Classes

When

Tuesdays · Nov 3, 10, 17

Length

3 sessions

Starts

November 3

Tuition

$995

November workshop · Only 2 spots left

Audition Intensive

Two monologues. Three weeks. Unforgettable.

Patrick McCartney (Steppenwolf · Second City · SNL) leads weeks one and two. In week three, Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy · Private Practice · 13 Reasons Why) joins to give feedback on your work.

Limited to 10 actors. A brief interview is required to apply.

The three weeks

1. 01Weeks 1 & 2 — Building two monologues with Patrick McCartney.
2. 02Week 3 — Feedback session with Kate Walsh.

Winter 2027 · Our flagship

Ensemble Lab

A small, committed group that spends ten weeks originating new work together. We don't start from a script or a format, and we don't sort the room into actors and improvisers.

Everyone starts from the same place, moving through five phases collectively.

The five phases

1. 01Listening — Building the contact and presence the work depends on.
2. 02Excavation — Digging into personal and shared material worth staging.
3. 03Collision — Putting that material in conflict until something true comes out.
4. 04Form-Finding — Shaping what we discover into a structure that can hold it.
5. 05Showing — Presenting original devised work to an audience.

When

Tuesdays, 7:00–9:30 PM

Length

8 weeks

Starts

January 12

Tuition

$695

Writing & performing

Satire: Point of View

Satire starts with a point of view. Before you can skewer something, you have to see it clearly and mean what you say about it. We take the world as seriously as we take imaginary circumstances.

We find what's true, what's absurd, and what's broken — then heighten it until the audience can't look away. Expect writing, performing, and required reading and viewing.

Focus

1. 01Finding your point of view
2. 02Playing truthfully
3. 03Heightening
4. 04Building original pieces

With Carla Briscoe

Intro to Acting

Taught by Carla Briscoe, a NYC-based performer with a background in both theater and improvisation. The fundamentals of script analysis and moment-to-moment work.

Over six weeks you'll work two 2-minute monologues of your choosing — one dramatic, one comedic. Pick material you love, roles you could be cast in right now. Bring printed copies to the first class; having one memorized gets you on your feet sooner.

You'll leave with

1. 01Two audition-ready monologues
2. 02Script analysis fundamentals
3. 03A fresh, honest approach every time