Acting

Students will be partnered with other students in the class to work on scripted scenes. Through exercises and critical feedback, the students will learn professional techniques to help them develop interesting and truthful characters in a variety of settings and situations dictated by the written script. THIS COURSE CAN BE TAKEN FOR COLLEGE CREDIT, PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE FOR DETAILS.

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Theater Arts

Utilizing the actor’s tools of body, voice and imagination, students will explore improvisation, character work and scene study in creating original scenes culminating in a performance at the end of the semester.

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Peter Dant

Art Photography Illustrating through photography is my life’s work. I create hand crafted, fine art photographs of family portraits, executive portraits and architectural photography. I was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated with a Fine Art Photography Degree at the University of Cincinnati. I mentored under several acclaimed photographers in NYC including Annie Leibovitz. My professional studio has…

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David Saez

THEATRE ARTS Hello, I am David J. Saez and I have huge admiration for the theatrical arts and stage performance. Receiving a Bachelors in Theatre Performance at the University of Lynchburg. Including directing and working in numerous plays. I am excited to have landed a teaching position with TANJ and can’t wait to teach something…

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MEGAN HAYES

THEATRE ARTS Megan Hayes is an actor, writer, dancer, and comedian whose work can be seen on stages and screens across the Tri-State area. She has worked with Playwrights Horizons, Are Nova, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Clubbed Thumb, Dixon Place, Pipeline Theatre Company, Fresh Ground Pepper, Stonestreet Studios, NYU, Columbia University, and with the industry’s leading…

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MILENA WILTON

Visual Arts Milena Wilton is a contemporary artist from Red Bank, New Jersey. Milena obtained a BFA in painting and drawing at the University of Hartford. During her academic career Milena played on the Hartford NCAA Division I softball team. Milena sees the act of making art very similar to the act of playing a…

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Laura Isabella

VOCAL MUSIC-BROADWAY A soprano, feels equally at home singing both operatic and musical theater repertoire. 2022 season highlights include an Tribute to Stephen Sondheim Concert with Opera on Tap, a concert of both opera and musical theater with Garden State Opera and a workshop premiere of Liebovar, a new opera by Michael Dutka with Boheme…

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Prose & Poetry

The student will plan, write weekly in several genres of creative writing and revise fiction and nonfiction, including short stories, poetry, articles, and novels. Readings in every genre will be assigned as examples, and students will discuss the craft elements that are important in each genre. There will be a strong emphasis on revision as well as class critiques of student work. Students will discuss the audience and possibilities of publication. The goal of the class is for each student to create a portfolio of original works in the best form they can achieve.

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Prose & Poetry

The student will plan, write weekly in several genres of creative writing and revise fiction and nonfiction, including short stories, poetry, articles, and novels. Readings in every genre will be assigned as examples, and students will discuss the craft elements that are important in each genre. There will be a strong emphasis on revision as well as class critiques of student work. Students will discuss the audience and possibilities of publication. The goal of the class is for each student to create a portfolio of original works in the best form they can achieve.

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Visual Arts Anime / Manga

A fascinating subject that many professional animators have captured online, on TV and in video games. Anime, a word for Japanese animation, includes comics called manga with fictional characters that exaggerate the human form. The class centers around the figure, where anatomy, construction and movement are studied in conjunction with each other. In addition to figure…

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