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Unleash your inner performer with a wide range of acting classes in NYC. From beginner to advanced, learn the art of acting, improve your confidence, and develop your storytelling skills in a supportive environment.

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Stand-Up Comedy 4 Kids Online

New York Improv Theatre (8 Improv) @ 318 W 53rd St, New York, NY

FOUR WEEKS to a New Stand-Up Comedy Routine STEP-ONE: Brainstorm Ideas STEP TWO: Brainstorm Details STEP THREE: Outline Your Routine STEP FOUR: Find The Funny At each step of the process you will get on stage, or share your work via ZOOM. Prepare yourself before getting stage with that class' study guide. HAVE FUN sharing your ideas, stories, commentary etc. THEN Analyze your work to prepare for a better outing next time. After four weeks...

(73) All levels 8 - 12 years old
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$75

4 sessions

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Kombucha Magic

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

Fermentation is one of the oldest food processing methods still used today. Scientifically known as zymology, it is the conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols, carbon dioxide, yeast, or bacteria. Beer, miso, sourdough, kefir, kimchi and many other delicious foods we love are the product of fermentation. In this course we will cover the basic science behind making kombucha, why it’s good for you, and how to make it yourself. If you are interested...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Fall Stand Up Comedy Program

Jeff Lawrence/Laughing Buddha Comedy @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Our six week workshop combines many essential aspects of stand up comedy including developing an original, authentic five minute industry set, learning to deal with hecklers and work difficult crowds, performance, mic and stage technique, overcoming nerves and stage fright, effective setup and punch and adding tags, transitions and callbacks. Our six week stand up comedy workshop offers comics new and experienced, a safe and supportive environment...

(1) All levels 16 and older
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$350

6 sessions

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Storytelling For Stand Up Comics

Jeff Lawrence/Laughing Buddha Comedy @ 244 W 54th , New York, NY

Storytelling is an art form that has entertained and informed over centuries and cultures. You can now learn this effective tool and incorporate it's tenets into your stand up act. Storytelling For Stand Up Comics: Translate your life story into an original five minute comedy set Develop characters from storytelling that are rich, funny, and unique Take risks as a comic, actor, and writer, resulting in unbridled confidence Learn the difference...

(1) All levels 16 and older
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$300

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Six Week Stand Up Comedy Workshop

Jeff Lawrence/Laughing Buddha Comedy @ 50 W 17th St, New York, NY

Great for beginners or those wishing to fine tune their material. Develop a five minute set that's strong from start to finish. Practice joke writing, setup and punch, crowd work and more. Begin the journey of finding your voice and developing a point of view as well as performance, mic and stage techniques, Navigate basic joke structures and writing techniques. Creating context. Moving your natural humor with friends on to the stage. Understanding...

(1) Beginner 16 and older
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$395

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Fantasy Melee: Build Your Party

NYC Stage & Screen Combat @ 356 W 40th St, New York, NY

Longswords and spears and axes! OH MY! Isn’t it the best when fantasy fighters have their trusted group of allies and face the enemy as a team, each with their own specialty? Well at this Sunday Seminar you can live out your Dungeons & Dragons or Lord of the Rings fantasies while two teams fight it out in one big group battle.  Participants will have a variety of weapons to choose from and split into teams to find out what it...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Welcome to Fall(ing)

NYC Stage & Screen Combat @ 356 W 40th St, New York, NY

At this Seminar, participants will have the chance to interact with their most supportive scene partner, the ground! Falling or Rolling, it will always be there for you and we want to work with gravity to get ourselves to the ground safely and replicably. This seminar will cover the ways we can fall to the ground and the many ways we have of putting people there; push, punch or kick. Once you know how to greet the ground, let’s roll along it! ...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday: A Blood Seminar

NYC Stage & Screen Combat @ 356 W 40th St, New York, NY

A bloody mess is a powerful tool for evoking a visceral reaction in your audience (plus, it’s fun too!) This class will cover: How to make blood packs for broad spatter or directional hits. How to “pop” them correctly (on the body & in the mouth). Palming packs and Proximity packs Various types of blood effects (liquid, powder & thick blood) Learn how to make home made blood: for clothing, washable, edible, to simulate brain matter...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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The Long & Short of It: Knife vs Staff

NYC Stage & Screen Combat @ 356 W 40th St, New York, NY

Discover the ultimate battle between a short blade and a 6-foot staff in this exhilarating seminar at NYC Stage & Screen Combat. Learn the art of technique and reach as you explore the strengths and weaknesses of knife and spear combat. Unleash your inner warrior in this action-packed class suitable for all skill levels.

