Wednesdays, September 8-29
Carol Morley
The Art of the Audition
4 Wednesdays, September 8, 15, 22 & 29
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Class Fee $80
First day, bring in your best monologue or scene with scene partner. The critique will deal with your choice of material, your presentation, your acting, and the problems that come between you and your best work. Subsequent days will deal with what “they,” i.e. the auditioners, want and how to fill their expectations while showing them you at your best. We will deal with the selection of contemporary and classical material for monologues. We’ll address “cold” readings, improvs, and reading from sides. We’ll take a look at audition myths and explore how personal obstacles may sabotage your work. Advanced students only.
Carol Morley received a degree in dance from the University of Western Ontario and has been a professional singer/dancer/actor since 1957. She worked in Canada and London, England in musical theatre and settled in New York City in 1961. At HB Studio she studied with Uta Hagen. Her credits include GYPSY (with Angela Lansbury), DAMES AT SEA (the Plaza), MAD SHOW (New Theatre), THREE PENNY OPERA (Cleveland), RED HEAD (Good Speed). Broadway: PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE, SMITH. Off-Broadway: ADAPTATION-NEXT, BAD HABITS, ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES, A DOLL’S HOUSE, ROSMERSHOLM, LES JUSTE, JUNGLE OF CITIES, DROP IN THE BUCKET, and MRS. KLEIN. Regional: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, BEYOND THERAPY, HENRY IV parts I and II, HEARTBREAK HOUSE, ARMS AND THE MAN, TABLE MANNERS (Eileen Heckert), LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (Sid Ceasar), GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (Jimmy Coco), UNVARNISHED TRUTH (John Ritter). Film: THE GODFATHER, A NEW LEAF (Elaine May), DOCTOR COOK’S GARDEN, MY MOTHER WAS NEVER A KID, HELP WANTED KIDS. TV: EDGE OF NIGHT, THE DOCTORS, LAW & ORDER. Over 100 commercials.
September 11
David Sharp
Financial Planning for Performers
Saturday, September 11
2:30pm - 4:30pm
FREE OF CHARGE
Dancer/choreographer/finance whiz David Sharp starts a new round of free financial planning seminars for performing artists. How to save, invest, and build financial security on a limited and changeable income. Open to newcomers as well as those who have attended David's previous workshops, each session will include a refresher and review period, then provide focus on a particular topic. Participants are encouraged to return periodically to check in on their financial progress, and to repeat topics as may be needed or useful.
Each session will break down as follows:
2:30 - 3:00 Refresher on the basics
3:00 - 4:00 Focus topic
4:00 - 4:30 Questions and investment reviews
Topics and dates for the 2010-2011 year:
September 11, 2010: All About Cash
November 13, 2010: US Government Bonds
January 8, 2011: Mutual Funds
March 12, 2011: Choosing Stocks
May 14, 2011: IRAs & Retirement
July 9, 2011: Laddering and Other Strategies
Come join us and take charge of your financial future!
David Maurice Sharp worked with Mimi Garrard Dance Theatre from 1993 to 2001. He also danced for Lucinda Childs, Blondell Cummings, Sean Curran, Rachel Lampert, Heidi Latsky, Lonne Moretton, and Anna Sokolow, among others. Sharp’s choreography has been performed at such venues as La MaMa, Lincoln Center, and Movement Research. His video work, Shadow Dance, received a Silver Award from the Dance on Camera Festival. Sharp is now working in financial markets for Kurtzman Carson Consultants as a Director of their New York Office. He specializes in US and international restructurings, particularly as they involve public securities, as well as Rights Offerings and Subscriptions. He was a founding member of the Thriving Artists Investment Club, a limited partnership established by a small group of artist-friends to educate one another about investing and personal portfolio management.
Monday, September 13
HB Welcomes Back Lake Simons!
Lake Simons
Puppetry and Movement for Theater
Monday, September 13
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Class Fee $35
Many theater productions these days are embracing puppetry and movement as poetic tools in telling the story of the play. Be part of this exciting wave by gaining skills in puppetry and physical theater. This intensive will focus on the performer as a puppeteer and physical performer. Participants will make a simple puppet and learn to manipulate (puppeteer) the puppet. Once this important tool is established, we will focus on the performer as a creator and collaborator by working in small groups to create a short puppetry piece involving movement. The movement portion is based on the physical theater techniques of Jacques Lecoq. Please wear clothing that will allow you to move freely. $5 materials fee required.
