Workstudy Acting Schools
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ABRONS ARTS CENTER HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT THEATER PROGRAM
466 Grand St.
New York, NY 10002
(212) 598-0400, ext. 223/ fax (212) 388-1418
Email: ablitz@henrystreet.org,
ssapp@henrystreet.org
Website: www.abronsartscenter.org
15 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
Ongoing.
Classes in acting, playwriting, directing and poetry for children, teens and adults. Performance opportunities for teens.
Work study program offered.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
ACTION THEATRE CONSERVATORY
68 Union Ave.
Clifton, NJ 07011
(973) 772-6998/fax (973) 772-7684
Email: atcstudios@aol.com
Website: www.atcstudios.org
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Classes in acting, musical theatre, improv, TV/film, standup comedy, hip-hop, classics, and children’s theatre.
Offers work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTOR’S ADVANTAGE
Greg and Genevieve Seel
250 Fifth Ave., Ste. #501
New York, NY 10001
(212) 447-5649/ (212) 726-2863
Email: jgregs@aol.com
Website: www.actorsadvantage.com
8-12 students per class plus individual lessons
All levels.
Free demo lesson.
By sessions.
Acting technique using modern/contemporary scene study and monologues integrating hands-on Alexander Technique to free the instrument.
Sometimes offers work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching.
ACTORS CONSERVATORY
Lily Lodge, dir.
312 W. 36th St., Rm. 6B
New York, NY 10018
Phone/fax: (212)967-0658
Email: conservatory@netzero.net
Website: www.actorsconservatory.org
6-16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
We develop the actor with sense memory technique.
Offers work/study program when there is a vacancy.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching
ACTORS LOFT
Maggie Maes
Classes held at:
244 W. 54th St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 358-5003/fax (646) 349-1118
Email: actorsloft@aol.com
6-12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not usually permitted if a casting directing is teaching the class.
By sessions.
6-week musical theatre class with Bob Cline; six-week acting class with Maggie Maes; six-week lab with Erica Jensen; one-day workshops with casting directors in film, TV, and theatre & musical theatre concentrate on auditioning skills.
Offers work/study program in some classes.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ACTORS MOVEMENT STUDIO
PO Box 1098
New York, NY 10018
Studio address: 302 W. 37th St., 6th fl., New York, NY
(212) 736-3309/fax (212) 736-2596
Email: ams@actorsmovementstudio.com
Website: www.actorsmovementstudio.com
12-18 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted; free introductory classes offered every semester
Ongoing.
Specializing in physical technique: Williamson movement training, period-style character (Elizabethan, Restoration, Edwardian), and Michael Chekhov technique, designed to expand and develop the actor’s instrument, physical flexibility, imagination, and freedom.
Offers work/study and intern programs.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
THE ACTORS THEATRE WORKSHOP
The Scott Conservatory
Thurman E. Scott, artistic dir. and founder
145 W. 28th St., 3rd fl.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 947-1386/ fax (212)947-0642
Email: outreach@actorstheatreworkshop.com
Website: www.actorstheatreworkshop.com
30 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Professional acting technique with an emphasis on developing the imagination and creating original work. For more information, visit the website.
Offers work/study.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING
31 W. 27th 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
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions.
Focus on the Stella Adler technique of acting.
Offers work/study program.
Acting School Category: Multipurpose
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS-NY
120 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10016
(212) 686-9244 or (800) 463-8990
Email: admissions-ny@aada.org
Also: American Academy of Dramatic Arts-LA
1336 N. La Brea Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 464-2777 or (800) 222-2867
Email: admissions-ca@aada.org.
Website: www.aada.org
16 students maximum per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
Ongoing.
The academy presents comprehensive conservatory training in its full-time college program (nationally and regionally accredited) that leads to an associate degree with bachelor degree options. Both campuses offer a summer program. In NYC, there are also part-time Saturday programs for children, teens, and adults, and an evening program for adults.
Offers work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique
ANANIA STUDIO
350 W. 24th St.
New York, NY 10011
(646) 382-4171
Email: Janania1@aol.com
Website: www.ananiastudio.com
12 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
All classes, including scene study, are taught from a Meisner perspective.
Offers a work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV)
THE BARROW GROUP
Seth Barrish, Lee Brock, and Eric Paeper
312 W. 36th St., Ste. 4W
New York, NY 10018
(212) 760-2615/fax (212) 760-2962
Email: school@barrowgroup.org
Website: www.barrowgroup.org
18 years in operation.
16 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
The Barrow Group offers tools to maximize natural behavior and spontaneity on stage and on screen.
Offers work/study program on a limited basis.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
JOANNA BECKSON — J. BECKSON STUDIO
325 W. 38th St., Ste. 203
New York, NY 10018
(917) 749-6922
Email: JTBeck417@aol.com
Website: www.joannabeckson.com
14-16 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
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. For more information, visit the website.
Offers work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Comedy/Improv; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; Multipurpose
BREAKTHROUGH STUDIOS
Anthony Grasso, artistic dir.
212 W. 35th St., 11th fl.
New York, NY 10001
Studio: (212) 594-9616/fax (212) 594-9618
Email: Anthony@breakthroughstudios.com
Website: www.breakthroughstudios.com
14 students average per class.
All levels.
Auditing is permitted.
By sessions.
Breakthrough Studios specializes in on-camera training using various acting techniques (Method and Meisner). Classes focus on cold readings, commercial copy, film/TV scenes, and monologues.
Offers work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching; On-Camera (Film/TV/Commercial)
ELIZABETH BROWNING STUDIO
Classes in midtown Manhattan.
(212) 946-6575/fax (914) 788-1559
Email: elizabethbrowningstudio@gmail.com
Website: www.elizabethbrowningstudio.com
12 students per class.
All levels.
Auditing is not permitted.
By sessions and ongoing.
Classes and private coaching in the Lumin8 Technique taught by its developer Eugenia Buerklin. For more information, visit websites.
Offers work/study program.
Acting School Category: Acting Technique; Children/Teens; Multipurpose
