INTENSE, PERSONALIZED ACTING INSTRUCTION
FOR THE DEDICATED ARTIST
THE BEST ACTING CLASS IN NYC!!!
Want to LEARN TO ACT? Ted Bardy & The Ted Bardy Studio have consistently been named BEST ACTING CLASS, BEST ON-CAMERA CLASS, BEST AUDITION CLASS, BEST ACTING COACH, BEST ACTING TEACHER, BEST ACTING SCHOOL in New York by BACKSTAGE, TIME OUT NY, & many other publications! The Studio has a new cinema camera for our new professional film acting class. Find out about online classes for those unable to attend in-person. AVOID THE WAITLIST -apply for a ONE MONTH -NO OBLIGATION- INTRODUCTORY CLASS! Ted Bardy teaches all classes! NO DABBLERS PLEASE!
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Featured in Time Out New York’s “BEST Acting Classes in New York”:
“…immerses newcomers in the [Meisner] technique…Definitely not for dabblers!” – Time Out New York
MULTIYEAR WINNER! Backstage named The Ted Bardy Acting Studio “BEST IN NEW YORK CITY”:
- BEST Acting School
- BEST Acting Coach
- BEST Audition Class
- BEST On-Camera Class
- BEST Audition Coach
- BEST Class for Teens
- BEST Dialect Class
- BEST Summer Program
MULTIYEAR WINNER! Backstage named us the Best Acting School in NYC:
- BEST Acting School
- BEST Acting Coach
- BEST Audition Class
- BEST Acting Class for Teens
- BEST Dialect Class in New York City
MULTIYEAR WINNER! Backstage Reader’s Choice Awards named Ted Bardy Acting Studio:
- BEST Acting School
- BEST Acting Coach
- BEST Audition Teacher
- BEST On-Camera Class in New York City
Who is Ted Bardy?
Mr. Bardy has also worked behind the camera as Director, Producer and Casting Director. Ted Bardy (when not instructing) personally supervises, observes, and evaluates all student work in all classes and workshops.
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Ted Bardy has studied all the major acting techniques with some of the greatest teachers of our time. He has sculpted a practical, clear and specific way of working for today’s actor that is based upon his own experiences. He has worked with such stars as Mira Sorvino, Kal Penn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Antonio Fargus, Lauren Holly, and Emmy and Academy Award-Winners Ted Levy, and F. Murray Abraham. His actors are, or have been, cast members in many Award-Winning hit television shows including, but not limited to: Law and Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, The Americans, 24, Major Crimes, etc.. Actors who have completed the Ted Bardy Studio’s Accelerated 3-Phase Meisner Program have gone on to work with such luminaries as: Leonardo DiCaprio, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Spike Lee, Ridley Scott, Martin Scorsese, Margot Robbie, Matthew Mcconaughey, Adam Sandler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Jonas, Rosamund Pike, Nick Nolte, and many more.
“…Longtime favorite acting school of Backstage Magazine and its readers…”
Located in Manhattan’s thriving theater district, The Ted Bardy Acting Studio is recognized internationally as the BEST PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT ACTING SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY. Dedicated artists may enroll in the Studio’s unique all-encompassing 3-Phase Meisner-Based Acting Program. The Ted Bardy Acting Studio offers a creative home to not only study the Meisner acting technique for Stage, Film, and TV work, but also teaches a specific, pragmatic approach to auditioning. Our actors also gain experience acting for stage in the Studio’s One Sky Performance Space, and acquire footage acting in the Studio’s short films.
With options ranging from beginner courses to advanced classes for the working professional, along with private dialect coaching, the Ted Bardy Studio offers support along every step of an actor’s journey.
Through an emphasis on extremely small class sizes, the Studio’s staff provides personalized instruction designed to help each individual student master the Meisner technique and develop a distinctive artistic approach.
APPLY NOW!Three-Phase Acting Program
Meisner Classes in NYC
Beginner Acting ClassPhase 1
The “Reality of Doing” is the foundation of the Sanford Meisner approach to acting. Our Beginner Acting Classes start off with the fundamental Meisner Technique exercise called, “The Repetition Exercise” This is crucial for your career.
Intermediate Acting Class Phase 2
This work is individualized and designed in a very systematic, step-by-step fashion in order for the actor to develop a habitual way of working. Emotional preparation is the tool the actor uses to generate a truthful, emotional life.
Advanced Acting Class Phase 3
Working professionals and actors who have completed their training at other facilities are also considered for admission to the Professional Acting Class (Phase 3) which focuses on application of the Meisner Technique in film, on stage, and when auditioning.