Lake Simons is a theatre artist who makes theatre productions incorporating puppetry, movement, and live music. Some of her collaborative work of the past includes White Elephant, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, What’s inside the egg?, How I Fixed My Engine with Rose Water(all with John Dyer), and the clown solo Etiquette Unraveled. Lake has a lifetime association with the Hip Pocket Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas where she has performed in over 30 world premieres and presented 7 collaborative works as well as directed 7 plays. Lake has worked as both a puppet and mask designer making creations for My Brightest Diamond, Michael Greif, Division 13, Kristin Marting, Doug Elkins, Cori Orlinghouse, and various universities. As a puppeteer she has performed in a number of Basil Twist’s creations accompanying him to Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, Jacob’s Pillow, City Center, Bass Performance Hall, the Spoleto Festival, Mass MOCA, and to Argentina. She has also puppeteered for Dan Hurlin, Matthew Acheson, Erin Orr, and Christopher Williams. Lake is collaborating with Tom Lee and Koryu Nishikawa V of the Kuruma-Ningyo Puppet Theatre in Japan. She attended Ecole Jacques Lecoq (96-98), and holds a BFA in scene design (1996) from the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Sundays, September 19 - October 10
Eric Michael Gillett
Musical Theatre Audition Workshop
3 Sundays, September 19, 26 & October 10
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Class Fee $96
Hone your musical theatre audition technique. Admission to this workshop is with instructor’s permission only. Students wishing to be considered for this class should submit a photo and resume addressed to Eric Michael Gillett, Musical Theatre Audition Workshop.
Eric Michael Gillett made his Broadway debut in the original cast of the acclaimed revival of KISS ME, KATE, created the role of ‘Otis Elwell’ in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and was a member of the original cast of the Lincoln Center production of THE FROGS, as well as NYCO’s CINDERELLA and CANDIDE. Off-Broadway credits include FRANKENSTEIN, ROLLER DERBY, TIME AND AGAIN, DECEMBER FOOLS, BIG CITY RHYTHM, THE GOOD COMPANIONS, THE TUTOR, SILENT LAUGHTER, and at City Center in OF THEE I SING. Eric spent twelve years touring as Ringmaster of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Regional appearances include EVITA, CARNIVAL!, SLEUTH, ANNIE, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, PHANTOM, and STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW. Television: LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER: SVU, ED. Film: THE PRODUCERS, MY BROTHER (with Vanessa Williams), MAID IN MANHATTAN. Eric has taught a class in Acting for the Musical Theater for several years, most recently under the auspices of HB Studio. Mr. Gillett is also a respected director, working with concert and cabaret artists including Karen Akers, KT Sullivan, and Lari White, and is a respected private vocal teacher in Bel Canto technique.
Sunday, October 3
Martha Bernard & Michael Joviala
Discover Your Singing Voice and Natural Musicality
Sunday, October 3
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Class Fee $40
Are you secretly afraid to sing? Intimidated by music theory? Wish you could more fully connect your natural, deep feeling for rhythm and music to the way you sing? Find your natural voice and learn music theory in a fun, creative, and dynamic atmosphere that works to integrate mind, body and emotion. Martha Bernard and Michael Joviala will help you unlock your natural inner musician and find your personal voice using techniques from Brain Gym, the Alexander Technique and Dalcroze Eurhythmics.
Martha will explore topics such as breath support and how to uncover your natural instrument while freeing the body. We'll start by centering and releasing tension, then move on to the floor to release more deeply and work with natural full breathing. Vocal and movement play and exercises will help students discover the free use of their entire range.
Dalcroze Eurhythmics is the study of rhythm, pitch and harmony through creative movement and physical, vocal and instrumental improvisation. By experiencing the basic elements of music directly, participants are more fully able to bridge the gap that often occurs between music theory and artistic expression. Using these techniques, Michael Joviala will lead the group through a series of exercises and games requiring quick reaction, group improvisation and loosely structured movement to focus on various aspects of rhythm. This work will be directly applied to literature from the musical theater. Participants are encourage to bring sheet music to a song they are interested in performing.
