Non-Scholastic Training in LA & NYC

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>It seems that more and more people are asking about non-scholastic training on here lately. This is COLLEGE Confidential and I don’t think many people here - including me - know much at all about those programs. Backstage.com is a better place to look. Here are lists of such programs in LA and NYC that some of the people over there who seem to know what they are talking about recommend. I’m going to suggest that it be bumped or linked when people ask. </p>

<p>LOS ANGELES:</p>

<p>Cold Reading/Auditioning
-Margie Haber
-Annie Grindlay
-Brian Reise
-Amy Lyndon</p>

<p>Commercials
-Hey, I Saw Your Commercial!
-Chris Game
-Stuart K. Robinson
-Stuart Stone
-Killian McHugh
-Francine Selkirk-Akerman
-Carolyne Barry</p>

<p>Improv (All four are great)
-Groundlings
-Second City
-Upright Citizens Brigade
-Improv Olympic</p>

<p>Scene Study/Acting (It varies. Some schools are not for everyone. Chubbuck, Eric Morris, and Howard Fine are not for people who aren't fans of Strasberg or Uta Hagen (ie. affective memory and substitution.) Playhouse West, Joanne Baron/DW Brown, and Acting Corps are more Meisner oriented. Try to audit these places and make sure if they're for you or not.</p>

<p>-Doug Warhit
-Stephen Book
-Diana Castle
-Beverly Hills Playhouse
-Howard Fine
-Stella Adler
-Ivanna Chubbuck
-Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown
-Tom Todoroff
-Playhouse West
-Aaron Speiser
-Acting Corps
-Eric Morris
-Vinnie Guastaferro</p>

<p>Comedy:
-Scott Sedita
-Lesly Kahn</p>

<p>NEW YORK:</p>

<p>Stella Adler Conservatory
HB Studio
William Esper Studio
Atlantic Acting School
Michael Howard Studio
Maggie Flanigan Studio
The Neighborhood Playhouse
The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
Maggie Flanigan Studio
Ron Stetson Studio
Black Nexxus Inc
Sally Johnson Studio
Sande Shurin Studio
The Barrow Group
Weist-Baron Studio
The Acting Studio Inc.
T. Schreiber Studio
Robert Patterson Studio
Robert X. Modica Acting Studio
Penny Templeton Studio
Caymichael Patten Studio
Kimball Studio
Bova Actor's Workshop
Glenn Alterman
Jason Bennett
Catherine Gaffigan
Wynn Handman
Michael Howard Studio</p>

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<p>Also to add to LA would be the Ted Brunetti studio which is located at the Howard Fine studio, he is a really great guy and a great teacher.</p>

<p>Also in regards to improv the NYC, here are the most common locations for taking classes:
Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB)
People’s Improv Theater (The Pit)
The Magnet</p>