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Fall Term Week 1 of 15 September 2-8 , 2010
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HB Presents: BURY THE DEAD by Irwin Shaw
Benefit Reading: THE PLAY'S THE THING by Molnar
Actors Needed! Jack Hofsiss' Directing Class
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Dear HB Friends and Family,

Welcome to the Fall Term at HB Studio!
Fall term runs 15 weeks
September 2 to December 19
Please note that we will hold class on Labor Day, September 6
Search Fall Class info online
or pick up a brochure in the 3rd Floor Office

Introducing
The Hagen Institute at HB Studio
Hagen Core Training Program
3 Terms, September 2010 to June 2011
a unified curriculum in Acting (Technique, Scene Study, Text Analysis),
Movement, Speech, Voice, and Alexander Technique.
Open by audition, starts September 20!


Carol Morley
The Art of the Audition
 4 Wednesdays, September 8, 15, 22 & 29
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Class Fee $80

David Sharp
Financial Planning for Performers:
All About Cash
Saturday, September 11
2:30pm - 4:30pm
FREE OF CHARGE

...and, David Sharp Financial Planning fans,
save these dates!

September 11, 2010: All About Cash
November 13, 2010: US Government Bonds
January 8, 2011: Mutual Funds
March 12, 2011: Choosing Stocks
May 14, 2011: IRAs & Retirement
July 9, 2011: Laddering and Other Strategies

Come join us and take charge of your financial future!

HB welcomes back Lake Simons!
Lake's puppetry was recently featured in the Public's
Shakespeare in the Park production of THE WINTER'S TALE

Lake Simons
Puppetry and Movement for Theater
Monday, September 13
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Class Fee $35

Eric Michael Gillett
Musical Theatre Audition Workshop
 3 Sundays, September 19, 26 & October 10
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Class Fee $96

Martha Bernard & Michael Joviala
Discover Your Singing Voice and Natural Musicality
 Sunday, October 3
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Class Fee $40


New this Fall!

Ruth Berkowitz
The Accent Exchange:
Pattern Shift, Dialect Study and Character Development
Mondays, 5:00pm to 6:30pm or 8:00pm to 9:30pm
Class Fee $270

Carol Goodheart
Scene Study & Technique: The American Short Story
Starts September 13
Mondays, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Class Fee $280

Jack Hofsiss
Stage Directing New Time!
Mondays, 5:30m to 7:30pm
Class Fee $300
Advanced Directing
Mondays, 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Class Fee $300

Rasa Allan Kazlas
Commedia dell' Arte Performance Lab
Sundays, 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Class Fee $300

Karen Ludwig
Action on Camera
Tuesdays, 5:15pm to 7:45pm
Class Fee $420

Holly Mandel
Teen Improvisation (Ages 12-17)
Mondays, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Class Fee $160

HB Welcomes
John McManus
The Joy of Voice and Speech
Mondays, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Class Fee $300

HB Welcomes Back
Geoffrey Owens
Beginning/Intermediate Scene Study
Mondays 10:00am to 12:00pm Schedule Change!
Begins October 4!
Class Fee $220

Joshua Popenoe
English Pronunciation Course for Asian
Language Speakers I: Vowels and Consonants
Tuesdays 10:00am to 11:30am
and
English Pronunciation Course for Asian
Language Speakers II: Rhythm and Connection
Tuesdays 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Class Fee $270


An HB Ensemble Workshop Presentation of

WHAT OF THE NIGHT? by Maria Irene Fornes
The 4 short plays:
NADINE, SPRINGTIME, LUST, and HUNGER
will be presented in a single evening.

Directed by Jen Danby and Brian Lady

With Charles Black*, Jen Danby*, Walter Free, Rosie Goldensohn, Koichiro Goto, Randall Holden, Fukumi Kashiwagi, Tammy Lang, Jasmine Beatrice Leigh, Anja Monn, Danusia Trevino*, Sean Walsh, Julia Wolfermann, Karen Zechowy, Lei Zhou, and Catherine Zubkow.

Saturday/Sunday, September 4 & 5 @ 8pm
First Floor Studio, 120 Bank Street.

Admission is free; first come, first served.


HB Studio, the HB Playwrights Foundation
and the HB Ensemble present

BURY THE DEAD by Irwin Shaw
Directed by Geoffrey Owens

"...what is this world that you cling to it?"

With Charles Black*, Jonathan Cinque, Mary Dillon, Hugh Heckman, Andre Herzegovich, Christopher Johnson*, Ildemar Lagares, Johanna Leister*, Kirk Miller, Scott Miller, Hadas Nuriel, John L. Payne*, Briana Pozner, Jody Prusan*, Laurence Reddin, Brandi Robinson, Murad Saleh, John Shub, Bill Sullivan, Gary Warner*, & Michael Willis

Set Design: Giovanni Villari
Lighting Design: Corrie Beth Shotwell
Costume Design: Catherine Siracusa & Sid Levitt
Assistant Costume Design: Kelly Stevenson
Stage Manager: A.J. Dobbs
Managing Director: Marlene Mancini
Office Manager: Christina Roussos

*member of Actor's Equity Association
An Equity approved Showcase

September 14 through October 2:
Tuesday-Saturday @ 8pm
Sundays, September 18 & 19 @ 3pm only
NO PERFORMANCES:
Wednesday September 15 & Mondays, September 20 & 27

HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre, 124 Bank Street.
Admission is free of charge!