(6) All levels 18 and older
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The Quarterstaff: Sunday Seminar

NYC Stage & Screen Combat @ 356 W 40th St, New York, NY

Unleash your inner Robin Hood and master the art of combat with the quarterstaff in this exciting 6-week weapon track. Learn twirls, tricks, and choreography for stage and screen at NYC Stage & Screen Combat.

(6) All levels 18 and older
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5 Week Stand Up Comedy Program

Jeff Lawrence/Laughing Buddha Comedy @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

This five week program will guide you through the most important aspects of writing and performing stand up comedy. In addition, you will be given all the necessary tools to begin the road to getting gigs and working in NYC clubs. This program is a unique experience unlike no other in stand up comedy. Our small class sizes, expert staff, specialty classes and real stage combine to churn out comics that no school can match. We teach you not only...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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Shakespeare Scene Study

Rude Grooms @ 325 w 38th St., New York, NY

A four-week class in which each actor will explore a scene from a play either by Shakespeare, by another playwright of the time (i.e., Mary Wroth, Thomas Middleton, Mary Sidney, and Ben Jonson), or a play of any era which uses heightened text, direct address/audience interaction, and creating the world of the play through imagery and action as much or more than through technical design (i.e., the plays of Moliere, the plays of the Spanish Comedia,...

Intermediate 18 and older
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$345

4 sessions

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6 Week Stand Up Comedy Workshop

Jeff Lawrence/Laughing Buddha Comedy @ 50 W 17th St, New York, NY

Unleash your comedic potential and refine your unique voice in this immersive comedy workshop. Hone your stand-up skills, test your material, and fine-tune your comedic style with the support of a passionate class audience. Don't miss the chance to showcase your talent at the prestigious Eastville Comedy Club.

(1) All levels 18 and older
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$295

4 sessions

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Therapeutic Scene Study

NY Creative Arts Therapists @ 190 N 10th St, Brooklyn, NY

Using Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie, this therapeutic scene study group invites adults to explore creative problem solving, relationships, and emotional expression through drama therapy. Each week, the group will read and act in scenes from the play, rehearse new roles and build relationships through drama. Each group participant will play different roles, as well as engage in the group process as an active audience member....

(3) All levels 18 and older
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$100

9 sessions

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Find Your Missing Link Seminar

The Savvy Actor @ 242 West 36th St, New York, NY

Join NYC’s Branding and Marketing experts for this free hour - and learn what no other “acting business” workshop is talking about. By now you’ve figured out that being a working actor is much more than going to auditions and mailing out head shots. This free seminar is your answer, your reality check, your key to what it takes to get your acting career out of limbo and on the fast track to living your dreams! Please note: This workshop...

All levels 18 and older
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Tween Acting Intensive (Ages 10-13)

The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY

The Barrow Group's One Week Acting Intensives will introduce students to the Barrow Group approach through ensemble building games, improv, script analysis, monologues, scene work, film/tv on camera acting, as well as rehearsal and performance tools. The program culminates in a showing of scene work in the Barrow Group Studio Theatre.

(66) All levels 10 - 13 years old
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$700

5 sessions

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One Week Explorations in Acting (Ages 5-6)

The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY

Our one-week Summer Acting Camp for Children (Ages 5–6) is a great introduction to the art of theatre and storytelling. Students not only explore acting, but also write, create props, and design costumes. Students begin with ensemble building games and theatre building games, and move on to improv, story structure activities, movement, and scene study. The camp culminates in a showing in The Barrow Group’s Studio Theatre. Students should bring...

(66) All levels 5 - 6 years old
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$650

5 sessions

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Actor Craft Expansion Program

The Barrow Group Acting School @ 520 8th Avenue, New York, NY

This follow up program from our 1-Year Professional Acting Program is designed for Barrow Group students who are well versed in our approach and tools, to further supplement and expand their training. This program focuses on training in voice, movement, dialect, transformation work via scene study, and performance.

(66) All levels 18 and older
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$2,500

41 sessions

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Adult Theatre Workshop

Wagner College Lifelong Learning @ 1 Campus Rd, Staten Island, NY

Are you looking to rekindle an old love of acting or to improve your technique? Improvisations, monologues, and scene studies will be introduced, with an emphasis on improving acting and audition prep. Email confirmations will be sent upon registration and again a few days prior to the start of the course with room location.

(5) All levels 18 and older
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Intro to Voice Over – On Mic and In Practice

The Brick @ 628 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Did you start VO as an actorly pivot in pandemic times? Are you a VO actor who needs practice and critique? Do you wonder what is missing or what you could do differently when you go out for a VO role? Theresa Buchheister and Ryan William Downey are excited to get back to teaching in-person and on mic. In this 3 hour workshop, we will do a brief intro into the field (what is the difference between audiobook, cartoon, podcast, video game, commercial?)...

Beginner 18 and older
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