Paul Pryce To Direct HB's Hagen Core Training
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2020
HB Studio—one of New York's original institutions for theater training and practice—has appointed Paul Pryce as director of its annual acting intensive, the Hagen Core Training program. The program, which was rescheduled amid safety concerns, will now be held online with a hybrid training option, beginning Jan. 4.
HB Studio is Now Offering Online Classes
by Stephi Wild - Apr 7, 2020
HB Studio, one of New York's original institutions for theatrical training, recently introduced virtual learning opportunities for actors and playwrights. Artists located around the globe can now train with the legendary studio's notable faculty for the first time since its inception 75 years ago.
HB Studio To Partner With American Soundboard To Present Readings Of U.S. Congressional Hearings
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2019
This coming season, AMERICAN SCOREBOARD, a series of actor-performed, verbatim readings of actual U.S. Congressional hearing transcripts, will once again join forces with HB STUDIO to perform four readings featuring HB students and alumni. The series will kick-off on Monday, September 16 at 7pm at the HB Playwrights Theatre (124 Bank Street) with a performance of testimony given on March 6, 2019 before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Protecting Dreamers and TPS (Temporary Protected Status) recipients. Admission to the reading is free and reservations can be made at hbstudio.eventbrite.com.
INSPIRING WONDERSTRUCK features Nine Films Selected by Brian Selznick
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2017
Brian Selznick's books, including Wonderstruck and The Invention of Hugo Cabret, are cabinets of wonder, drawing us into their magical tales with child-eyed awe. Both novels drew upon cinematic influences for both story and visual style. On the occasion of the new movie adaptation of Wonderstruck, directed by Todd Haynes, Museum of the Moving Image will present the screening series Inspiring Wonderstruck, featuring some of the movies that inspired both the book and the movie, from October 13 through 22, 2017. On October 14, during the opening weekend of the series, the Museum will present a preview screening of Wonderstruck with Selznick, production designer Mark Friedberg, and costume designer Sandy Powell in person, followed by a book signing with Selznick.