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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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Specialized Track: Advanced Longsword Choreography

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

Take your longsword skills to the next level and refine your attention to detail with NYC Stage & Screen Combat's advanced choreography track. Learn how to maintain the specifics of the choreography at performance speed while staying in character to act the fight. Prerequisite: Fighters who have trained with NYCSS before.

(6) Advanced 18 and older
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$230

6 sessions

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Comedy Master Class

Cherry Lane Theatre @ 38 Commerce St, New York, NY

FUCT is a twisted, no-rules comedy troupe that challenges what audiences find taboo or offensive.  Their mission statement is simple: “We do what we think is funny.”  Our culture has become too politically correct, so FUCT approaches dangerous subjects with a sense of humor and serious theatrical intent, while strapping themselves to a boulder and begging the audience to lash out at them as they will. . . both literally and...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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My Date With Shakespeare - Twelfth Night

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

Does Shakespeare scare you or has it just been a long time since you and Shakespeare have spent time together? Have no fear! Becca C. Kidwell will reintroduce you on a cozy Saturday afternoon. Together we will go over Shakespeare's background and language. Then we will read and discuss a selection from his romantic comedy Twelfth Night. BONUS: All participants will take home their own copy of Twelfth Night and receive a discount to Swiftly Tilting...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Two Industry Showcase Workshops

Actors Technique NY Kids & Teens @ 519 8th Ave, New York, NY

In these two special industry workshops, participants will have the opportunity to meet with our top industry guests, who will give you feedback and direction. You’ll either bring in copy or we’ll distribute scene or commercial copy and put you in front of one of NYC’s busiest offices. There will be a Q&A session at the end of both workshops. The workshops are FREE to our ATNY Summer Camp registrants. So have fun, bring your ‘A’ game...

(7) All levels 7 - 17 years old
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Weekly Class: Unarmed & Longsword

NYC Stage & Screen Combat @ 29 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Train on an individual basis! All skill levels are welcome. Our class is designed in an ongoing format to build upon your skill level and goals as a performer. Various styles are taught concurrently; on a given night you may be working on unarmed combat while others are working on longsword, another group on knife, or a pair working on choreography for a project! Class is open to all skill and experience levels, so don’t worry if you haven’t...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$125

4 sessions

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ATNY's "Merry Merry Musicals" Cabaret: Songs of the Holidays, Solo or Duet!

Actors Technique NY Kids & Teens @ 407 West 42nd Street, New York, NY

Celebrate the holiday season with an energetic and fun evening filled with Broadway's best cheery musical moments. Join us for an evening of hilarity, spirit, and joy as we bring these festive songs to life. Let us make the audience's favorite holiday gift be you!

(7) All levels 7 and older
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Performing Shakespeare’s Violence

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

Unlock the power of Shakespeare's violence on stage with NYC Stage & Screen Combat. Dive into the practical application of interpreting scenes and adding choreography to bring them to life. Join us and showcase your newfound knowledge in this captivating seminar!

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$100
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Ham-Sical: A Hamilton-Inspired Class

Broadway Bound Kids @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Kids in this brand new class will create a musical, or “HAM-sical”, around an event or person in history, in the spirit of the legendary Broadway show! Working together in a fun, stress free environment, our caring and experienced teaching artists will help kids discover parts of our past that are begging to leap from the page onto the stage! They will have a blast writing original scripts, music, and creating choreography, and...

All levels 5 - 12 years old
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$369

10 sessions

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Clown Level 2 - Leaning Into Vulnerability

Brooklyn Comedy Collective @ 144 Boerum St, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the power of vulnerability in performance with this deep dive into the art of comedic storytelling and character development, guided by experienced instructors at a renowned comedy school in Brooklyn.

(4) Advanced 16 and older
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$375

7 sessions

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Physical Comedy Through Mime

Goldston Mime Foundation @ 257 W 39th St, New York, NY

Learn mime choreography structures, Mime Illusions and Mime Acting Methods, as well as Physical Comedy phrases within the scene studies. Beyond the Mime and Comedy that your will learn, these classes will also increase your ability to: Separate your thought from your actions  Increase the power of your stage presence Understand and compose comedy sequences Create an invisible environment, people and objects Make stronger stage entrances...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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How to Be in Front of People

The Brick @ 628 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

How to Be in Front of People : Mastering the Art of Live Performance Expressing yourself authentically in a room full of people is hard work, I’m here to simplify it and make it not scary for you. What’s it like to filter aspects of yourself for performance? How much of yourself are you giving? How do you fill the room? What do you fill it with?  This 4 week intensive will cover the basics of performance for performers and non performers...

