictheater.org
7 years in operation.
17 students average per class.
Auditing is not permitted.
The Shakespeare Lab is an opportunity for young actors to develop their classical skills.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*SHAKESPEARE LAB PROJECT
435 W. 48th St., #3
New York, NY 10019
(212) 265-4832
Website: www.angelfire.com/ny/shakespearelabprojec/mission.html
1 year in operation.
20 students in class.
All levels.
Ongoing classes.
The Shakespeare Lab Project is an ongoing weekly workshop for actors of all levels of training and experience. The Lab allows actors to participate in a group warm-up (Tai-Chi, yoga, Alexander, and vocal work, followed by exercises and intense work of verse material for their monologues and scenes). The language and the text exercises are an integral part of the process designed to access the actors' imaginations for a deeper physical and emotional response to the text. Special sessions include work on scansion, prose technique, sonnets, and classical audition technique. Participants can also choose particular topics that they wish to focus on.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
JUDITH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
"SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP"
Joanne Zipay, founder and artistic dir.
PO Box 60, Times Square Station,
New York, NY 10036
(212) 592-1885
Website: www.judithshakespeare.org
6 years class as structured; 20 years teaching experience.
14 students average per class.
Beginners and intermediate.
Auditing is permitted.
Taught by Joanne Zipay. Shakespeare acting technique based in the text. Bridging the worlds of contemporary and classical acting. Inexpensive. (Individual coaching available.)
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*"SHAPING SHAKESPEARE" TAUGHT BY
LUCILLE SAINT-PETER
10 W. 65 St.
New York, NY 10023
(212) 877-9450
Email: lstpeter22@aol.com
32 years of experience.
12 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Ongoing.
Uses exercises and improvisations to show the similarity of Shakespeare's melody and intonation to present-day speech, and how language and subtext combine to help actors select their actions and objectives with greater specificity and clarity.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
LYNETTE SHELDON
ACTORS STUDIO
Mailing address only:
309 E. 5 St., #25
New York, NY 10003
Phone/fax (212) 477-0171
Website: www.lsactorstudio.com
12 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
Auditing is permitted.
All levels plus private coaching.
By sessions and ongoing.
Professional technique and scene study program, incorporating Stella Adler, Meisner, improvisation, and Stanislavsky techniques. Private audition coaching/career development and weekend audition intensives by appointment. The studio's programs are designed to develop well-trained professional working actors. Scene study, technique, script analysis, character development, and relaxation are an integral part of each course. Excellent training for film, theatre, and television/contemporary and classical material.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
SUZANNE SHEPHERD
225 W. 86 St.
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-5324/fax (917) 441-0139
30 years teaching experience.
20 students average per class.
Advanced level.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
An advanced class focusing on how to work on a text and to inhabit a character.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
SANDE SHURIN
311 W. 43 St., Ste. 602
New York, NY 10036
Or:
Box 644
Woodstock, NY 12498
(212) 262-6848/fax (212) 262-6849
Email: shurinacting@earthlink.net
Website: www.sandeshurin.com
NYC; Woodstock, NY; and Albany, NY.
23 years in operation.
Private class.
Advanced level (professionals).
Private sessions.
Sande Shurin private coaches professionals, advanced actors, and celebrities for auditions, and on script during shooting, rehearsals, and performances for film, TV, and theatre. On location coaching available.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
SANDE SHURIN'S TRANSFORMING ACTING STUDIO & THEATRE
"The Shurin Technique"
311 W. 43 St., Ste. 602
New York, NY 10036
(212) 262-6848/fax (212) 262-6849
Email: shurinacting@earthlink.net
Website: www.sandeshurin.com
23 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Private coaching available.
Ongoing.
Professional, master class, and intensives taught by Sande Shurin. Entry level and intermediate classes taught by Ms. Shurin's specially trained industry professionals. Free two-hour introductions to "Transfor-mational Acting" are available. Transformational acting, developed by Miss Shurin, uncovers and uses the actor's emotional body rather than relying on emotional recall. It also focuses on utilizing the actor's unique "special" self to transform into character.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*LARRY SILVERBERG
THE MEISNER TRAINING PROGRAM
At The School For Film and Television
39 W. 19 St., 12th fl.
New York, NY 10011
15 years in operation.
