Make A Difference

    nWhat Does it Take to Make a Difference? Whatever You Can Give!     To Our Wonderful T. Schreiber Community, Warmest regards this holiday season. As we celebrate our 43rd year we want to thank our actors, audience members, donors, and friends. Through your participation, patronage, and support you have helped us give …

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Announcing Our New Saturday Program

  In Addition to the 6-Week Evening Beginning Intensive,nThe Studio has Begun anNEW Saturday Program for the Beginning Actor! *Starts January 8th, 2011*nThe Saturday Programnw/ Pam Scott Part I: Beginning Technique (2 Months) This class gives beginning actors the basic tools of technique.nGroup and individual work includes physical and vocal warm-ups, relaxation/concentration exercises, improvisation and sensory …

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Enrolling for January Classes!

n     Enrollment for January classes is already underway. On-Going classes resume January 3rd – don’t lose you’re spot!  Please give the Office a call or stop by before December 14th to confirm your return or enrollment.nYou can reach us at 212.741.0209 or info@www.tschreiber.org.   In Addition to On-Going Classes,nthe Following SPECIAL CLASSES Are …

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Announcing Our New Works Project!

T. Schreiber Studio Presents the 2011 New Works ProjectMission Statement: The T. Schreiber Studio New Works Project is committed to supporting the development of new plays in a safe and nurturing environment-one that serves the playwright and enriches the T. Schreiber Studio community as a whole. The studio provides the playwright access to the expertise …

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Check Out Balm’s Raves

Balm in Gilead has received a couple RAVE reviews…here’s a little taste of the action: “In an almost unfairly short two hours, we are suddenly absorbed into the life of a dingy all-night diner in 1965, trafficked by the thirty vulnerable “lost souls” of local renegades, prostitutes (both male and female), drug dealers, hustlers, and …

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en·sem·ble

en·sem·ble by Mariel Matero Definitions of “ensemble”(pronounced ahn-sahm-buhl.): –a group of supporting entertainers, as actors, dancers, and singers, in a theatrical production -all the parts of a thing taken together, so that each part is considered only in relation to the whole –the entire costume of an individual, esp. when all the parts are in …

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Incubator of Creativity

Incubator of Creativity: Reviving Lanford Wilson’s Balm in Gilead at NY’s T. Schreiber Studio by Erica Lauren McLaughlin When I first accepted the role of Bonnie in Balm in Gilead, I thought “this will be a breeze”. I should have known then I would be in big, big trouble. As an actress who had taken …

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Behind the Scenes-B.I.G.

…yesterday we had a very sexy photo shoot at Apotheke for Balm in Gilead Here are a behind the scenes teaser shots: For a deeper look inside the photo shoot check out our Facebook …And to experience the sexiness yourself have a drink at Apotheke 9 Doyers Street New York, NY 10013-5117 (212) 406-0400

New Podcast!

Terry Schreiber and Peter Jensen discuss upcoming productions Balm in Gilead, The Changing Room and You Never Can Tell with NYTheatre.com’s Martin Denton Listen To Podcast at NYTheatre.com! With fall quickly approaching, it is time to turn our attention to the upcoming seasons at various indie theater companies. With this in mind, moderator Martin Denton …

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More Rave Reviews for Joking!

“Chalk up another success for the T. Schreiber Studio. Its latest production, Joking Apart, does full justice to Alan Ayckbourn’s hysterically sad, sadly hysterical story of the golden, lucky Richard and Anthea and their not-so-golden, not-so-lucky, frankly envious friends.” –Show Showdown “…the play is a riot, and director Peter Jensen and actors Alison Blair, Michael …

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Conversations with Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina, who is known for his roles in Spiderman 2, Prick Up Your Ears, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Frida and can currently be seen on Broadway in Red, joined T. Schreiber Students for a “Conversations With…” evening on May 2nd. This Sunday night series provides an opportunity for …

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Joking Apart as Vampire Weekend

Jake Gyllenhaal, Wu-Tang’s RZA, Lil Jon, and Joe Jonas… I don’t know about you but that makes me think of Joking Apart! The latest Vampire Weekend video strongly features tennis, including classic white balls, cute pleated skirts and Jake Gyllenhaal in tight shorts as does Joking Apart! Ok, we don’t have Jake in tight shorts …

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THE ACTING CLASS

Prior to discussing the atmosphere and the process in the classroom it is very important that the actor thoroughly research the chosen place of study.nnNo actor, beginning or advanced, should enroll in a studio sight unseen. Attend an orientation, or forum, about the work- whichever the studio is offering- and insist on an interview/audition with …

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NOTHING YOU CAN ACT

There is nothing you can act that is richer than what you are. Great work is not about the actor becoming the character or ‘being someone else,’ – it’s about the actor knowing that the character will be whatever the actor brings to it from themselves. The more actors can open up and be available …

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WHO HAS THE CORRECT THEORY?

Exactly how best to create rich characters has been much debated in the acting world for over a century. Strasberg believed that digging into one’s personal life was the key to building the character. He encouraged actors to internalize everything before it is externalized. The other prophets of the craft like Meisner, Adler, Lewis broke …

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THE ACTING BLOCKS

We work with many varied exercises to help the actor get in touch with themselves, work deeply with inner conviction, and ultimately, validate that the source is there within them. In our work, we attempt to understand the acting blocks that stop the actor from opening up feelings and emotional responses that they would have …

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GREAT ACTORS

Great Actors reach out and touch us by what they give from themselves, their availability to themselves, to other actors in the scene, and the material. They fill us with feelings and responses because they have so generously and honestly connected and given of their own rich instrument. They accomplish this communication from a disciplined …

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