HSA Theater Department

Theater Department

The HSA Theater Program offers an introduction to both performance and
production aspects of the theater. The Program provides beginning and advanced students with a disciplined, immersion based exposure to the creative work of theater artists, with an emphasis on broadening the cultural awareness of its students, teaching respect and appreciation for all art and culture and providing challenging performance opportunities.

To contact the Theater Department:
please call Calandra Hackney
(212) 926–4100 ext. 305 or chackney@harlemschoolofthearts.org

Theater Curriculum

Courses for Children and Teens

Creative Play (ages 4–5)
Acting for the Beginner (I ages 6–7, II ages 8–9, III ages 10–12)
Teen Acting for Beginners (ages 13–19)
Musical Theater (ages 13–19)
Speech and Diction (ages 12–19)
Playwriting (ages 12–19)
Physical Acting (ages 12–19)
Shakespeare Performance Workshop (ages 12–19)
Directing Workshop (ages 12–19)
Advanced Acting (ages 12–19)

Ensembles

Apprentice Ensemble (ages 13–14)
Bridge Ensemble (ages 10–12)

Courses for Adults

Adult Acting

For complete descriptions of classes,
please continue onto the Theater Courses webpage: Click Here.

The Harlem School of the Arts is funded, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Council, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, The Carnegie Corporation, The After-School Corporation, Altman Foundation, Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, United Jewish Appeal and other corporate, foundation and individual partners. HSA is a member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.

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645 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10030 U.S.
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