Author: Catrin Lloyd-Bollard

Jack Garfein Returns to HB Studio! Apply today.

Internationally renowned director, writer, and master teacher Jack Garfein visits us from Paris this June to teach THE ART OF ACTING, a two-week intensive seminar:

The Art of Acting
Monday – Friday, June 9 – 13 and 16 – 20
10am – 3pm, $720
Submission required: click here for details

“Imitation will never reveal the real. It is only the involuntary memory, the magician in ourselves, the work of the latent subconscious, that is able to grasp the experience of another…”
– Jack Garfein, LIFE AND ACTING

THE LADY FROM THE SEA

HB PERFORMANCE LAB

By Henrik Ibsen

Saturday & Sunday, April 26 & 27 | 8pm
HB Studio, First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street
Free! | RSVP here

An HB Performance Lab presentation of Ibsen’s classic piece about a woman struggling in her damaged and controlling marriage while facing temptation from an old love that seeks to reclaim her hand. Adapted and directed by Stuart Vaughan, the iconoclastic and visionary Founding Artistic Director of The New York Shakespeare Festival and The Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Performed by: Chantelle Goulevitch, Hugh Heckman, Peter Klein, Kevin Mackenzie Mejia, Andrew Mayer, Louise Mittelman, Philip OGorman, and Madeline Harper Smith.

Adapted and Directed by Stuart Vaughan
Assistant to the Director: Ashish Pant
Set design by: Nikolay Sviridchik

MAGIC BULLETS: A Work-in-Progress Showing

First Floor Studio Performance Project

By Buran Theatre Company

Sunday, April 20 | 7pm
HB Studio, First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street
Free! | RSVP here

Please join Buran Theatre Co. for this informal work-in-progress showing and conversation in preparation for their May premiere!

This hybrid theatre work will entertain our crave for a quick fix – whether it’s anti-depressants, chemotherapy or romantic love. How do we know we are unwell? How can real healing occur? And can we ever return to health? Or is it always a trip to some other destination? Through a series of seemingly unconnected scenes, events, songs and dance, MAGIC BULLETS will build a cacophony of disparate parts into a cohesive performance with live video and music. The production will be an overwhelming sensory experience completing Buran’s rhythmic, immersive performance style developed over the past four years.

Performed by Caitlin Bebb, Jud Knudsen, Catrin Lloyd-Bollard, Erin Mallon, Michael McKim, Kate Schroeder, and Mari Yamamoto

Written by Adam R. Burnett
Directed by Adam R. Burnett & Jud Knudsen
Music by Casey Mraz
Lyrics by Adam R. Burnett, Casey Mraz & Catfox
Choreography by Donna Jewell + the company
Scenic & Light design by Nick Kostner
Costume design by Jennifer Stimple Kamei
Video design by Geraldo Mercado
Assistant design/direction/photography by Abigail Blueher

A full run of MAGIC BULLETS will be performed at The Incubator Arts Project, May 2 – 11.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Movement Class Presentation

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!

In Memorium: Walt Witcover

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.

BEACH TRIP

HB Performance Lab

By 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!

10 Minute Play Auditions

“KISSED OFF”

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:

Jeannie Donahue: early 30’s, junior executive who’s spent her corporate career playing by the rules. Big heart. Buried ambitions. Desperate for change.
Caroline Blatt: 50’s, in charge of Human Resources at a privately-owned company in NYC. Discombobulated. Shoots from the hip. Strives to do what’s right. Low tolerance for stress. An artist at heart.

10 Minute Play Auditions

“WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THINGS DONE IN WASHINGTON”

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:

LBJ (Lyndon Johnson): (m) 40-50s. Intimidating yet intimate. Captivating and tireless. A born leader. Preferably tall. Texas/Southern accent a must.
BLUE: (m) 30s. Idealistic with a youthful energy.
RED: (m) 50s. Warm and worn. Career politician. Southern accent.

Performance Lab Auditions: THE LADY FROM THE SEA

Calling all actors! HB Performance Labs are an opportunity for HB students to study and perform FREE of charge.

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 began March 24! Register Now.

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.