Acting Classes at HB Studio in NYC –
HB Studio’s approach to acting is practical and physical. We mean for you to realize all the means at your disposal to discover yourself in the character’s particulars and to come alive, in action, on camera or on stage.
Browse term-length weekly classes in the navigation menu to the left (desktop) or above (mobile).
ABOUT HB STUDIO ACTING CLASSES:
Studio Practice: If you are a professional actor working at an advanced level of artistic training, having mastered the skills we emphasize in our studio curriculum, Studio Practice is a place to work out, renew, stretch, explore, and maintain an ongoing diagnostic relationship with your work.
Level 3: Advanced practice with complex scenes and exercises to help you compete and thrive as a professional actor. You expand your repertoire, strengthen your technique, and develop reliable tools for solving challenges outside your comfort zone.
Level 2: Breaking down the scene, building a truthful, repeatable life on stage. You continue to develop skills introduced in Level 1, moving into scene work and text, and using Uta Hagen’s powerful suite of exercises to find the character’s circumstances and give them organic life.
Level 1: Whether you are starting out or wish to return to the foundations of a strong technique, the focus at this level is on presence and awareness: developing a deeper, more dynamic sensory relationship to your body, exploring your creative resources, and expanding your sense of self in relation to an array of possible circumstances. *No audition, placement or prerequisite required.
ACTING CLASS OFFERINGS:
- Hagen Exercises & Scene Study
- Acting 1
- Script Analysis
- Acting 2
- Acting with the Camera 1
- Acting with the Camera 2
- Acting with the Camera 2-3
- Theater to Camera
- Acting for the Immigrant Actor
- Actuar en Español
- Acting in English
- Acting Improvisation
- Scene Study 1
- Scene Study 1-2
- Scene Study 2
- Scene Study 2-3
- Scene Study 3
- Scene Study – Studio Practice
- Scene Study – Studio Practice: Invitational
- The Actor’s Gymnasium (Mercedes Ruehl)
- Playwriting for Humanity: Actors & Writers Lab
Also check out our Acting Workshops:
- Scenes and Monologues (Michael Beckett) – IN PERSON
- Audition Monologues (Lorraine Serabian) – IN PERSON
- Shakespeare’s Way With Words (Elizabeth Shepherd) – IN PERSON
- Acting Intensive with playwright José Rivera & choreographer Sara Koviak – IN PERSON
- Talk To Me: Monologues (Richard Hoehler) – IN PERSON
- Scene Study: Script Analysis (Jessica Hecht) – IN PERSON
- Navigating the Industry (Hadi Tabbal) – IN PERSON
- Intro to Social Media Content Creation (Jermaine Rowe) – ONLINE
- Contemporary Scene Intensive (Francesca Ferrara) – IN PERSON
- Being on Camera 1 (Amelia Campbell & Anthony Arkin) – IN PERSON
- Being on Camera 2 (Amelia Campbell & Anthony Arkin) – IN PERSON
- Uta Hagen’s Acting Exercises (Kelly Wolf) – IN PERSON
- Acting Shakespeare (Peter Francis James) – IN PERSON
- Tools for Heightened Text (Josiah Bania) – IN PERSON
- Stanislavsky’s Method of Etudes (Snezhana Chernova) – IN PERSON
- Solo Performance Playwriting (Dael Orlandersmith) – IN PERSON
- Voice Over: Cartoons & Videogames (Theresa Buchheister) – ONLINE
- What’s Happening Now: Plays of Political Conscience (Frank Wood) – IN PERSON
- Introduction to Clown (Reza Salazar) – IN PERSON
- Shakespeare Basics (Daniel Pearce) – IN PERSON