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This summer, we are offering workshops that give actors an insight into showbiz. Each workshop is designed to teach the skills any acting professional needs to make the difference between getting a callback and signing the contract. This summer, learn from professionals who have already walked the walk and join a robust community of students who will become your industry peers. Register now with an Early Bird discount of 5% off all classes with code SUMMER25N, valid through May 31.
The Business of Acting
with Fran Kirmser & Alexis Suarez
June 13, 2025
Offered by popular demand, this one-day Business of Acting workshop will give you tactics for navigating and building your professional acting career and enable you to put your focus where it matters most.
Voice Over Auditioning
with Theresa Buchheister
June 23-29, 2025
This five-session workshop covers three distinct areas of Voice Over acting: cartoon/videogame, audiobook, and commercial. With pre-selected material, you will simulate auditioning in each category and be given direction and feedback in areas which you can practice and improve your skills.
First Steps: Beginning Your Journey as an Actor
with Richard Hoehler
June 18, 2025 – July 16 & July 23, 2025 – August 20, 2025
Whether you are new to acting or have some experience, this workshop is designed for those who are interested in exploring acting as a means of expression. Specifically designed exercises, improvisations, and micro scenes and monologues ease newcomers into the craft of acting, help discover one’s true self, and foster a strong connection with others.
Audition Technique for Stage & Screen
with Pat Golden
June 13, 2025 – July 18, 2025
Audition with confidence. Perfect your audition technique for stage or screen. Learn what Directors and Casting Directors are looking for in your theatre, film or TV audition. Prepare for your next audition by learning what Industry Professionals want to see in your audition.
Online Auditions & Self Taping
with Magaly Colimon
June 16, 2025 – July 14, 2025
Casting directors and agents have made a dramatic shift to online auditions — including pre-recorded self-taped submissions and live auditions on videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom. Learn how to adapt your acting to succeed in the virtual sphere.
Take the Stage: A Musical Theater Audition Workshop
with Chris Georgetti
July 21, 2025 – August 18, 2025
This hands-on 5-week course is for anyone looking to feel more confident walking into a musical theatre audition—whether you’re totally new or getting back into the groove. Each week is designed to break down a different part of the audition process and gives you tools for every step of the way.
Live at HB Studio
Acting the Song with Lorraine Serabian
Friday, May 30 at 3:45pm
Helen Gallagher First Floor Studio, 120 Bank Street, NY
Pay-What-You-Wish, $30 Recommended
Behind the Studio Doors: An HB Open House
Saturday, May 31at 2pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street, NY
Free
Singing Voice 1 with John Bowen
Sunday, June 1 at 2pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street, NY
Pay-What-You-Wish, $30 Recommended
A Conversation with Hadi Tabbal and Reza Salazar
Sunday, June 1 at 5pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street, NY
Pay-What-You-Wish, $30 Recommended
Independent Study Project Lab
Tuesday, June 3 at 7pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street, NY
Pay-What-You-Wish, $30 Recommended
HB Studio News
Faculty News
Reza Salazar‘s The Zora Project, a series of community workshops in collaboration with Tanya Birl-Torres that honors the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, continues at The Shed with “The Fire Dance: Exploring Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Choreographic Works” on June 21 and “Glitter in the Dust: Exploring the Work-Song Tradition” on July 19.
Jessica Hecht was nominated for a 2025 Tony Award in the Best Featured Actress in a Play category for her role as Suzanne in Eureka Day.
Janice Orlandi will serve as Movement Director for The Other Mozart at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival from August 1-25.
Peter Francis James directs, and Charlotte Bydwell assistant directs, All’s Well That End’s Well at the Old Globe in San Diego from June 8 – July 6.
Daniel Pearce performs as Brabantio in Othello on Broadway (starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal) at the Barrymore Theatre through June 8.
Lisa Pelikan performs in Cracked Open at Theatre Row through June 28.
Alumni & Student News
Thiago Jimenez Is directing and performing in Last Queer Supper at a secret location in Brooklyn on May 24.
Amanda Peet stars in Your Friends & Neighbors, now streaming on Apple TV.