UPCOMING EVENTS

 

ENTERTAINMENT,
VIRTUALLY and LIVE!

 

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Fri & Sat, October 1 & 2, 2021 7:30pm
At The Firehouse Center for the Arts

For details visit our calendar or
direct to The Firehouse to book tickets

 

Spookley the Pumpkin: The Musical
Sat & Sun, October 2 & 3, 2021,
Times: 2pm & 5pm each day
At St. Paul’s Church

For details visit our calendar 

 

NSRTC:  Queen for A Day
by Cynthia Faith Arsenault
Sat, October 2, 2021,
Time: 10:00am via Zoom

For details visit our calendar or
direct to register

 

Student Storytelling Show
Mon, October 11, 2021,
Time: 7:00pm via Zoom

For details visit our calendar or
direct to register

 

The Spirits of Oak Hill
Tues, October 19, 2021,
Time: 5:30pm 

For details visit our calendar

 

Improv Class – Performance
Tues, October 19, 2021,
Time: 7:00pm 

For details visit our calendar or
direct to register

 

Full Moon Story Slam, Theme: Goosebumps
Sat, October 23, 2021,
Time: 7:00pm via Zoom

For details visit our calendar or
direct to register

 

 

VISITING ARTISTS

Master Classes in writing
and acting with Michael Jamin
& Cynthia Mann Jamin

October 14, 15, 16, 2021
at St. Paul’s Church
(see TAKE A CLASS column
or October calendar or Classes)

 

 

*See Transitions Letter
from Marc*
Updated August 30, 2021

 

 

The Actors Studio has
joined the movement to
fight for Freedom,
Liberation and Justice.
Visit our:
Black Lives Matter page

list of upcoming calendar of events

While watching or listening,

please consider making a donation

 

 

 

******* as of Aug 13 *********
New guidelines from our hosts at St. Paul’s, require everyone to wear masks indoors. Thank you for your co-operation.
******* as of Aug 13 *********

 

TAKE A CLASS

We adapted some classes for ZOOM

Next up:

Scene Study Class – LIVE

Thursday’s 7:00 p.m.
Sept 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, and Nov 4

For details & to register –
visit our calendar or
direct to register and pay

 

The Art of Storytelling, via ZOOM

Monday’s 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
October 18, 25 &  November 1, 8

For details & to register –
visit our calendar or
direct to register and pay

 

VISITING ARTISTS

Mining Scenes for Comedy (for actors)
with Michael Jamin

Thursday Oct. 14  7:00 p.m.

For details & to register –
visit our calendar or
direct to register and pay

 

Master Acting Classes
with Cynthia Mann Jamin

Fri & Sat  Oct 15 & 16  10:00 a.m.

For details & to register –
visit our calendar or
direct to register and pay Oct 15 or
direct to register and pay Oct 16

 

Elements of Storytelling (for writers)
with Michael Jamin

Saturday Oct 16 10:00 a.m.

For details & to register –
visit our calendar or
direct to register and pay

 

Classes currently meeting:

 

The Art of Storytelling, via ZOOM

Monday’s 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
September 13, 20, 27 &  October 4

For details & to register –
visit our calendar

 

Improv Class – via ZOOM

Tuesday’s 7:00 p.m.
September 14, 21, 28 &  October 5, 12

For details & to register –
visit our calendar or
direct to register and pay

 

Cold Reading Classes – LIVE – are BACK!!
Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings

for more details

 

 

When we can’t meet in person,
we’re scheduling classes
you can access online.

*See notice from Marc*
Updated July 2021

 

learn about our full selection classes

Call for:
Young Actors & Spirits
at Oak Hill Cemetary

Looking for young actors to create and perform
original monologues for performance in Oak Hill Cemetery
on October 19 at 5:30 pm. For details, call Anna Smulowitz
at 978-502-8468 or contact her at: anna47@comcast.net.

Signup Deadline: September 30
Performance: Tuesday October 19th, 5:30pm
Where: Oak Hill Cemetary
For more information on how to become a spirit, call 978-502-8468

 

Call for Playwrights

Submissions for Women’s HERstory month 2022.
See details.

Thank you for your submissions.  We have reached
the limit and the submissions window is now closed.
We received some wonderful pieces and will get back
to the playwrights we’ve chosen by December 15.

 

Please check out our partners

 

Acting Out Productions

 

The Performing Project

 

Newburyport Arts Collective (NAC)

 

GET INVOLVED

 

VOLUNTEER

Be a part of the TASN team and gain production experience and/or add your technical and marketing skills to our burgeoning virtual programming. Positions such as box office, usher, running crews, tech, lighting and stage management will be on hold until we are performing live again. For more information contact Judy Mouradian at jmouradian@hotmail.com.

 

BONS Award 2021

I am so pleased to announce that The Studio has been awarded North of Boston Magazine’s BONS Award for 2021. We won both the Readers’ Choice and Editors’ Choice for Best small live/virtual venue for the whole North Shore. I congratulate all of our teachers, directors, writers, actors, and project producers. You all adapted brilliantly to the circumstances and challenges of the past 18 months, bringing a continuous flow of great material to our audiences.  This honor is yours!

Marc Clopton
Executive Director

Be Part of our Future.

On behalf of myself, and our Board of Directors, I invite you to be a part of our future by contributing to our 2020 Annual Appeal. It’s not too late! 

Founded in 1991, the Actors Studio of Newburyport is a 501©(3) theater, which serves as a vital cultural resource for the community: to inspire, enrich and engage audiences and to develop both the art form and the individual.

Visit our Pledgeling Page for our Annual Appeal Letter and to Donate

Versatile
Performance Venue

Our 50-seat black box theater is host to established plays, new original works, staged readings, film and musical performances.
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Friendly Learning Environment

The studio hosts a variety of classes & workshops including: cold reading, scene study, character development, voice, monologue, on-camera, improvisation, and musical theater.

New Works
Laboratory

We provide a forum for local playwrights to present their work to live audiences for evaluation and feedback throughout the play development process.