Martha Bernard holds certifications from Matthews School for The Alexander Technique and The Institute for the Alexander Technique. She is a member of AmSAT, a Reflexologist (ARCB certified) and Reiki Master. Singing: NYC recitalist, on French TV in TARATATA and background vocalist on several recordings. Opera Orchestra of New York, Teatro Lirico Spirimentale di Spoleto (Italy), the National Grand Opera, New Jersey State Opera, and the Julliard Choral Singers. Teaching: Dance Center, NYU School for Continuing Education, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Matthews Alexander Teacher Training Course, Playwrights Horizons Theater School (NYU), The Open Center, and The Vital Energy Source. Ms. Bernard trained in Auditory Integration specializing in pitch problems, based on the work of Dr. Alfred Tomatis.
Michael Joviala is a composer, musical director, clarinetist, saxophonist, and pianist. Received his Dalcroze Certification under Dr. Robert Abramson at the Dalcroze Institute at Juilliard. Musical Director/Pianist for JAMAICA at the Paul Robeson Theater (Audelco Nomination for Best Musical Director), MISSISSIPPI NIGHT (Lark Theater Company), TASTING MEMORIES (Colleagues Theatre Company). Creator, Director and Pianist of MINGUS IN WONDERLAND, an original theater piece for children; Clarinetist in MAD JAZZ HATTERS, a traditional Jazz ensemble. Composer and performer of 3x3 FOR 3 (FROM ONE), an experimental improvisational composition for piano, for the Bloomingdale School of Music. Michael has taught classical and jazz piano to children and adults, developed and implemented curricula using Dalcroze Eurhythmics for the Special Music School, and developed a course in sight-singing and musicianship for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He has served as music director/pianist and coach for cabaret performances, rehearsals, auditions and choirs.
Sundays, October 17 - November 7
Sue Maskaleris
So You're in the Chorus! Making a Success of It
Sundays, October 17, 24, 31 & November 7
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Class Fee $88
Gain experience reading, blending, maintaining harmony parts and counterpoint from the musical theatre repertoire. Choral styles from barbershop, classic "legit" Broadway scores through Sondheim, Schwartz and their contemporaries; folk to current rock, pop, gospel, tropical and hip hop musicals will be sung as an ensemble. Sight reading ability and/or a good ear are recommended but not mandatory. Ms. Maskaleris will accompany.
Sue Maskaleris is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger and producer. She sings in six languages and plays 3 other instruments. Sang and recorded with Cissy Houston, and is on many other CDs. Her own CD, UNBREAKABLE HEART features many jazz legends on her jazz and Brazilian jazz originals and has aired worldwide. She has played for Tony winners LaChanze, Lillias White, Liz Calloway, B.D. Wong, Anne Crumb, John Tartaglia, Natalie Belcoin, and Betty Comden; TV stars Cybill Shepherd, Philip Michael Thomas; jazz legends Annie Ross, Abbey Lincoln; film great Austin Pendleton and many former HB faculty luminaries, including Charles Nelson Reilly, Rita Gardner and Carol Hall for over 30 years. Worked on new works with Burt Bacharach, Stephen Schwartz, Galt McDermott, Taj Majal, and Lenny Pickett (SNL). Performed original music with groups at Birdland, Damrosch Park, Bryant Park, and Blue Note; worked in Europe, GA, FL, NC, TX, and on 24 ships worldwide. Created many open mics in NYC and now produces a series at Rouge Wine Bar in the West Village. Studied composition with John Corigliano at Manhattan School of Music and film scoring at NYU. www.suemask.com.
Mondays, November 1-22
Geoffrey Owens
How to Get Hired Again: A Workshop on Professional Protocols
4 Mondays, November 1, 8, 15 & 22
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Class Fee $80
This class is designed to help fledgling actors successfully navigate their way through various aspects of their careers. The course will include: Preparation (headshots, resumes, monologues, classes); Auditions (what to do, what not to do); Rehearsal (protocol, etiquette); and Performance. Focused on developing and maintaining a healthy, humble and positive attitude, this workshop will provide actors with tools with which to build lasting relationships and long-term careers in the entertainment industry.
