Author: Catrin Lloyd-Bollard

Winter Term – Scholarships, Registration, Auditions

Scholarship Applications for the Winter Term are now being accepted. Scholarships generally support full or partial enrollment in one studio class. For details and to apply, visit the Financial Aid page.

Winter Term registration begins November 3. Winter Term will run 10 weeks, January 12 – March 22.
Browse classes and register online.

Sign up for your audition! New students wishing to study at an upper level are asked to audition before a faculty panel. For audition schedule, details and sign up info, visit the Auditions & Prerequisites page. Level 1 offerings are open to all without prerequisite or audition.

Interested in a trial class before registering? Audit Fall classes to plan your Winter schedule. The fee for an audit is $20. Call 212-675-2370 x1 for details and to schedule an audit.

THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN

First Floor Studio Residency Project

written by George S. Kaufman

Saturdays & Sundays | 8PM
October 4, 5, 11 & 12
HB First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street
FREE! | We have reached our reservation limit for the capacity of the venue, but interested attendees are encouraged to come early and sign up at the door for the standby list. Additionally, please add your name to the Wait List now to be notified of any cancelations.

Directed By Amy Wright
Featuring: Elise Baker, James Fordyce, Nancy Fox, Nick DeSimone, Heather Gilbert, Elisa Halma, Hugh Heckman, Phil Kushner, Byron O’Hanlon, George Port, Mike Roche, Eric Scholl, Donna Svennevik
Stage Manager: Ashish Pant
Set Design: Nikolay Sviridchik

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Fall Registration Continues through Oct 5

Fall term classes are underway! Sign up for the Fall Term now.
Browse classes and register online. Registration continues through October 5.

The Fall Term runs 10 weeks, September 15 – November 23.

Sign up for your audition! New students wishing to study above our Level 1 class offerings are asked to audition before a faculty panel. For audition schedule, details and sign up info, visit the Auditions & Prerequisites page. Level 1 offerings are open to all without prerequisite or audition.

Interested in a trial class before registering? Audit classes to plan your Fall schedule. The fee for an audit is $20. Call 212-675-2370 for details and to schedule an audit.

Fall Registration & Union Discount

Sign up for Fall Term classes now! Browse classes and register online today. Registration continues through October 5. The Fall Term runs 10 weeks, September 15 – November 23.

Union Discount: HB Studio is offering a 5% discount on Fall Term enrollment for students who are members of AEA or SAG/AFTRA. Show your membership card at the HB registration office to receive the discount before registering for classes.*

Sign up for your audition today. New students wishing to study above our Level 1 class offerings are asked to audition before a faculty panel. For audition schedule, details and sign up info, visit the Auditions & Prerequisites page. Level 1 offerings are open to all without prerequisite or audition.

Interested in a trial class before registering? Audit classes to plan your Fall schedule. The fee for an audit is $20. Call 212-675-2370 for details and to schedule an audit.

(*Discount cannot be applied retroactively and is not valid for workshop offerings. Discount is valid through the first day of Fall Term: September 15, 2014)

Jack Hofsiss’ Directing Class Seeks Actors!

A staged reading of selected new 10 minute plays from the students of Jack Hofsiss.
Show date is August 18.

AUDITIONS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 7^TH| 6:30 – 9:30pm | FIRST FLOOR STUDIO.
For consideration, please send headshot/resume to play’s director:

UNTITLED
By Kenneth Thompson
Directed by Pamela Renner & Mercy Oni
Submit to mercyoni@gmail.com
– Man A: (20’s or 30’s) Bill Collector. Has decided his job is morally wrong and wants to take a stand.
– Man B: (20’s or 30’s) Bill Collector. New father. Must choose: keep his job, or sell out his best friend. Continue reading →

Fall Registration – Early Bird Discount

Registration for the Fall Term is now open! Browse classes and register online today. The Fall Term runs 10 weeks, September 15 – November 23.

Early Bird Discount: HB Studio is offering a 10% discount on Fall Term enrollment for students who register by August 31.* Use code: 10FA14

Interested in a trial class before registering? Audit classes this Summer to plan your Fall schedule. The fee for an audit is $20. Call 212-675-2370 for details and to schedule an audit.

(*Discount cannot be applied retroactively and is not valid for workshop offerings.)

