D taking acting now at Barrow Group and loves it more than any other thing she has done in a while. Thinking ahead to the fall and wondering about all-day, Saturday conservatories, which Barrow doesn’t have?
Thanks in advance.
For teens: Stella Adler Conservatory, Atlantic Theater School, Lee Strasberg? Neighborhood Playhouse
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Well I can’t speak to any of the others, but my S did the summer conservatory at Stella Adler and another friend did Stell’s Saturday program and both were wonderful. I met a lot of the teachers at the showcase, a great group to work with.
@citymoma9- My daughter will be doing the Stella Adler Teen Summer Conservatory for 5 weeks this summer (between Junior and Senior year). Her MTCA coach highly recommended it. She has seen young actors really deepen their work and go to another level from this program. D loved the woman who auditioned her and who runs it. We are excited. I think Adler is an amazing place to study if Acting is your passion! I believe they do offer a Saturday program as well.
My D is in the Adler Studio at NYU and loves it - and I have found the faculty there to be warm and wonderful - and I know many of them will be involved with the summer conservatories
My kid has done the Young Actors at Lee Strasberg on Saturdays for years and loves it. The teachers have been excellent. They offer full day and half days. If you do both the morning and the afternoon, you do Method Acting half the day and you can pick electives the other half of the day. The classes are so amazing that missing it is not even a possibilty. The location is very convenient. It is right off of Union Square so there are lots of places for the kids to eat lunch and shop after class. The subway is 1/2 block a way which makes transportation easy. I highly recommend this program.
My daughter did the Saturday program (and summer program) at Neighborhood Playhouse and had a very positive experience. She never attended the other programs, so I can’t help with any comparisons, unfortunately.
Wow! I’m so glad I bumped this. Thank you all so much for the great feedback.
@laylamom - my daughter is also going to Stella Adler Teen Conservatory this summer. Would love to connect them but don’t know how to private message you.
I will try to PM you. I’d love that too. I think you check your inbox after clicking the little round thing next to your name up above? @coronado let me know if it works : )
@laylamom and @coronado If either of you is in NJ please message me! My daughter is doing the summer teen conservatory as well, and I’d love to find her a train partner.
She just finished the Saturday program and loved it. She’s grown so much already. We are very excited about the summer program, but she’s nervous about doing the train by herself, and there’s no way we can escort her in every day as we did for the Saturday program.
And to the original point of this post, @citymama9, my D started at Barrow Group and found the progression from that program to Adler very comfort and natural. We were very happy with Barrow group, and Adler is a great next step.
I pm-ed you @NJNYvt.
@NJNYvt Thanks for that info. Barrow Group has been a very comfortable, pleasant environment for my daughter. It’s been fun, stress-free and has gotten her re-excited about acting again. I think Adler looks great for the fall!