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Musical Theater Masterclass with Jarrett Reiche

Actors Connection New York @ 519 8th Ave 12th. Fl, New York, NY

AC is thrilled to welcome Jarrett in to teach this One Night Only Musical Theater Master Class! At ARC, he casts for Broadway to National Tours to Regional Theatre. Some active projects in their office include Disney’s The Lion King (Broadway & Tour), Chicago (Broadway & Tour), The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes (New York), Girl From the North Country (Tour), My Fair Lady (Tour), Peter Pan (Tour), Hairspray (Tour)...

(323) All levels 13 and older
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Pitching a Project With Casey Childs

Primary Stages ESPA @ 307 W 38th St, New York, NY

You’ve got the perfect idea for a production, and you’re just the person to direct it!  Whether it’s a new play in development or a groundbreaking idea for a revival, you’ve got to win the favor of a producer to get it off the ground by both selling the project and yourself.  In this workshop, you’ll cover how to make the most of a meeting with producers, including preparing a convincing portfolio, tailoring your pitch to align...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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$220
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Articulating Your Point of View with Kimberly Senior

Primary Stages ESPA @ 307 W 38th St, New York, NY

Much of being a director depends breathing life into a play by imbuing it with your unique perspective, and the ability to convey the story you're attempting to tell. In this 2-day directing intensive, you will dive into your point-of-view and how to best articulate it and see it flourish within the creative process. This class might be for you if you: Are a director who needs to hone your distinct voice. Have difficulty expressing to collaborators...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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$200

2 sessions

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Summer Immersion Program

Three Act Theatre Company @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

“SIP” is a 3 Week – 17 Session Theatre Training Program that is an immersion into a professional summer workshop production of Three Act Theatre Company. By audition only, a select cast of students will receive Triple Threat Training, designed to offer technique training for the singer/dancer/actor that will prepare them for musical theatre auditions & performances in their future, allowing them the room to reach their own individual next...

All levels 12 - 18 years old
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$1,872

12 sessions

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Actor to Playwright Creative Workshop

Mixing It Up Productions, LLC @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

If Shakespeare can do it, why not you? We believe all actors have the playwright gene embedded in their DNA. You may not think so but how would you know unless you take the plunge into your ‘gene pool” and discover the hidden talent within. After all, as an actor, you contribute by telling the story on stage to your audience. Why not use your own words? Explore your potential and bring out the writer in you by creating your own script. Mixing...

All levels 18 and older
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$600

6 sessions

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Musical Theater Masterclass with Jason Thinger

Actors Connection New York @ 630 9th Ave, New York, NY

Join top Broadway casting director, Jason Thinger, for a special Masterclass at Actors Connection New York. Improve your audition material and receive honest feedback from a professional in the industry. Limited to 14 advanced musical theater actors of all types and ages.

(323) Advanced 18 and older
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Frantic Assembly: Devising and Physicality

Drama League Theater Center @ 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Join Frantic Assembly’s Associate Director, Neil Bettles for a two day workshop, Devising and Physicality. Explore the unique Frantic Method of creating physical material in this highly energetic and creative workshop. Performers, devisers, directors and choreographers will learn how to devise their own movement-led work, quickly and simply through Frantic Assembly’s Building Blocks approach. Award-winning UK theatre...

All levels 18 and older
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$399

2 sessions

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Exploring "the Where" in Improvisation w/ Aretha Sills

IRTE @ 411 W 41st St, New York, NY

Taking time to build a “Where" and enter into it as a group helps players into the present moment and into true relation. We’ll discover the riches the environment has to offer as we slow down and explore it. Through a combination of warm-ups and scene games, players will work with space objects to create onstage environments and allow intuitive connections to emerge. Viola Spolin’s Theater Games launched the American improvisational theater...

(2) Intermediate 16 and older
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Back Door to Broadway Self Production Workshop

Hanging Cow Productions @ 520 8th Ave, New York, NY

Full Course Title: The Back Door to Broadway, Theatrical Self Producing Workshop Ever wanted to produce a play, solo show, performance, or a musical in New York City but you just aren't sure how to do it and/or you have ZERO money in the bank to start? We will teach you EVERY aspect of non union, low budget, high quality theatrical self production at our interactive, intensive one day, self production workshop! Whether you are 18 or 80 years...

