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Five Week Classes in July & August!

Sign up now for a class the second half of Summer! Check out these 5-week offerings:

Singing Voice 1 with Martha Bernard | 6-8pm Mon | July 20-Aug 17 | $205
Singing Voice 1 with Martha Bernard | 1-3pm Tue | July 21-Aug 18 | $205
Singing Voice 1 with John Bowen | 7-9pm Weds | July 22-Aug 19 | $205
Singing Voice 2 with Martha Bernard | 5:30-7:30pm Thur | July 23-Aug 20 | $205
Alexander Technique with Martha Bernard | 3:30-5pm Thur | July 23-Aug 20 | $155

For Young People:
Acting for Teens (14-17) with Marlene Mancini | 11am-1pm Sat | July 25-Aug 22 | $205
Acting for Young People (9-13):
– with Marlene Mancini | 1-3pm Sat | July 25-Aug 22 | $205
– with Claudia Terry | 4-6pm Fri | July 24-Aug 21 | $205
Teen Audition Intensive | 1pm-5:30pm Wed | July 22-Aug 19 | $308

Union Discount: AEA and SAG/AFTRA members receive 10% off Summer Term enrollment when registering by July 30. Please present your membership card in the registration office, or email a copy to registration@hbstudio.org.

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

People Who Make Theatre – Peter Sarsgaard

Join Austin Pendleton as he interviews PWMT_Peter Sarsgaard_Eblast
actor Peter Sarsgaard!

Sunday, July 12, 2015 | 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

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PETER SARSGAARD continues to remain an actor renowned for his range and ability to access what is behind the often complicated facades of the characters he plays. He was most recently seen on the big screen in Kelly Reichardt’s NIGHT MOVES, Woody Allen’s BLUE JASMINE opposite Cate Blanchett and LOVELACE opposite Amanda Seyfried. Continue reading →

BLACK PROTAGONIST – First Floor Studio Residency

BLACK PROTAGONIST

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First Floor Studio Residency

Workshop Performances
Saturday June 27th & Sunday June 28th at 7pm

Saturday July  11th & Sunday July 12th at 8pm

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Featuring: James Dow, Peregrine Heard, Lauren LaRocca, Cyndii Johnson, Emily Stout, Casey Worthington

The Associates create plays through a process of research, improvisation, new playwriting techniques, and daring. We poke at the place where the mundane and the grotesque converge: in the nooks and crannies of human desire. Our plays aim to change the trajectory of story-telling tradition. The workshop we are presenting through HB’s First Floor Studio Residency is the product of a revision of our (dark) identity comedy, Black Protagonist, and a new look at forms of audience participation.

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HB Studio is dedicated to training and practice for the theatre and to the ongoing artistic development of actors, directors, and playwrights. The Studio will, at intervals throughout the year, make 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. The Studio is not a producing organization, nor should these presentations be construed as “showcases” or “productions.” Rather, we offer an opportunity for associated artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth. 

NEA_NYSCA_logosThis program is made possible through the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and many generous supporters.

THE CENTRAL PARK PLAYS

Central Park Plays

A 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL featuring
selected work from the playwriting classes of 
Donna de Matteo and Julie McKee.

RSVP
or call 212-989-7856 between 1pm-5pm, Monday through Friday

HB Playwright’s Theatre

June 25, 26, 27, and 28 at 8pm, June 27 and 28 at 3pm

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Performance Lab – DESIGN FOR LIVING

DESIGN FOR LIVINGDesign For Living

Performance Lab 
First Floor Studio, 120 Bank Street
7pm | May 20, 21, 22, 23, & 24

by Noël Coward
Directed by Jack Hofsiss

“Love Among The Artists”

With Jim Boerlin, Nick DeSimone, Brian Groudan, Duncan Hazard, Laura Hooper, Jesse Lehman, Elizabeth Maille, Marion McCorry, Ashish Pant, Ruby Rees-Wemyss and Jeffrey Young

Assistant Director | Ashish Pant
Set Designer | Nikolay Sviridchik
Lighting Designer | Beverly Emmons
Costume Designer | Catherine Siracusa
Sound Designer | Skip Greer
Stage Manager | KT Sanders
Asst. Stage Manager | Vanessa Joyce
Technical Director | Brian Kafel
Production Manager | Daniel Allen Nelson

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HB Performance Labs provide actors who are well advanced in their technique opportunities to participate in the development and performance of Studio works-in-progress, guided by HB faculty or guest artists. Open by audition, participation is free of charge. Labs meet three times weekly over 5 weeks, with public sharing — performances or open rehearsals — in week 5.

Noel Coward Foundation

 

 

This program is made possible with the generous support of the Noël Coward Foundation

 

Summer Registration, Early Bird Discounts, & Auditions!

Summer Term registration is now open. Summer Term will run 10 weeks, June 15 – August 23, with several 5-week class offerings.

Early Bird Discount: To receive 10% off Summer Term enrollment, register by June 1st with code SUMMER15*

Union Discount: AEA and SAG/AFTRA members receive 20% off Summer Term enrollment when registering by June 1. Please present your membership card in the registration office, or email a copy to registration@hbstudio.org. After June 1, Union Members can still receive a 10% discount until July 26.*

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

Browse classes and register online.

Sign up for your audition! May 8 & 12 and June 1 & 2. 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.

Spring Clean Up 2015

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS:
Please join us as a volunteer April 28 – May 1 to help spruce up our working home. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to volunteers! Use our online form to sign up: VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

SEEKING FOOD DONATIONS:
Can’t spare the time but want to support the effort? Donate refreshments to keep our volunteers well fed! Please contact Mark Klaman at development@hbstudio.org with offers of food donations.

KEY STUDENTS, FA’S & SA’S:
All Key Students, FA’s and SA’s are required to participate in one 4-hour shift (Tue, April 28 – Fri, May 1). Use this online form to sign up: KEY, FA & SA SIGN UP

First Floor Studio Residency – ILLINOIS

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First Floor Studio Residency
Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 5pm
April 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 25 & 26

Written and Directed by: Terry Gibson

Featuring: Rachel Errington, Daren Kelly, Andy McCutcheon, Michele Severino

“David and Elizabeth, two young Manhattan financial advisors, get to know each other before enticing clients into making investments in art.”    

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First Floor Studio Residency
HB Studio is dedicated to training and practice for the theatre and to the ongoing artistic development of actors, directors, and playwrights. The Studio will, at intervals throughout the year, make 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. The Studio is not a producing organization, nor should these presentations be construed as “showcases” or “productions.” Rather, we offer an opportunity for associated artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth. 

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