Since graduating from Yale in 1983, Geoffrey Owens has worked as an actor, director and teacher in theater, television and film. Stage roles include Romeo, Richard of Gloucester, Othello, and Puck at theaters, such as New York Shakespeare Festival, Long Wharf Theater, Hartford Stage Company and Williamstown Theater Festival, with directors Joseph Papp, A.J. Antoon, James Lapine, Brian Kulick, Mark Lamos, Joe Dowling, Derek Anson Jones and Estelle Parsons. He recently appeared in Oscar Wilde’s SALOME with Al Pacino, (to be released as a film, SALOMAYBE, directed by Pacino). Films: STONEBROOK (with Seth Green), THE PAPER (directed by Ron Howard), PLAY THE GAME (with Andy Griffith). Television: THE COSBY SHOW, BUILT TO LAST, WITHOUT A TRACE, BOSTON LEGAL, MEDIUM, JOURNEYMAN, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILDELPHIA, LAS VEGAS, THE WEDDING BELLS, LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER SVU, THE GUIDING LIGHT, THAT’S SO RAVEN, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER and FLASH FORWARD. Mr. Owens has directed staged productions of KING LEAR, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, RICHARD III, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, and TARTUFFE, one-act plays by Chekhov, OVERRULED by Shaw, Mamet’s AMERICAN BUFFALO, Athol Fugard’s STATEMENTS MADE AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT and William Mastrosimone’s TAMER OF HORSES. He recently directed MACBETH for the Circus Theatricals Theatre Company in Los Angeles and co-directed (with Lee M. Cohn) the INSIDE PRIVATE LIVES. Teaching: HB Studio, Yale University, Gene Frankel Studio, and FSU/Asolo Conservatory. Founder and artistic director of The Brooklyn Shakespeare Company and is a recipient of the BACA Brooklyn Bridge Award and the Danny Kaye Award. Studied acting with Uta Hagen, Nikos Psacharopoulos and Austin Pendleton.
November 13
David Sharp
Financial Planning for Performers
Saturday, November 13
2:30pm - 4:30pm
FREE OF CHARGE
Dancer/choreographer/finance whiz David Sharp starts a new round of free financial planning seminars for performing artists. How to save, invest, and build financial security on a limited and changeable income. Open to newcomers as well as those who have attended David's previous workshops, each session will include a refresher and review period, then provide focus on a particular topic. Participants are encouraged to return periodically to check in on their financial progress, and to repeat topics as may be needed or useful.
Each session will break down as follows:
2:30 - 3:00 Refresher on the basics
3:00 - 4:00 Focus topic
4:00 - 4:30 Questions and investment reviews
Topics and dates for the 2010-2011 year:
September 11, 2010: All About Cash
November 13, 2010: US Government Bonds
January 8, 2011: Mutual Funds
March 12, 2011: Choosing Stocks
May 14, 2011: IRAs & Retirement
July 9, 2011: Laddering and Other Strategies
Come join us and take charge of your financial future!
David Maurice Sharp worked with Mimi Garrard Dance Theatre from 1993 to 2001. He also danced for Lucinda Childs, Blondell Cummings, Sean Curran, Rachel Lampert, Heidi Latsky, Lonne Moretton, and Anna Sokolow, among others. Sharp’s choreography has been performed at such venues as La MaMa, Lincoln Center, and Movement Research. His video work, Shadow Dance, received a Silver Award from the Dance on Camera Festival. Sharp is now working in financial markets for Kurtzman Carson Consultants as a Director of their New York Office. He specializes in US and international restructurings, particularly as they involve public securities, as well as Rights Offerings and Subscriptions. He was a founding member of the Thriving Artists Investment Club, a limited partnership established by a small group of artist-friends to educate one another about investing and personal portfolio management.
Sundays, November 14, 21 & December 5
Eric Michael Gillett
Discovering Monologues: Repertoire, Character and Performance
3 Sundays, November 14, 21 & December 5
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Class Fee $72
In this class, Eric Michael Gillett teaches the student how to find and hone a monologue both for audition purposes and as a means of uncovering basic acting truths. The student is given assistance in finding age- and character-appropriate material from both the classic and contemporary repertoire, and is then given the technical tools to mine the entire text as a means to discovering and illuminating character,both in the monologue itself and in the script as a whole. Special emphasis is placed on both tone and developing contrast between individual pieces within the student’s repertoire. Exercises in substitution, inner objects, character objectives and actions, along with utilizing elements of the unseen partner and prior circumstance combine to help the student create a living, breathing entity capable of standing alone outside the entire text. Students will bring prepared material to the first class and have assigned material for the second and third sessions. Registration with instructor’s permission only. Students wishing to be considered for this class should submit a photo and resume addressed to Eric Michael Gillett, Monologues Workshop.