For reservations, call the HBPF RESERVATIONS line:
(212) 989-7856, Mon-Fri 1-5PM


A Benefit Reading of
THE PLAY'S THE THING
by Ferenc Molnar
Adaptation by P.G. Wodehouse.

with Matthew Conlon, Fernando Gambaroni, Duncan Hazard, David Khouri, Anton Obeid, Tom Schubert, Nicholas Troilo, and Amy Wright.

Staged by Edward Morehouse.

Stage Managers: Lori Barber and Nicholas Troilo

Saturday/Sunday, September 18 & 19 @ 8pm.
First Floor Studio, 120 Bank Street

Limited seating. First come, first served
For credit card reservations call 212-675-2370
or visit the 3rd floor office
Tickets $10 minimum suggested donation



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.

Dan Manjovi and His Band appear in concert on Thursday, September 2 from 12-2pm at the Plaza, 375 Park Avenue (52nd Street). With David Phelps on guitar, Steve Lucas on bass, and Rodney Holmes on drums. FREE and open to the public with seating provided.

Dan Manjovi also performs a week of solo piano concerts in Bryant Park's annual Piano In The Park Concert Series, September 20-24. In Bryant Park on the Upper Terrace, on the East side of the park behind the 42nd Street Library, 12:30 to 2:30pm daily, weather permitting. FREE and open to the public with seating provided.

Amanda Quaid will appear in BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE at The Irish Repertory Theatre, starts in October.

Peter Kyle has been awarded a second residency at One Arm Red, an arts space in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn. Peter's company, Peter Kyle Dance, will give a special performance of KnowOne at the Dumbo Arts Festival on September 24, 2010 at 8pm. The performance will be a featured event during an evening Peter is curating around the theme of Home.

Laura Esterman plays Mme. Ranevskaya in THE CHERRY ORCHARD at the Monomoy Theatre in Chatham on Cape Cod, August 17-21. Laura will also be appearing in a new feature film, THE GREEN, by HB alum (and former student of Laura Esterman) Paul Marcarelli.

Penelope Kreitzer will be teaching in the new Athena Women's Leadership Lab at Barnard College, a program of workshops that teach women the practical elements of leadership.

Donna de Matteo's play OUR SON'S WEDDING plays at the Lake George Dinner Theatre, June 30 to October 14.

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 will 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.


Katherine O'Sullivan performs THE HOLY GROUND by Dermot Bolger, part of 1st Irish, 2010, New York's annual festival of Irish Theatre, September 7 to October 4.

Aggie Garrett's play THE LAST MUFFIN has been selected for this year's North Park Playwrights Festivalin San Diego, California. It will run October 15-17.

JoAnn "Toots" Mariano and Bill Shuman (students of Austin Pendleton) will be appearing in readings of Bill's play RETIREMENT TANGO for the Rosarito Theatre Guild at Real Del Mar in Baja California, Mexico, September 3-4. The readings will be directed by Artistic Director Craig Schaefer and will be followed by a discussion with the actors and playwright.

HB Ensemble member Craig McNulty's WARNING: MAY CONTAIN NUTS - FOUR BLACK COMEDIES featuring HB alum Danny O'Shea will be produced by The Collective at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, August 31-September 2. And our congratulations to Craig, whose play PINK DRESS is a finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival's 2010 National Ten Minute Play Contest.

Nona Pipes (student of Austin Pendleton) is rehearsing LBYL Films' DESPERATE ENDEAVORS which will shoot in September/October.

Charles Baran, Ryan Cahill, and Go Takeuchi appear in THE CRADLE WILL ROCK at Theatre 80 St. Marks, September 2, 3, 28, and 29.
Part of the East Village's Howl Festival. Previously all three appeared in the HB Studio Musical Performance Lab production of The Cradle Will Rock in June, dir. Ann McCormack, mus. dir. Woody Regan, chor. Barrie Estes.

Pamela Wilkinson directs her translation/adaptation of Schiller's THE MAID OF ORLEANS in the New York International Fringe Festival, at the Connelly Theater. With Gudrun Buhler, Kellen Lopes, Ring Hendricks-Tellefsen, William Kahn, Tom Schubert.

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.

Pamela Paul appears in DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Greenbrier Valley Theater in West Virginia, August 30 through October 16.

Kathleen Peirce appears in David Cromer's production of Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN, at the Barrow Street Theatre, now in its final weeks.

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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!
  • Holly Mandel (Teen Improv, ages 12-17) New!
  • 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 (Movement for Musical Theatre Performers, 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.