Sign Up Now! SCREENWRITING WITH JACOB KRUEGER Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger’s revolutionary Seven Act Structure will change the way you look at movie-making. Rather than imposing formulaic models from the outside, Jacob teaches you how to organically “grow” your script, from initial idea, to character, to scene, to act, to the movie you’ve always dreamed of writing. You’ll also learn to overcome writer’s block, self doubt, procrastination, and other challenges that keep you from being …

This group is designed to help actors gain valuable experience in front of a camera working closely with filmmakers, theatre directors and writers. We also run a site where we put filmmakers in contact with actors. Submit your acting profile that our site here: http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/cinema_scene/new_york/

Welcome to NYC FILMMAKERS & ACTORS COLLECTIVE. In NYC, there are approximately 100,000 filmmakers, 60,000 actors, 250 acting schools, and countless film students. Most of them still take classes, send resumes, work temp jobs, check Craigslist, and wait for their BIG BREAK. Our mission is simple: Network, Share, and Educate. We bring together filmmakers, producers, directors, actors, writers, cameramen, and editors to share their experience, polish their skills, and help each other through net …

Supported and organized by AdLib (Actors and Directors Living in Brooklyn,) this reading group was formed to provide opportunities for actors and directors living in Brooklyn or willing to work in Brooklyn.  We are also committed to producing new works by Brooklyn playwrights. In addition, we welcome those with no experience to join us in our play readings to read or to listen. Members meet to read plays once a month. We  select the next play reading from a list submitted by members. Roles are a …

Greetings, and thank you for your interest in Playsmiths. Playsmiths is a group of theatre professionals meeting weekly to develop new plays.  Playwrights bring in pages, actors are cast and cold read the material aloud.  Constructive, respectful feedback is shared.  Our goal is to present first a staged reading, and ultimately a full production of every full length script we develop. Playsmiths is a sponsored 501(c)(3) non-profit.  In order to defray rental and production costs, we charge dues. …

This is a filmmakers group for those in film who are inspired to shoot now! This is a group for active members only; people who are desperate to make awesome movies. You must be motivated and willing to make it to production meetings. Here we are a team. To start we take on one film at a time. We meet once a week for production meetings and brainstorming. We then shoot our scene, short or feature film and move to the next. We are a family and this my friends is how we make it big!

We attend French theater in New York City. Nous assistons aux spectacles en Français ici à New York. We also offer acting in French classes, Acting in English classes for internationals and French language classes. Please join us if you are a NY resident who loves French language and culture, if your native language is French or if you just love international theater. Visit our Franco-American acting and language school at http://actfrench.com

A movement empowering New Yorkers to do more of the things they love by recharging through meditation, a practical way to refresh every day, invented thousands of years ago. Reinvented in 2011. In 2013, IMeditateNY is going nonvio - supporting a nation-wide campaign by the Art of Living Foundation in raising awareness to the power of nonviolence. In the US alone, 10 million crimes (acts of violence) are reported each year. For each act of violence, we pledge 100 acts of nonviolence, making the v …

Brooklyn Young Filmmakers Center is now up to more than making short films since it moved into it's public office in the Trilok Arts Center in Clinton Hill.  We now have access to large spaces we can rent cheaply and are recruiting film professionals as faculty for diverse workshops (including Storyboards, Props, Music to Film, etc.).   BYFC is just 5 minutes walk from the Brooklyn Navy Yard where the Steiner Studios is expanding to a 50 acre media campus..   We are working to create a Careers i …

Welcome to Prestige Events…where you’ll always be treated like a VIP! JTJ Partners invites you to come along for the ride, when together as one, we will be bringing you the types of events you deserve, with friends your OWN age in New York & New Jersey! Please take a moment to view our brand new meet up group where we will be posting all our events, photos and updates.   Plus… You will be able to post your suggestions, comments, laugh along in our forums  by creating your own topics, and view ou …

Hello, parents or parents-to-be. Would you like to: * Meet with like-minded parents and fellow community members * Build social and health connections * Establish a supportive Community & Discussion Group * Nourish and expand your parenting options * Continue your personal growth to enable you to be the best parent you can be There are several fantastic play groups in Hoboken, which provide a very valuable resource for parents in town. But, where can you go to discuss the questions that arise ea …

Are you an experienced actor, or just getting started? This is the social network for you in the New York area! Let's come together to learn from guest speakers, build our networks, meet filmmakers, develop skills, and produce content for our reels!

