Training Programs

Two Year Professional Acting Workshop
Two Year Professional Musical Theatre Workshop
More About Both Two Year Professional Workshops
The Summer Workshops: Acting and Musical
Evening Classes

Two Year Professional Acting Workshop

Circle in the Square Theatre School, the only accredited training conservatory associated with a Broadway theatre, offers a two-year professional conservatory training program in acting. During the second year of your training, you will have opportunities to perform in a professional scene night, a musical cabaret and full productions to which agents, casting directors, producers, directors and the general public are invited. Below is a breakdown of classes, along with number of clock hours per week.

NOTE: Housing is not provided.

Two Year Professional Acting Workshop

FIRST YEAR CLASSES CLOCK HOURS/WEEK SECOND YEAR CLASSES CLOCK
HOURS/WEEK
Scene Study 2.5 European Scene Study 4
Acting Technique 3 Acting Technique 3
Classical Text Analysis 1 Shakespearean Scene Study 3
Speech 4 Speech 3
Voice 4 Voice 3
Physical Acting 2 Physical Acting 3
Stage Combat 1.5 Stage Combat 1
Dance for Actors 3 Dance for Actors 3
Neutral Mask 1 Character Mask 1
Singing Technique 1 Singing Technique 1
Alexander Technique 1 Singing Interpretation 2
Contemporary Text Analysis 1 Professional Orientation 2
Master Seminars 1 Master Seminars 1
Acting Workshop 2 Comedy/Clowning/Improvisation 1
Total Clock Hours Per Week: 28 Total Clock Hours Per Week: 31

For class descriptions, please click here
To apply to the Two Year Professional Acting Workshop, please click here

Two Year Professional Musical Theatre Workshop

*Same intensive actor training as the Professional Workshop with additional musical courses noted below.

For those desiring to become musical theatre performers, Circle also offers a Musical Theatre Workshop with the same EXACT intensive actor training as the Professional Workshop with additional courses in Singing Interpretation, Music Theory and Musical Scene Studies; all presented to create a special musical concentration under the tutelage of Master Teachers. Below is a breakdown of classes, along with number of clock hours per week.

NOTE: Housing is not provided.

Two Year Professional Musical Theatre Workshop

FIRST YEAR CLASSES CLOCK HOURS/WEEK SECOND YEAR CLASSES CLOCK
HOURS/WEEK
Scene Study 2.5 European Scene Study 4
Acting Technique 3 Acting Technique 3
Classical Text Analysis 1 Shakespearean Scene Study 3
Speech 4 Speech 3
Voice 4 Voice 3
Physical Acting 2 Physical Acting 3
Stage Combat 1.5 Stage Combat 1
Dance for Actors 3 Dance for Actors 3
Neutral Mask 1 Character Mask 1
Singing Technique 2 Singing Technique 2
Alexander Technique 1 Singing Interpretation 2
Contemporary Text Analysis 1 Professional Orientation 2
Music Theory 1 Music Theory 1
Master Seminars 1 Master Seminars 1
Acting Workshop 2 Musical Scene Study 2
Singing Interpretation 2 Comedy/Clowning/Improvisation 1
Total Clock Hours Per Week: 32 Total Clock Hours Per Week: 35

For class descriptions, please click here
To apply to the Two Year Professional Musical Theatre Workshop, please click here


For both the Professional and Professional Musical Workshops, the terms will begin in mid-September. Plan to be in classes for the above listed hours per week between the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Additional rehearsal time is on your own.

While at Circle, you have the opportunity for Master Seminars, conducted so as to expose the students to members of the professional theatre world, and thus to the practical application of your craft. A series of these informal seminars is scheduled throughout the year with playwrights, directors and actors. Past guests have included: Alan Alda, Kevin Bacon, Barbara Barrie, Gary Beach, Philip Bosco, Matthew Broderick, Blair Brown, Betty Buckley, Kevin Cahoon, Zoe Caldwell, Michael Cerveris, Kathleen Chalfant, Deborah S. Craig, Hume Cronyn, Robert Cuccioli, Tyne Daly, Shae D'Lyn, Scott Ellis, Raul Esparza, Sutton Foster, Elizabeth Franz, John Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Randy Graff, David Marshall Grant, David Alan Grier, John Guare, Uta Hagen, Rosemary Harris, Katherine Helmond, Marilu Henner, Tom Hewitt, Neal Huff, Jeremy Irons, Bill Irwin, Dana Ivey, Judith Ivey, Glenda Jackson, Derek Jacobi, Trisha Jeffrey, Daniel Jenkins, Cherry Jones, Raul Julia, Harvey Keitel, Richard Kind, Kevin Kline, Marc Kudisch, Swoosie Kurtz, Frank Langella, Matthew Lillard, Larry Linville, Laura Linney, Emily Loesser, Craig Lucas, Patti LuPone, John Malkovich, Theodore Mann, Marin Mazzie, Andrew McCarthy, Leonard Melfi, Alfred Molina, Debra Monk, Crista Moore, Brķan O'Byrne, Denis O'Hare, Brian O'Neil, Brad Oscar, Al Pacino, Sarah Jessica Parker, Austin Pendeleton, Faith Prince, Jose Quintero, Phylicia Rashad, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Roger Rees, Christopher Reeve, Alan Rickman, Alan Ruck, Sarah Saltzberg, Douglas Sills, Don Stephenson, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Thomas, John Turturro, Eli Wallach, Sam Waterston, Steven Weber, Kate Wetherhead, Michael Weller, Dianne Wiest, John Lloyd Young and Jerry Zaks.