Eric Michael Gillett made his Broadway debut in the original cast of the acclaimed revival of KISS ME, KATE, created the role of ‘Otis Elwell’ in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and was a member of the original cast of the Lincoln Center production of THE FROGS, as well as NYCO’s CINDERELLA and CANDIDE. Off-Broadway credits include FRANKENSTEIN, ROLLER DERBY, TIME AND AGAIN, DECEMBER FOOLS, BIG CITY RHYTHM, THE GOOD COMPANIONS, THE TUTOR, SILENT LAUGHTER, and at City Center in OF THEE I SING. Eric spent twelve years touring as Ringmaster of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Regional appearances include EVITA, CARNIVAL!, SLEUTH, ANNIE, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, PHANTOM, and STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW. Television: LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER: SVU, ED. Film: THE PRODUCERS, MY BROTHER (with Vanessa Williams), MAID IN MANHATTAN. Eric has taught a class in Acting for the Musical Theater for several years, most recently under the auspices of HB Studio. Mr. Gillett is also a respected director, working with concert and cabaret artists including Karen Akers, KT Sullivan, and Lari White, and is a respected private vocal teacher in Bel Canto technique.
Wednesdays, December 1-15
Mark Blum
Commercial Voice-Over Intensive
Wednesdays, December 1, 8 & 15
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Class Fee $75
This is a practical workshop designed to acquaint the student with the specific techniques involved in performing commercial voiceover and radio copy. Students will practice the basics of mike technique, acquire tools to discover the point of view demanded by the commercial copy, and will learn how to translate that understanding into a compelling performance at an audition or a recording session. The student will also gain perspective on demo tapes, casting directors, agents and the audition process. Mark Blum has over 20 years experience doing voice overs, including BB&T Bank (spokesperson), General Mills, MacDonalds, Superpretzel, NY Lottery, The American Diabetes Association, and many more. He has done numerous narrations for industrial films, coming attraction film trailers, many Books On Tape, and is the voice of several Museums. His demo is available on the Abrams Artists website.
Mark Blum holds an MFA in Acting, University of Minnesota, also studied at HB Studio and with Andre Gregory. Broadway: Appeared at American Airlines Theatre as one of the acclaimed TWELVE ANGRY MEN, has previously appeared on Broadway in LOST IN YONKERS, GORE VIDAL’S THE BEST MAN, A THOUSAND CLOWNS, THE GRADUATE, MY THING OF LOVE, and THE MERCHANT. Off Broadway: THE SINGING FOREST, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA, BUFFALO GAL, THE MUSIC TEACHER, THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME, THE WAVERLY GALLERY, THE SEAGULL, KEY EXCHANGE, TABLE SETTINGS, SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE, LITTLE FOOTSTEPS, IT’S ONLY A PLAY, MISLANSKY ZILINSKY, and GUS AND AL, for which he received an Obie Award. Film: SHATTERED GLASS, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, CROCODILE DUNDEE, THE PRESIDO, BLIND DATE, JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS, WORTH WINNING, MIAMI RHAPSODY. TV: INDICTMENT, THE McMARTIN TRIAL, STEVE MARTIN’S THE JUDGE, THE DEFENDERS, as well as guest starring roles in LAW & ORDER, FRINGE, THE SOPRANOS, WEST WING, CSI MIAMI, JUDGING AMY, NYPD BLUE, ST. ELSEWHERE, MIAMI VICE, FRASIER, WINGS, ROSEANNE, THE PRACTICE, and many others. Teaching: Presently an Adjunct Professor of Acting in the MFA program at Brooklyn College. Also taught at The Manhattan School of Music, The USDAN Summer Conservatory Program in the Lincoln Center Institute for Education for the Manhattan Theatre Club Educational Program.
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