Summer 2023 Independent Study Students have spent the past couple of weeks developing their work and craft. Join us August 20 for a showcase of their projects.
Participants: Mai Ozeki & Ayaka Yamamoto Guest Presenters: Elena Clark Denisova & Youlim Nam
Instructor: Snezhana Chernova
About Independent Study Lab
For artists who are interested in developing their own projects, this is an independent class working solo or with a partner on an independent study project that you devise, under the guidance of HB faculty, Snezhana Chernova.
You must submit a proposal for review and approval prior to registering. The proposal should include a work-plan, proposed outcome, and the estimated number of hours required to complete the project. Creative projects might be shared in public presentations at HB Playwrights Theater at the end of the term.
Undertaking independent study requires a commitment to check-ins with the instructor and weekly 2.5 hour group meetings to report objectives, progress, trouble shoot, present projects, and exchange ideas. An additional one-on-one 30 minute session with the instructor may be held each week.
Examples of projects include: Writing a screenplay/play, doing a podcast, doing a live stream performance series, monologues or scenes, creating a TV pilot, writing a music, shooting a documentary or short/feature film, writing a poetry etc. Selected projects might be shared on HB Studio social media channels.
This Independent Study Project Lab requires a commitment of 4 hours per week.
This Lab is offered with meetings in person at HB Studio on Mondays from 10:00 am to 12:30pm with the possibility to meet online if the project requires so.
HB Studio’s programs are supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and many generous supporters.
For artists who are interested in developing their own projects, this is an independent class working solo or with a partner on an independent study project that you devise, under the guidance of HB faculty, Snezhana Chernova.
You must submit a proposal for review and approval prior to registering. The proposal should include a work-plan, proposed outcome, and the estimated number of hours required to complete the project. Creative projects might be shared in public presentations at HB Playwrights Theater at the end of the term.
Undertaking independent study requires a commitment to check-ins with the instructor and weekly 2.5 hour group meetings to report objectives, progress, trouble shoot, present projects, and exchange ideas. An additional one-on-one 30 minute session with the instructor may be held each week.
Examples of projects include: Writing a screenplay/play, doing a podcast, doing a live stream performance series, monologues or scenes, creating a TV pilot, writing a music, shooting a documentary or short/feature film, writing a poetry etc. Selected projects might be shared on HB Studio social media channels.
This Independent Study Project Lab requires a commitment of 4 hours per week.
This Lab is offered with meetings in person at HB Studio on Mondays from 10:00 am to 12:30pm with the possibility to meet online if the project requires so.
HB Studio is currently offering a hybrid study model (a combination of online and in person classes) for International Students under an F-1 Visa, allowing new and initial international students to take a full time program at HB Studio. HB Studio offers International Students three options for study: The Hagen Core Training and The Hagen Summer Intensive, each offering an intensive, prescribed curriculum; or, for those who prefer a more flexible option, design your own full-time International Studio Class Program (more information below) from the Studio’s weekly classes.
International Students at HB Studio
Theater artists travel worldwide to train, practice, and study acting at HB Studio. The International Student Program is an essential piece of what HB has to offer, and we are proud to be the working home of so many actors from around the globe.
HB Studio is authorized under Federal law to enroll nonimmigrant noncitizen students. HB Studio will consider applications from individuals, generally with substantial theater training, who wish to pursue a full course of study, and who meet both Federal and HB Studio requirements.
F-1 Visa
HB Studio has welcomed international F-1 visa students since 1967. Applicants must possess verbal and written fluency in English and must commit to a full-time program of study, which the Studio defines as a minimum of seven classes per week or enrollment in the Hagen Core or Hagen Summer Intensive.
An international panel of artists discuss the boundaries and intersections between a creative, civic, and political life
Amid one of the most significant elections in American history, a panel of HB artists from the U.S. and abroad, including faculty, students and alumni, join together to discuss voting and the democratic process, and what it means to have a political voice as an artist.
With Snezhana Chernova, Magaly Colimon-Christopher, John-Martin Green, Leyla Hadi, Peter Francis James, Abhishek Jha, Juan Ramirez, Jr., Lorraine de Silva and and Nya Yeanafehn
A presentation in honor of the Russian novelist and poet Ivan Bunin’s 150th birthday. Join us for an evening dedicated to Ivan Bunin poetry, short stories and songs featuring presentations from HB Studio students. Presented in Russian and in English.
Evening classes on Friday March 13 and ALL classes this weekend, Saturday March 14 and Sunday March 15 are cancelled, so that we may do our part to support containment of the COVID-19 virus.
Make-up classes for this weekend will be scheduled at a later date.
