Featured Courses

Presented by Theresa McElwee –

Held in-person: 

Communication and Presentation Skills are required at various professional levels, as well as in everyday situations. Executives, educators, team leaders and managers, can all benefit from sharpening communication skills. A great message can get lost if the delivery is less than impactful. Whether the goal is to persuade, inspire, inform, tell a story, or offer a toast at a wedding, this course will offer tools to help you speak with confidence and clarity, and make an impact. You’ll learn about the importance of delivery, how to refine your message, learn strategies for working with visual aids such as PowerPoint, and how to engage your audience – whether on Zoom, in the conference room or on a stage.

Lead by Theresa McElwee, a voice and speech coach who works with actors, broadcasters, news anchors, and corporate clients. Coaching credits include productions at The Signature Theatre, The Abingdon Theatre, NYU’s New Studio on Broadway, Boomerang Theatre Company and New Light Theatre Project. Theresa has taught at HB Studio, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and the New York Conservatory of Dramatic Art. As a performer, Theresa appeared on Broadway in THE HEIDI CHRONICLES and I’M NOT RAPPAPORT, and in productions Off-Broadway, at Lincoln Center, and on PBS American Playhouse, as well as many regional theater productions across the country. A proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, VASTA and The Voice Foundation, Theresa holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and is a certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®

Presented by Amelia Campbell & Anthony Arkin –

Held in-person: 

Transitioning into the world of on-camera acting can be daunting. How can we translate what we know about performing into this medium? It starts with you. Just you, being.

Process focused, this workshop gives students the opportunity to spend time in front of the lens working on both monologues and scenes. Participants explore how it feels to BE, rather than perform; how it feels to make friends with the camera – or at least call a truce! To come to understand the camera as a partner who is infinitely interested in our truth.

Being On Camera 1 is designed for theatre actors of all backgrounds to investigate the mechanics of screen acting with no pressure and without having to focus on “getting the job”.

The Being on Camera workshop series is presented by two acclaimed actors each with 20 plus years experience on stage and on both sides of the camera.

Register for both Being on Camera 1 and Being on Camera 2 for $15 off!

Presented by Josiah Bania –

This five-week workshop will focus on how to activate language in plays and the relationship between language and character. We will examine how to use script analysis to illuminate the text for ourselves in ways that are invigorating and actable. We will practice the techniques that connect actors to their voice and breath, integrating mind, body and imagination, in order to find freedom with language-based plays in rehearsal and performance. Our approach will also encourage each actor to bring their own unique individuality to heightened text, without sacrificing clarity or the author’s intent.

We will work with a range of writers, including Shakespeare, Moliere, Shaw, Tony Kushner, Suzan- Lori Parks, Jeremy O. Harris, Leanne O’Sullivan, and August Wilson.

Topics will include structure, verse, prose, rhythm, imagery, vocal energy, and clarity. We will also consider how these principles can be applied to television, film, and voiceover work.

By the end of this workshop each participant will have developed three things: a personalized vocal and physical warmup that is adaptable for auditions, rehearsals, and performance; a new audition-ready monologue; and a more fully integrated connection to their voice, body, and imagination.