24 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted at open class session only.
By session (one six-week program in the summer and a nine-month program beginning each September).
The Meisner work, taught by Larry Silverberg, author of "The Sanford Meisner Approach" and "An Actors Workbook."
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
THE SIMON STUDIO
Roger Hendricks Simon, dir.
Mailing Address:
565 W. 169 St., #6D
New York, NY 10032
(212) 841-0204/fax (212) 543-0286
Email: rhsstudio@hotmail.com
Website: www.simonstudio.com
25 years in operation.
8-15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
On camera (film/TV) contemporary mixed with classics and Shakespeare; actors with directors, writers, agents, and industry guests. Training with performance opportunity. Private coaching & group professional lab classes on-camera with Roger Hendricks Simon, dir., (NY Shakespeare Festival, Royal Court Theatre, and Yale Rep), scene study/monologues, audition technique, cold reading, voice, improv, movement, stage combat, commercial/ voice-over technique.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*BARBARA SINCLAIR
Acting Teacher/Private Coach
(212) 316-3024-private
Teaches focus-internal process that stresses individuality.
27 years teaching experience.
Combined scene study with private business training.
Original monologues for students written by seventh week.
Ongoing classes meet twice a week in Midtown location.
Students may take advantage of discount for eight-week package.
Auditing is permitted.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*SINGERS FORUM
39 W. 19 St.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 366-0541/fax (212) 366-0546
Email: nysings@aol.com
Website: www.singersform.org
24 years in operation/of experience.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
By sessions.
Acting for singers, Monday evenings. Musical theatre workshop, Sunday evenings.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique (for singers)
THE SINGING EXPERIENCE
Linda Amiel Burns, dir.
145 W. 67 St., Ste. 35C
New York, NY 10023
Phone/fax (212) 595-4379
Email: singlab@aol.com
Website: www.singingexperience.com
Founded in 1977.
25 years in operation/of experience.
12-15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted by special permission.
Public can attend final performance.
By sessions.
The Singing Experience is beginning its 26th season. Cabaret and musical theatre performance technique. Each workshop consists of four rehearsals, a performance at a well-known cabaret and a VideoViewing party. Graduates are shown on "The Singing Experience" weekly cable TV show on MNN and RCN. Private coaching available, cabaret acts prepared and directed.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*LYNN SINGER'S VOICEWORKS
201 W. 16 St.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 242-3297
Email: LGSVoice@prodigy.net
25 years teaching experience.
15 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Acting and voice classes, technique, and scene study. Stanislavsky-based. Body work "informs" the class. Formerly at Yale and Circle in the Square. Presently on staff at T. Schreiber Studio. Private classes and coaching available.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*ALLYN SITJAR
artistic dir., Youth Theatre Of New Jersey & Summer Theatre Institute
(in residence at Columbia University)
23 Tomahawk Trail
Sparta, NJ 07871
Cell (201) 415-5329 or
(212) 258-2110
Fax (973) 729-3654 (write Attn: Youth Theatre)
Email: youththeatreallyn@yahoo.com
18 years in operation/of experience.
One-on-one sessions or maximum of four for a group audition coaching session;Acting classes average 10-15 students.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and appointment.
School specializes in helping teens make intelligent college theatre program choices and put together a clear, confident audition-from monologue/song selections, to audition, to interview.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
SUSAN SLAVIN ACTORS & SINGERS ACADEMY AT CARNEGIE HALL
119 W. 57 St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 582-0321
24 years in operation.
10-20 students average per class.
All levels.
Individual curriculum, from one class to full-time program.
Private coaching/career consultation.
Complimentary interview.
Ongoing.
Innovative acting and musical performing techniques; business-related guidance; professional showcases. A comprehensive approach that deals with: (1) The unique identity of each individual; (2) The art and the easy invisible craft; (3) The industry and marketing oneself accurately in it; and the correlation of all three for ultimate success.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching (private coaching); Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
JACQUELINE SOLOTAR
(212) 595-3039
Over 20 years teaching experience.
