Author: Catrin Lloyd-Bollard

A SERIES OF STAGED READINGS

A collaboration of the students of Jack Hofsiss and Julie McKee

Monday, December 2nd, 8:00pm
First Floor Studio, HB Studio
120 Bank Street

No admission charge!

Hudson Dance by Jackie Herbach
Directed by Daniella Caggiano
With Craig Dolezel and Jody Moore

The White Sheep by Emmett McConnell
Directed by Liam Cunningham
With Kurt Fitzpatrick and Peter Quentin Smith

Puzzled by Andrew Marval. Directed by Ed Bergen.
With Tania Fisher and Bryant Carroll

Oh The Places You’ll Go by Hila Ben-Gera. Directed by Mollie Lief.
With Katherine Henly, Bernard Feinerman

Just Right by Kris Ann Barbera. Directed by Rafael Abolafia.
With Elly Berke and Craig Dolezel

The New Hire by Perry Guzzi. Directed by Katherine Dickson.
With Jocelyn Druyan, Maria DeSimone and Betsy Ross

Lonely at the Top by Jim Broaddus. Directed by Jennifer Bond.
With Lorie Barber, Maddie Harper Smith and Andrew Mayer

HB PERFORMANCE LAB PRESENTATION

The Moliére you love. Scenes from the most famous plays by Jean-Baptiste Moliére, connected through the one act play, Improvisation at Versailles.

Director: Aleksey Burago
With: Peter Cassone, Hazen Cuyler, Nicholas Feitel, Robert Freedman, Gordon Kupperstein, Johanna Leister, Stephanie Moise, Fabio Motta, Rachel Murdy, Michelle Pichon, Paolo Quiros, Brook De Anna Robinson, John Shub, Marina Talalaeva, Jocelyn Vammer, Dmitry Zhukov, and Di Zhu.

One night only!
Monday, November 25th, 8:00pm

First Floor Studio, HB Studio
120 Bank Street

No admission charge!

Registration continues through February 2.
Winter Term runs 10 weeks, January 13 – March 23.
Browse our class offerings here.

We also offer a variety of short-term workshops.

All Level classes and Level 1 classes are open to everyone with no audition or prerequisite.
Levels 2, 3 and Studio Practice classes require teacher placement or an audition.

To schedule an audition, visit our auditions page.
Returning students who have not been at HB in recent terms and would like to request a level placement from a past HB Studio teacher can fill out a placement request here.

Moderated talk with the Artistic Producing Director of the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre

Get answers to all your questions about the art, the craft, and the biz!

Monday, December 9th, 2013
7:30pm (doors at 7:00pm)
HB Playwrights Theatre
124 Bank Street, NYC

Moderated by David Shih

All are welcome! Followed by a reception.
$10 suggested donation /$5 HB students, staff & faculty

RSVP HERE

TISA CHANG, Artistic Producing Director, celebrates four decades in the American Theatre as dancer, actress, director, producer, and founded Pan Asian Rep in 1977 to champion professional opportunities for Asian American artists. She has performed in films and TV:  AMBUSH BAY, ESCAPE FROM IRAN, YEAR OF THE DRAGON; on stage in various productions of  WORLD OF SUZIE WONG, FLOWER DRUM SONG, KING & I, SWEET CHARITY, and  A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM.

Tisa has directed over 40 productions at La Mama ETC & Pan Asian and specializes in intercultural productions notably the bilingual production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM; the Marathi Indian epic GHASHIRAM KOTWAL, RASHOMON (also in Havana) and 2007’s THE JOY LUCK CLUB and DOJOJI: The Man Inside the Bell  in May/June 2013.

Honors include a 2013 Commendation from Comptroller Liu,  2012 Visionary  Award from the Office of Mayor Bloomberg, 2004 Alfred Drake Award  from Brooklyn College,  2002 Lifetime  Achievement  from The Organization of Chinese  Americans  and 1991 Barnard College Medal of Distinction.  She is a former Board member of SDC the national union for stage directors and choreographers.

PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEATRE is a series of conversations with representatives of New York nonprofit theatre companies. Learn about their artistic objectives, their selection process, and how they accomplish their work.

