NYC 10-Day Acting Intensive

TRAIN WHERE THE INDUSTRY TRAINS – New York City.

An Exclusive 11-Day/10 Night Acting Intensive in the Heart of Manhattan.

This is a high-level, professional development program for serious actors wanting to refine their craft. Train at HB Studio, the most respected (and one of the original) acting institutions in New York City – where generations of Oscar award-winning talent have developed their technique. Alumni include screen legends such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Anne Bancroft, Faye Dunaway, Liza Minnelli, and Barbra Streisand. Many modern technique masters including Susan Batson (Susan Batson Technique) and William H. Macy (Practical Aesthetics Technique) are also alumni of HB Studios. This is where their technique training began – with Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen.

Over five intensive days, you’ll work with master instructors on the craft of truthful, emotionally connected performance, in the very environment where some of the greatest actors in film and theatre have trained. The experience culminates in a curated Meet & Greet/General Audition/Go-See with a panel of New York casting directors, agents, managers and producers of note.

The program includes 10 nights of 4-star accommodation in the beautiful Upper West Side, placing you in the heart of New York’s cultural and creative landscape. Outside the studio, you’ll take part in exciting events such as an NBC Studios tour or Live Taping, attendance at a Broadway production, and a selection from the summer season of Shakespeare in the Park at Central Park’s Delacorte Theatre (which has featured legendary acting talent, including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, James Earl Jones, Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Christopher Walken, Liev Schreiber, John Lithgow, Sandra Oh and Jesse Tyler Ferguson).

Welcome and farewell dinners, return airfares, daily breakfast and return airport transfers are included, and your time in NYC is supported by Craig and Dominique McMahon, offering mentorship and on-the-ground guidance throughout.

This is an immersive and professionally driven experience. Entry is strictly limited to ensure focused, high-impact training. If you’re ready to train where the industry’s best have trained (and be seen by those who shape it), apply now. Places are extremely limited.

This program is honestly one of those experiences that sounds a bit too good to be real on paper…and then you do it and realise it actually delivers.

I did the 11 day intensive in New York at HB Studio and I’m not exaggerating when I say it shifted something in me as an actor. This isn’t a surface level, let’s play warm up games and call it training kind of course, it’s proper, grounded, technique based work rooted in the legacy of Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof. You feel that history the second you walk into the space.

There’s something a bit surreal about training in the same environment as people like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand & Denzel Washington, but beyond the name dropping, the standard is genuinely high. The instructors don’t let you hide. In the best way possible, you’re pushed to actually be truthful, not performing truthfully which if you know, you know.

What I loved most is that it’s not just about getting emotional or doing big scenes, it’s about connection, listening, specificity. The kind of stuff that actually translates on camera and stage. It forced me to drop a lot of habits I didn’t even realise I had.

Also the industry side of it is huge. The meet and greet go see with New York casting professionals didn’t feel gimmicky. It felt intentional and aligned with the work we were doing, which made it way less terrifying and way more empowering.

And then outside of the studio it’s New York. Staying on the Upper West Side, going to Broadway and seeing “Death Becomes Her” live, it all feeds into you as an artist whether you realise it or not. You’re constantly inspired.

It’s intense, don’t get me wrong. You’re tired, you’re stretched, you’re probably a bit emotionally exposed at times. But that’s kind of the point. You come out sharper, more aware, and a lot more confident in your process.

If you’re serious about acting like actually serious, not just I think I’ll try it, this is 100% worth it. It’s not just a trip, it’s a proper investment in your craft.

Craig & Dominique are masters at what they do, and this program exudes that. – Tina Jenkins.