Private coaching.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Acting technique and scene study. Monologues, auditions. Call for interview.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
TOM SOTER
WINGNUT COMEDY STUDIO
1264 Amsterdam Ave., 3B
New York, NY 10027
Phone/fax (212) 316-4916
Email: tsoter@tuna.net
Website: tomsoter.com
21 years improv experience.
5-15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Variety of classes: musical performance, improv, narrative, and scene class.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
*DEANNA SORENSON
400 E. 59 St., #16H
New York, NY 10022
(212) 759-7619
8 years teaching/coaching experience.
Private coaching.
All levels: beginners to technically superb professionals.
Ongoing.
Deanna Sorenson states: "Lee Strasberg, taught me for 9-1/2 years in his private classes beginning in 1958. His teachings/technique are what I have to pass on to you: sense memory, affective memory, private moments, improv, etc."
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
BARBARA SPIEGEL THEATRE WORKSHOPS
534 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
(212) 688-0945
26 years privately, 18 years at The New School.
Private coaching.
All levels.
All areas and methods, as well as classical and contemporary, are covered. There will be sessions of group classes taught periodically.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ALICE SPIVAK
c/o Three of Us Studios
39 W. 19 St.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 924-0561
30 plus years teaching experience.
22 students average per class.
Advanced students only.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions. Teaches only in the fall and winter.
Stanislavsky technique; scene study.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
THE STAND-UP COMEDY
EXPERIENCE AT THE AMERICAN COMEDY INSTITUTE
841 Eighth Ave., Ste. 736
New York, NY 10001
(212) 247-5555/fax (212) 247-5568
Email: info@comedyinstitute.com
Website: www.comedyinstitute.com
13 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Monthly sessions.
With intensive training in classes and private writing sessions conducted by award-winning comedy director, Stephen Rosenfield, you will create your own stand-up set and perform at Carolines.
Acting School Category: Comedy/Improv
STARMAP ACTING STUDIO
Laurie Ann Davis, teacher/owner
102 Woodbury Rd.
Hicksville, NY 11801
(516) 937-7827 (Star)
Website: www.starmapacting.com
12 years operation/of experience.
8-12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Based on Sanford Meisner technique concentration in scene and monologue study, relaxation, voice/body work, creative release work, improvisations, emotional work, and performance nights every 10-12 weeks. Also have guest teachers and various workshops throughout the year in musical theatre, vocal workshops, therapeutic body movement, core energetics workshops, creative release workshops, guest speakers, playwrights, authors, etc. Also produce own plays using Star Map students.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
TRUDY STEIBL
Mailing Address:
210 E. 31 St.
New York, NY 10016
Phone/fax (212) 689-6349
Cell (917) 415-7710
Email: trudysteibl@aol.com
20 years teaching at HB Studio (still ongoing); four years private coaching.
Private coaching for the needs of the performer: acting technique, honing audition skills. All levels. Extensive work with young actors.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*JUNE STEIN
(212) 645-8947
Website: www.junestein.com
15 years in operation/of experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted, with exceptions.
Ongoing.
Acting technique through scene study. Intricacies of character, circumstances, relationship, beats, and actions are explored in order to manifest exceptional skill and performance. Students often work with my film directors at Columbia University.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique (scene study)
JENNIFER SHERRON STOCK
310 Riverside Dr.
New York NY 10025
(212) 662-2389
Email: jesto1@hotmail.com
13 years in operation/of experience.
1-2 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Specializing in Shakespearean text, Shaw, Wilde, the classics. Modern playwrights also coached.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
JEFFREY D. STOCKER-
FILM ACTING STUDIO
90 Lexington Ave., Ste. 1H
New York, NY 10016
(212) 725-3437
Email: STUDIO-90-LEXS@prodigy.net
Website: www.FILMACTINGSTUDIO.com
26 years teaching experience.
1-6 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing: Interview is by appointment only.
By sessions and ongoing.
All session on-camera, monologues, scene study audition/pre-shoot coaching, career consultation, Reader's Theatre Workshop-a production showcase where casting directors and agents are invited. All sessions are private, but small group sessions are available.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (TV/Film/Commercial)
ELLY STONE
Vocal technique-coaching.
