Scott Freeman Studio

A B O U T T H E S T U D I O

For the past twenty years, Scott Freeman has taught at many of the nation's premiere actor training programs and is recognized as one of the leading acting teachers in the country. His studio in New York was created to provide a place for working professionals to continue their artistic growth, and promising actors to develop their talents.

With the increasing pressures and time constraints of the rehearsal hall, film set, and audition room, it is more important than ever that actors be given permission to slow down. The studio allows actors to concentrate on process, as well as develop methods for practical application of their technique in the workplace.

So often, for the trained actor, taking class is not about learning new concepts, but being reminded of them and learning how to use them more effectively. The studio allows an actor to do just that, in a nurturing environment and at a peer level respectful of their talents.

A B O U T S C O T T F R E E M A N

Scott Freeman was a member of the founding faculty of

The Actors Center in New York City and taught in its full

time conservatory, summer conservatory and workshop

   programs, throughout the eleven years of their existence.
   In addition, Mr. Freeman enjoyed a long association with    The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco as a    a core faculty member of its MFA program and a member of its acting company. He has taught at Rutgers
   University, SUNY Purchase, The Atlantic Theatre
Company, and The Stella Adler School of Acting. He also served as the founding Head of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program. As an actor, theatres he has worked at include The American Conservatory Theatre, South Coast Repertory, New York Theatre Workshop, Mark Taper Forum, The Magic Theatre, San Francisco Shakespeare, San Jose Repertory, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, and St. Louis Repertory. In addition, he has several film and television roles to his credit.

C L A S S E S

Professional Class

Section 1: Wednesdays 6:00-10:00pm

Section 2: Thursdays 1:00-5:00pm
[Class Size: 12 each section]

Prescriptively assigned scene study. As the actor progresses in the class, there is increased collaboration in choosing material.
Actors are required to present their scene work in every class.

Assigned and non-prep acting exercises. These exercises are designed to augment the work being done in class. Some will be selected on an individual basis to address something that has come up in that actor’s work.

Time is always set aside in each class for monologue work and/or upcoming audition material.

Emerging Professionals

Tuesdays 6:00 -10:00pm
[Class size: 12]

Current session: Eight weeks. June 8th to July 27th

Next session: September//October

This class is designed for actors who are on the cusp of their careers. It provides what the title implies: a deepening of the techniques you have acquired and the talents you possess -- with a keen eye towards the practical aspects of the profession and the realities of the career. Emphasis is placed on a specific and visceral technique for analyzing text, active personalization, the detailed creation of character, emotional accessibility, and the ability to act on impulse with imagination and heart. The work is primarily prescriptively assigned scene study. See the "Professional Class" above for a further description. This is intended as an on-going class and actors are encouraged to re-enroll as they desire.

THE SPACE
The Studio is a large, bright, open, quiet space in midtown Manhattan.

P R I V A T E C O A C H I N G

Scott Freeman is available for private audition coaching. On-going individual sessions are also available. Please email or call the Studio to arrange an appointment.

E N R O L L M E N T

Professional Classes are $250 a month. The month cycle begins on or near the 15th of every month. However, spots often open up during the cycle as actors must leave the studio for acting jobs. There are no classes held from December 15th to January 15th.
The four-week-cycle allows actors to renew their place in class and stay on for months at a time OR to leave and return around their acting work.

Emerging Professionals is $500 per eight-week-cycle. Actors may renew their spot and continue the work into the next session. Spots may open up during the cycle as actors must leave the studio for acting jobs. If the class is in mid-cycle, please enquire.

For those actors who have not previously studied with Scott Freeman, an interview and audition is required. Please prepare a 2 to 3 minute monologue that you feel represents your work. The monologue should be from published material. To arrange a meeting, contact the studio.

P A Y M E N T

Once approved for enrollment, payment is by check or credit card. To pay by credit card, please click on the button corresponding to your class.

WHAT STUDENTS ARE DOING

Greta Gerwig - lead role in film: Greenberg, opposite Ben Stiller

Santino Fontana - Winner of a DramaDeskAward for Best Supporting Actor for Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway

Caitlin Fitzgerald - upcoming: lead role in Hedda Gabler, directed by John Gould Rubin // supporting role in Nancy Meyers/Meryl Streep film: It's Complicated

Aya Cash - lead in upcoming Fox television comedy: Mixed Signals

Megan Ferguson - new HBO series--Boardwalk Empire // supporting role in new Edward Zwick film, opposite Jake Gyllenhall.

