This Fall, HB hosts a series of three public talks. Join us for a conversation! Continue reading →
Author: Catrin Lloyd-Bollard
HB Rehearsal Space Residency – HAK
Written by Berkay Ates
Directed by Jee Duman
Produced by Buket Gulbeyaz
Saturdays & Sundays | 8PM
August 18 – 19, 25 – 26
First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street, New York
FREE | RSVP
“When we become nobody, you become us.”
HAK is an outcry of people who had to leave their home.
Based on the real life story of Amal Omran, a Syrian actress who left her home, HAK follows the story of five characters after leaving their war-torn country and hopes to communicate one of the biggest humanitarian crisis.
Join a Fall Class Today
Registration open until September 30.
Fall Term will run 10 weeks, September 10 – November 18, 2018.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT:* Use code FALL18W to receive 10% OFF Fall Term Classes, valid through August 31.
UNION EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT:* Industry union members receive 20% OFF Fall Term Classes, valid through August 31. Present your membership card in the registration office or email a copy to registration@hbstudio.org. Receive 10% OFF after August 31. To apply the union discount, you must register for classes in person or by phone: 212-675-2370 x. 1
INTAKE AUDITION / CONSULTATIONS: Interested in our upper level classes? Audition & consult with a panel of HB’s faculty. For details and sign up info, visit Auditions & Prerequisites.
REEL SUBMISSIONS: Are you a working professional seeking a place to practice? Submit your reel for placement into our studio practice classes.
*Discounts valid for Studio Classes only; not valid for workshop offerings, full-time programs or merchandise. Discounts cannot be combined nor applied retroactively. To apply the Union Discount, you must register for classes in person or by phone: 212-675-2370 x. 1
Full Scholarship for the Hagen Teen Intensive: The Alan M. Bluestone Scholarship
Applications are now being accepted for the Alan M. Bluestone Scholarship, which covers full tuition for one full year of the Hagen Teen Intensive.
Application deadline: August 10, 2018
Join a 5-Week Class for Late Summer
Late Summer Classes run July 18 – August 22, 2018.
Join us for the second half of the Summer Term with one of these upcoming 5-week classes or special workshops:
Acting Classes:
People Who Make Theater: The Performing Arts Legacy Project
The Performing Arts Legacy Project at the Actors Fund 
A public talk with Joan Jeffri, Director of the Research Center for Arts and Culture
Monday, June 18, 2018
7:30PM, HB Playwrights Theatre
$5-10 suggested donation | RSVP
THE PERFORMING ARTS LEGACY PROJECT at The Actors Fund (PAL) is an inter-generational project to document and represent performers’ careers aged 62+. Trainers, students and volunteers work to create career timelines, oral histories, video and audio life reviews, capturing memorabilia and experiences, and saving our national legacy. The digital legacies will be housed at an open source archive online, as well as in related performers’ unions and libraries. PAL is being piloted with small cohorts of actors aged 62+ at The Actors Fund and several small theaters around New York City towards a public launch.
Join us to hear about the project from its creator, Joan Jeffri (Director of the Research Center for Arts and Culture) and to see a preview of the online platform.
Also featuring HB Studio’s Craig Dolezel, a PAL Fellow and participant in the project. More speakers TBA!
CASTING CALL: 2Y20M (Two Years Twenty Minutes) by Catherine Castellani
Synopsis
In 1991 a crew of eight was sealed into Biosphere 2 to conduct the largest closed-system experiment ever devised or attempted. Two years and twenty minutes later they emerged: skinny, triumphant, controversial, celebrated, and maligned. This is one story of their before, during, and after and what it meant for conducting science on a grand scale.
Cast (5 women, 5 men, + stage directions)
- JANE W, 27, British, sharp, humorous, the youngest crew member
- ABIGAIL W, mid-30s, American, earnest, intense
- LINDA W, 40s, American, conscientious, agreeable
- SIERRA W, 50s, British, no-nonsense, sharp
- MARGRET W, mid-30s, political, sharp, aggressive, off/on lover of John
- TABER M, early 30s, man, American, easy-going, confident
- LASER M, 40s, Belgian, emotional, volatile
- MARK M, 50s, American, business-like, taciturn
- ROY M, early 70s, American, affable, unflappable, an MD, the oldest crew member
- JOHNNY M, 60s, American, the patriarch & founder of the Synergists
- Stage Directions, any willing reader–aspiring directors welcome
2Y20M is a the recipient of an HB Rehearsal Space Residency, which starts on May 30 and runs through two public readings on July 21 and 22.
You do not need to be available throughout the residency to participate! It’s a large cast and the plan is to cycle through lots of actors in the first month, so come try it out.
If you are interested, please send your picture/bio to Catherine Castellani at cmcastellani @ gmail.com. Thank you!
Join a Summer Class Today
Registration open until July 3.
Summer Term will run 10 weeks, June 13 – August 22, 2018. (No classes July 4)
UNION DISCOUNT:* Industry union members receive 10% OFF Summer Term Classes. Present your membership card in the registration office or email a copy to registration@hbstudio.org.
INTAKE AUDITION / CONSULTATIONS: Interested in our upper level classes? Audition & consult with a panel of HB’s faculty on Friday, July 6 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. For details and sign up info, visit Auditions & Prerequisites.
REEL SUBMISSIONS: Are you a working professional seeking a place to practice? Submit your reel for placement into our studio practice classes.
*Discounts valid for Studio Classes only; not valid for workshop offerings, full-time programs or merchandise. Discounts cannot be combined nor applied retroactively.
Race, Casting and Representation – A Panel Discussion & Live Podcast
PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEATER
Curated by Peter J. Kuo
Hosted by Peter J. Kuo, Melissa Slaughter, and Alex Chester.
Recorded live for the podcast We’re Not All Ninjas.
Featuring a panel of industry pros, including Annie Henk and Tonilyn Sideco.
Monday, April 30 | 3:30pm | FREE | RSVP
HB Studio, The Speech Room, 3rd Floor, 120 Bank Street
Join us for a panel discussion and live podcast recording about race, casting and representation in the theater, film and TV industry. This will be an intimate roundtable forum, with a Q&A with an invited audience.
Sound Engineering by Alexandra Chludzinska
About the participants: Continue reading →
5-Week Classes for Late Spring
Sign up now for a class or workshop for the second half of Spring Term! Check out these 5-week offerings: Continue reading →