Workshop Week
March 30th - April 2nd
Five days of unique workshops with some of the best creatives in the industry. Customize your training during this one week intensive. Take one class, two classes, three classes or the full week.
Monday March 30th:
Screen Acting Workshop w/ Sarah Baskin
Tuesday March 31st:
Self Tape Masterclass w/ Dierdre Friel
Wednesday April 1st:
Casting Director Workshop w/ Erica A. Hart
Thursday & Friday April 2nd & 3rd:
Shakespeare: From Text to Action w/ Malika Samuel
PRICING
Single Workshop (Mon–Wed): $95
Thu–Fri Two-Night Intensive: $170
Full Week (All 5 Workshops): $375
Save when you train more:
Attending the full week makes each night session just $75
MONDAY MARCH 30TH
Screen Acting Workshop w/ Sarah Baskin
In this one of a kind workshop, Sarah; an experienced film maker, director, writer and acting coach will teach you how to confidently take ‘big swings’ when you’re acting for the camera on set or location. Don’t let the camera stifle you and shrink your humanity. Lead with spontaneity and play.
Students will work on TV/Film scripts on camera. 12 ACTORS ONLY.
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Sarah is a NY-based actor, filmmaker and renowned acting coach. As a coach/teacher, Sarah has helped countless actors take massive leaps in their work. She was the head teacher at Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop-NY for close to a decade. Several of Sarah's private clients can be seen on Broadway, series regulars on TV, leads in films, as well as doing stellar work and enjoying the pursuit. She believes you already have everything within you to bring the character and story to life. Her work will help you tune into a sense of imagination and play that fulfills you as well as the story. As an actor/filmmaker, Sarah has spent her time on stage (Off-Broadway, Regionally, and in downtown theater) and screen (HBO, Amazon, Hulu, CBS, NBC, several independent films). Her award-winning directorial debut, Les Câlins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs) screened at over 25 film festivals and won several awards including Best Drama at both Toronto Shorts International Film Festival and New York CineFest. She is currently in post for her second film. MFA: American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University. For more on Sarah: sarahbaskin.com
TUESDAY MARCH 31ST
Self Tape Masterclass w/ Dierdre Friel
Dierdre has acted incredible roles on TV and in Film. She knows how to book the job because she’s mastered the art of the self tape. Dierdre understands how to make the story come alive whilst also bringing out each actors unique take on any scene. Anyone who self-tapes should attend this class.
Students will work on TV/Film scripts on camera. 12 ACTORS ONLY.
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As an actress and a native New Yorker, Dierdre began her career on the stage, co-starring opposite Bebe Neuwirth and Lee Pace in Terrence McNally’s Golden Age for the Manhattan Theatre Club, Our Lady of 121st St written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Phylicia Rashad, and on Broadway in Alan Mencken’s Leap of Faith with Raul Esparza. She has done many developmental readings, world premiere productions, and worked extensively in regional theater, as well.
Friel was recently seen opposite Ray Romano, Laurie Metcalf, and Sebastian Manescalco in Romano’s directorial debut SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS; released by Roadside Pictures, as well as opposite Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini in the critically acclaimed comedy SECOND ACT; released by STX Entertainment. Other film credits include: PRETTY BIRD alongside Paul Giamatti, Kristen Wiig, and Billy Crudup; opposite Melanie Lynskey in LITTLE BOXES; opposite Billy Crystal in HERE TODAY; and in the Sundance Short HELP ME UNDERSTAND, among others.
On television, she has notably starred as “Greta” on AppleTV’s “Physical” and “Ella” on NBC’s critically acclaimed medical drama “New Amsterdam.” Other television credits include: “The Sopranos” for HBO,“Search Party” for TBS, “Tales of the City,” “The Good Doctor,” and “Little America,” to name a few.
As a teaching professional, she has had the opportunity to work with prestigious programs like: the Rutgers Theater Conservatory, Disney Theatrical, and New York University. She has worked with students across the U.S. and all over the world helping to build theater programs and foster self expression.
