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Fall Term Week 9 of 15 October 28 - November 3, 2010
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Actors Needed! Jack Hofsiss' Directing Class
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Dear HB Friends and Family,

Fall term runs 15 weeks
September 2 to December 19
HB will be closed for Thanksgiving weekend, November 25-28

Please note! For classes where late registration is permitted, students enrolling in class after week 8 pay reduced enrollment.

Winter registration begins November 15!
Desk copies of the Winter brochure are now available
for browsing in the 3rd Floor Office
Search current Class and Workshop info online

Join us! November 8 at The Players
HB Fall Fundraiser: remembering Uta Hagen and
celebrating the launch of The Hagen Institute.


Sue Maskaleris
So You're in the Chorus! Making a Success of It
 Sundays, October 17, 31 & November 7, 14
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Class Fee $88

Starts Monday!
Geoffrey Owens
How to Get Hired Again: A Workshop on Professional Protocols
 4 Mondays, November 1, 8, 15 & 22
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Class Fee $80

David Sharp
Financial Planning for Performers: Focus on U.S. Government Bonds
Saturday, November 13
2:30pm - 4:30pm
FREE OF CHARGE

Eric Michael Gillett
Discovering Monologues: Repertoire, Character and Performance
3 Sundays, November 14, 21 & December 5
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Class Fee $72

Mark Blum
Commercial Voice-Over Intensive
Wednesdays, December 1, 8 & 15
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Class Fee $75

Fall Benefit!
Monday, November 8
HB's Fall Fundraising Party at The Players
HB Celebrates Uta Hagen's living legacy
and the launch of The Hagen Institute for Intensive Study
Join us for a gathering of old and new friends

with readings and reminiscences from
the papers of Uta Hagen
featuring

Richard Easton
Katie Finneran
Rochelle Oliver
Victor Slezak
Fritz Weaver

Tickets start at $150.

for further information, go to http://www.hbstudio.org/benefit.htm
or call Megan Jenkins, (212) 675-2370 ext. 39
or email to mjenkins@hbstudio.org

The HB Ensemble Presents
EX*RCISE THIS!
Written and directed by Sharon Wajswol

with Sharon Wajswol, Gregory Higgins, Pamela Cuce,
Omar Gonzalez, Mindy Luce, David Smilow, and David Khouri

Saturday/Sunday
October 23, 24, 30 and 31 at 8pm

First Floor Studio
120 Bank Street

Free of charge; no reservations!
First come, first served
Doors open at 7:30pm

The HB Playwrights Foundation Presents
Its 4th Annual Reading Series
Seven Playwrights in Search of a Production
October 14-29, 2010
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street

THE OLD HOUSE
by Peter Coston
October 14/15, 8pm

BUDDIES
by Lawrence DuKore
October 16, 8pm
October 17, 3pm

MORAL IMPERATIVE
by Samuel Warren Joseph
October 18/19, 8pm

MIDNIGHT CITY
Extreme Comedy
by Laura Shaine
October 21/22, 8pm

CHIP OFF THE MOON
by Bill Quigley
October 23, 8pm
October 24, 3pm

WILL SACRIFICE
by Julie McKee
October 25/26 CANCELLED

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A CURE
by Richard Warren Green
& Norman Kline
October 28/29, 8pm

Managing Director: Marlene Mancini
Technical Director: Giovanni Villari
Office Manager: Christina Roussos

Reserve your seats for all seven now!

For reservations: Call 212-989-7856, Mon - Fri 1PM to 5PM.
Reservations must be picked up 15 minutes before curtain.
No admission charge for tickets. Limit (2) per request.

SAVE THE DATE!
A Benefit Performance of
THE BELLE OF AMHERST by William Luce
featuring Barbara Dana as Emily Dickinson
directed by Austin Pendleton
Saturday, December 4 @ 8pm
Sunday, December 5 @ 7:30pm
First Floor Studio, 120 Bank Street

Proceeds to benefit HB Studio and the HB Playwrights Foundation
Reservation details will be announced shortly


STUDENT RAFFLE FOR BENEFIT TICKETS!
HB Studio and the HB Playwrights Foundation are raffling off 5 chances for HB students to attend our fall benefit celebrating the launch of the Hagen Institute.

Raffle tickets cost $5. Five winners will receive complimentary entry to the benefit on Monday, November 8 at 6 PM at The Players.

The benefit includes a reception with passed hors d'oeuvres and an open bar, as well as a presentation honoring Uta Hagen's teaching legacy and the Hagen Institute.

The drawing will be held on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 6 PM. All raffle tickets must be purchased before the drawing.

Raffle tickets may be purchased with cash in the Studio's 3rd floor office at 120 Bank Street. Winners will be contacted by email or phone and need not be present to win. You must be at least 18 years of age to purchase a raffle ticket.