Additionally, given the rapidly developing news, like other organizations, we are closing down for the next two weeks as well. A more detailed update will follow about postponement of Spring classes.
Classes cancelled this weekend are:
3/13/2020 Michael Beckett: Scene Study 2
3/13/2020 Magaly Colimon: Acting with the Camera 1
3/13/2020 Julissa Roman: Acting 1
3/13/2020 Mercedes Ruehl: Scene Study- Studio Practice (Invitational)
3/14/2020 Michael Beckett: Acting 1
3/14/2020 Michael Beckett: Acting 2
3/14/2020 Snezhana Chernova: Acting in Russian: Method of Etudes
3/14/2020 David Deblinger: Acting 2
3/14/2020 Craig Dolezel: Speech 1
3/14/2020 Marlene Mancini: Acting for Teens: Ages 14-17
3/14/2020 Theresa McElwee: Speaking Voice 1
3/14/2020 Ben Mehl Mehl: Movement for Actors
3/14/2020 Lisa Pelikan: Acting with the Camera 3: Skill Integration for Film
3/14/2020 Claudia Terry: Acting for Young People: Ages 9-13
3/15/2020 Michael Beckett: Scene Study – Studio Practice
3/15/2020 Michael Beckett: Scene Study 2
3/15/2020 Michael Beckett: Scene Study 3
3/15/2020 Snezhana Chernova: Scene Study 2-3 with Hagen Exercises
3/15/2020 Laura Esterman: Scene Study – Studio Practice
3/15/2020 Stefanie Proessl: Alexander Technique
3/15/2020 Trudy Steibl: Acting 1
3/15/2020 The Hagen Teen Intensive
Following one of the most significant elections in American history, a panel of HB artists from the U.S. and abroad, including faculty, students and alumni, join together to discuss voting and the democratic process, and what it means to have a political voice as an artist.
Amid one of the most significant elections in American history, an international panel of artists discuss the boundaries and intersections between a creative, civic, and political life.
With Snezhana Chernova, Magaly Colimon-Christopher, John-Martin Green, Leyla Hadi, Peter Francis James, Abhishek Jha, Juan Ramirez, Jr., Lorraine de Silva and and Nya Yeanafehn
Sunday, November 1 at 7:30pm Held online over Zoom
We introduce HB Studio’s residency artists to learn about their works-in-progress and their ever-developing artistic careers.
Artists include Ashley Teague and Gwen Kingston – Untitled Whale Project; Jacqueline Raymond – Int’l Girl’s Ensemble; Kayhan Irani – There is a Portal; Blair Simmons – Print(Dialogue); Hyojin Park – MFA; and Morgan Smith – Averno.
Sunday, October 4 at 12:00pm Held online over Zoom
A presentation of curated life histories from HB Studio’s The Performing Arts Legacy Project (PAL) workshop cohort in partnership with The Actors Fund Research Center for Arts & Culture
PAL is an initiative of the Research Center for Arts and Culture at The Actors Fund. PAL celebrates the contributions of older actors by supporting them to document their own careers in an online platform that serves as a shared theater history and educational resource.
Monday, March 9 at 7pm HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street, New York
THERE IS A PORTAL is a multimedia, one-woman performance that uses storytelling and participatory theater to create a space for dialogue among theater goers.
Sunday, December 20 | 12:00 PM & 6:00 PM Held online over Zoom
INSIDE OUT is comprised of eleven compelling scenes interlaced with letters to home and spoken word poetry. Written by incarcerated men and performed by formerly incarcerated actors.
A presentation of virtual performances from the participants of HB Studio’s ACTS OF LOVE ensemble. Using story, movement, music and comedy, a group of international artists explore love and passions in their waking and dream lives.Directed by David Deblinger
Friday, November 20, 2020 | 7:00 PM Saturday, November 21, 2020 | 9:00 PM
A presentation in honor of the Russian novelist and poet Ivan Bunin’s 150th birthday. An evening dedicated to Ivan Bunin poetry, short stories and songs featuring presentations from HB Studio students.
Presented in Russian and in English.Directed by Snezhana ChernovaFeaturing Marina Bondik, Ekaterina Gerasimova, Christine Elmo, Anna Kaliuzhnaia, Florian Kiniffo, Lyubov Orlovsky, Timo Palonen, Alisa Rusanoff, Olga Sopian, and Inna Zozulya
Sunday, October 11, 2020 | 2:00 PM
Held online over Zoom
Conch Shell Productions and HB Studio co-produced a series new comedic one-act plays written by Caribbean American writers.The plays include I MARRIED A BLACK REPUBLICAN, written by Magaly Colimon-Christopher; THE CUSTOMER VOTING SERVICE, written by Juan Ramirez, Jr; THE ARITHMETIC OF MEMORY, written by Gretchen Suarez-Pena; and I SAW JESUS IN TOA BAJA, by Nelson Diaz-Marcano.
