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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

Welcome to the Fall Term at HB Studio! Classes are now underway. Browse our class offerings. Fall Term runs 10 weeks, Sept 18 – Nov 26. The last day to register for Fall classes is October 8th.

There’s still time to audition for our upcoming Fall Term. If you are new to HB Studio and are interested in Auditioning for our course offerings above Level 1, a new round of auditions have been added on Monday September 16th. Get all the details from our Auditions page.

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’s Fall Benefit is taking place on Monday, November 11, 2013 at Manhattan Penthouse. Our honorees this year are Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award winning designer and director Tony Walton and two-time Tony award winning actress Katie Finneran.

Hosted by David Hyde Pierce and with special guests Cynthia Nixon and Emma Walton, we will present our honorees with the 2013 Herbert Berghof-Uta Hagen Achievement Awards for their extraordinary contributions to the theatre and its community.

Sponsorships are still available. Tickets and journal ads going on sale soon! For more information, please contact Mark Klaman, Development Manager, at 212-675-2370 x39 or mklaman@hbstudio.org.

HB Studio announces the inauguration of the Alan M. Bluestone Scholarship to provide annual support for a student to participate in a full year of the Hagen Teen Intensive program.

The scholarship is established in memory of Alan M. Bluestone, a cherished member of the HB Studio community, on the occasion of his birthday (August 23), with a gift from his cousins. A professional stage manager, Alan understood all aspects of the theatre and shared with infectious enthusiasm his love and appreciation for its literature. The scholarship is intended to encourage a young person’s interest in theatre and lend critical support to emerging talent.