Certificate · Initial professional preparation
Two Year Conservatory Program (Certificate Program)
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (New York) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Award
- Certificate of Merit
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personsix 12-week terms (72 weeks), 22 classroom hours a week
- Price
- $7,850per term
About this program
Full-time two-year Method Acting conservatory of six 12-week terms with Method Acting, voice, movement, theatre history and electives, ending with a conservatory production.
- Offering
- Conservatory / diploma training
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Voice & speech, Movement, Actor training
- Advertised approaches
- Lee Strasberg's Method ActingAs advertised by the provider; this does not imply affiliation with any practitioner’s organisation.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Certificate
- Exact award
- Certificate of Merit
- 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
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- six 12-week terms (72 weeks), 22 classroom hours a week
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-timeSix 12-week terms; start dates Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer (next: January 4, 2027).
- Course dates
- 2027 Winter: Monday, January 4
- Teaching location
- Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, New York115 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003
Admissions and auditions
Interview only
- Interview
- Remote admissions interview via Skype or Zoom; not an audition
- Prior education
- Evidence of a minimum of secondary school completion (US high school diploma or equivalent)
- References
- Two letters of reference
- Writing or research sample
- Personal statement, 1-2 pages typed
- Intakes
- January 2027
- March 2027
- June 2027
- September 2027
- 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.
- Productions
- Conservatory Performance class and production
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)