(212) 874-6290
Achieve power without pushing; eliminate breaks and breathiness; free the natural beauty of the voice. Reveal the individuality which is at the heart of the performer.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*MICHAEL STORCK
PO Box 657
New York, NY 10101
(212) 982-9091
12 years teaching experience.
8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is sometimes permitted.
10-session class; private coaching.
Film acting with emphasis on shooting a complete scene.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
JOHN STRASBERG STUDIOS
An International Center for Theater Arts
Research and Creative Development
666 West End Ave., Apt. #20 F
New York, NY 10025-7357
Phone/fax (212) 721-5809
Email: jcsstudios@aol.com
40 years in operation.
8-12 students average per class.
Actors work every class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By 10- to 20-week sessions.
Also, intensive workshops.
An intuitive and conscious creative process develops completely within scenework. Talent, imagination, intelligence, being spontaneous, becoming deeply involved in the imaginary world. An actor expresses his or her vision. Because, an artist has something to say about life. Strasberg is the author of "Accidentally on Purpose: Reflections on Life, Acting, and the Nine Natural Laws of Creativity." Next ongoing session begins Feb. 8.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
LEE STRASBERG THEATRE
INSTITUTE
115 E. 15 St.
Lee Strasberg Way
New York, NY 10003
(212) 533-5500/fax (212) 473-1727
Email: theleeny@aol.com
Website: www.strasberg.com
33 years in operation.
15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Introductory, part-time, and full-time programs grounded in Lee Strasberg Method.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
TADA!
15 W. 28 St., 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 252-1619/fax (212) 252-8763
Website: www.tadatheater.com
18 years in operation.
20-25 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Classes range from one week to a full year.
Auditing is not permitted.
Training for children, ages 5-17, in musical theatre and drama. Financial aid available. Classes divided by grade level.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens
*MARC TASLIT ACTING OPERA
800-806-7372 (toll-free)/fax (727) 786-0650
Email: marctaslit@earthlink.net
Websites:
www.actingopera.com
www.memorymasters.com
12 years in operation.
Average of 10 students per class.
Intermediate and advanced students only.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Weekend intensives in NYC and other cities offered periodically throughout the season. 2003 dates TBA. Specializing in singer-actors in opera and musical theatre. Includes: cold reading, audition preparation, monologue preparation, text memorization, and on-camera. Training approach is post?Meisner; it is non-Method and not personally invasive.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
PENNY TEMPLETON STUDIO
261 W. 35 St., Ste. 304
New York, NY 10001
(212) 643-2614/fax (212) 643-2615
Email: pts158@bellatantic.net
Website: pennytempletonstudio.com
11 years in operation.
Private coaching and classes.
15 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced.
Auditing is not permitted.
All levels.
Ongoing and by sessions.
Advanced On-Camera Technique (8 weeks) for the advanced professional (by invitation only): film, prime time and soap opera audition scenes taught in a "screen test" environment. Classes taught by Ms. Templeton and Hank Schob. Basic Acting/On-Camera Technique (6 weeks): learn Ms. Templeton's approach to breaking down scripts and making dynamic choices on-camera. For the beginning actor. On-Going Acting Technique/Scene Study (by invitation): intermediate and professional master classes. Learn the techniques necessary for theatre, film, and television. Each class begins with Ms. Templeton's "Acting Barre" and other exercises, followed by scene study. Every actor works at least twice in every class.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*DEBORAH JEAN TEMPLIN
104 Perry St., #5A
New York, NY 10014
(212) 642-8366
Email: djtemplin@hotmail.com
Website: www.djtemplin.com
28 years teaching experience.
Average one student per class.
Beginners.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Any special emphasis used in classes:
Bringing together physical and vocal life of the character through a practical investigation of text. Discovering the character's objectives in order to uncover truthful behavior.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
TSI/THE THEATRE-STUDIO, INC.
750 8th Ave., Ste. 200
New York, NY 10036
(212) 719-0500 ext. 3/fax (212) 719-0537
Website: www.theatrestudio.org
Theatre founded in 1980.
Professional workshop founded in 1998.
8 students average per class.
Intermediate and advanced.
Auditing is permitted with $25 fee.
By sessions.