Dierdre has a deep passion for the arts and what it can do for people. As both an actor and an educator, she strives to give each student the language and awareness to evaluate and elevate their own craft. She studied and received her BFA cum laude from the Mason Gross School of the Arts acting conservatory at Rutgers University. She also had the opportunity to be counted among the first group of actors to study at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST
Casting Director W/shop w/ Erica A. Hart
This is an awesome way to meet Erica A. Hart and for her to get to know you and your work. Erica will assign a scene for each actor to work on with a professional reader. It’s a great opportunity to collaborate with one of the busiest casting directors in NYC. The class will end with an extensive Q&A.
Students will work on TV/Film scripts on camera. 12 ACTORS ONLY.
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ERICA A HART, CSA, was born and raised in Washington, DC, and studied film and television at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She started at ABC Primetime Casting and then moved to independent casting. Broadway: CHICKEN & BISCUITS, PASS OVER, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING. Off Broadway: HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF (NYTW), SATURDAY CHURCH (NYTW), SCARLETT DREAMS (MIDNIGHT THEATRICALS), CHIAROSCURO (NBT/FLEA). Touring: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING. Regional: EL COQUI (LONG WHARF THEATRE) and GEM OF THE OCEAN (LONG WHARF THEATRE). TV/Streaming: BLACK MIRROR, A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE, JODIE, BUST DOWN, THE GIRLS ON THE BUS, THE EQUALIZER, LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, and SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST. Film (Selected): FUCKTOYS (SXSW), WE STRANGERS (SXSW), VEO VEO A FAMILY (TRIBECA), THE SURROGATE (SXSW), LAPSIS (SXSW), CUPIDS (TRIBECA), and NATIVES (SXSW). Music Videos: FIGHT FOR YOU (H.E.R) and GET SOME (GHOSTED - PREMIERED AT SXSW). Commercials (Selected): GEICO, ESSIE, QUAKER OATS, L'OREAL, CREST, GILLETTE. In 2025, Erica was named a Woman to Watch on Broadway. Erica is an Artios award winner, a member of the Black Theatre United's New Guard, a Board Member of the Casting Society, a member of the TV Academy, and an educator at different universities and colleges.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
APRIL 2ND 3RD
The Body Knows Shakespeare: From Text to Action w/ Malika Samuel
This two-day Shakespeare workshop demystifies heightened text through embodied action. Malika will help you make the language accessible, playable, and deeply human. Blending freedom and play with clear, repeatable structure, this workshop offers practical tools for working with heightened text, revealing Shakespeare as something actors already know how to play.
Materials will be provided. 12 ACTORS ONLY.
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Malika Samuel is an interdisciplinary storyteller, actor, director, and teaching artist with nearly three decades of professional experience across Broadway, television, film, and stage. She is an alumna and faculty member of the MSNR Studio at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and teaches workshops throughout New York City. In addition to her artistic practice, Malika is a published research scholar whose work integrates embodied performance, communication training, and narrative analysis into applied and clinical learning environments.
Select Credits:
Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (OBC), Once on this Island, The Music Man (2000 Revival)
NY Theater: By the Queen (HVSF), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (HVSF), New Nigeria County (Simon & Schuster), Bite Me (WP & Colt Coeur) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Double Feature), Bernarda’s Daughters (TNG/TNBT and TNG/Audible Theater), Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Keen), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP)
TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, EVIL, Orange Is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, One Life to Live, Chicago P.D., Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, The Big C, Rock of Ages, Hey Girl, Stella Hosting: Nick Studio 10, 2013 Kids’ Choice Awards Pre- Show, Kidz Bop Kidz Star USA
Film: Caravan, Holiday Rush, Submission, Central Park, Hello Apartment, Kilimanjaro.
Directing: in lucem: a devised piece (Tisch Drama Stages), The Wolves, Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes, The House of Bernarda Alba, AfterLife, Much Ado About Nothing, 2025 Capstone, Measure for Measure (NYU MSNR), Bloom Bloom Pow ( A.R.T/NY Theaters, movement direction in collaboration with dir. Katherine Wilkinson), Foundational Study Medical Reenactments (Society of General Internal Medicine/Cristina Gonzalez MD,MeD), Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Initiative Training Videos (NYU Langone's Institute for Excellence in Health Equity)
