October 2025
Ages 11 & Up | Saturdays, Oct. 25 - Dec. 6 | 11 AM - 1 PM | 5-Week Pro-Rated Cost: 545.00
Payment Plans Available at Checkout, or if you need a custom plan, email or call (212) 315-3010
Missed the 1st Class? Pro-Rating Available!
Instructor: TV, Film Actor, & Sketch Writer & Director, John Patrick Hayden, (YOUNGER, FLEISHMAN’S IN TROUBLE, DAREDEVIL)
Your instructor, John Patrick, has directed sketch comedy troupes in NYC that have won various awards!
Through improv games, students learn to create characters & story lines that come to life!
In our "SNL Style Class" bring in characters and John Patrick will help craft these ideas into sketch scenarios.
Lots of Oscar Winning actors have appeared on SNL.
This class is an incredible way to build muscles that will be helpful to you as an actor in other aspects of our profession, such as:
• in live performance when things go awry
• in auditions when a casting director asks you to improv
• on-set when your director asks you to improv
• when you’re on a sketch show and you have to roll w/ the punches & often use improv as a tool
Final SNL Style Showcase w/ Talent Reps
On the last day, we emulate an SNL show with different sketches and characters YOU created. Loved ones & a few Scouting Talent Reps will be in attendance!
April 2026
Ages 11 & Up (scenes divided by age & level; email for an exception) | Sundays, Apr. 19 - May 31 | 11 AM -1 PM | Cost 650.00
Payment Plans Available at Checkout, or if you need a custom plan, email us or call (212) 315-3010
Call (212) 315-3010 to mix and match any of A Class Act NY's winter and spring 6-week classes and enjoy BIG SAVINGS!
TV/Film Instructor: TBA Soon!
Hone your TV/Film audition technique in a fun, safe and supportive environment! In this comprehensive course, learn how to give a nuanced performance, and how to create authentic and believable characters. Students will not only learn the acting techniques needed to nail an audition, they will also learn the lingo specific to on-camera acting!
Learn how to analyze audition sides and find the acting beats within the text to make a lasting impression in the audition room!
Class culminates in a short presentation for loved ones & 2 Scouting Talent Agents & Managers!
Focus of Class:
• Learn on-camera technique that sets you apart in auditions
• Learn how to give a natural, nuanced and subtle dramatic performance
• Learn how to land jokes and bring out the funny in comedic scenes
• Master physicality when performing dramatic and comedic material
• Work on active listening skills and identifying intention
• Short Presentation for loved ones & 2 Scouting Agents & Managers
Final Showcase for Loved Ones & Talent Reps
Class concludes in a presentation of material we have workshopped for a few scouting agents and managers.