Only HB students enrolled in the fall 2010 term may enter the raffle. (HB staff, regardless of their student status, are not eligible to enter).


STUDENT PREVIEW: UNSTOPPABLE
20th Century Fox is inviting local acting students to free screenings of the new film "Unstoppable." Space is limited and RSVP required.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28th
2:00PM
Paramount Screening Room
1515 Broadway at 45th St., 3rd floor

Please RSVP with your name and school to FOX.NYRSVP@FOX.COM

A veteran train engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine) race the clock to stop an unmanned runaway train - effectively a missile the size of a skyscraper - and prevent disaster in a heavily populated area. Directed by Tony Scott.

Watch the trailer at: http://www.unstoppablemovie.com/

UNSTOPPABLE opens nationwide on November 12, 2010


Actors Needed for Hofsiss Directing!
Actors who are available and interested in working with student directors in Jack Hofsiss' Monday evening Directing classes, please
submit headshots and resumes to the Studio's Third Floor Office.

Classes will take place Monday evenings in the Fall term from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and from 8pm to 10pm, with rehearsals to be scheduled during the week.

Congratulations to Michael Blake, recipient, with the dancers of Paradigm, of a 2010 Bessie (New York Dance and Performance) Award. Ensemble of Dancers in Paradigm: Carmen deLavallade, Gus Solomons jr, Dudley Williams, Valda Setterfield, Michael Blake, Hope Clark, and Keith Sabado: "In work after work, these grand performers, without fail, bring into vibrant focus the essence of what it means to dance."

Amanda Quaid will appear in BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE at The Irish Repertory Theatre, October 13 to December 5.

Mark Blum will appear in Amy Herzog's AFTER THE REVOLUTION at Playwrights Horizons, October 21 to November 28. The play premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in July.

Frank Wood plays Roy Cohn in ANGELS IN AMERICA, for the Signature Theatre Company, September 14 to December 19.

Austin Pendleton directs DETROIT for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, September 9 to November 7. Austin will also appear in Henrik Ibsen's ROSMERSHOLM, a new adaptation by Mike Poulton, for the Pearl Theatre Company, November 12 to December 19. Austin directs THE THREE SISTERS for Classic Stage Company, January 12 to February 20. In April, Lincoln Center Theater will present the New York premiere of THE MINISTER'S WIFE, Austin's musical adaptation of Shaw's CANDIDA. Conceived and directed by Michael Halberstam, with music by Joshua Schmidt and lyrics by Jan Tranen.


Ren�e Petrofes appears in ETNY's production of Kafka's METAMORPHOSIS at Wings Theatre; nine performances from Oct. 25th to 30th.

HB alum Amanda Peet will be featured in Neil LaBute's THE BREAK OF NOON at MCC Theater, starting October 28.

Barbara Bleier's play IT STAYS IN VEGAS will be one of the short plays presented at the Abingdon Theatre on Nov. 16th, part of the Abingdon's Hotel Plays Theatre Challenge Series. Other HB folk involved in the series include Bara Swain, Catherine Siracusa, Nick DeSimone, Doug Rossi, and Pamela Paul.

Henry Holden's three ten minute plays (BLIND DATE, THE HITMAN, and THE REJECTION), developed in Donna de Matteo's writing class will open at The Crown City Theatre, 11031 Camarillo Street, NoHo, CA, October 26-31.

Nicole Pandolfo's 10-minute play, FUCK PROM, will be performed at Sticky! Friday, November 12th at 7:00 pm at the Bowery Poetry Club.

Tom Schubert appears in the Westchester Broadway Theatre production of Jekyll and Hyde directed by Robert Cuccioli, September 30 to February 5 (hiatus from November 29 to December 27).

Beth Heidere appears in GRAND GUIGNOL at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, October 14-31.

Susan Roscoe, former student of Amanda Quaid, is involved as producer and actor in an amateur production of the female version of THE ODD COUPLE (playing Renee). The project will be performed at several venues in Sufffolk County, Long Island.

Catherine Siracusa directs ARUBA by Rose Cirigliano with Caitlin Mitchell and Doug Rossi for John Chatterton's Short Play Lab at the Producers Club Nov. 6 and 7.

Shaun Bennet Wilson produces and appears in INTERCHANGE by Ken Jaworowski, for the WorkShop Theater Company, October 7-30.With fight direction by Giovanni Villari and costume design by Catherine Siracusa.

Daniela Dakic will take part in a series of readings of Catherine Filloux's one-act play DOG AND WOLF, presented in February at 59E59. "Dog and Wolf Meets the Community," November 5, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, and December 1, at senior and community centers and schools around the five boroughs.

Arnie Mazer appears in BAR PLAYS series 2010, at Jimmy's No. 43, October 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 7pm.