The First Year
At the end of the first year of study, all students progress is reviewed by the faculty and administration. Students making satisfactory progress are invited to partcipate in the First Year Scene Night which is attended by family, friends, and alumni, providing a supportive environment to share what you have learned during the first year of study. Musical Workshop students will also have the opportunity to participate in a First Year Cabaret.

The Second Year
Second Year Students who have been reviewed to be making satisfactory progress participate in a Second Year Scene Night. A number of agents, casting directors, and other industry professionals are invited to attend. In addition, Musical Workshop students will participate in an industry attended Second Year Cabaret.

Both of the Two Year Professional Workshops culminate in a series of final projects that consist of several plays and a musical. Students are cast in these projects by the faculty's recommendation having reviewed their work for two years.

All rehearsals for the second year students performances and projects will be scheduled for evenings and weekends. The final projects are open to the public and are also sometimes performed in the mornings for New York City students in grades 7-12.

Alumni
After completing the program, there are several ways to continue to stay involved with the school. A select number of graduates are invited to join the Alumni Performance Ensemble. These graduates are paid by Circle to perform in one or more shows for school children in grades K to 6. The Alumni Performance Ensemble Season consists of three plays. For more information about the Alumni Performance Ensemble, please click here.

Another way to continue your involvement is to participate in the Arts in Education Program. This program provides the opportunity to put your talents to use, training to be a teaching artist, a skill which can supplement your income. Participants in this Arts in Education Program are paid a stipend upon completion. For more information about the Arts in Education Program, please click here.

This seven-week program, scheduled through July and August, offers an intensive, professionally oriented curriculum of acting classes. Our program attracts students from drama departments across the country and around the world, as well as other professional actors who are perfecting their craft. Throughout the summer, both groups will be engaged in the following classes:

NOTE: Housing is not provided.

SUMMER
ACTING WORKSHOP		 CLOCK HOURS/WEEK SUMMER
MUSICAL WORKSHOP		 CLOCK
HOURS/WEEK
Scene Study 4 Scene Study 4
Acting Technique 3 Acting Technique 3
Classical Text Analysis 2 Classical Text Analysis 2
Speech 3 Speech 3
Voice 3 Voice 3
Physical Acting 3 Physical Acting 3
Dance for Actors 3 Dance for Actors 3
Singing Interpretation 2 Singing Interpretation 4
Master Seminars 1 Master Seminars 1
Singing Technique 2
Tap Dance 1
Total Clock Hours Per Week: 24 Total Clock Hours Per Week: 29

There is a cabaret performance at the end of the session performed only by those in the Musical track.
For class descriptions, please click here
To apply to the Summer Workshop, please click here

*Not a part of the two year program

Scene Study Focusing on contemporary American plays, the class explores the actor's approach to a scene by introducing given circumstances, actions and objectives, places and sensory tasks. Instructor ALAN LANGDON appeared Off-Broadway in The Fantasticks and Intimate Relations. Having taught at many universities and heading the Professional Acting Program at the University of Oklahoma, he also has directed at the Virginia Shakespeare Festival, the British-American Restoration Arts Theatre in England and was Director of Apprentice Workshops at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

This class currently meets on Monday evenings from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
For more information and to register, contact Alan at 718-783-3043.
Linklater Voice Technique This class teaches the progression of vocal exercises developed by Kristin Linklater. The class seeks to expand the actor's expressive range by working on breathing, developing resonance, and freeing specific tension points. ANDREA HARING is a professional vocal coach who is the official teaching supervisor for Linklater technique in New York. A founding member of Shakespeare & Company, Ms. Haring has performed extensively as an actress in New York and regionally. She is also a director.

This class currently meets on Monday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
For more information and to register, contact Andrea at 212-427-0379 or AHaringVoice@aol.com.




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