All levels 18 and older
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$199
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Theater, Performance and Political Activism

Cherry Lane Theatre @ 38 Commerce St, New York, NY

This class wil begin exploring the ways that the 'personal' becomes 'political' and how it relates to/coincides with the art of theater-making both past and present. It will begin with a brief history of political theater and will unfold with questions, readings, writing exercises and theater games. There will be recommended reading prior to the workshop. Note: $26 dollar for first class, $16 for second class If this is your second class, contact...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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Stop Acting! - A Workshop

Broadway Theatre Studio @ 500 8th Ave, New York, NY

Find out how much life you can bring to your character when you stop acting! Learn how to get rid of bad habits and what you should be considering to deliver the most natural performance. We often worry about proper technique — which tools to use while performing, projection and diction, what we’re doing with our hands, movement and body positioning — yet this can sometimes get in the way of a believable portrayal. In this class, we cover:...

All levels 16 and older
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Broadway Experience Summer Intensive Level 1 (11-14yrs)

The Broadway Experience @ 3 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Week one of our summer intensive offers over 75 triple threat based classes, workshops, and lectures split between three levels based on age and experience.  Week two shifts focus to stage performance taking students through an intense rehearsal process culminating in a major performing opportunity. ​Level One is advanced beginner and offers introductory dance, voice, and acting classes for students ages 11-14.  Our incredible faculty...

Beginner 11 - 14 years old
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$2,200

12 sessions

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Performance Workshop

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY

The monthly performance workshop is for anyone who wants to get comfortable singing and playing in front of others and get real-time feedback on their performance in a safe, friendly group environment. We will start with a group warm-up that teaches centering breathing techniques for pre-performance, then move into that month's "lesson." Next, each student will have time to perform a portion of a song (or poem, or whatever you like!) in front of...

(41) All levels 15 and older
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Creative Lab: Immersive Theater Directing

Primary Stages ESPA

Led by Jennine Willett, Co-Artistic Director of Third Rail Projects and co-creator of the immersive theater production Then She Fell, this 5-week, hands-on directing lab is designed to create work that engages the audience and blurs the fourth wall. This is an opportunity for directors who want to explore these new, popular forms while working on their feet in a collaborative environment.  Over the first four sessions, you will...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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Site-Specific Directing

Primary Stages ESPA

This 8-week, hands-on directing lab will teach you how to slough off the constraints of working in traditional spaces and give you the tools you need to make engaging, moving works of theater anywhere.  Led by the team from Three Day Hangover (who are the co-creators of off-Broadway's Drunk Shakespeare and have staged immersive productions all over the city, from Tartuffe! at West Park Church to Drunkle Vanya's 6-month run at Tolstoy's Lounge),...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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Adult Acting Workshop

Wagner College Lifelong Learning

Are you looking to rekindle an old love of acting? Join this class and get your acting juices flowing again. Whether you're a professional in need of a "tune up" or perhaps a beginner looking to embark on a new adventure, this workshop is exactly what you've been looking for! Curriculum is based on the methods of Stanislavsky and Meisner implemented through scene work and basic technique studies. Email confirmations will be sent upon registration...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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Consent Based Rehearsal Rooms

Q.E.D.

Consent Based Rehearsal Rooms: Working with an Intimacy Director Introduction to a working understanding of affirmative consent in the theatre. The work of Intimacy Directors is positively changing the culture of consent in the theater and the tenets of the work can benefit any theatrical process. In this class, Intimacy Director Brooke M. Haney will introduce a working understanding of affirmative consent in the theatre, a boundary setting practice,...

(252) Beginner 16 and older
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Acting For Stage & Screen

Grace Kiley ACTING @ 314 W 54th St, New York, NY

Integrating methodologies from her own training as an actor and her experience as a teacher at prestigious institutions, Grace has developed her own approach to the work that encompasses technique, scene study, on-camera experience, and the underlying principles that allow an actor to explore and expand in all of these areas. Grace demonstrates again and again that when the student brings...

All levels 18 and older
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$324

8 sessions

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Scene Study - Online

Bronxville Adult School

Study, explore, investigate and dig into the greatest plays ever written, from the classics to hot-off-the-press, just written dramas! Working with Peter Royston, the Director of the Music Hall Academy, you will read scenes from a wide range of famous plays, with the goal of better understanding the continuum of theater history while at the same time receiving specific constructive feedback on acting craft in a non-judgemental atmosphere! Please...

(20) All levels 18 and older
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The Odyssey Theater Devising Workshop

Q.E.D.

The ancient Greek myth The Odyssey will be used as a springboard to create an original piece of theatre. This class is meant as a fun and introductory overview of the basic techniques of creating original theatre. All are welcome to come play!

(252) Beginner 18 and older
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