Welcome to the Neighborhood Playhouse Junior Acting School!
Acting Training for Youths & Teens ~ Discover Your Creativity & Talent
Thank you to everyone who came to the Open House/Visiting Day at the NP. It was much fun! Please get those applications for Summer and Fall in as classes are expected to fill up quickly.
Click here for more information on our summer programs.
Click here for more information our our Saturday programs.
As a legacy of the Lewisohn Sisters, Irene & Alice, The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre sponsors the Junior School with an acting program catered to the young actor, 2nd-12th grades. Modeled after the adult conservatory, The Junior School trains all its students in the core principles of acting, applying techniques and skills learned to various classes in singing, movement/dance, scene study, monologues, voice & diction, stage combat, Shakespeare, acting for film & television, commercials, voice overs, auditioning, improvisation and more--giving students complete actor training and the skills needed to be creative and competitive. NP Junior Actor training helps develop young minds, bodies, and voices; and in the process, students learn to be selfless, compassionate, and generous people.
Acting Training for Youths & Teens ~ Discover Your Creativity & Talent
Thank you to everyone who came to the Open House/Visiting Day at the NP. It was much fun! Please get those applications for Summer and Fall in as classes are expected to fill up quickly.
Click here for more information on our summer programs.
Click here for more information our our Saturday programs.
As a legacy of the Lewisohn Sisters, Irene & Alice, The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre sponsors the Junior School with an acting program catered to the young actor, 2nd-12th grades. Modeled after the adult conservatory, The Junior School trains all its students in the core principles of acting, applying techniques and skills learned to various classes in singing, movement/dance, scene study, monologues, voice & diction, stage combat, Shakespeare, acting for film & television, commercials, voice overs, auditioning, improvisation and more--giving students complete actor training and the skills needed to be creative and competitive. NP Junior Actor training helps develop young minds, bodies, and voices; and in the process, students learn to be selfless, compassionate, and generous people.
Carmen Lamar Daehler is the Junior School Director at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She is an actor, singer, children’s theatre director, and a proud member of the professional actor unions: SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Carmen has performed in NYC, regional, and summer stock theatre. She’s also appeared in film; television; and cabaret (Carmen's You're Gonna Hear from Me played at the Laurie Beechman Theatre this past fall). Coming from this rich and varied background in formal acting training and professional work in the industry, Theatre Education has become Carmen’s foremost passion. She has taught at Rutgers University, NYCDA, Texas Institute for Arts in Education; and has led Meisner acting workshops for youths in NYC as well as in St. John, USVI and Texas. She has directed musicals at NYC’s Clinton School for Writers and Artists. Carmen studied with the renowned acting teacher Fred Kareman. She holds a BA in Communications and Theatre from Texas A&MCorpus Christi and has her MA in Theatre from Hunter College.
"My daughter has been attending classes at Neighborhood Playhouse for the past 4 years.
Her experiences at NP has made a positive impact in her life.
She has found her voice, has achieved confidence, poise and a new sense of purpose.
She truly loves and is motivated to continue her studies at NP." ~ Leanne, NP Parent
Her experiences at NP has made a positive impact in her life.
She has found her voice, has achieved confidence, poise and a new sense of purpose.
She truly loves and is motivated to continue her studies at NP." ~ Leanne, NP Parent
