Study with the Stella Adler Studio and Art of Acting Studio’s renowned faculty no matter where you are in the world! Live instruction acting classes through Zoom.
How to Apply
1. New applicants should first submit an online application here. Once we receive your application we will contact you to schedule your entrance interview appointment.
2. If you are a former student within the past two years, please check with william@stellaadler.com as you might not need to submit a new application.
3. If you are applying for a course that requires an audition, please submit a video link to either a performance of a contemporary/realism monologue or a demo reel to this Google Form.
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Acting Technique Scene Study On-Camera Voice & Speech Theater Makers Curious Humans
Acting Technique
ACTING TECHNIQUE 1: FOUNDATION
4 Weeks, 8 Classes | Wednesdays & Fridays
Dates: June 5th – July 3rd (Skips June 19th)
Times: 12:30 – 2:30 pm PT / 3:30 – 5:30 pm ET
Tuition
New Students | $350
Returning Students (Within 1 Year) | $320
Professional Conservatory Graduates | $270
Explore the language and principles of Stella Adler’s approach to acting, including action, circumstance, and justification, rooted in the power of the imagination. Actors will develop a foundation from which to build themselves as actors as well as human beings.
Instructor: Maureen Megibow
ACTING TECHNIQUE 2: BUILDING CHARACTER
4 Weeks, 8 Classes | Wednesdays & Fridays
Dates: July 10th – August 2nd
Times: 12:30 – 2:30 pm PT / 3:30 – 5:30 pm ET
Tuition
New Students | $350
Returning Students (Within 1 Year) | $320
Professional Conservatory Graduates | $270
This class builds upon the fundamental principles explored in Acting Technique 1 and incorporates scene work designed to establish a strong foundation for each actor. Actors will learn to develop character through actions and objectives drawn from the text.
Instructor: Jane Fleiss
SCRIPT INTERPRETATION
4 Weeks, 8 Classes | Tuesdays & Thursdays
Dates: July 9th – August 1st
Times: 10 am – 12 pm PT / 1 pm – 3 pm ET
Tuition
New Students | $350
Returning Students (Within 1 Year) | $320
Professional Conservatory Graduates | $270
Script Interpretation will ground the actor’s choices in a thorough understanding of the world of the play and lead students to dig deeply into character psychology, motivation, relationships and playable actions. Students will learn how to interpret the circumstances, themes, and historical context of a script in order to feed their imagination and more fully equip them to act in an author’s text.
Instructor: Atticus Orsborn
Scene Study
SCENE STUDY
4 Weeks, 8 Classes | Tuesdays & Thursdays
Dates: July 16th – August 8th
Times: 1 – 4 pm PT / 4 – 7 pm ET
Tuition
New Students | $480
Returning Students (Within 1 Year) | $420
Professional Conservatory Graduates | $370
This introductory and intermediate level class focuses on process by exploring technique, monologues, and scene work to deepen the craft. This class is ideal for the actor seeking a strong foundation and to challenge themselves with material from produced scripts and screenplays. Returning students will move beyond the fundamentals of the first round of Scene Study, and devote their time more specifically to contemporary scene work that provides a greater variety of characters and situations that take the actor’s skill to a higher level.
Instructor: J. Claude Deering
On-Camera Acting (Film & TV)
ON-CAMERA MASTER CLASS
8 Weeks, 8 Classes | Thursdays
Dates: March 7th – April 25th
Times: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Eastern Time / 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Pacific Time
Tuition
New Students | $480
Returning Students (Within 1 Year) | $420
Professional Conservatory Graduates | $350
This advanced workshop is a hybrid of on-camera scene study and audition technique for the trained actor with renowned casting director/acting teacher Todd Thaler. Through scene work and audition practices students will fine tune their on-camera technique while still sharpening and expanding their artistic and creative skill set.
Instructor: Todd Thaler
Voice & Speech
ONE-DAY ACCENT WORKSHOP: British (RP, MLE, & Estuary)
Saturday | March 30th
Times: 1 PM – 4 PM Eastern Time / 10 AM – 1 PM Pacific Time
Tuition: $50
In this introduction to learning accents, students will learn the Knight-Thompson Speechwork approach to learning accents, and will explore these ideas with the British (RP, MLE, and Estuary) dialect.
Instructor: Siobhan Doherty
VOICE OVER 101
4 Weeks, 4 Classes | Saturdays
Dates: June 8th – June 29th
Times: 1 PM – 4 PM Eastern Time / 10 AM – 1 PM Pacific Time
Tuition
New Students | $250
Returning Students (Within 1 Year) | $225
Professional Conservatory Graduates | $185
Taught by VO Instructor Bruce Kronenberg, Voice Over 101 is the most comprehensive voice over training you can get in New York City, and the same is true with Giovanni Ortega in Los Angeles. Covering every genre of VO (Radio Commercials, Television Commercials, Audiobook and Narration and Animation), learn how to use your new skills to make money. The final class covers the Business of the Voice Over Business. Students receive MP3 files of their weekly work.
Instructor: Bruce Kronenberg
Theater Makers Series
Theatre Makers courses are designed for a range of artists with interests beyond acting. These classes include theoretical, practical and academic areas of investigation such as directing, producing, playwriting, design, etc…
SCREENWRITING: BUILDING A PRACTICE
8 Weeks, 8 Classes | Tuesdays
Dates: April 2nd – May 21st
Times: 6 pm – 9 pm Eastern Time / 3 pm – 6 pm Pacific Time
Tuition
New Students | $480
Returning Students (Within 1 Year) | $420
Professional Conservatory Graduates | $370
This eight week course will immerse newer writers with tools to bring their ideas to life on the page. The course emphasizes building healthy writing habits that leads to consistency. Writing vivid descriptions, tense action, and actable dialogue is only the beginning. The course will place a heavy emphasis on executing story structure in relationship to character and theme. We will demystify the beat sheet and explore multiple frameworks for approaching writing scenes. Come with your idea for a story, and leave with tools that will bring your writing to the next level.
Instructor: Christian Durso
Curious Humans Series
The Curious Humans Series are four-week sessions for theater lovers who are interested in acting and the arts. No matter the career profession or experience level, all curious humans are welcome!
Curious Humans Classes are TBA.
How to Apply
1. New applicants should first submit an online application here. Once we receive your application we will contact you to schedule your entrance interview appointment.
2. If you are a former student within the past two years, please check with Online Workshops Coordinator William Bremer at william@stellaadler.com as you might not need to submit a new application. Be sure to include what previous course you took and when it was taken.
3. If you are applying for a course that requires an audition, please submit a video link to either a performance of a contemporary/realism monologue or a demo reel to this Google Form.
