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Scene Study with Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl returns to HB Studio this Fall to teach an advanced Scene Study – Studio Practice course. Open by application only.

Tuesdays & Thursdays | Sept 13 – Oct 20
6:30pm – 9pm | $545
(6 weeks / 12 sessions)

Applications for the fall term are now closed.

*Prior students of Ms. Ruehl’s may register without application.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For professional performers who desire to return to, or maintain an ongoing relationship with a dynamic and fertile state of learning. The goal: to use the specifics of language, action, subtext, circumstance, and relationships in order to connect with the work at the deepest most personal level. You are encouraged to push boundaries with the aim of building ever more complex characters and situations, allowing and exploring what is powerfully, unexpectedly revealed.
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The Hagen Core Training – starting this Fall!

 A full-time one-year training program for actors who seek full immersion in the practice of their craft. There are still a few spaces left in the 2016-2017 Hagen Core Training program. Apply today!

The Hagen Core Training is an integrated progressive curriculum, taught by world-class faculty/practitioners, of essential classes: Acting Technique, Scene Study, Script Analysis, Movement, Alexander Technique, Voice and Speech…read more

September 11, 2016 – June 6, 2017 (3 Terms)
Classes meet Monday – Friday, 9:30am-3:30pm | Tuition: $13,500

Open by audition and application. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
APPLY ONLINE
(includes $50 non-refundable application fee)

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Reading Partners – Information Session

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Join us at HB Studio for wine and light refreshments as you learn about volunteering with Reading Partners!

Reading Partners empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by connecting passionate community volunteers to provide one-on-one literacy tutoring. In New York, 8 out 10 fourth graders from low-income families cannot read at grade level. The program delivers a highly effective curriculum that has helped tens of thousands of children master reading comprehension, fluency, and sight-word reading. Reading Partners is currently present in 17 elementary schools throughout New York City, serving 920 students! Find out how you can support the organization as a tutor or otherwise on Friday, May 20th from 4-6pm!

More information on Reading Partners: http://readingpartners.org/

Friday | September 23 | 4-6 pm | RSVP Online here!
HB Studio, Speech Room, 3rd Floor | 120 Bank Street

First Floor Studio Residency – A PAINTED WINDOW

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A FIRST FLOOR STUDIO RESIDENCY
A PAINTED WINDOW
a NEW play by Christy Hall
Directed by Hazen Cuyler

Featuring: Johanna Leister*- Josephine, Mar Riehl*- Sylvia, AC Davison*- Charles

Stage Managers – Elizabeth Moreno & Alissa Silverio
Designed by Hazen Cuyler and Reanna Armellino

A PAINTED WINDOW catalogues the reunion of two siblings, Josephine and Sylvia, two sisters that long ago used to giggle together late at night, yet now stand worlds apart. It’s a dissection of identity, classism, racism, and the grotesque havoc consumerism, capitalism, and entitlement has wreaked on the American dream. It is a play about family, loss, regret, and the staggering power of fear. But ultimately, at its center, this is a play about love.

The show runs approx. 90 minutes. On the 21st there will be a talkback/Q&A with the cast, director and playwright.

Saturday & Sunday | August 13, 14, 20 & 21 | 8pm | FREE! 
HB Studio, First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street

*Equity Approved Showcase

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First Floor Studio Residency – THE GOD OF ALL THINGS

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THE GOD OF ALL THINGS
by Lyle Kessler
directed by Francisco Solorzano

Featuring: Peter Collier, Joe Maruzzo, Stuart Rudin, Jimi Stanton, Christina Toth, Christopher Whalen

Coyotes, gangsters, a Stripper, and two brothers struggle in a shack in the desert outside Los Vegas.  An Apocalyptic black comedy of life, death and redemption.  

From the acclaimed writer of Orphans, last seen on Broadway with Alec Baldwin and Ben Foster.  Talk-back afterwards with the cast and crew to discuss process of ensemble collaboration in order to bring a new play in front of an audience.

Produced by Barefoot Theatre Company

Saturday & Sunday | July 9 & 10 | 8pm | FREE!
HB Studio, First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street

Scholarship and Work-Study Information for Winter Term

Registration for the Winter term begins November 1st. Winter term will run 10 weeks —
January 9 – March 19, 2017

Browse classes & register online. We also offer a variety of workshops.

WINTER TERM SCHOLARSHIP & WORK STUDY APPLICATIONS are now closed. Scholarships support partial enrollment in one studio class. Work Study (Studio Assistant or “SA”) positions support full enrollment in one studio class. Award notifications will be announced November 11. Click here for details.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT*: Please use code: WINTER17 when you register and receive 10% off when enrolling for the winter term. Early Bird Discount ends on December 15, 2016.

EARLY BIRD UNION DISCOUNT*: AEA, SAG/AFTRA & AGVA members receive 20% off when registering for winter term. Present membership card in the office or email a copy to registration@hbstudio.org

INTAKE AUDITION / CONSULTATIONS: Interested in our upper level classes? Audition & consult with a panel of HB’s faculty to discuss your goals, where you are in the work, and plan your course of study at HB Studio. For audition schedule, details and sign up info, visit the Auditions & Prerequisites page.

REEL SUBMISSIONS: Are you a working professional seeking a place to practice? Submit your reel and resume for placement into our studio practice classes.

*Discounts not valid for workshop offerings, cannot be combined, and cannot be applied retroactively

Summer Term is Underway! Register Today.

Summer Term will run 10 weeks, June 13 – August 22.
Browse classes & register online. We also offer a variety of workshops.

UNION DISCOUNT*: Union members receive 10% OFF registration. Present membership card in the office or email a copy to registration@hbstudio.org

INTAKE AUDITIONS: Audition for a panel of HB’s faculty to receive a consultation on where you are in the work, discuss your goals, and plan your course of study at HB Studio. For audition schedule, details and sign up info, visit the Auditions & Prerequisites page.

REEL SUBMISSIONS: Are you a working professional seeking a place to practice? Submit your reel and resume for placement into our studio practice classes.

*Discounts not valid for workshop offerings, cannot be combined, and cannot be applied retroactively

People Who Make Theater: MEET THE 2016 HB STUDIO RESIDENT ARTISTS!

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MEET THE 2016 HB STUDIO RESIDENT ARTISTS

Monday, June 20 | 7:30pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank St.
$5-10 suggested donation
RSVP at hbstudio.eventbrite.com

A conversation with the recipients of HB’s First Floor Studio Residency opportunity:

Amie Hartman, Barbara Cassidy & Sarah Buff: Diorama
Elizabeth Maille & Jue Yang: Nexus
Barefoot Theatre Company (Francisco Solorzano): The God of All Things
The Greenhouse Ensemble (Reanna Armellino & Hazen Cuyler): A Painted Window
Title:Point (Theresa Buchheister): The Chroma Key
Allison Plamondon: The Tchaikovsky Vignettes

Moderated by Catrin Lloyd-Bollard

At intervals throughout the year, HB Studio makes workshop performance space available in our First Floor Studio, for the development of creative projects that further the training and artistic practices fostered at HB. We offer an opportunity for practicing theater artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth. Join us to meet the 2016 HB Residents and hear about their projects and creative practices.

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