Playsmiths Presents is the public arm of our workshop. We develop and produce new plays, hold workshops and seminars, and generally try to further the future of American theater. We tell stories. Since its inception in May 2009, Playsmiths has helped develop more than 30 full-length plays and scores of short pieces.  We have produced nine public concert reading events, starting off 2012 with ST. VALENTINE’S MASSACRE 2: SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, a now annual, again sold out evening of short plays at …

Founded in 1947 as an imaginative alternative to the commercial theater by Judith Malina, the German-born student of Erwin Piscator, and Julian Beck, an abstract expressionist painter of the New York School, The Living Theatre has staged nearly a hundred productions performed in eight languages in 28 countries on five continents – a unique body of work that has influenced theater the world over. Now, in The Living Theatre’s 62nd year, we are proud to present THE LIVING THEATRE CONSERVATORY offer …

The JOBS Act will drastically change how many small businesses finance themselves after December 31, 2012. The JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) mandates that the SEC must adopt its rules, including modifications to the 1933 and 1934 Securities Acts to allow for "Equity Crowdfunding", prior to December 31, 2012. Equity Crowdfunding allows entrepreneurs to raise capital through online portals, called Crowdfunding Intermediaries, for business purposes. We want to start a discussion and a …

This is the meetup group for the SharePoint User Group in NYC that meets at Microsoft Manhattan on the first Wednesday of the month. The NYC SharePoint Users Group (NYCSPUG) was founded in March 2006. Our mission from inception has been to share deep SharePoint experience with individuals who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft SharePoint knowledge and capabilities. The group’s vision is to provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts present, learn and t …

There’s nothing quite as rewarding as being in a show. From bonding with castmates to the exhilaration of a well-deserved applause, performing offers fun, community, and creative expression. In November 2012, the AfterWork Theater Project will open its doors and for the first time, everyday professionals will have the opportunity to rehearse and perform fully-staged musicals and plays in New York City. No audition is required unless you’re determined to land one of the leading roles! Rehearse on …

Join us for our monthly FREE Film and Theatre University Classes. Participants, actors and non actors work as an ensemble, allowing everyone involved to experience something new, strengthen their crafts, explore new techniques and make connections. You are welcome to participate or just come to observe.

Stories that inspire, that excite, that challenge. Stories that awaken, that question. Calling all storytellers and story lovers. Authors, artists, actors and myth addicts. Let's listen, enjoy and dissect our favourite stories. Let's create stories together or revive forgotten stories. Let's collaborate! Writers write stories and actors make them come alive. Myth addicts will cut it up into juicy pieces that the entire group will devour. The goal is to create a campfire feel where the goal is to …

M1G2 is a group for masculine gay men that see there sexuality as only a part of who they are. Basically "GUYS" that just happen to be into other "GUYS," these members move comfortably between both the gay and straight worlds. They act, dress, speak, and relate to each other differently. Often called "straight acting" they are told they don't act "GAY" enough. They are not into drag queens, circuit parties, cliques, or appletinis and prefer to be in the company of the same type of men. To them m …

Think Act Change is a new monthly meetup where changemakers, thinkers, innovators, entrepreneurs or anyone who is passionate about social innovation, social enterprise or simply doing good meet once a month. At our meetups we want to talk about ideas, but more importantly we want to connect people to enable them to act on their ideas in order to implement real change. We meet on a weeknight every month, starting in March 2013. We'll have an informal gathering of people who want to talk about rea …

This group will be a networking event for music producers, musicians, acting, and anyone generally interested in music. We also have video productions where actors can show their talent. Most of our events will involve shooting a video (usually a music video) and networking with others with similar interests. Come check out our events.

Calling all rising artists, who are passionate about their art, whether it is acting, modeling, singing, dancing, photography, make up, painting, you name it and SERIOUS about connecting and building their businesses! There is a certain life-affirming, passionate synergy when like-minded people get together, creating magical experiences! As a Professional Performer's Life/Business Coach, I'm inviting you to connect, develop your careers, build true friendships, and have fun with us! Try out coac …

Acting is Fun and Everyone's invited! $20.00 a class/Your first class is FREE We come together in a non-judgmental, non-critical environment, and use structured improvisational acting to connect our mind and body. Self-expression releases whatever holds us back from our greatest potential. No experience required. You will: Discover new aspects of yourself Find your lighter side Form community Empower yourself Learn to speak up and get what you want Engage in gentle physical activities Partake i …

I named this club after the 80’s movie called “The Breakfast Club”. I thought it was so cool and the premise was intriguing. How a group of students who are very different and would normally have nothing to do with each other gradually learn that they are not at all that different in there hopes and dreams and struggles, and in the end become friends, I think . I believe that this group will be like no other on the web. Unlike so many groups with hundreds or thousands of members where nobody re …

This group is for any women who are pregnant and are also an actress,director or writer. The aim is to have a weekly or monthly group to meet and to share projects,read plays and see if we can create something together. It will be a place to continue to develop our skills as well as building a community of creative moms. Then I will hope to continue the group after our babies are born.This group is also open to any creative moms with children.

Finally! Acting Workshops available to all! A graduate of the Moscow Art Theatre School (a cradle of Stanislavsky System) is introducing FREE acting workshops in Central Park demonstrating Stanislavsky and Michael Chekhov systems as taught at the Moscow Art Theatre School. These workshops are completely FREE for all. Experts in other Acting Methods are welcome as well. Theatre was born OUT IN THE OPEN. Emerging from street festivals it was one of the most democratic art forms in which the ENTIR …

Do you act, make films or simply enjoy watching movies? Join us for our monthly free movie night around Brooklyn! Hang out with other film fans, and make new friends in the greater New York acting and movie-making community.