Apply Now! The Hagen Core Training Program

The Hagen Institute still has places available in its Core Training program.

The Hagen Core Training is a full-time one-year training program for actors who seek full immersion in the practice of their craft. It runs Mon – Fri, 9:30am – 3:30pm, September 15, 2014 – June 5, 2015.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis. READ MORE

GHOSTS AFTER IBSEN

First Floor Studio Residency Project

written by Thomas Kilroy

Saturdays & Sundays | 7pm
August 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 & 24
HB First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street
Free! | RSVP: ghostsreservations@gmail.com

Directed by Austin Pendleton
Featuring: Jim Broaddus*, Lauren Hobbs, Debra Lass*, Keegan McDonald & Joe Stillman
Assistant Director: Catherine Goodman
Dialect Coach: Amanda Quaid
Produced by: Debra Lass & Joe Stillman

Post-Show Audience Q&As:
– Aug 10 with Thomas Kilroy, moderated by Austin Pendleton
– Aug 23 with the cast and director

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

People Who Make Theatre: REED BIRNEY

A conversation with Obie and Drama Desk Award-winning actor

Moderated by Louise Mittelman & Zach Wegner

Monday, July 14 | 7:30pm (doors at 7pm)
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street, NYC
All are welcome! Meet & Greet Reception to follow
$10 suggested donation | 5$ HB students & staff

RSVP online

Reed Birney was just seen in CASA VALENTINA at Manhattan Theatre Club, for which he won the 2014 Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. He recently appeared in Dennis Kelly’s TAKING CARE OF BABY at Manhattan Theater Club and at A.R.T. as Hubert Humphrey to Bryan Cranston’s LBJ in ALL THE WAY. Last winter he returned to Broadway in the Roundabout revival of PICNIC; his Broadway debut was in 1977 in Albert Innaurato’s smash hit GEMINI. In 2011, he received a Special Drama Desk Award honoring his thirty-six years of work as an actor. Recent productions: CORE VALUES at Ars Nova, HAPGOOD at Williamstown Theater Festival, UNCLE VANYA (Soho Rep-Drama Desk Nomination), Kim Rosenstock’s TIGERS BE STILL and David West Read’s THE DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY (Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nominations), both at The Roundabout Underground, and Adam Bock’s A SMALL FIRE at Playwrights Horizons, where he has appeared a record-breaking eight times. He was Ian in the New York premiere of Sarah Kane’s BLASTED in 2008 at Soho Rep, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He received an OBIE and Drama Desk Award for his performance in Annie Baker’s CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION also at Playwrights Horizons. He was Tony Blair in the acclaimed Public Theater production of STUFF HAPPENS. Other notable performances include the world premiere of Tony Kushner’s revised HOMEBODY/KABUL at Steppenwolf and The Taper; BUG (OBIE award); THE COMMON PURSUIT at the Promenade Theater; Gaev in THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Williamstown Theater Festival. He made his film debut in Arthur Penn and Steve Tesich’s FOUR FRIENDS, and has appeared in Clint Eastwood’s CHANGELING, MORNING GLORY and Jeff Lipsky’s TWELVE THIRTY and MOLLY’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY, and with Kristen Wiig in THE GIRL MOST LIKELY. He is Rep. Donald Blythe on the hit Netflix series, “House of Cards” and was seen as Patti LuPone’s husband in an episode of “Girls.” He won a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance and this year Actor’s Equity awarded him the Richard Seff Award.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

BRIDAL SHOWER

First Floor Studio Performance Project

A reading of a new one act play
by Andrew Marvel

Sunday July 13 | 7:30pm
HB First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street
Free! | RSVP online

Each evening will be followed by a talk back.

Directed by Joshua Lombard
With John Carhart, Omar Cruz, Dennis Joel Henriquez & Marshall Simon.

Gay weddings for republicans. REALLY? Mark, a 47-something New Yorker thinks the whole idea is absurd. So when an invitation arrives to celebrate the union of Mark’s ex-lover to an up-and-coming rightwing politician, Mark decides there is only one way he can attend: in drag. Admittedly, he’s no RuPaul, but that’s just fine by Mark, who relishes the idea of making people uncomfortable at this pretentious affair. BRIDAL SHOWER is a one-act play that explores the very different effects mainstream acceptance is having on the gay community.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.