"Excellence in acting is an art achieved by training and habit. You do not act rightly because you are talented, but rather you are talented because you act rightly. You are what you repeatedly do."
James Price - Director
Since The Acting Studio - New York was established in1983, James Price and the Studio staff of working professionals have continually offered short and long term, comprehensive training in film and theatre at all levels to many people who consequently achieved success in pursuing professional careers in acting, directing and producing.
The Studio is in resident at Shetler Studios Theatre Complex which includes two fully functional, intimate performance theatres. It is conveniently accessible to public transportation and located in the heart of the New York City theater district around the corner from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at the Ed Sullivan.
The Studio training ranks highest in quality while still managing to maintain lower rates in comparison with other NY institutions and studios. How? The Studio does not maintain a huge advertising budget, nor incur costs associated with maintaining a major site of NY real estate. The savings are passed along to our students through rates that are realistic and affordable.
Studio alumni have gone on to achieve impressive professional careers in film, theatre and television with some winning prestigious awards for acting, directing and producing.
Studio director James Price was protégé and a personal friend to the legendary Sanford Meisner, whose training system has emerged as the leading name in American actor training. The Studio’s Meisner training offered by James Price and Studio associate Bruce Hermann is authentic, first generation.
The Studio’s diversity is “all-inclusive,” comprised of people of all levels of experience, ethnicity and ages 18 through retirement.