L.B. Williams will perform again in WHO YOU GOT TO BELIEVE, featured in The Estrogenius 2010 Festival at Manhattan Theatre Source. Voted best play of week three of Estrogenius 2010, the project will make an encore presentation on October 27-30.

HB alum Sherry Locher wrapped a supporting role in LBYL Films DESPERATE ENDEAVORS and looks forward to the upcoming Breakfast Pictures feature HONEYSUCKLE, which has her, in a supporting role, aging from 27 to mid-50s.

Nona Pipes (student of Austin Pendleton) also wrapped filming of LBYL Films' DESPERATE ENDEAVORS.

Henry Holden appears in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at the Lonny Chapman Theater in North Hollywood, CA, through October 31.

Susan Laubach will perform her solo pieces WHO IS PAULA? and LIFE IN 3/4 TIME, and Grace Kiley will perform EYE OF THE STORM, part of the Mama Drama Festival at Stage Left Studio, October 22.

Andrew R. Heinze's one-act comedy, THE FQ, will be published in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS, 2011 (Smith & Kraus).

Anna Katarina, former student of Herbert Berghof, Uta Hagen and Trudy Steibl, has the recurring role of Isabelle Jeunut on the HBO series BOARDWALK EMPIRE.

Katy Frame and Nina Braddock are producing a short film, ORANGE CHICKEN. Katy acts, Nina writes and directs.

C.J. Ehrlich's play SECONDHAND GIFTS is a finalist for the Heideman Award in the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival's 2010 National Ten Minute Play Contest.

Craig McNulty's play PINK DRESS is a finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival's 2010 National Ten Minute Play Contest.

Howard Green plays Ben in BROADWAY BOUND, which runs in rotation with BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from September 17 to November 7.

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Acting
  • Peter Arcese (Text Analysis: The Classics, Performing Poetry)
  • George Bartenieff (Shakespeare)
  • Michael Beckett (Technique, Scene Study)
  • Mark Blum (Acting for the Camera Returning--New Time!, Voice Over Workshop)
  • Jim Boerlin (Technique, Scene Study)
  • Aleksey Burago (Actor/Director Workshop, Chekhov Performance)
  • Snezhana Chernova (Acting-Physical Technique)
  • Joseph Daly (Beginning Technique, Scene Study)
  • Rosemary DeAngelis (The Practice of Acting) Returning!
  • Laura Esterman (Advanced Scene Study) Returning!
  • Arthur French (Scene Study) Returning!
  • Eric Michael Gillett (Monologue Workshop) Special Workshop!
  • Carol Goodheart (Scene Study & Technique: The American Short Story) New!
  • Sam Groom (Acting with the Camera) Returning!
  • Alec Harrington (Performance Lab: Acting Shakespeare, Plays Actors Need to Read: Greek Tragedy)
  • Jeanne Kaplan (Basic Technique, Scene Study)
  • Rasa Allan Kazlas (Acting Improvisation, Improvisation, Improvisation II, Technique & Scene Study) Returning!
    (Commedia dell' Arte Performance Lab) New!
  • Louise Lasser (Acting Technique) Returning!
  • Johanna Leister (Technique: You're the Character, You Just Don't Know It) New Time!
  • Karen Ludwig (Action on Camera) New!
  • Christopher Martin (Shakespeare Character Study, Shakespeare Text Analysis)
  • John Monteith (Improvisation, Advanced Improvisation)
  • Edward Morehouse (Technique I, Technique & Scene Study, Scene Study Invitational New Time!, The Actor's Homework: Text Analysis, Research, and Personalization)
  • Carol Morley (Technique & Scene Study) Returning!
  • John Charles Murphy (Comic Acting) Returning!
  • Rochelle Oliver (Technique, Intermediate/Advanced Scene Study)
  • Dael Orlandersmith (Solo Performance Playwriting) Returning!
  • HB Welcomes Back Geoffrey Owens (Beginning/Intermediate Scene Study; Starting in October! How to Get Hired Again: Professional Protocols Special Workshop!)
  • Austin Pendleton (Advanced Scene Study)
  • Carol Rosenfeld (Scene Study) Returning!
  • Lorraine Serabian (Technique & Scene Study)
  • Trudy Steibl (Technique & Scene Study, Technique II & Scene Study)
  • Jeffrey Sweet (Collaborative Play Development) New!
  • Tony Vellela (Text Analysis: Deconstructing American Classics) New!
  • Amy Wright (Performance Lab) Returning!

Directing
  • Aleksey Burago (Actor/Director Workshop, Advanced Directing, Practical Guide to Directing)
  • Jack Hofsiss (Stage Directing, Advanced Directing) New!
  • Jeffrey Sweet (Collaborative Play Development) New!
  • Tony Vellela (Text Analysis: Deconstructing American Classics) New!

