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New Faculty and Classes!

HB Studio is pleased to introduce its newest faculty members for the Winter Term:

Reed Birney, who has been appearing on Broadway since 1977, joins us to teach Acting 2: Contemporary Scene Study.

David Deblinger, founder of the Labyrinth Theatre Company, will direct Winter Performance Lab 1.

Rick Sordelet, one of the country’s top fight directors, will team teach Stage Combat with his son, Christian Kelly-Sordelet.

Noel Velez, a professional actor in the American theatre for over 15 years, joins us to teach ESL: Acting in English.

We are thrilled to welcome these esteemed artists into the HB community.

Holiday Hours

The offices at HB Studio will be closed from Tuesday December 24 – Wednesday January 1.  We will reopen on Thursday January 2.  As always, our online registration system is available 24/7.  If you haven’t registered for the Winter Term yet, take a look at our class offerings.

Performance Lab Auditions This Week!

Seeking artists of all types! HB Performance Labs are an opportunity for HB students to study and perform FREE of charge.

During Winter Performance Lab 1, directed by David Deblinger, students will develop a theme-based performance piece from the minds and hearts of the artists involved.

Auditions: Tues, Dec 17, 11:00am – 2:00pm & Wed, Dec 18, 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
Call the HB registration office to schedule an audition: 212-675-2370 x. 1

Click here for a description of audition requirements and Performance Lab dates and details.

This lab is open by audition to current and recent HB students: those registered for the 2014 Winter term or those previously enrolled during the 2013 Summer or Fall terms.

Call For Proposals!

HB STUDIO ARTISTIC COUNCIL
2014 PERFORMANCE SPACE PROPOSAL GUIDELINES AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS
HB STUDIO FIRST FLOOR STUDIO SPACE

Deadline for Proposals: Thursday, December 19th, 2013
Selected Projects will be announced by: Friday, January 31st, 2014
View application and submit proposals online at: THIS LINK

HB Studio is dedicated to training and practice for the theatre and to the ongoing artistic development of actors, directors, and playwrights. The Studio will, at intervals throughout the year, make 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. The Studio is not a producing organization, nor should these presentations be construed as “showcases” or “productions.” Rather, we offer an opportunity for associated artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth.

Eligible Projects include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • New play readings or exploratory staging of new works, including work developed in the Studio’s playwriting or directing classes
  • Original staging or exploration of existing works
  • Works exploring the theatrical use of movement, voice or music
  • Projects mentored, developed, or directed by HB faculty or students
  • Projects evolving from advanced Studio class work, workshops, or labs
  • Projects mentored or directed by professional guest artists

While we can offer access to rehearsal and performance space, at this stage in our evolution the Studio is unable to offer financial support for these performance projects. The ideal projects for this opportunity will be those that cultivate a “no budget” aesthetic – self-produced, bare bones, using invention to create the scene, with hand-made, gathered, or borrowed equipment. Limited temporary storage can be made available during the 4 weekends of production offered in the first floor studio.

Six performance slots will be made available during 2014. Each project selected will be given 4 weekends (Saturday and Sunday evenings) to work after class hours (from 6pm) in the First Floor Studio Space. These dates may be used for rehearsal, presentation, or for both. The projects selected will also be given access to free rehearsal space elsewhere in the Studio as it becomes available on the weekly schedule. The performance slots available during 2014 are as follows:

Project #1: March 29 & 30, April 5 & 6, 12 & 13, 19 & 20
Project #2: May 10 & 11, 17 & 18, 24 & 25, 31 & June 1
Project #3: June 21 & 22, 28 & 29, July 5 & 6, 12 & 13
Project #4: July 26 & 27, Aug 2 & 3, 9 & 10, 16 & 17
Project #5: Sept 20 & 21, 27 & 28, Oct 4 & 5, 11 & 12
Project #6: Oct 25 & 26, Nov 1 & 2, 8 & 9, 15 & 16

Projects may be performed for an invited audience of friends and peers, students and faculty, and will be announced via the Studio’s weekly notice and Facebook postings.

THE J&J PROJECT

A SERIES OF STAGED READINGS

A collaboration of the students of Jack Hofsiss and Julie McKee

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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

MOLIÉRE PROJECT

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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!

Winter Term is Underway!

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.

People Who Make Theatre: TISA CHANG

Tisa Chang

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.

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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

MACBETH: The Shakespeare/Beckett Axis

HB Performance Lab Presentation

Director: Christopher Martin
Ensemble: Luis Flores, Danielle Shimshoni, Philip O’Gorman, Armand Eisen, Trey Ervine, Joleen Wilkinson, Janine Hegarty, Kristin Sgarro, J.B. Alexander
Production Assistants: Panit Chantranuluck, Xhesica Mema

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).