This program is made possible through the New York State Council on the Arts with the supportof Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature

Auditions are now being held for Fall Performance Lab 2:

WHAT UP, JEAN-BAPTISTE!
Celebrating the Life and Works of Moliere.

directed by Aleksey Burago

Performance Labs are an opportunity for current and recent HB Students to study and perform FREE of charge.

Please visit the the Fall Performance Lab 2 page for details.

HB Performance Lab Presentation

Five Performances:
Wed Oct 16, Fri Oct 18, Mon Oct 21, Sat Nov 2, and Sun Nov 3
7:30 PM, followed by a talk-back

First Floor Studio, HB Studio
120 Bank Street

All are welcome! No admission charge.

A deconstruction of Shakespeare’s tragedy from the perspective of the sleepless descent into madness. An ensemble performance. In an empty space (give me any empty space and I can make it a bare stage – thank you, Peter Brook), where Macbeth is approached as Shakespeare Our Contemporary (thank you, Jan Kott), through the prism of The Theatre of the Absurd (thank you, Samuel Beckett).

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

The Art of Acting
Monday – Friday, December 2nd – 6th & 9th – 13th
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

First Floor Studio Performance Project: Work-in-Progress

Directed by Carol Goodheart and Rochelle Oliver.
Featuring Myles Forster and Maria Fontanals Novell.

Open rehearsals:
Saturday, October 12th, 8PM
Sunday, October 13th, 8PM

Performances: 
Saturday, October 19th, 8PM
Sunday, October 20th, 8PM
Saturday, October 26th, 8PM
Sunday, October 27th, 8PM

First Floor Studio, HB Studio
120 Bank Street, NYC

All are welcome! No admission charge.

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

First Floor Studio Performance Project

directed by George Bartenieff

Four weekends, September 7 – 29, 2013:

Sat, Sept 07 – 8PM: Troy Scott, 8:30PM: Beth Dzuricky
Sun, Sept 08 – 8PM: Lauren Stanford, 8:30PM: Geralyn Cassidy
Sat, Sept 14 – 8PM: Troy Scott, 8:30PM: Beth Dzuricky
Sun, Sept 15 – 8PM: Lauren Stanford, 8:30PM: Geralyn Cassidy
Sat, Sept 21 – 8PM: Trinidad Alcorta, 8:30PM: Trey Irvine
Sun, Sept 22 – 8PM: Trinidad Alcorta, 8:30PM: Trey Irvine
Sat, Sept 28 & Sun, Sept 29 – 8PM: Melody Ward

First Floor Studio, HB Studio
120 Bank Street, NYC

All are welcome! No admission charge.

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

HB notes with sadness the passing of June Eve Story, a long-time member of our movement faculty, teaching classes in ballet and jazz dance. Her spirited teaching brightened many lives.

June was a musical performer, dancer and choreographer. She studied ballet with Yurek Lazowsky, Madame Swaboda, Anton Vilsak, Alfredo Corvino, Anthony Tudor, William Griffith, and Finis Jhung; studied jazz with Matt Mattox. On Broadway she appeared in MAGGIE FLYNN, I HAD A BALL and FOXY. She was in the National Tour of CARNIVAL and appeared Off-Broadway in THE FAMILY and in stock and dinner theatre in NORMAN IS THAT YOU?, PAJAMA GAME, DESTRY, ON THE TOWN, LI’L ABNER, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, GUYS AND DOLLS, and PAINT YOUR WAGON. Off-Off Broadway credits include TOM JONES, MISS JULIE, ARBUCKLE’S RAPE, SUMMER OF 17TH DOLL, and MOONBRIDGE. She appeared in the films A CHORUS LINE, THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY’S, and THE DAYDREAMER, and made television appearances on the ED SULLIVAN SHOW and the Shirley MacLaine special. Her choreography credits include ARBUCKLE’S RAPE and MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT. She danced with the Philadelphia Ballet Guild, Philadelphia Opera Ballet and Ballet Trianon.

A memorial is planned for the fall. Details will be announced. Our condolences to June’s family.