HB Studio wants you in our classrooms. In support of our students, we offer a variety of financial aid options to help artists just like you join our community and continue their acting journey. All attendees at HB studio, both new enrollees and continuing students, are eligible to apply for Financial Aid support. Please contact scholarships@hbstudio.org with any questions.
Financial Aid applications for our Spring Term are now closed. Check back here for updates regarding deadlines for upcoming terms.
During the open application process, we offer the following types of financial aid:
- Work-Study Support is awarded based on need, a statement of goals and intent, and instructors’ recommendations. All attendees at HB studio, both new enrollees and continuing students, are eligible to apply for Work-Study positions. Participants in our work-study program are generally granted one free course of their choosing at HB Studio when they enroll and pay for a second course during the same term and maintain certain responsibilities on behalf of the studio. Responsibilities in association with a Work-Study position are assigned based on student and supervisor availability, student needs, and student skills. Examples of assigned tasks could include support with database updates, paper filing, library research and organization, archival scanning, hosting Zoom auditions, marketing support, on-site student check-in, production support, studio upkeep, and general cleaning. It is also possible that your Work Study role might be to perform the duties of a Key Student for a class in which you are not a participating student. Maintaining these tasks in a timely and responsible fashion will be a prerequisite for staying in the work-study program. All students are required to fulfill their hours of work before the end of each term or else they will no longer be eligible for the program. Failure to comply with these guidelines may terminate your involvement in the program.
- Key Students are work study recipients who serve as studio monitors and the teacher artist’s assistant. The key student is responsible for preparing the studio, taking attendance, maintaining class contact lists, tracking auditors, assisting with emergency procedures, organizing the studio at the end of class, and any other basic tasks as the teacher artist may require. Key Students participate as students in the course for which they are “keying” and are granted free tuition for that course. Key students must also enroll in and pay for a second course during the same term. Maintaining assigned tasks in a timely and responsible fashion will be a prerequisite for staying in the Key Student program. All students are required to fulfill all requested responsibilities before the end of each term, or else they will no longer be eligible for the program. Failure to comply with these guidelines may terminate your involvement in the program.
- Scholarships are awarded based on need, a statement of goals and intent, and instructors’ recommendations. Due to limited supporting funds, we cannot offer full scholarship coverage for the entirety of any one class. Our average classroom scholarship is a $150 discount off the cost of one course. Please note that if you are awarded a scholarship, you are required to enroll in the class by the first day of the term. Failure to utilize your scholarship by this date may result in forfeiture of the financial support. HB scholarships are given with the expectation that awardees will lead their fellows in discipline, attendance, and preparation, and demonstrate a full commitment to their work in class.
You are only permitted to submit one financial aid application for one class for each term. Please do not submit multiple applications. Notifications of acceptance or denial of financial aid are generally made within one month of the application deadline. If you have not heard a response from us 30 days after filing this form, please contact our office directly at scholarships@hbstudio.org.
Please wait to receive notification whether or not you have received financial aid before enrolling in any class you are seeking aid for. We will not be able to reimburse you for any pre-paid tuition, as our policy prohibits you from using financial aid for any class you have already paid for.
As a prerequisite for any form of financial aid support for new students, actors are required to submit a video audition within their application. New playwriting students are required to submit a substantial sample of past work. Failure to file appropriate paperwork, not attend the audition when scheduled, or to fail to submit writing samples in a timely fashion will disqualify the applicant from financial aid.
Please note that scholarships for our Hagen Core and Hagen Summer Intensive programs are awarded through a separate process addressed within the application process for those programs.