Celebrate end-of-term with HB friends, faculty and staff, hanging out in the HB Playwrights Theater and garden on a warm summer night. Enjoy free food, cash bar, and LIVE MUSIC with
ONE, TWO AND THEN THREE 
A First Floor Studio Residency Project
By Eleanor Herman
Directed by Arthur French
5:30 pm | Saturday August 5, 12, 19, & 26
6:30 pm | Sunday August 6, 13, 20, & 27
A young man deals with important events that have affected his life in the past and now have become a destructive influence in the present.
Cast: Sean C. Turner, Donna Svennevik, Maurice Singletary, Malinda Logan, Vickie Thomas, Cooki Winborn, and Christina L. Williams
Stage Manager: Sirlouis A. Jones
Production Assistants: Andrew Tsai & Camilo Ramirez
Costumer: Katherine Roberson
[50/50] old school animation 
A First Floor Studio Residency Project
By momgrab
8pm | Saturday July 29
A work-in-progress showing from momgrab (Peter Mills Weiss and Julia Mounsey). A presentation on misogyny, cruelty, and agency, [50/50] old school animation is an unnerving exploration of what it means to feel in control.
Peter Mills Weiss is a monologuist, theater artist, and founding member of GRANDMA. His work has been seen at Little Theatre at Dixon Place, CATCH Performance Series, and PS122’s COIL Festival. MAKE PEOPLE, his last show with GRANDMA, was presented as part of LaMaMa’s 2015 -16 season. He has performed with or for artists such as New Saloon, 600 Highwaymen, and Clare Barron. Recent sound design credits include Julia Jarcho’s Every Angel is Brutal at Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks.
Julia Mounsey is a poet and performance artist. Her poetry has been published in The Silo, Bodega, and The Washington Square Review. Her performance work has been seen at the Silent Barn, New Skin//Old Ceremony at Cloud City, Little Theatre at Dixon Place, and The Cocoon Theater in Poughkeepsie. Julia was an assistant director & dramaturge on Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, and is a member of GRANDMA.
Registration is NOW OPEN for the Fall Term, select your classes here!
Fall Term will run 10 weeks, Sept 11 – Nov 19, 2017.
We also offer a variety of short-term workshops.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Receive 10% OFF Fall Term Classes by using code FALL17W at checkout. Valid through August 31, 2017.*
UNION EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: AEA, AGVA, AGMA, SAG/AFTRA, WGA and Dramatist Guild Members can receive 20% OFF Fall Term Classes through August 31, 2017. To receive a union discount, you must 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 to discuss your goals, where you are in the work, and plan your course of study at HB Studio. For audition schedule, details and sign up info, visit the Auditions & Prerequisites page.
REEL SUBMISSIONS: Are you a working professional seeking a place to practice? Submit your reel and resume 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.)
THE AUDIT 
by Lynda Crawford
Directed by Arthur French
Featuring: Sally A Stewart* and David Logan Rankin*
With music by Jon Pierson
June 22, 23, 24 & June 29, 30, July 1, 2017 | 7pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street
FREE – RSVP Online
A tax audit reveals a lot more than flawed accounting when the auditor is a returning female vet and her subject is a frequently high and highly disorganized aging hippie songwriter.
*These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, Equity approved Showcase.
A conversation with the recipients of HB’s First Floor Studio Residency opportunity:
Liliya Lifanova & Hiroya Miura: Flight Over Wasteland
Ingrid Wheatley: Passing Thru
Julia Mounsey & Peter Mills Weiss: momgrab
Eleanor Herman & Arthur French: One Two and Then Three
Melody Erfani: Bee
Moderated by Catrin Lloyd-Bollard
Tuesday, May 30 | 7:30pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank St.
