General Acting Classes in NYC, New York

Learn how to promote yourself and get work as an actor. The basics are covered: headshots, resumes, casting notices, mailing lists, networking, acting reels, acting websites. In the final class you will meet an agent or manager. Class 1: Your Headshot & Resume Learn how to put together a headshot and resume that will help you get work. Class...

This 10-week (fall, winter, spring)/ 8-week (summer) class is designed for the beginning / amateur adult actor. This class is a great introduction to the Barrow Group approach and foundation for the craft. The class highlights quick and powerful ways to make your performance more natural and spontaneous. Students will work with ensemble building...

Important: This course is for New Students only. For Returning Students, please proceed to this course. Only New Students can avail of these promotional prices. Clients cannot purchase a 2nd 3-Part class for $99. We will not be able to warrant promotional price purchases for returning students. This is an on-camera class that stresses acting for...

This class is for directors or interested theater-makers of all levels to explore the first half of the rich (and still little-known in the U.S.) Russian theatrical pedagogy known as Analysis  Through Action. Pioneered by Stanislavsky in his later life, ATA is roughly made up of two components: Reconnaissance of the Mind and Reconnaissance of...

Important: This course is for Returning Students only. For New Students, please proceed to this course. This is an on-camera class that stresses acting for film and television - all classes are filmed and you review your work at the end of each class on a TV monitor. The class is kept limited size to ensure everyone gets private camera time. Additionally,...

Create a monologue which will be filmed in class and then screened to an Agent, Manager, Casting Director, or Producer. This course is 4 sessions. In the first 2 sessions, Mr.Stolzenberg will help you perfect your monologue. In the third session , we will shoot the monologues and in the fourth session we will screen your work for an agent, manager,...

The Scene Study Intensives are the heart of the Barrow Group Acting School.  They are an ordered progression from which experienced actors train in The Barrow Group Acting Approach.  All students, regardless of experience, start with Scene Study Intensive I: The Tools. Please note, these are not beginning acting classes....

Industry/Actor Real Deal Program: Pulling Back The Curtain A Unique Program Offered to Actors. Available Nowhere Else. 5 Sessions: 10 Industry: 4 Agents; 3 CDs; 2 Managers; 1 Director. Does the industry’s unspoken rule, “Never Tell an Actor the Truth” really hold? Ever get the feeling you’re not being told everything by the industry? An upfront,...

Important: This Price option is for New Students Only. For Returning Students, please proceed to this course.  Only New Students can avail of these promotional prices. Clients cannot purchase a 2nd 3-Part class for $99. We will not be able to warrant promotional price purchases for returning students. -- The advanced class gives advanced and...

Important: This course is for Returning Students only. For New Students, please proceed to this course. The advanced class gives advanced and professional actors a chance to focus on their specific needs and professional development. Students are given more difficult audition and scene work, and are challenged to broaden and expand their range with...

Our advanced classes require a more rigorous examination of scripts, scenes, and character. This class is perfect for the actor who wishes to work more and make stronger choices (sometimes with limited time). The class teaches the actor to dive deeper into text analysis of the scenes and monologues, and will help you improve your Audition Technique...

This workshop is ideal for actors, writers or corporate people who want to get creative. The Material covered will include how to develop a point of view, learning the visual language of cinema and the technical tools and craft it takes to direct a film.  We will look at film clips and analyze material in addition to covering 180-degree rule...

There are five areas of concentration in our on-going curriculum: Scene Study, Cold Reading, Interview Technique, Improvisation and Character Development. Students are not allowed to critique other students, but are instead encouraged to comment positively on specifics within any actor's performance. Direction is given through choices, emotional development,...

There are five areas of concentration in our on-going curriculum: Scene Study, Cold Reading, Interview Technique, Improvisation and Character Development. Students are not allowed to critique other students, but are instead encouraged to comment positively on specifics within any actor's performance. Direction is given through choices, emotional development,...