Contacts:
Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]
Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 215
[email protected]
ACTORS STUDIO DRAMA SCHOOL
ANNOUNCES THE 6th ANNUAL REPERTORY SEASON
Wednesday, February 13 – Saturday, May 4, 2002
(New York, NY – December 6, 2001) The Actors Studio Drama
School announced today that its 6th Annual Repertory Season will open on Wednesday,
February 13, 2002 and run through Saturday, May 4, 2002 at The Actors Studio
Drama School Theatre located at 159 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village (between
Sullivan and Thompson Streets).
For a complete schedule, call 212/229-5859. Admission to the Repertory
Season performances is free, but reservations must be made in advance by phone
or e mail. The 24-hour reservation line is 212/479-1778, and the e-mail address
is [email protected].
This year’s class includes 48 actors, 8 playwrights, and
8 directors in original works by the School’s playwrights, as well as works
drawn from the classic and contemporary repertory. Each program will feature
three pieces, and performances will be presented five times a week - Wednesday
through Saturday at 8 PM, with a Saturday matinee at 3 PM.
The Repertory Season represents the culmination of a three-year program of intensive study in each of the disciplines represented. The productions are all directed and acted and many written by graduating students in their introduction to the public and the professional community.
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The Actors Studio Drama School, which offers a three-year
M.F.A. program in Acting, Directing, and Playwriting, was created in 1994 when
the New School joined forces with the prestigious Actors Studio. James Lipton
is Dean of the School. Mr. Lipton also hosts the Actors Studio Seminar Series,
which is taped at New School University and airs later as "Inside the Actors
Studio" on the Bravo channel on cable television. For further information
on the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University, call 212/229-5859
or visit the Web site at www.newschool.edu.
For further information on Bravo, call 516/803-3000 or visit the Web site at
www.bravotv.com
New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students
and 25,000 continuing education students, is comprised of seven academic divisions:
The New School, the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Parsons
School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J.
Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Actors Studio
Drama School, as well as the University's B.F.A. in Jazz and Contemporary Music.
New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online
courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School
University, call 877-528-3321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu