Schreiber Studio, have made significant compromises in order to keep a toehold in Chelsea, the Manhattan neighborhood they helped gentrify. This year, two other schools with long track records, the Atlantic Acting School and the T. “My creative soul was crumbling,” she said. The lease for her school was up for renewal, and she had realized two things: her rent would continue to increase, and the only way to survive would be to teach more audition classes. Boyer gave up her studio space, delegated most of her teaching responsibilities to her associate artistic director, and returned to her hometown of Toledo, Ohio, to open a theater there. Last fall, after 43 years in New York, Ms. Auditioning classes became her new staple. Boyer said, “and what actors and audiences wanted sort of changed all at the same time.” She noticed more students expecting “instant gratification.” Her “craft of acting” courses, what she felt most passionate about, were not filling up.
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