Hi,

What do you guys think about the NYFA acting program?

Thank you!

i realized Im far too late for this but oh well. I know someone who went there and was taught alot of meisner appaerently. Hes landed a couple things and there and really liked it plus he has stuff for his reel. you get to be in tons of student projects there. However from my researching there are classes at other studios that will provide reel material through the scenes you do in class. If you go, check out their scholarships as they DO exist but most people take out a $20,000 loan for NYFA, not including books or a place to stay.

I think that for that kind of money you can get much better training in New York City.

^^^I agree. I dont believe its all that great of a conservatory plus I gues they dont teach their students how to broaden naturalize and diversify the characters they act out...atleast from what Ive seen.

I've acting with actors from the NYFA... not impressed. Everything they tell me is that it's not a great acting program, and especially not for the prices they charge.

I've never heard of them teaching Meisner... if this is true, then my opinion of them has gone up. Slightly.

^^^Not surprised. They attract people bc its film acting not because it teaches ACTING. Real acting transends stage and screen! I used to want to go there. But now Im glad I didnt considering what I see and i find its not really that much on on a resume. And there was NO housing.

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Originally posted by Totallycool:
^^^Not surprised. They attract people bc its film acting not because it teaches ACTING. Real acting transends stage and screen! I used to want to go there. But now Im glad I didnt considering what I see and i find its not really that much on on a resume. And there was NO housing.

I agree if you want to learn Film Production/Directing or Screenwritting they are top tier so I have heard. But if you want to learn acting you can find a way better class that isnt a conservatory... if your looking for meisner William Esper has a 2 year program I think. He is one of the few teachers who was tought by Sandy himself and he was the head instructor at the neighborbood playhouse for years before opeining his own studio.

There are other strictly acting schools in NYC that would benefit an actor more so (and be cheaper).

I've known a few directors from NYFA...and they are really talented. And from what I gathered, neither one used actors from NYFA.

For the fun of it, here is a NYFA thesis project I starred in called Ecstatic Noise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iLFV7UDsY

It's a three parter.

I was planning to go to NYFA. But after these posts, I don't know.
It isn't cheap, but what school is more recommeded?

Hello Fe, please referr to the following post regarding NYFA:

http://bbs.backstage.com/eve/f...f/932105/m/340105021