All actor-students are cast in new plays or classics as part of the training process. Professional producers, casting directors, and talent agents view the Playtime Series weekly. Only students with strong commitment and discipline admitted.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
CAROLINE THOMAS'
TOTAL THEATRE LAB
Ofc.: 118 W. 79 St., Ste. 12A
New York, NY 10024
(212) 799-4224
Email: cttheatre@aol.com
15 years teaching experience.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Ongoing; private and group classes.
Total Theatre Lab develops the actors/student's unique personal style from beginning acting through performances in showcases.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
CAMERON THOR STUDIO EAST
Business ofc.:
438 Center Rd.
Middlesex, VT 05602
(212) 372-0372
Email: info@thoreast.com
Website: www.thoreast.com
15 years in operation/of experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted/$20 fee.
Ongoing.
Acting for film classes, using the new and innovative techniques developed by Cameron Thor and Roy London.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*PAULINE TURLEY
Irish Arts Center
553 W. 51 St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 757-3318/fax (212) 247-0930
8 students average per class.
25 years in operation.
5 or one-on-one average number of students.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Masterclasses in Acting for Camera, Dialect Coaching, and Screen Writing. Classes are taught in six-week semesters.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*TURTLE BAY MUSIC SCHOOL
244 E. 52 St.
New York, NY 10022
(212) 753-8811 ext. 20 (voice dept.)
Private vocal instruction, all styles and levels.
Ongoing registration.
McClosky technique for voice rehabilitation, voice classes and workshops, singing for actors and dancers, musical theatre and cabaret workshops, sight-singing/basic musicianship.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose (music school)
OLINDA TURTURRO ACTING STUDIO
(212) 473-1701
Email: olintur@yahoo.com
Website: www.olindaturturroactingstudio.com
11 years teaching experience.
Limited to 4-8 students per class.
Classes/private coaching.
All levels.
One working audit is permitted.
Ongoing (one-month commitment). Winter classes begin Jan. 7.
Meisner technique-oriented monologues, cold readings, audition technique, and improvisation. Also teaches on camera classes in film, TV, commercial, and soap. Referrals to agents, directors, and casting directors. Guest speakers include agents, directors, and casting directors. Call for telephone interview.
Acting School Technique: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv (Improv only); Monologue/Audition/Coaching (private coaching); Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV, Commercial)
TVI ACTORS STUDIO
165 W. 46 St., Ste. 509
New York, NY 10036
(212) 302-1900/fax (212) 302-1926
Website: www.tvistudios.com
17 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted in some classes.
By sessions and ongoing.
Techniques in the realities of auditioning for theatre, TV, film, commercials, voice-overs, and musical theatre.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*29TH STREET REP PROFESSIONAL ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAM
212 W. 29th St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 712-8712/fax (212) 243-5122
Website: www.29thstreetrep.com
13 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
Beginners and intermediate.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Contemporary acting technique. Focus is toward film acting. Improvisation, scene study, monologues, and on-camera acting are all covered in this program which culminates with actors performing in a showcase production.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
UNSTOPPABLE ACTORS BUSINESS SCHOOL:
LOCO DAWN FILMS
Classes taught by Monroe Mann,
author of "The Theatrical Juggernaut: The Psyche of the Star."
Mailing address:
PO Box 3674
New York, NY 10163
Classes taught at:
22 W. 34 St., NYC.
Main ofc.:
316 Westchester Ave.
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone/fax (888) 284-2711;
(212) 465-7234 (voice-mail)
Email: info@unstoppableactors.com
Website: www.unstoppableactors.com
or www.locodawn.com
Six years in operation/of experience.
8-12 students average per class.
All levels.
Five-week sessions; two nights/week.
U.A. teaches business to artists. They teach the basic entrepreneurial skills needed to become competitive: marketing, financing, advertising, publicity, salesmanship, networking, and how to think like a star.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens; Multipurpose
*THOMAS VASILIADES
(212) 726-1569
Currently on faculty, teaching at The Juilliard School, Actors Studio MFA Program, and NYU. Former chair and president of the American Center for the Alexander Technique.
8 years teaching experience.
Private lessons and group classes.