Friday, October 9, 2020 | 9:00 PM Friday, October 16, 2020 | 9:00 PM Friday, October 23, 2020 | 9:00 PM
Friday, October 30, 2020 | 9:00 PM
Moderated by Artistic directors Edith Meeks and Literary Manager Sergei Burbank featured #BLUELIGHTSERIES playwrights Magaly Colimon-Christopher, Nelson Diaz Marcan, Juan Ramirez Jr., and Gretchen Suarez-Pena chat about the function of comedy during challenging times.
We share the fruits of Paul Pryce’s Summer Performance Lab. Participating actors have interviewed several individuals out on the frontlines of this double pandemic. The actors have been tasked to perform a story that resonates with them and which sheds light on their personal experience with the coronavirus or the protests for racial injustice and equality.
Friday, August 21, 2020, 7:00 pm Saturday, August 22, 2020, 7:00 pm
An afternoon of trenchant and terse monologues performed by the members of ACTING OUT, a professional acting class for formerly incarcerated men, lead by Richard Hoehler. Featuring work by Clifford Odets, John Patrick Shanley, Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, Robert Anderson, and others.
Sunday July 26, 2020, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Sunday August 9, 2020, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Sunday August 23, 2020, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Composer/performer/sound artist/actor Joan La Barbara offers a preview to the workshop she will be teaching for actors at HB on extended vocal techniques.
Included in the mini-concert – “Solitary Journeys of the Mind”, her real-time composition/improv featuring a range of vocalizations and she will talk about creating character voices (the “Alien Newborn” in “Alien Resurrection”, and the “Angel Voice” in “Date with an Angel”) and how one goes about analyzing what sound a creature could make based the structure of its head, neck and body.
The year is 1994 and Zack Lawson, a 63-year-old African American military veteran, works at Primary Video, a VHS movie rental store in Las Vegas, NV. When Zack finds out a secret about Ian, his 25-year-old white supervisor, he uses it to his advantage, ultimately bringing both men to painful realizations.
STEWART AND LAMB is part of Coming Apart Together: A Visit with Our 2020 Residency and Reading Series Artists
In the early 1970s, a rebellious American teen suspended from boarding school for breaking into a synagogue is sent to stay with her grandmother, an elderly German-Jewish Holocaust refugee.
THE SOUND OF BIRDS YOU DON’T EXPECT is part of Coming Apart Together: A Visit with Our 2020 Residency and Reading Series Artists
A closeted dyslexic writer and his new no-nonsense editor whose son was recently diagnosed with dyslexia: the story of two polar opposites who need each other.
MISSING WORDS is part of Coming Apart Together: A Visit with Our 2020 Residency and Reading Series Artists
Every month, college friends Mac, Audrey, Lia, and Sarah meet for Book Club to talk about literature (their lives), favorite authors (each other), and to analyze plot and character (to drink). A play about the closeness and danger of intimate female friendships.
WHY WE HAVE BOOK CLUB is part of Coming Apart Together: A Visit with Our 2020 Residency and Reading Series Artists
Over a 15-hour workday in mid-October 1968, a handful of GI’s on Kitchen Police (KP) at a small Army fort wrestle with daily life in the Army, while the escalating Vietnam War is on everyone’s mind.
KP 1968 is part of Coming Apart Together: A Visit with Our 2020 Residency and Reading Series Artists
The current HB Performance Lab will engage a group of primarily international current and former students to build a virtual ensemble committed to creating and eventually recording a variety of short digital segments loosely inspired by the theme, “Acts of Love.” The segment categories will include: stories/moments of remembered experience, music/song, movement/dance, comedy (sketch, stand-up, character, puppet-show, etc.). Footage will eventually be selected, edited and framed by an animated narrative, yet to be created.
The long term goal is to create three webisodes and a template for a series.
An afternoon of trenchant and terse monologues performed by the members of ACTING OUT, a professional acting class for formerly incarcerated men, lead by Richard Hoehler. Featuring work by Clifford Odets, John Patrick Shanley, Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, Robert Anderson, and others.
Sunday, May 31, June 7 & 14 at 12:30pm
Sunday June 28, 2020, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sunday July 12, 2020, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Directed by Larry Rosen of “The Moth”, we present an HB Studio storytelling evening inspired by shows like “The Moth,” “RISK,” and “The Story Collider”.
I decided to come back to a career in the theater after some 25 years away...I thought that I would spend perhaps a year or two at HB when I started, but I find that I just keep growing
