Directors Workshop - The Acting Studio

Directing II

Cost: $500. Students are required to direct a one-act play
Term: 8 weeks

Limited to 10 students
Prerequisite: Directing I

Directing II is where directors move from training into production. Following successful completion of Directing I, students mount a published one-act play for a workshop production presented by the Chelsea Rep LAB in public performances as part of SUMMERFEST 2026: ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL, held in August.

Each director selects a published one-act play and takes full responsibility for the production, including pre-production research and analysis, auditions, casting from a pool of Studio-trained actors, and directing the play through the complete rehearsal process. Directors work under the close guidance of Chelsea Repertory Company director John Grabowski and Studio faculty.

Throughout the process, directors are encouraged to audit a variety of acting classes at the Studio to deepen their understanding of the actor’s process and working vocabulary. This immersive experience demands clarity, leadership, and decisive storytelling in a professional rehearsal environment.

Qualified directors will be offered Studio LAB membership and are encouraged to continue directing with the company in future productions and events.

Directing I is a prerequisite.

Scheduled Sessions for:

Directing II

Session:	Term	Instructor	Day	Hours	Begins	Fee	Status
Fall 22 - DIR 2 in-person	8 weeks	Grabowski	Sun	1:00-4:00pm	-	$500	open
Spring 23 - DIR 2 in-person	8 weeks	Grabowski	Sun	1:00 - 4:00pm	-	$500	open

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The amount of value I have received (from day one!!!) will serve me throughout my entire career. It’s really hard for creatives to find a community especially one that makes you better! The Acting Studio is one you can trust.

— Julia Sjakovs
Having trained in New York at both The Acting Studio and The William Esper Studio, it was abundantly clear within a matter of minutes that The Acting Studio delivered above and beyond on every level. James Price who is the Studio Director at The Acting Studio, is every beginners (and indeed accomplished) actors hero. He is without a doubt, the most emotionally intuitive, charged and lively of any Meisner teacher you’ll ever hope to be training under. I left his class hungry for more, stronger than ever and 100% certain that after his training, success can only follow. When that Oscar win comes in, I know exactly whom I’ll be thanking. James Price, you are my hero.

— Loretta Bogard
I have read every book on acting and taken classes at other studios which lead me to think I had a good understanding of the craft. Then I went through the program at The Acting Studio - New York and learned the truer meaning of craft. The intimate classes, the knowledge of the faculty, and professionalism has influenced my life in every way. Thank you for setting the bar and guiding the students to rise to the level. - Peter Evangelista, 2010 Studio graduate - working actor

— Peter Evangelista
The class i would have to say was a life experience. It built a foundation of acting skills that I can use in just about all walks of life. For up incoming actors, I highly recommend this class.

James Price the professor was an amazing instructor. His methods of teaching are like a mad scientist at work. No matter what he pushes you to get the best acting out of who ever he instructs.

I am so glad I took this class.

— David Valencia
Halfway into their 10-week Introduction to Meisner class I was hooked and seriously thinking about acting as a career. I finished their full acting program one year ago and am still involved with The Acting Studio community, still working, learning, and growing. James Price and John Grabowski are the best teachers and mentors a serious actor could get, and the rest of the faculty is excellent as well.

— Rosa Rodriguez-graduate 2010
James Price is without question one of the greatest acting coaches - fostering, nurturing, and challenging each and every student while uniquely ferreting out their strengths and weaknesses, and enhancing them in a way that allowed virtually everyone to come out of the class as better actors, technicians, and people as well.

— Jeff Ashkenes

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