The Barrow Group is an award-winning non-profit Off-Broadway theatre company, acting studio/school, and arts center located in the heart of New York City. They offer a wide range of acting and directing courses, including scene study, monologue workshops, script analysis, and a two-year acting program.
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The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
In this class, students apply the Barrow Group tools to monologues and scenes in front of the camera and watch playback. Students are also introduced to film terms and how a professional set works. This class teaches our specific approach to acting , and introduces students to the same tools that our adult professional actors work with. Important Note: Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue from a play, television or film script.
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
Join us for this One Day Spring Break Class for ages 5-6! Students can register for one or more days. This Workshop encourages spontaneity, simplicity and fun. We believe that to act is to PLAY, and that students learn the most in an atmosphere of relaxed positive reinforcement. We begin with ensemble building games, story structure games, then move on to the basics of story telling and acting. Students will also be introduced to theatre fundamentals,...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
During this one day class, students will explore the art of theatre through ensemble building games, story telling games / story structure, improv, and design! Students should bring their own lunch. A refrigerator and microwave is available. We will provide snacks (water, juice, fruit, popcorn, etc), however students are encouraged to bring any snacks they'd like. Students can be dropped off as early as 9am and pick up is by 6pm.
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The Barrow Group Acting School @ 520 8th Avenue, New York, NY
The Alexander Technique offers a set of skills and insights about how we think, move and breathe by connecting us to through our senses to our thoughts, feelings and actions. As actors and performing artists, we can use this method to invite more ease into our preparation instead of stiffness or tension. We can experience confidence in our posture, our gestures and our voices; our overall way of being. Alexander Technique is useful for unloading...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 520 8th Avenue, New York, NY
Refine your path to success in acting with actionable strategies and targeted goal-setting. Dive deeper into cultivating a thriving career, releasing limiting beliefs, and connecting with industry professionals. Level up your journey toward landing dream roles and collaborations in this empowering course.
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 254 Hicks St, New York, NY
Our one-week Summer Acting Camp is a great introduction to the art of theatre and storytelling. Students not only explore acting, but also writing scripts, creating props, and designing costumes. Students begin with ensemble building games and theatre games, then move on to improvisation, story structure activities, movement, and scene study. The camp culminates in a showing in The Barrow Group’s Studio Theatre. This camp teaches...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 254 Hicks St, New York, NY
The Explorations Class is a great foundation for the craft and introduction to the Barrow Group approach. Students will lay the foundation of technique-based artistry through a progressive series of exercises, ensemble building games, script analysis, monologues, and scene study. Absence Policy: If your child is going to be absent for any reason, please let the instructors know as soon as possible. This is of the utmost importance. Every week we...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
There is nothing like a deadline to get you writing and keep you going! Modeling on The Barrow Group aesthetic of using “tools,” this workshop includes in-class writing and out-of-class homework. As a supportive collective we’ll read and discuss our pages in class. Whether you are looking at finishing a first draft of a play or improving your writing process with scenes and one-acts, this workshop will provide you with positive support...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
A 12 week filmmaking workshop for any actor who has ever had an idea, an iPhone, and wants to learn how to create their own film. In this crash course, actors will create their own content by learning how to write, act, direct, and produce their own work. Students will learn the basics of screenwriting, setting up shots, sound, lighting, directing, and editing while using a hands on approach to DIY filmmaking. Students will leave...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ Virtual Classroom
The English as a Second Language (ESL) class combines The Barrow Group approach to acting with diction work. Vocal exercises strengthen skills in the pronunciation, intonation, and stress of American Standard dialect, while the acting work is adapted to also engage vocal work. For example, during script analysis, students explore American stress and intonation patterns so that the logic behind them becomes clear. This class is ideal for students...
The Barrow Group Acting School
Our 3-Week Filmmaking for Actors Intensive explores: Acting: ensemble building improvscene study culminates in sharing of filming for friends and family to attend As well as specialty classes which may include: voice work alexander technique Shakespeare Filmmaking film/tv terminology, crew positions, camera shots writing, acting, directing, producing for on-camera a DIY approach to filmmaking for actors work with the Barrow Group...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
For playwrights, actors, directors, designers and anyone interested in exploring the creative process and broadening their skills in storytelling. Whether you are new to playwriting or in the middle of a project, you already possess, deep inside you, everything you need to jumpstart your art and bring forth your unique voice. For theatre artists and writers of all genres looking for ideas, this workshop includes a series of in-class exercises which...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
This weekend workshop is great for students (ages 10 - 17) planning to audition for arts/professional middle schools and other performing arts program (such as LaGuardia High School, Professional Performing Arts School PPAS, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Brooklyn High School of the Arts, The Beacon School and others.) In the workshop, students will work on their preselected audition material, work with the teacher to determine if this...
The Barrow Group Acting School
This class is designed for teens who are auditioning for college and university performing arts programs. During this class students will work on: Material selection; students will select 1-2 monologues Exploring the Barrow Group acting tools Audition techniques Mock interviews and auditions Learn how to successfully set-up, film, and submit a self-tape Several parent and students meetings are included to answer questions about the audition...
The Barrow Group Acting School
Using exercises and assignments we’ll write, workshop and revise our ten-minute plays; by the end of our time together you’ll be ready to submit your work to contests. And, best of all, the Ten-Minute Playlab will culminate in a rehearsed reading of the plays, performed by Barrow Group actors.
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
Over the course of this 5-day intensive workshop, taught by experienced instructors from the professional world of filmmaking, students will learn what it takes to make a film: they will get a crash course in writing, directing, producing and editing an original short film(s) of their making. Completed film(s) will be presented at the end of the week! Day 1 (Monday) 9-10:00 am: Introduction / Getting to Know On Another 10:00–11:30am: Learning...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
Learn particular approach to script analysis, techniques for picking out the fundamental story structure and arriving at simple actionable things to do that tell the story and free the actor. How the TBG Acting Workshop is Structured Saturday 10-1 pm: Intro to TBG acting technique, including changing the paradigm, lying exercise, silent improv. Saturday 2-5pm: A particular approach to script analysis—techniques for picking out the fundamental...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
Voice for the Actor 1 In this class, students explore physical/vocal exercises designed to loosen and free the voice/body so that they can communicate with more clarity, spontaneity and power. The ultimate goal of this class is for students to have a clear understanding of a vocal warm-up that they can do on their own. Voice for the Actor 2 Voice 2 picks up where Voice 1 left off. In Voice 2 students work on developing their own 20-minute...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ Virtual Classroom
In our Teen Musical Theatre class, students apply the Barrow Group approach and tools to musical theatre material. The focus is on script analysis, how to break down lyrics, find the story of their song, as well as listening to and giving constructive feedback to classmates. Students will work on two songs. For the first, the instructor will select one book scene that goes into a duet/trio/quartet (depending on material). For the second,...
The Barrow Group Acting School @ Virtual Classroom
You’ve got your story. You’ve got your characters. You’ve got the world of your show. Now all you have to is WRITE IT. Writing for TV II will guide you through the process of writing a TV pilot. It will help you navigate the dauntingly specific challenges of the form (the classic guideline requires each pilot to hit 15 specific story beats) while never losing sight of what is thrilling and unique about it. Writing for TV II will be a combination...
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