Teen Summer Acting Programs (ages 14-17)

 Three-Week Summer Musical Theatre Intensive 

Our 3-Week Musical Theatre Intensive explores:

Acting:

• ensemble building
• improv
• scene study
• rehearsal and performance tools
• introduction to theatre production
• culminates in a showing for friends and family to attend

Musical Theatre:

• script analysis, how to break down the lyrics of a song and find the story
• solos/duets/ensemble numbers; one song is selected by the instructor and one by the student
• working with a professional accompanist
• audition prep and perfecting your 16 bar cut

As well as specialty classes which may include:

• voice work
• alexander technique
• film/tv on-camera acting
• writing
• Shakespeare
• stage combat

Schedule:
Monday thru Friday, 10am-5pm each day

10am-1pm – Specialty classes
1pm-2pm – lunch
2pm-5pm – scene study, musical theatre, and introduction to The Barrow Group tools

This class teaches our specific approach to storytelling, and introduces students to the same tools that our adult professional actors work with. In our teen classes, students are asked to observe fellow classmates and give objective feedback based on what changed/what was different is crucial to the learning process and understanding of The Barrow Group approach.

Three-Week Filmmaking for Actors Intensive

Our 3-Week Filmmaking for Actors Intensive explores:

Acting:

• ensemble building
• improv
• scene 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 acting tools via scene study

Schedule:
Monday thru Friday, 10am-5pm each day

10am-1pm – Specialty classes 
1pm-2pm – lunch
2pm-5pm – filmmaking and introduction to The Barrow Group tools.

This class teaches our specific approach to storytelling, and introduces students to the same tools that our adult professional actors work with. In our teen classes, students are asked to observe fellow classmates and give objective feedback based on what changed/what was different is crucial to the learning process and understanding of The Barrow Group approach. In our teen classes, students are asked to observe fellow classmates and give objective feedback based on what changed/what was different is crucial to the learning process and understanding of The Barrow Group approach.

One-Week Improv and Sketch Comedy Intensive

Our 1-Week Improv and Sketch Comedy Intensive explores

This class teaches our specific approach to storytelling, and introduces students to the same tools that our adult professional actors work with. In our teen classes, students are asked to observe fellow classmates and give objective feedback based on what changed/what was different is crucial to the learning process and understanding of The Barrow Group approach.

Weekend Workshop:Teen Monologue Coaching and Audition Prep
Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 5pm, 
$325

During this weekend workshop, students will prepare audition material, participate in mock auditions, and learn audition technique.  Both students and parents will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the audition process.

This weekend workshop is great for students planning to audition for BFA theatre programs at colleges/universities, or get ready for the professional fall audition season.

This class incorporates our specific approach to storytelling, and introduces students to the same tools that our adult professional actors work with.

What makes The Barrow Group School different from many other studios in NYC is that all of our teachers have gone through an intensive teacher training program with TBG co-Artistic Directors Seth Barrish and Lee Brock. So when your child takes a class with us, the teacher has trained for years at The Barrow Group in our specific approach.