You’re invited to HB Studio’s first annual The Light We Carry Festival running May 30 to June 5! We are celebrating the modern American theater with a week of free and low-cost programming that spotlights the legacy of one of NYC at the nation’s most influential acting schools.
Festival highlights include:
• A conversation with award-winning actors Christopher Abbott, Jessica Hecht, Mercedes Ruehl, Marsha Mason, and Peter Francis James, moderated by Victor Slezak at The Lucille Lortel Theatre
• A conversation at NYU Tisch regarding the future of actor training featuring representatives from HB, The Neighborhood Playhouse, The Barrow Group, T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre, and Terry Knickerbocker Studio
• A rare full-length screening of the 1963 film Cleopatra at the IFC Center, starring HB founder Herbert Berghof
Also, join us at HB Studio at 120 Bank Street for an interactive exhibition, free masterclasses, live performances and daily tours of HB’s studio spaces; and much more!
Whether you’re a past student, a current practitioner, curious about becoming a new student or simply want to know more about the tradition of American theater, we invite you to join us for The Light We Carry.
HB Studio is New York City’s premiere artistic center for actors, playwrights and directors at every level of achievement. For more than 80 years, we have provided a powerful haven for theater makers, free from commercial pressures and open to beginners and professionals alike. We have historically been and continue to be committed to promoting accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion into all the aspects of our organization in service of a more generally equitable society.
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