Teen Programs
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting provides professional actor training for teens ages 14-18, both in-person in NYC as well as online. As with all of the studio’s programs, the Teen Programs are informed by the insight that growth as an actor and growth as a human begin are synonymous. Young people are therefore acquainted not only with core elements of actor training but with the artistic, cultural and humanistic values that support a life in the theater.
The Teen Conservatory Program is based on the conviction that young actors can be trained with the same rigor and discipline as adults. The Faculty in this program is the same as, or comparable to, the Studio’s Conservatory or NYU Tisch Undergraduate Drama programs. Actors exercise all the aspects of craft required to achieve the highest professional standards: voice and speech, movement, improvisation, scene study, Shakespeare and acting technique.
For information on our Teen Weekend Conservatory, Teen Workshops, Summer Teen Conservatory, and New Works Performance Intensive, please contact program director Christa Kimlicko Jones at email christa@stellaadler.com
Weekend Programs
Teen Actors Gym (TAG)
This on-going weekend actor’s gym is held on Saturdays in-person at the studio and is structured to suit both the emerging and professional young actor seeking to train and stay in shape with the studio’s NYU Tisch & Conservatory faculty.
Teen Weekend Workshops (NYC and Online)
Throughout the year, the studio offers a variety of topic focused workshops either in-person or online for teens on the weekends. Workshops might include: Acting Technique 1, Acting Technique 2, College Audition Prep, On Camera Technique, Scene Study, etc.
The College Audition Workshop: Monologues (Online)
This class will comprehensively prepare the current high school senior or junior theatre student for the rigorous demands of the monologue audition process for BFA and BA theatre programs.
Summer Programs
Teen Summer Conservatory
The Stella Adler Teen Summer Teen Conservatory is a five week, thirty-hour-per-week intensive for 14-18 year olds; it is the most rigorous of its kind. This demanding program is based on the conviction that young actors can be trained with the same rigor and discipline as adults.
Teen New Works Intensive
This program offers a unique opportunity for the teen ready for a more advanced and performance-focused experience. Students spend the 5 weeks immersed in rigorous and challenging classes that culminate in public showings of material written by playwrights for each actor.
Summer Musical Theater Workshop for Teens (NYC)
The Musical Theatre Teen Workshop gives young actors technical coaching such as song choice, breath support for both sound and interpretation, the arc of the song’s story, and how to act a musical scene.