6-10 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Performers can meet the vocal, physical, and emotional demands with greater ease. Freedom in movement, improved breathing, better vocal production.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
KIMBERLY VAUGHN PERFORMANCE STUDIO
Teacher, dir., Tony-nominated B'way prod'r.; actress.
(212) 929-0805
13 years teaching experience.
Private coaching for stage, film/TV, and cabaret.
Musical performance audition technique classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Workshops and master classes with widely known industry casting directors, agents, composers, and directors. Clients work on Broadway, in national tours, regionally, and film/TV.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
*THOMAS G. WAITES ACTING SCHOOL
235 E. 95 St., #3E
New York, NY 10128
(646) 215-8722
Email: TW90876@aol.com
20 years in operation/of experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted (free audit).
Ongoing.
Emphasis on classics, especially Shakespeare. Purpose: to get the actor working. Also, focus is on business.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Camera)
JACK WALTZER ACTING
WORKSHOPS
5 Minetta St., Apt. 2B
New York, NY 10012
(212) 473-7056/(212) 840-1234
Website: www.jackwaltzer.com
36 years teaching experience.
Private coaching.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Private coaching for specific roles; technical training; auditions for film, TV, theatre; script breakdown; cold readings.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
WARD STUDIO
145 W. 28 St., 8F
New York, NY 10001
(212) 239-1456
Website: www.wardstudio.com
18 years teaching experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
The Ward Studio is an actor training program specializing in the Meisner approach. They also offer a Career Coaching workshop which helps actors identify and execute smarter strategies for building and sustaining their careers. (Classes in movement and voice are also part of the curriculum.)
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
*"WAY-OFF BROADWAY" THEATER SCHOOL OF LONG ISLAND
95 Christopher St., Ste. 6F
New York, NY 10014
Also has locations at:
Manhasset, Garden City, Merrick, and Dix Hills, NY.
(516) 741-1682/fax (212) 242-3043
17 years in operation.
10 students average per class.
Beginners and intermediate.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
All styles.
Acting School Category: Children/Teens
WEIST-BARRON ACTING
FOR TELEVISION/FILM/THEATRE
35 W. 45 St., 6th fl.
New York, NY 10036
(212) 840-7025
Website: www.weistbarronacting.com
47 years in operation; first on-camera acting school in the nation.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
By sessions.
Auditing is permitted.
TV commercials (basic & advanced), soap/film/prime-time, theatre, acting technique and scene study, cold readings, monologues, voice-over, showcase opportunities. Separate casting division.
Acting School Category: On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
*BILL WENDT
115 MacDougal St.
New York, NY 10012
(212) 982-4434
12 years teaching experience.
10 students average per class.
All levels.
Private sessions and coaching available.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Sense memory, improv, scenes, monologue, on-camera (taping), and audition techniques.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*WEST SIDE YMCA THEATRE
PROGRAM
Jennifer Draganski, theatre dir. & West Side Y dir.
5 W. 63 St.
New York, NY 10023
(212) 875-4222/fax (212) 875-4184
Email: jdraganski@ymcanyc.org
7 years in operation/professional staff with years of experience.
10-15 students average per class.
All levels-beginners to advanced.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Classes taught:
Children: Creative Drama (3-5 years old); Musical Theatre (K-3rd Grade); Kids' Company Performing Troupe (by audition only; ages 9-17).
Adults: Adult Cabaret Class culminating in a staged cabaret show; Adult Improvisational Class. Adult classes are for both the professional and non-professional who acts/sings or has always wanted to learn. Class emphasis on building and working as an ensemble.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
JEREMY WHELAN
c/o The Whelan Ensemble
PO Box 1534
Radio City Station
New York, NY 10101
(347) 546-3934 or (212) 502-3427
Email: whelnact@eticomm.net
Website: www.newschoolacting.com
19 years experience.
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Internationally recognized teacher/author, creator of the Whelan Recording Technique. Contemporary acting/director traning for all levels/genres.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
KAREN PORTER WHITE
410 E. 6 St., #16B
New York, NY 10009
(212) 252-2713/fax (212) 677-8134
Email: KPWsdt@att.net
7 years in operation.
