DYSON COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

 

The Actors Studio Drama School

  The Actors Studio

Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University
Master of Fine Arts in Acting, Directing and Playwriting
New York City

Unique Aspects of the Actors Studio Drama School:

  • The only MFA theater program officially sanctioned by the Actors Studio.
  • The entire faculty has been selected and approved - and the curriculum has been designed and supervised - by the leadership of the Actors Studio through its Curriculum Advisory Committee, including the Presidents of the Actors Studio Ellen Burstyn, Harvey Keitel and Al Pacino.
  • All students -- actors, directors, playwrights -- train side-by-side as actors.
  • All students participate in the Craft Seminars known to the world as the Bravo Network television series, Inside the Actors Studio, hosted by James Lipton.
  • In Friday Workshops the MFA candidates are exposed to different elements of the theater, such as script analysis, design and stage combat.
  • All MFA dance courses (West African Dance, Horton Technique, Ballroom Dancing) are taught by the faculty at the School of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Judith Jamison, Artistic Director, and Denise Jefferson, Director).
  • All students participate in an Observership Program at the Actors Studio.

After Graduation:

  • All students have the privilege, for one year, of the status of Working Finalist at the Actors Studio itself, which means they are eligible to attend weekly sessions and take a Final Audition for Studio Membership, bypassing the usual Preliminary Audition. Some of these students, if they successfully pass their Final Audition, will become Lifetime Members of the Actors Studio.
  • All directing and playwriting students are invited, for at least one year, to be part of the Playwrights and Directors Workshop of the Actors Studio, a unit especially created for the continuation of the training of our directing and playwriting graduates.

Production photos courtesy of ScottWynn