DIRECTING classes

Welcome to the ESPA DIRECTING Department!

“ESPA is the only place that offers this level of instruction with experts in the field coupled with reasonable pricing, access to other resources, and a built-in community.”

- ESPA Directing Student

SPRING 2025 DIRECTIng classes will be both in person and online

CLASSES

We offer the following in-person classes in the Spring of 2025:

  • Instructor: Iraisa Ann Reilly (Writer and Actor, Good Cuban Girls, The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
    Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting February 19

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We offer the following online classes in the Spring of 2025:

  • John Gould Rubin (Director, Turn Me Loose Off-Broadway; former Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director of LAByrinth Theater Company)
    Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting February 24

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  • Instructor: AriDy Nox (Writer, Librettist, Multi-disciplinary black femme storyteller, Black Girl in Paris, A Walless Church)
    Tuesdays from 2:00pm – 5:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting February 25

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  • Instructor: Erin Daley (Artistic Director, Primary Stages)
    Thursday, March 20 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Includes a ticket to our upcoming show, Amerikin by Chisa Hutchinson

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