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The Barrow Group

The Barrow Group, an award-winning theater company, offers acting, directing, and youth classes at its New York Acting School. Classes range from Acting for Beginners to advanced Scene Study, Script Analysis, Shakespeare acting, screen acting and directing. There is also a special class for one-man shows. Performance Opportunities: This New York acting school is also […]

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Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA)

Classes at this New York acting school include scene study (contemporary and playwright-specific), auditioning technique, the contemporary monologue, musical theater, on-camera technique, dialects, self-marketing and more. ESPA has a faculty of award-winning professional artists include Randy Graff, Carl Forsman and Primary Stages Artistic Director, Andrew Leynse. Since its 2007 inception, ESPA has become a leader […]

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ACTeen – Acting for Teens

This New York teen acting school has a long list of successful alumni that have performed on TV, film and Broadway, including Gillian Zinser (90210), Katelyn Tarver (Big Time Rush) and Jon Seda (Emmy winner The Pacific, Treme, Homicide, Selena). ACTeen offers NY teen acting classes focused on screen acting for teens. Among teen acting […]

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Whole Body Acting

by Cheryl King, Artistic Director (New York, NY) Photo Curtesy of Cheryl King Cheryl King, who was acting coach at “All My Children”, ABC’s award-winning daytime drama, from 2007-2010, teaches this Wed afternoon acting class at Stage Left Studio, her theatre. Students of all levels are welcome in this class, which focuses on basic acting […]

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The American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Over the 125 years this NY acting school has been around, it has trained numerous actors who went on to win Oscars, Tony awards and Emmy awards. The long list of alumni include Robert Redford, Grace Kelly and Danny DeVito. Acting studies consist of a two-year full-time conservatory program or a 2-year part-time program for […]

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Columbia University School of the Arts

This New York acting school offers an MFA in Acting. The 3-year program functions as a working lab. Classes during the first 2 years include theater history and theory, as well as movement, acting techniques, improvisation, mask and Shakespeare. Performance opportunities: There are a lot of lab productions during the year at a black box […]

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TVI Actors Studio

This acting studio has offices in New York and Los Angeles, which help making the transition to these cities easier down the road. Acting classes include scene study workshops, auditioning, cold reading and commercial classes, as well as some special children and teen acting classes. Performance opportunities: Members can audition to participate in a showcase […]

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The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Here you’ll find acting classes in New York that focus on acting for film and television. Julia Roberts and Matt Fox are among the alumni. During two years, the actor learns how to apply the Meisner technique to different mediums, from film and television acting to soap operas and commercials. Career preparation: Actors learn the […]

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The New School for Drama

This acting school in New York offers a 3-year acting training in NYC based on the Alexander and Stanislavski techniques. Performance opportunities: Actors perform in one-act plays in front of an invited audience during their second year. During the third year, students focus on acting in full productions, from classic plays and experimental theater to […]

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Michael Howard Studios

This acting school in New York offers a one-year conservatory program. The acting training is inspired by many school of thoughts with the belief that every actor must develop his own method. Classes are 5 days a week from 9am to 2pm. During the Fall semester, students focus on the essentials, which include acting, scene […]