Summer Drama Intensives

The New Studio on Broadway offers a rigorous, professional training program, providing the instruction needed to develop requisite skills for the music theatre actor. This intensive offers domestic and international college students the opportunity to be immersed in the core essentials of the New Studio on Broadway’s music theatre curriculum which includes: Acting (Acting Technique, Shakespeare, Contemporary Monologue Study, Voice & Speech and Mask Work), Singing (Vocal technique & performance, Vocal Book Preparation, and Sight-Singing), and Dance (Yoga, Ballet, Jazz, and Tap). Master classes are also provided by award-winning actors, directors, choreographers, and music directors. This is an outstanding opportunity to further develop and refine your music theatre skills with some of the most highly respected professionals in the field.

Open to All Students during summer. Audition required. 

Students from all over the world come to experience this rigorous foundation-building course which approximates a full term of our Professional Conservatory and NYU Tisch School of the Arts program. It is officially approved by the National Association of Schools of Theatre as a summer training program. The program ends with a presentation of contemporary and classical scene work. We find the growth demonstrated by the end of the nine weeks palpable, deeply encouraging and an affirmation of our belief that “growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous.” Offered in the summer only, this is a 9-week, 24-hour-per-week intensive held in New York City.

AUDITION/INTERVIEW REQUIRED: Please contact the Director of Admissions, Kern McFadden, kern@stellaadler.com (please say you are applying through NYU for credit). For more information, visit the Stella Adler Summer Conservatory.

Broadway actor and Co-Head of Acting Steve Maurice Jones will be leading the intensive teaching Classical Scene Study. Alongside Mr. Jones is Broadway Fight Director J. Steven White, one of the country’s leading stage combat instructors and Andrew Wade, former head of voice at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other core classes include Verse & Text, Movement, and Voice & Speech. Classes are supplemented by weekly master classes with industry leaders and academics. Offered in the summer only, this is a five-week, 30-hour per week intensive designed for the advanced actor to further develop his/her sense of the epic size of theater.

AUDITION/INTERVIEW REQUIRED: Please contact the Director of Admissions, Kern McFadden, kern@stellaadler.com (please say you are applying through NYU for credit). For more informaiton, please visit Stella Adler Shakespeare Instensive.

Anton Chekhov offers plays with roots as deep as Sophocles and branches that reach to Beckett, Williams, August Wilson and beyond. His plays are deeply human, offering the world a mirror in which we can see our deepest selves. He offers true substance to the studio’s central claim that “growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous. ”This course offers an in-depth look at Chekhov’s major plays (Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard), with an emphasis on Script Analysis, determining Objectives, and playing Actions. The mystery of Chekhov’s genius is revealed through a layer-by-layer exploration of Character Relationships and the Given Circumstances, and by the peeling away of extraneous, self-oriented acting impulses. The actor’s work becomes pure and simple and direct. Evelyn Giovine (Yale School of Drama) will bring the final phase of Stanislavski’s life’s work, featuring improvisations called études, to the Chekhov Intensive. Additional courses in Voice & Speech, Movement and On-Camera Acting will supplement these classes. Offered in the summer only, this is a five-week, 30-hour per week intensive designed for the advanced actor.

AUDITION/INTERVIEW REQUIRED: Please contact the Director of Admissions, Kern McFadden, kern@stellaadler.com (please say you are applying through NYU for credit). For more information, please visit Stella Adler Chekhov Instensive.

Running for six weeks, the Spring Comprehensive is a rigorous program that challenges students to embody Atlantic’s Acting Technique, Practical Aesthetics – as outlined in A Practical Handbook for the Actor. Students will be instructed in a disciplined approach in these courses: Script Analysis, Moment Lab, Performance Technique, and Voice. Each day, students will build their grounding in the truthful storytelling and collaboration that drives Atlantic. 

An audition and interview is required, contact hbaird@atlantictheater.org. 

An ambitious six-week course, the Summer Intensive fully immerses students in Atlantic’s signature acting technique and collaborative approach to truthful storytelling Monday through Friday with a Guest class offered on Saturdays. Students work with dramatic texts and are instructed in a disciplined approach to script analysis and working truthfully moment-to-moment. These skills are brought together in a classroom performance of the material. The program introduces the technique through three core courses: Script Analysis, Moment Lab and Performance Technique. Further training in classes complementary to scene study include Voice, Speech, Movement, and Improvisation.

An audition and interview is required, contact hbaird@atlantictheater.org.