$5-10 suggested donation
ABOUT THE PROJECTS
An artist’s adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land with handcrafted language, visuals, sound and movement; a collaboratively written series exploring characters in transient spaces; a monologic investigation of sadism and girlhood; a story of an inter-racial couple in 1975 Hawaii and their 25 year old secret; and a devised piece based on interviews conducted in the Middle East about a young woman in 1940s Iran…
Join us to learn about these projects, selected for a 2017 HB Residency, and the artists that make them.
ABOUT THE HB FIRST FLOOR STUDIO RESIDENCY
At intervals throughout the year, HB Studio makes workshop performance space available in our First Floor Studio, for the development of creative projects that further the training and artistic practices fostered at HB. We offer an opportunity for practicing theater artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth.
Mercedes Ruehl returns to HB Studio this June to teach an advanced Scene Study – Studio Practice course.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20 & 21
Application required.*
Applications are considered on a rolling basis. Deadline: June 2
*Ms. Ruehl’s prior students may register without an application.
“I would describe the work in my class as helping the actor develop a personal technique for tapping into the imagination and opening the sluice gates of his or her inherent emotional power. This goal is approached through exercises, monologues and scene work.”
PASSING THRU 
A First Floor Studio Residency Project
By Enraged Scribbler’s Society
7:30pm | Saturdays & Sundays: May 6/7*, 13/14, 20/21*, 27/28
FREE | RSVP
*open rehearsals
“Passing Thru” is the exploration of characters that the writers of the Enraged Scribbler’s Society have been exploring for some time. The characters in “Passing Thru” are placed in two different settings throughout the four weekends. The settings are public spaces that are not necessarily the final destination for any of the characters, but places they need to go through to get to their destination. It is an exploration of these characters and their conflicts, and of the idea of “privacy in public places.” People come in and out of these settings and different characters from different stories will be sharing the same space, such as on a train platform or hotel lobby. The project also explores the idea of creating a series. The situations for all these characters will change and evolve over the four weekends. Audience members are invited to return to see what will happen to these characters the following weekend, or simply watch a single performance.
Writers include:
CT Marie
Ingrid Wheatley
Craig McNulty
Karen Zechowy
Erik Wdowiak
Frank Delessio
Jess Stark
David Deblinger
With lighting by:
Eduardo Nava
On May 16th, Ted Brunetti returns to HB Studio with his free seminar, “Never Audition Again! (Prepare to Work, Not Audition).” This seminar is offered as an introduction to the intensive on-camera course that Ted will be teaching at HB Studio, June 13 – July 13, Acting On-Camera: from the Audition to the Set.
Never Audition Again (Prepare to Work, Not Audition)
1pm – 5pm, May 16th | Free, RSVP required. This seminar is at capacity.
Add yourself to the waitlist here
Have you ever asked yourself the questions; What does studying acting have to do with landing work in the business? How do I apply experience and skills in theatre to work with a camera and the “audition” process successfully? Stemming from the legendary acting class of Master teacher Uta Hagen, Ted Brunetti, a longtime student and protégé, shares his lifelong work with you. Ted’s mission is to build bridges between the classroom and the work environment. You will walk away from this practical, immediately accessible Seminar with a new self-empowering approach to your work…Read more.
Summer Term will run 10 weeks, June 13 – August 22. (No classes July 4).
Browse classes & register online. We also offer a variety of workshops.
UNION DISCOUNT*: AEA, AGVA, AGMA, SAG/AFTRA, WGA and Dramatist Guild Members receive 10% off when registering for Summer term. To receive the discount, please present membership card in the office or email a copy to registration@hbstudio.org *workshops not included
INTAKE AUDITION / CONSULTATIONS: Interested in our upper level classes? Audition & consult with a panel of HB’s faculty to discuss your goals, where you are in the work, and plan your course of study at HB Studio. For audition schedule, details and sign up info, visit the Auditions & Prerequisites page.
REEL SUBMISSIONS: Are you a working professional seeking a place to practice? Submit your reel and resume for placement into our studio practice classes.
*Discounts not valid for workshop offerings, cannot be combined, and cannot be applied retroactively