Improvisation
  • Rasa Allan Kazlas (Acting: Improvisation, Improvisation, Improvisation II) Returning!
  • John Monteith (Improvisation, Advanced Improvisation)

Movement
  • Martha Bernard (Alexander Technique)
  • Michael Blake (Power/Movement/Dance for Actors)
  • Joseph Daly (Stage Fencing I and II)
  • Barrie Estes (Dance Techniques, T'ai Chi) Returning!
  • Siri Sat Kaur (Kundalini Yoga)
  • Ian Marshall (Fight Directing, Stage Combat) Returning!
  • John Charles Murphy (Comic Acting) Returning!
  • Stefanie Proessl (Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais/Alexander)
  • Lake Simons (Puppetry and Movement for the Theatre) Special Workshop!
  • Fred Timm (Movement for Actors)

Musical Theatre
  • Martha Bernard (Singing Voice)
  • Martha Bernard/Michael Joviala (Discover Your Singing Voice & Natural Musicality) Special Workshop!
  • John Bowen (Singing Voice)
  • Philip Carroll (Music Reading and Vocal Technique)
  • Helen Gallagher (Musical Performance)
  • Eric Michael Gillett (Musical Theatre Audition Workshop) Special Workshop!
  • Dan Manjovi (Beginning & Intermediate Singing Voice, Beginning Vocal Technique, Building the Singer's Repertoire, Song Presentation)
  • Sue Maskaleris (Pop, R&B, and Jazz Styles, So You're in the Chorus) Special Workshop!
  • Ann McCormack (Young People's Musical Theatre, Musical Theatre Performance Lab) New Time!
  • Lorraine Serabian (Art of Musical Presentation)

Playwriting & Screenwriting
  • Donna de Matteo (Playwriting Seminar) Returning!
  • Julie McKee (Playwriting Workshop, Playwriting/Screenwriting Workshop)
  • Dael Orlandersmith (Solo Performance Playwriting) Returning!
  • Jeffrey Sweet (Collaborative Play Development) New!
  • Tony Vellela (Text Analysis: Deconstructing American Classics) New!

Professional Development
  • Mark Blum (Commercial Voice Over Intensive) Special Workshop!
  • Jack Doulin (Auditioning for the Theatre) New Time!
  • Eric Michael Gillett (Monologue Workshop, Musical Theatre Audition Workshop) Special Workshops!
  • Carol Morley (The Art of the Audition) Special Workshop!
  • Geoffrey Owens (How to Get Hired Again: Professional Protocol) Special Workshop!
  • David Sharp (Financial Planning for Performers: All About Cash and U.S. Government Bonds) Free Special Workshops!

Speech & Speaking Voice
  • Ruth Berkowitz (Speech and Voice, The Accent Exchange: Pattern Shift New!, Dialect Study & Character Development, Foreign Accent Correction)
  • Fernando Gambaroni (English for Actors)
  • Lenore Harris (Speech I & II, Speaking Voice, Monologues & Public Speaking)
  • John McManus (Joy of Voice & Speech) New Guest Artist for Robin Christian-McNair
  • Ilse Pfeifer (Voice Workshop)
  • Joshua Popenoe (English Pronunciation for Asian Language Speakers I & II) New!
  • Amanda Quaid (Accents & Dialects, Speech I & II) Returning!

Young People's Classes
  • Ruth Berkowitz (Speech, all ages)
  • Marlene Mancini (Acting for Teens, ages 14-17, The Game of Make-Believe, ages 9-14)
  • Holly Mandel (Teen Improvisation, ages 12-16) New!
  • Ann McCormack (Musical Theatre for Teens, ages 12-17) New Time!
  • Trudy Steibl (Acting, ages 13-17) New Time!
  • Claudia Terry (Acting ages 9-14)

Hagen Core Training Program 2010-2011 New!
  • Martha Bernard (Alexander)
  • Michael Blake (Movement)
  • Mark Blum (Scene Study)
  • Jim Boerlin (Technique)
  • Robin Christian-McNair (Speech)
  • Ilse Pfeifer (Voice)
  • Edward Morehouse (Text Analysis)
  • Victor Slezak (Scene Study)
  • Carol Rosenfeld (Technique)
HB Studio began in 1945 and aims for a meaningful dramatic expression of the times and country in which we live. To help establish a theatre of experimentation based on classic tradition, the Studio is dedicated to the development of individual artists, who may actively contribute to a theatre of national character. Conceived as an artistic and working home, it offers an outlet for practice and growth for the professional theatre artist, and an opportunity for the young to establish roots in their intended craft. The Studio's guiding principle is creative freedom, which has as its logical consequence responsibility to a noble art. Learn more at www.hbstudio.org.