Trent Dawson - continues as a contract player on As the the World Turns.

James Lane - currently appearing in Chicago on Broadway, upcoming: Sammy Davis Jr. in new pre-broadway workshop

Melissa Miller - upcoming: Gwendolyn in The Importance of being Earnest @ Twin Tiers Theatre

Wayne Wilson - lead role in Banana Shpeel [Cirque de Soleil show at the Beacon Theatre in NYC]

Rightor Doyle - Enron, on Broadway

Geoff Wigdor - lead role in upcoming film: White Irish Drinkers

Amanda Quaid - lead in Mrs. Warren's Profession @ The Arena [Wash.D.C.] // understudy for Equus on Broadway

Kianne Muschett - lead role in The Brother/Sister Plays @ The Public, new Kia Corthon play @Playwrights Horizons

Sarah Viccellio - upcoming: recurring role on One Life to Live

Najla Said - Palestine @ New York Theatre Workshop [solo show]

Stanton Nash - lead [Wilbur Wright] in Take Flight, a new musical at The McCarter Theatre

Li Jun Li - Liat in South Pacific on Broadway

Patrick Vaill - will be attending NYU Graduate Acting Program in the Fall

Brian LaFontaine - upcoming: featured role in Big Momma's House 3

Jack Moran - will be attending Yale MFA Acting Program in the Fall

Samuel Taylor - series regular on new HBO Scorcese series: Boardwalk Empire

Elia Monte Brown - supporting role in upcoming film: Goat

Wrenn Schmidt - lead role in Phantom Killer @ Abingdon Theatre Co.

Dawn Saito - has been accepted into the Public Theater Shakespeare Lab for Summer 2010

Liya Kebede - lead role in film: Desert Flower

Aya Cash & Shane McRae - Killers and Other Family @ Rattlestick Theatre

David Harbour - Film: Revolutionary Road, tate of Play. Upcoming: new Donald Margulies play at Geffen Playhouse in L.A.

Lucas Caleb Rooney - Horton Foote's Orphans' Home Cycle @ Signature Theatre Company

Drew Hirshfeld - Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile @ Two Rivers Theatre Co.

Michelle Federer and Victoria Haynes - appear in film: Rachel Gets Married

Kate Wetherhead - Ordinary Days @ Roundabout Theatre

Jennifer Restivo // James Chen - guest star roles on television series: Mercy

Catherine Kim - films: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Julia and Julie

Allison White - national tour of The 39 Steps

Kari Swenson-Riely - Law and Order SVU

Janine DiVita - Sophisticated Ladies @ Arena Stage

Nana Mensah - The Bacchae @ New York Shakespeare Festival

Jamie Morgan - Don't Dress for Dinner [pre-Broadway production in Chicago] directed by John Tillinger

Ashley Springer - Lead role in film: Dare

Hallie Cooper-Novack - attending Yale Drama School Graduate Acting

Nico Evers-Swindell - film: Edge of Darkness w/Mel Gibson

Nadia Bowers - Dog and Wolf @59/59Theatres // Wildflower @Second Stage

Danielle Slavick - Blind @Rattlestick Theatre

Leah Curney - Is Life Worth Living? @ Mint Theatre, understudy for The American Plan on Broadway

Katrina Bowden - continues as a series regular on 30 Rock on NBC

Adam Overett -

Dirty Dancing: national tour

Beth Wittig - Josie in A Moon for the Misbegotten @ Baltimore Center Stage

Elizabeth Gross - Thirst - Off-Broadway at Here Space

Kelly McCreary - understudied for Passing Strange on Broadway

Emily Simoness - Some Girls @ H Street Playhouse in Wash.D.C., The Great Recession @ The Flea Theatre

Laurel Holland - Girls in Trouble @ The Flea Theatre

Sarah Steele - season at Williamstown Theatre festival

Josh Clayton - Tom Joad in Grapes of Wrath @ Theatreworks Denver

Rebecca Whitehurst - The Donkey Show in Boston, also attending A.R.T. MFA Program

Stephanie Lynn Mason - Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof @ West Virginia Public Theatre

Andrew Hovelson. Vanessa Wasche - attending NYU Grad Acting MFA Program

Jesmille Dabouze - Nine @ Westchester Broadway Theatre w/ Robert Cuccioli

Jennifer Merrill - film: Taking Woodstock