Author: HB Studio

Spring Term Weekly Classes — In–Person & Online

Spring Term runs 10 weeks, Mar 25 – June 3 (no classes May 27)

• In-person Classes meet 1 session per week for 10-weeks (except select classes)
• Online Classes meet 1 session per week for 5-weeks (except writing courses).
  • Spring Part A: Mar 25–Apr 28
  • Spring Part B: Apr 29 – June 3 (no classes May 27)
    • A $15 discount will apply when registering for both parts. Sign up for either Part independently (5 weeks each), or join both for the full 10-week term. You may join Part B without taking Part A.

• Browse Classes and Register Online. Classes are available in:
  • Acting
  • Speech & Voice
  • Movement & The Body
  • Musical Theater & Singing
  • Playwriting & Screenwriting
  • Directing
  • Young People – Acting for Kids & Teens
  • Workshops

*Those participating in onsite activity at HB Studio must abide by our requirements for taking in-person classes.

Paul Pryce is invited as a special guest to attend the inaugural Cross Continental Co-Production Forum (CFF) in Barbados and Trinidad. This forum brings together media executives and high level producers from Canada, UK, South Africa, and several Caribbean countries, aiming to encourage collaboration, business development, and co-productions. This year’s focus will be ‘Decolonizing the co-production process for the benefit of the Global South.’

Snezhana Chernova is performing in Dialogue Theater’s Life is Sad, Life is Beautiful in dedication to the 125th Anniversary of Vladimir Nabokov’s birthday. Performances run April 26 & 27 at HB Playwrights Theatre.

Executive & Artistic Director, Edith Meeks and Ilse Pfeifer will be presenting on theater process and the actor’s art of embodying a role. The idea is to share knowledge about mind-body connections. Our co-presenter, Joseph Roach, will be speaking about Eloquence and Happiness at Yale University’s International Symposium on Embodied Cognition.

Lucille Lortel Award’s 2024 Nominations was announced on April 4. Christopher Abbott was nominated for Outstanding Lead Performer in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, and Frank Wood Outstanding Featured Performer in Toros.

Stephen DeRosa performs in the blockbuster Off-Broadway production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

In conjunction with Coward 125, a celebration of the 125th birthday of Noël Coward, HB Board Member Alan Pally has curated MEN ABOUT TOWN: AL HIRSCHFELD DRAWS NOËL COWARD, an online exhibition presented by the Al Hirschfeld Foundation.

Maria Fontanals and her creative team in RADOJKA at Repertorio was nominated as Best NY Hispanic Production at Talia Premios Gala in Madrid, Spain.

Nehassaiu deGannes performs in the THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND at Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada. Runs June 12–Oct 12.

Christopher Abbott plays Alfie Blessington in The Oscar-winning film, POOR THINGS.

Theresa McElwee is the dialect coach for Off-Broadway’s OH MARY! by Cole Escola at Lucille Lortel Theatre. The dark comedy play has been extended to May 12.

David Maurice Sharp‘s A BELL FOR MAURY’S BICYCLE won a 2024 First Place Book Award in the Children’s Books category from BooksShelf.

Theresa Buchheister and Ryan William Downey received an OBIE AWARD for their work with The Brick Theatre.

Lonny Price directs the North American Tour of a reimagined version of PETER PAN, additional materials provided by Larissa FastHorse. Christian Kelly-Sordelet coordinated the Fight Choreography.

David Deblinger will guest star in upcoming episodes of POWER BOOK III: Raising Kanan on STARZ and AMERICAN HORROR STORIES on HULU.

Albert Insignia is performing in Heisenberg at TheatreLab along side Irene Glezos. Performances run April 16–18.

Connie Kirk is performing in Heaven And Hollywood by Thomas L. Mason. at Lakewood Center for the Performing Arts Based on a true story set in 1944, ra young sergeant from Portland, OR tasked by the FBI to flesh out Hollywood communists. A spirited Katharine Hepburn fights back. Act II, as a stand alone work known as “An Interview with Hepburn” is a William Faulkner Literary Award recipient. One night performance on April 7 at 7:00pm.

Youlim Nam’s new play The Subway Play will have a reading with Axial Theatre at St John’s Episcopal Church on May 4 at 4:00pm. Featuring Dan Walworth, Tom Ryan, Pat McGuinness, Quinn Warren, Sergio Argüelles Catare, and Jessica Bonds.

Theatre for the New City presents Texas Gothic by Randy McHaney and directed by Paul Dederick. Performances run April 18–28, 2024 and features HB friends: Donna Svennevik, Amy Finkbeiner, Michael Lopetrone. Also involved in this production from HB are Lluvia Almanza, Stefan Diethelm, Moshe Henderson, and Allie Posner.

Ryan Czerwonko is performing in Sea Gull presented by Adult Film+Theatre. Performances run May 8–26 at Rutgers Presbyterian Church.

Leonard J. Altamura, Esquire, an attorney and philanthropist whose advocacy touched lives all over the world, died Tuesday, March 19 in New York City. He was 85.

Andrew Heinze‘s one-act play AT LEAST SLIGHTLY will be published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS, 2024 (Smith & Kraus), and will be produced in the “A Light in Dark Places” Theatre Festival in Dallas TX, Apr 5-13. An excerpt from Andrew’s full-length play THE RIMSKY-FOGELMAN will be published in THE BEST MEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES, 2024 (Smith & Kraus).

Donna McKechnie is playing Madame Morrible in Broadway’s WICKED.

Erich Rausch is in rehearsals developing a new piece with KrymovLabNYC. Erich was Willie Loman un a Solo Performance piece for the fashion show, DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Recently, Erich finished for the indie feature BAGGAGE as Gedeon, a Russian mob capo and completed work on the short film PENDULUM, playing a professor “with a past”. Erich recently, celebrated 5 years of weekly piano and voice concerts with CONCERTS IN MOTION, with free online & in-person concerts esp. for those who cannot get out easily.

Quinn M. Johnson understudies for Public Theater’s JORDANS. Performance runs Apr 11–May 5.

Burak Tatar is the newest Co-Chair of Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU)’s Young Professionals and Artists Circle (YPAC). Established in 1992 by Bob Ost, TRU is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting producers in their productions, fostering the growth of emerging theater companies, and providing valuable insights for all theater professionals to navigate the business successfully. As part of TRU’s commitment to community engagement, Burak will be one of the speakers at the organization’s upcoming Zoom gathering, titled “The Challenges of Young Professionals Trying to Kickstart a Career in Theater.” Scheduled for Friday, March 1st at 5pm, this event offers aspiring theater professionals an opportunity to gain valuable insights and guidance as they embark on their careers.

Ginger Grace plays Emily Dickinson in her interactive performance piece, INSIDE EMILY DICKINSON: HER POETRY & HER LIFE! at the Cultural Arts Coalition, Brewster, NY March 2; and in “Change Makers! Women Activate!” Festival for the Queens, NY Library System); along with Libraries throughout Westchester and Connecticut for Women’s History Month.