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
SUMMER 2025 DIRECTIng classes will be in person. Fall 2025 directing classes will be online.
Fall classes will open for registration on Thursday, July 24 at 1pm.
SUMMER CLASSES
We offer the following in-person class in the Summer of 2025:
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Instructor: John Gould Rubin (Director, Turn Me Loose Off-Broadway; former Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director of LAByrinth Theater Company)
Tuesdays from 6:00pm – 10:00pm ET
at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
Starting July 29
fall CLASSES
We offer the following online classes in the Fall of 2025:
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Instructor: John Gould Rubin (Director, Turn Me Loose Off-Broadway; former Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director of LAByrinth Theater Company)
Mondays from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET
Zoom
Starting September 15 -
Instructor: Iraisa Ann Reilly (Writer and Actor, Good Cuban Girls, The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
Tuesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
Zoom
Starting September 16 -
Instructor: Erin Daley (Artistic Director, Primary Stages)
Thursday, November 20 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET
Zoom