SAVE THE DATE!
Our annual fall benefit has been scheduled for Monday, November 3, 2014.
We are happy to announce that we will once again continue our festivities at Manhattan Penthouse, a stunning venue with panoramic views of the NYC skyline.
Ticket and honoree information will be available shortly. Click here for more details and to view photos from our previous celebrations.
Fred Timm’s Movement 1 class will have an open house where students will present original stories told through words and movement.
Friday, March 21 | 4pm
2nd Floor Studio, 120 Bank Street
All are welcomed. Free!
Walt Witcover, who taught acting and scene study at HB Studio for over 25 years, died last year on November 15. Following service in World War II, Walt attended Cornell University receiving a BA and MA and then began a career as actor, director, and teacher, studying with such luminaries as Lee Strasberg, Curt Conway, and Herbert Berghof. In addition to teaching classes at HB in acting scene study and stage direction, Walt founded the Masterworks Laboratory Theatre in Brooklyn Heights where he staged a vast variety of productions, often involving HB Studio students and faculty. He had a profound impact upon hundreds of students here at HB and at the Actors Studio, the Stella Adler Studio, and at SUNY Purchase where he was a Professor of Theatre Arts. He will long be remembered and his memory will be cherished by all who had the good fortune to work with him.
HB Performance LabBy Perry Guzzi
Directed by Amy Wright
Featuring:
E. James Fordyce, Katherine Hay, Christopher Heard, Gail Merzer-Behrens, George Port, and Antony Raymond.
This fascinating new play tells the story of two life-long friends on a road trip to an unexpected and all-too-real destination.
Performances:
Friday, Saturday & Sunday | March 21, 22 & 23 | 8pm
HB Studio, First Floor Studio
FREE!
a 10 minute play by Andrew Marvel, directed by Michael Manuelian
Auditions: Wed, March 12, 7 PM – 9 PM | Playwright’s Room, 2nd Floor, 122 Bank Street
Sides will be provided.
To be considered: Please send your headshot & resume, with the character name in the subject line, to Michael Manuelian: michaelmanuelian1@gmail.com
Event: This will be a full production of a ten-minute play, to be produced at the HB Playwrights Theatre in April 2014 as part of THE OFFICE PLAYS: A 10 Minute Play Festival. Five Performances.
Character breakdown:
a 10 minute play by Andrew R. Heinze, directed by Eli Thacker Taylor
Auditions: Tuesday, March 4, 7pm – 9pm | Playwright’s Room, 2nd Floor, 122 Bank Street
Sides will be provided; no appointment necessary
Event: This will be a full production of a ten-minute play, to be produced at the HB Playwrights Theatre in April 2014, as part of THE OFFICE PLAYS: A 10 Minute Play Festival.
Character breakdown:
Spring Performance Lab 1, directed by Stuart Vaughan, will be a presentation of Henrik Ibsen’s THE LADY FROM THE SEA, a New Version by Stuart Vaughan.
Auditions: Thursday, March 6th, 6pm – 8pm; and Friday, March 7th, 6pm – 8pm
Call the HB registration office to schedule an audition: 212-675-2370 x. 1
For your audition, you are asked to prepare a monologue from any published prose play and bring a headshot and resume.
Click here for a character breakdown and Performance Lab dates and details.
This lab is open by audition to current and recent HB students: those registered for the 2014 Spring term or those previously enrolled during the 2014 Winter or 2013 Fall terms.
Spring Term classes run 10 weeks, March 24 – June 8. Registration continues through April 13.
Browse our class offerings and register online today!
There will be no classes during Spring Clean-Up (April 29 – May 4) or Memorial Day (May 26).
Spring Term auditions are now closed. Please stay tuned for Summer Term audition dates.
HB PERFORMANCE LAB
From a Co-Founder of LAByrinth Theater Company and a select group of advanced students from HB Studio
Conceived and directed by
David Deblinger
Developed and created with Nezam Ardalan, Paul Burke, Dominic Comperatore, Yun Hee Kim, Natalia Korablina, James Meneses, Cyndee Rivera, Jo Anne Sellers, Donna Svennevik, Jessica Winograd, and Karen Zechowy.
Music—singing—storytelling—bursting forth from the hearts and minds of an international and intergenerational group of artists.
This performance culminates a five-week ensemble-building process with a personal and playful performance exploration using one important theme and tool…
that is…“PLAY.”
Friday & Saturday, February 14 & 15, 8:00pm
HB Studio, First Floor Studio
FREE!
HB Studio
One of New York’s original acting schools, HB Studio can imbue you with that New York authenticity. What sets this nonprofit organization apart is its atmosphere: HB Studio is not a college or conservatory, but a workplace for the teaching and practice of art. Students are expected to take charge of their own development and come forth with respect for the craft, highlighting areas where some deepening is necessary in their personal practice. HB training has roots in the European classical tradition and focuses on practicality. Stockard Channing, Bette Midler, and Sarah Jessica Parker are among its alumni.
– “Six Classic NYC Acting Schools” – Jan 31, 2014, Backstage