Herbert Berghof Studio Inc

Programs: (a) the hagen institute for full time study:(i) hagen summer intensive: 6-week, 5-day, full-time intensive program focused on uta hagen's approach to acting technique and rehearsal process, 06/19/17 to 07/28/17, 14 students served, 2 scholarships granted. (ii) hagen core training program: a one year (three-term) intensive full-time curriculum for actors utilizing uta hagen's approach to acting technique and rehearsal process. 9/12/16 to 6/02/17, 10 students served, 1 scholarship granted. (continued on schedule "o")(iii) hagen teacher training lab: a one-week intensive full-time program (twice a year) for actors planning to teach uta hagen's approach to acting technique, 28 students served, 2 scholarships granted. (b) studio classes for training and practice: fall, winter, spring, and summer terms: acting, acting improvisation, acting on camera, scene study, acting technique, movement & the body, musical theatre & singing, speaking voice, speech, directing, playwriting, and more. 3349 enrollments, in 249 classes/year, september through august, 2011 students served, 78 scholarships granted, 243 work-study students. (c) hb studio special workshops: in addition to our regular term-length studio class schedule, the studio offered short term (1 to 5 session) skill building and special focus workshops with guest artists and regular faculty. There were 690 enrollments in 57 workshops, 480 students served. In addition to workshops offered for paid tuition, the studio offered a series of free financial planning workshops tailored to the particular needs and economy of theatre artists. (d) hb studio performance labs: there was one performance lab, five weeks long, offered to advanced students free of charge. The 20 students served were selected by audition. (e) first floor studio residency projects: hb studio's first floor studio residency program is a 4-week residency that allows artists to rehearse and present a new work at an early- to mid-stage of development with the production capability of hb's first floor studio theater space. Six projects were selected for the 2017 season, 16 weekend performances were presented. This program served 70 artists and reached an audience of 202. (f) people who make theatre public talks: this is a series of public conversations with established artists and industry representatives about their artistic objectives, and how they accomplish their work. Five (5) events were held in fy'17. Guest speakers included: matthew heggem of sum innovation and emma osore of the art & business council; playwrights stephen belber, cusi cram, and theresa rebeck; emmy award winning director adam bernstein; actor vincent pastore (the sopranos); and also recipients of hb's 2017 first floor residency. An audience of 320, students and public, attended, number of artists served 13(g) blind spot: speaking of race; hb studio hosted a series of community conversations on race, racism, and social equity. Organized and facilitated by russell g. Jones and supported by the bernstein family foundation, there were four blind spot salons offered free of charge in december 2016. (h) theatre programthere were six (6) small benefit performance events plus twelve (12) readings, featured 126 artists, with a total audience of 1,650. In october 2016, hb studio celebrated jack hofsiss (1950-2016) with a special screening of the elephant man. In december 2016, hb studio commemorated shakespeare's 400th anniversary. Hb alumni and friends presented excerpts from twelfth night, hamlet, and midsummer night's dream. In february 2017, austin pendleton and chris abbott presented a life in the theatre by david mamet. In march 2017 pulitzer prize finalist and obie-award winning playwright dael orlandersmith brought her latest work until the flood to hb for an exclusive new york engagement. In may 2017 hb presented hb on film, five movies featuring hb founders, alumni and friends. Twelve (12) plays were presented in two reading series of six (6) plays each under the title spring reads. In june hb 2017 presented the audit, a new play by lynda crawford, directed by arthur french.