Certificate · Initial professional preparation
Two Year Conservatory - Professional Theatre Workshop, Acting Track
Circle in the Square Theatre School · Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Award
- Two-year certificate (Professional Theatre Workshop, Acting Track)
- Audience & level
- Ages 18+
- Format
- In persontwo years (60 weeks)
- Price
- $26,000per year
About this program
Full-time two-year acting track with contemporary and Shakespearean scene study, mask, clown and improv, voice, film, movement, combat, dance and music classes.
- Offering
- Conservatory / diploma training
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting, Voice & speech, Movement, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Certificate
- Exact award
- Two-year certificate (Professional Theatre Workshop, Acting Track)
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the school or studio itself. It is not an academic degree; check separately whether any authority recognises it.
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Stated by the schoolNational Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)Accreditation
Scope: Stated by the school; not checked against the NAST directory
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- two years (60 weeks)
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-timeMon - Fri, 6-8 hours/day; fall term begins September 7, 2026.
- Teaching location
- Circle in the Square Theatre School1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Prescreen video: 2 monologues (1 contemporary, 1 Shakespeare)
- Self-tape
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Prescreen follows the Musical Theater Common Prescreen criteria without the singing component for the Acting Track.
- Prior education
- Hold a High School Diploma or equivalent
- References
- Two letters of recommendation
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
Performance opportunities
As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.
- Showcase
- Yes
- Who takes part
- Performance block, second-year acting cabaret and graduation repertory series
- Productions
- Graduation Repertory Series May 31st - June 13th, 2027
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)