This is the place to find NYC acting classes focused on film acting. This acting school in New York City offers a one-year intensive acting program and a 2-year conservatory program. Classes include Introduction to Acting, Improvisation, Movement, Voice, Acting for Film, Acting for Television, Scene Study, Meisner Technique, Monologues and Shakespeare, as well as […]
This is one of the New York Acting Schools that offers a strong foundation for those who want to pursue graduate studies in acting or other theater fields (actually, one of their graduates just got accepted into the prestigious Yale Graduate Drama Program). Classes include acting, improvisation, mime, theater games, scene study, script analysis, characterization, […]
This college offers a bachelor’s degree in acting. Classes include Acting, Voice and Speech, Acting for Film and Television, the Business of Acting, Production and Scene Study, as well as Theatre History, Dialects, Make-up, Script Analysis and more. The university also offers a BFA in musical theater with additional dance and music classes. Performance opportunities: […]
Carter Thor Studios East is an acting studio with locations in New York, Boston, Montreal and Toronto and international workshops held in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Bangelore. The studio has been home to such actors as Emmy Award Winners Brittany Allen and Gary Henoch, Christina Applegate, Cameron Diaz, David Arquette, Drew Carey, Tom […]
This prestigious acting school located in midtown Manhattan has trained many famous actors, including Gregory Peck and Steve McQueen. The 2-year program is centered around the Meisner technique (Meisner himself taught here until 1990). Student actors free their instrument through improvisation, work on character and script analysis and study performance techniques while taking classes in […]
The undergraduate drama program of New York University combines actor training with theatre studies. Students study their craft 3 days of week in a studio assigned to them based on their skills, experience and interests. Studios include the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, the Lee Strasberg Institute, the Atlantic Theater Company and Playwrights Horizons. The […]
This is the acting school in New York to go to if you are particularly interested in studying The Method developed by Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Matt Dillon, James Spader and Uma Thurman are among the alumni, to name a few. The Institute offers a 2-year certificate program (16 hours a week) and […]
Of all the acting schools in NYC, this is the only theatre program officially sanctioned by the Actors Studio, whose select membership has won numerous Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards. Co-Presidents Ellen Burstyn, Harvey Keitel and Al Pacino supervise this 3-year MFA program through Pace University. The intensive curriculum at this NY acting school is […]
by Charles diCagno This acting and drama therapy school featured on the Ali G show offers a 10 session program that helps students combat stage fright while training. Classes include acting technique, work on scenes, monologues and improvisations. Performance Opportunities: Students appear in showcases regularly. Career Preparation: On camera training, audition preparation (including techniques to […]
The Drama Division at Julliard is one of the most prestigious undergraduate drama programs among New York Acting Schools. Theater students benefit from a New York acting training centered around rehearsals and performances. By working on specific plays students learn concentration, how to free their instrument, improvisation, analyze scripts, how to approach a role and […]