STONESTREET SCREEN ACTING & PRODUCTION RESIDENCY PROGRAM

For first-time attendees, this curriculum introduces students to the art of screen acting, providing courses in its many genres, from the audition phase to the production phase. In this semester, students adapt and augment their previous acting training for use on the screen.  Work on actor’s unique qualities, approach and screen storytelling skills are an important component of Stonestreet I along with making strong relationships and bridges into the industry before graduating. Classes include Screen Acting & Production, Directing the Actor, Screen Character & Imagination, Screen Legit Auditions, Create Your Own Material, Producing Your Career, Industry Night Audition.

If you have any questions, please contact Ivy Wu at ivy@stonestreet.net.
Stonestreet is located at 48 W. 21st St.

STONESTREET SCREEN ACTING & PRODUCTION RESIDENCY PROGRAM

For first-time attendees, this curriculum introduces students to the art of screen acting, providing courses in its many genres, from the audition phase to the production phase. In this semester, students adapt and augment their previous acting training for use on the screen.  Work on actor’s unique qualities, approach and screen storytelling skills are an important component of Stonestreet I along with making strong relationships and bridges into the industry before graduating. Classes include Screen Acting & Production, Directing the Actor, Screen Character & Imagination, Screen Legit Auditions, Create Your Own Material, Producing Your Career, Industry Night Audition.

If you have any questions, please contact Ivy Wu at ivy@stonestreet.net.
Stonestreet is located at 48 W. 21st St.

Pre-Requisite: Stonestreet Film & TV I.

For students who have completed Stonestreet I and wish to continue their study and application of screen acting, this curriculum provides the additional opportunity to shoot professionally lit, directed, and edited original short works, from pre-production to post-production. Students continue to develop and edit their own screen acting reels with a myriad of different types of production from films to series, including MicroMovies, Script 2 Screen projects, and multiple genre styles in their Advanced DTA Stonestreet II screen and comedy salon work. The films and pilot projects are showcased to the professional world, via Stonestreet’s platforms and often premiere in major film festivals around the world.

The semester is balanced between advanced work and film production, applying screen acting skills to fully produced projects.  Actors work on developing characters for screen production that stretch their boundaries as actors, to bring compelling, believable and interesting interpretations to the original screenplays and series being shot.  All work is produced to the fullest extent, from pre-production to post-production. The actor continues to learn from the entire process of production - how to work with or without rehearsal and on different types of film sets. Watching dailies, rough cuts, and final cuts of their work is an important part of the learning process. Finished material is shared and showcased to our industry colleagues along with continued auditioning for a variety of industry guests.

If you have any questions, please contact Ivy Wu at ivy@stonestreet.net.
Classes meet at 48 W 21st Street, 8th floor.

Course Requires Department Consent. 

This curriculum uses the tools generated in Stonestreet I and sharpened in Stonestreet II to hone students' knowledge of the business side of the entertainment industry. Students learn how events behind the scenes affect their ability and quality of work on screen. The semester also includes regular one-on-one meetings and workshops with faculty and industry professionals to guide each student towards his or her specialized career path.

This course is offered for 1-8 credits.

Stonestreet III also offers specialized programs for directors, producers, writers, and designers - and acting students who wish to broaden their experience and job potential behind the scenes and in front of the camera with courses and production experience in addition to or instead of an acting focus. This curriculum is set up on an individual basis and requires an interview with the Artistic Director and/or Managing Director.

If you have any questions, please contact Ivy Wu at ivy@stonestreet.net. 

Note: Course Repeatable for Credit. SPECIAL PERMISSION REQUIRED.

Course Requires Department Consent. 

This curriculum uses the tools generated in Stonestreet I and sharpened in Stonestreet II to hone students' knowledge of the business side of the entertainment industry. Students learn how events behind the scenes affect their ability and quality of work on screen. The semester also includes regular one-on-one meetings and workshops with faculty and industry professionals to guide each student towards his or her specialized career path.

This course is offered for 1-8 credits.

Stonestreet III also offers specialized programs for directors, producers, writers, and designers - and acting students who wish to broaden their experience and job potential behind the scenes and in front of the camera with courses and production experience in addition to or instead of an acting focus. This curriculum is set up on an individual basis and requires an interview with the Artistic Director and/or Managing Director.

If you have any questions, please contact Ivy Wu at ivy@stonestreet.net. 

Note: Course Repeatable for Credit. SPECIAL PERMISSION REQUIRED.