Beginner 18 and older
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$200

4 sessions

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The Combat Simulation: Stage Combat Fitness

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

Enhance your strength, conditioning, and mobility to become a more powerful performer and healthier artist at NYC Stage & Screen Combat. Join this hour-long class collaboration led by Zach Herman, a Personal Trainer, Kwon Do Black Belt, and Actor. Experience a unique blend of warm-up exercises, conditioning, functional strength training, and injury prevention techniques.

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Advanced Dramatic Scene Study

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

This two-week intensive program that will focus on the breakdown of individual scenes in dramatic plays. We will concentrate on the development and study of characters, dramatic performance, and overall instruction in the performance of a scene. As this study is geared to the serious actor, previous acting training is required. A Showcase presentation of selected scenes will be performed on the final day for family and friends. Special Note: Class...

(5) Advanced 13 - 17 years old
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$799

10 sessions

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Reading The Portrait of a Lady with Colm Tóibín

92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

A world where much is private and withheld, where secrecy, while vital for the survival of some, does damage to the souls of others—this was James’s particular subject; it was the undercurrent that gave energy to all his novels. Underneath the style and the elaborate system of manners, there was a beast crouching. It was not merely the beast of secrecy but the beast of disclosure. Much would be at stake as this figure set to pounce. Join Colm...

(1070) All levels 18 and older
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ESL Beginner Acting I: The Basics

The Barrow Group Acting School @ Virtual Classroom

The English as a Second Language (ESL) class combines The Barrow Group approach to acting with diction work. Vocal exercises strengthen skills in the pronunciation, intonation, and stress of American Standard dialect, while the acting work is adapted to also engage vocal work. For example, during script analysis, students explore American stress and intonation patterns so that the logic behind them becomes clear. This class is ideal for students...

(66) Beginner 18 and older
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$425

8 sessions

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TV Commercials

The Workshop Bar @ 500 8th Ave, New York, NY

In this workshop actors will work with scripts that focus on commercial products (i.e., food, home and office products). Traci will work with each actor on projection, delivery and believability.

All levels 13 - 18 years old
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Let's Make a Play! (Ages 5-8)

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

Join us for a week of telling stories using art, costumes, props, and of course, our imaginations! This camp will culminate in a kid-centered show made by kids, starring kids. Over the course of this week, students will create set pieces, props, and costumes that they will use to bring stories to life. From fairytales, to their favorite movies, to stories beyond their wildest imaginations, they’ll have the opportunity to learn the basics of drama...

(5) All levels 5 - 8 years old
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$329

5 sessions

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Company & Follies - Sondheim, Prince & Plotless Musical

92nd Street Y

Course name: Company & Follies – Sondheim, Prince and the Plotless Musical (or Broadway Experiments, Part II) Sondheim’s unique, distinctive voice as both lyricist and composer fully comes of age in two remarkably experimental, and now legendary, musicals from 1970 and 1971, Company and Follies. Both shows, rich in story, mood and atmosphere — but without plot — perfectly capture the zeitgeist of disillusionment...

(1070) All levels 18 and older
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Teen Filmmaking for the Actor

The Barrow Group Acting School

Our 3-Week Filmmaking for Actors Intensive explores: Acting: ensemble building improvscene study culminates in sharing of filming for friends and family to attend As well as specialty classes which may include: voice work alexander technique Shakespeare Filmmaking film/tv terminology, crew positions, camera shots writing, acting, directing, producing for on-camera a DIY approach to filmmaking for actors work with the Barrow Group...

(66) All levels 18 and older
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$1,645

15 sessions

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2-Week Online Bi-Coastal Youth Camp

Acting & Voice Studios

Join us for our BRAND NEW 2-Week Bi-Coastal Online YOUTH CAMP with Top Agents & Casting Directors in the Industry! Work on Film Acting with Top Casting Director - Kimberly Graham of Judy Henderson Casting, TV Acting with Top Casting Director - Joey Paul Jensen, Commercial Acting with Top Youth Theatrical Agent of A3 Agency - Victoria Kress and then showcase your talent to a panel of 5 Top Bi-Coastal Youth Agents from Gersh, A3 (Abrams Artists...

(24) All levels 16 and older
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