Parents & Families Day

Alumni & Families Weekend is a University-wide event during which Tisch hosts special sessions for parents and families visiting campus. 

The event schedule and details for October 24, 2026 are below. Registration for the Dean's Welcome is required for access to departmental sesssions and Drama Studio visits.

Tisch Dean's Welcome: 9:45AM - 10:15AM

Departmental Sessions (Manhattan): 10:30AM - 11:30AM

Departmental Sessions (Brooklyn): 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Drama Studio Visits: 2PM - 3:15PM

 

Tisch Dean's Welcome

Enjoy performances by Tisch students and a welcome from Tisch Dean Rubén Polendo.

Skirball Center
566 LaGuardia Place

At the end of this session, you will be escorted to your student's department.

Departmental Session Locations

Departmental sessions begin immediately after the Dean's Welcome in Skirball and run until approximately 11:30am in Manhattan and 12:00pm in Brooklyn.

You will be escorted to the departments by current students and staff. Metrocards will be provided to Brooklyn-bound guests, and and student and staff will join guests for that trip. 

CINEMA STUDIES: 721 Broadway, 6th Floor, Room 652

CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE (CDI): 370 Jay Street, 6th Floor, BROOKLYN

COLLABORATIVE ARTS: 721 Broadway, 4th Floor Lobby

DANCE: 111 2nd Avenue, 4th Floor

DRAMA: Cantor Theater, 36 E 8th Street, Theater 200

DRAMATIC WRITING: 721 Broadway, 7th Floor, Goldberg Theater

FILM & TELEVISION:  Cantor Theater, 36 E 8th Street, Theater 101

GAME DESIGN: 370 Jay Street, 6th Floor Student Lounge, BROOKLYN

IMA: 370 Jay Street, 4th Floor, BROOKLYN

PERFORMANCE STUDIES: 721 Broadway, 6th Floor

PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING: 721 Broadway, 8th Floor, Room 804

DRAMA STUDIO LOCATIONS

Parents and families of Drama students are welcome to visit their student's studio! Studio visits run from 2PM - 3:15PM. 

Atlantic Acting School Studios
STUDIO 3 at Atlantic Studios
Address: Google 3rd floor
76 9th ave (15th st between 8 and 9th ave) 212.691.5919

Parents' names will have to be pre-registered at least 48 hrs in advance for security clearance.   The closest subway station is the A/C/E at W14th St, which is one block from the entrance to the Google building, where the studios are located. 

 

Experimental Theatre Wing
721 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Studio 3
Between Waverly Place & Washington Place
(212) 998 - 1865

In the Tisch School of the Arts building (NOT Tisch Hall at 40 West 4th Street!) A 5-minute walk east of Washington Square Park on West 4th Street to Broadway, turn left. Enter the building and go up the north stairs behind the entrance turnstiles or elevators in the main lobby. Signs will guide you to the studio.

 

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
115 East 15th Street
Between Park Avenue South and Irving Place/Marilyn Monroe Theatre 
(212) 533-5500

Take the uptown N or R train (located on Broadway at Waverly Place) to Union Square. Walk east through the park to 15th and Park Avenue.The event will take place in our downstairs Marilyn Monroe Theatre.

 

The Meisner Studio
194 Mercer Street, PH
(212) 992-6633

A brief walk south on Mercer St coming from Tisch School of the Arts! We are located between Bleeker St and W Houston St, and just across the street from NYU's John A Paulson Center. Nearest to Subway stop Broadway-Lafayette via the B D F & M trains.

When you enter 194 Mercer St, you will take the first elevator on your immidate right past the security desk. We are on the 10th floor, labeled PH for penthouse on the elevator. Once out of the elevator, walk to the broadway side of the 10th floor to arrive at the MSNR Studio Lobby!

 

The New Studio on Broadway
Paulson Center
181 Mercer Street, Studio D (5th Floor)
New York, NY 10003

Entrance on the southwest corner of Bleeker and Mercer. Please take the elevator to the 5th floor and follow the signage. 

 

Playwrights Horizons Theater School
440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor, Moss Theater
Between East 4th Street and Astor Place
(212) 529-8720

A 10 minute walk from the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, turn right onto W 4th St. traveling east, then left on Lafayette St. PHTS will be on the left side of the street. To enter the building, please use the intercom to call "Playwrights." Upon confirmation, you will be buzzed in and granted elevator access to the 3rd floor.

 

The Production & Design Studio
721 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Studio 352
Between Waverly Place & Washington Place
(212) 998-1848

In the Tisch School of the Arts building (Not Tisch Hall at 40 West 4th Street!)A 5-minute walk east of Washington Square Park on West 4th Street to Broadway, turn left. Please enter 721 Broadway, cross the lobby and take the south elevator or staircase (just past the staircase going to the basement) to the third floor. Follow the signs to room 352.

 

Stella Adler Studio of Acting
65 Broadway, Second Floor
(212) 689-0087

Walk east on West 4th St. to Broadway.  Turn left on Brodaway to the entrance to the Downtown R/W subway on East 8th St & Broadway. Take the R/W downtown to Rector St.  Walk East on Rector St. (alongside Trinity Church Cemetery) for one block to Broadway.  Turn Right on Broadway.  65 Broadway will be on the right. Take the far elevators to the 2nd floor.