6-8 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Michael Shurtleff's only authorized New York associate; teaching his 12 audition guideposts; suitable for all material for stage and screen.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*ARLYNN WILSON
(212) 802-7195
Email: nycActingCoach@aol.com
7 years in operation.
One student average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Actors, in drama and musical theatre, work with Arlynn to find and prepare dramatic, comedic, and classical monologues, as well as songs and scenes.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
SHERI WINKELMANN
471 Central Park West, #3F
New York, NY 10025
(212) 561-0439
Email: pele7@earthlink.net
Website: www.cosmiccomics.org
20 years in operation/of experience
Private coaching only.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Private acting coach for auditions-monologues, scenes, TV/film/theatre with special emphasis on classics.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Auditon/Coaching
FLORENCE WINSTON
(212) 541-7600
Over 20 years teaching experience.
Private coaching and in small groups.
All levels.
Ongoing.
Performances for public grow out of classes; contemporary and classical, dialects, building a repertoire; teaching style is a blend of Stanislavsky, Carnovsky, Meisner, and Stella Adler.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
LYNN WINTERS' STUDIO OF
ACTING AND VOICE
154 Christopher St., Ste. 3B
New York, NY 10014
(212) 636-9829
25 years of teaching experience
All levels.
Individual work.
No audition needed.
"Winters' Acting Technique" is a legit stage acting technique based on Stanislavsky principles. All are private, one-hour sessions, taught in a weekly or every other week program. The students select to work on monologues, scene study, or both. Students in the studio participate in an annual showcase performance followed by a champagne reception.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
WITCOVER ACTING STUDIO
40 W. 22 St.
New York, NY 10010
(212) 691-4367/fax (212) 989-7274
Website: www.witcover.org
40 plus years teaching experience.
2 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
Structured supportive training, performance problems resolved, technique, monologues, scenes, and audition preparation. "Living on Stage."
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
MICHAEL WOODY
Writer-director
(212) 591-1707
Classes & private coaching.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ALAN WYNROTH
61 Morton St.
New York, NY 10014
(212) 675-9267
Email: awynroth@aol.com
Over 30 years teaching experience and directing.
All levels.
By session.
Individual attention to monologues and call-backs (cold reading or rehearsed); focus on specific personal choices in response to the spoken text.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
DAVID ZEMA ENTERPRISES, INC.
Voice of Success Programs
122 W. 26 St. (west of Sixth Ave.), 2nd fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 675-4978/fax (212) 937-3748
Email: David Zema@aol.com
Website: www.DavidZema.com
16 years teaching experience.
12 students average per class.
Auditing is permitted.
First hour of technique class may be audited. Other classes may be sampled.
All levels.
Ongoing.
Techniques and training include: audition skills on microphone work, studio recording sessions, opening vocal range, and stylistic variety. All areas covered including: commercials, characters, narration, animation, industrial, corporate, books, documentary, etc.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
*ZERO TWO PERFORMANCE TRAINING
135 W. 42 St.
New York, NY 10036
(646) 728-0227/fax (646) 728-0583
Email: chashama@hotmail.com
Website www.chashama.org
2 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
By sessions.
The program focuses on nontraditional styles, texts, vocal routine, and performance techniques.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
GREG ZITTEL
AT THE INDEPENDENT STUDIO SCHOOL OF ACTING
Mailing Address:
52-A W. 8 St.
New York, NY 10011
Phone/fax (212) 243-2002
Website: www.theindependent.org
25 years in operation/of experience.
15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted; interviews only.
By sessions and ongoing.
Ongoing classes and specialized workshops in the study of acting and the actor.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
STEWART J. ZULLY
(212) 288-2976
Private coaching.
From dedicated beginners through dedicated professionals.
Monologues, audition technique, the "business" of show business. Michael Chekhov based.
Stewart J. Zully states: "Auditions are tough to come by, so when you get one . . . nail it."
Call for brochure/information.
Acting School Category: Monologue/Audition/Coaching
*TED ZURKOWSKI
Member Actors Studio, Frog & Peach Theatre Co.
(212) 866-7280; (646) 373-3666
12 years teaching experience.
Private coaching.
Ongoing.
Material from all periods including Shakespeare; uses an emphasis on the Actors Studio method.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching