A rigorous introduction to the Atlantic Acting Technique, Practical Aesthetics, taught at the Atlantic Acting School’s Full-Time Conservatory and NYU Tisch Undergraduate Drama program. Actors will learn to “make the difficult easy, the easy habitual, the habitual beautiful.”
Summer 2026 Applications are now open!
Early decision discount of $500 for applications submitted by Nov. 15, 2025 with a deposit made by Dec. 22, 2025.
Summer 2026 applications are now open! Apply by November 15 for Early Decision.
Full tuition is $3,250.
Prices, curriculum, curriculum hours, and faculty are subject to change.
Atlantic offers an Early Decision discount of $500 for applications submitted by Nov. 15, 2025 with a deposit made by Dec. 22, 2025.
Please contact the Education Office if you have any questions:
education@atlantictheater.org
We offer an F-1 Visa to accepted and enrolled international students in our Certificate Program – 2 Years: Acting only.
For Visa specific questions, please email kmcruer@atlantictheater.org
This New York acting conservatory for teens offers a pre-college intensive with a focus on Practical Aesthetics and professional-level training. The Teen Conservatory provides an introduction to the Atlantic Acting Technique through a comprehensive curriculum, challenging students to push beyond their creative comfort zones.
In this supportive and collaborative environment, students will experience rigorous training in voice, speech, movement, and acting techniques. Classes include script analysis/scene study, Shakespeare, monologue, and on-camera techniques. Teens gain a taste of the full conservatory experience while building foundational skills for their acting journey.
A non-refundable application fee of $25 is due with your application.
For the application, please create a shared Google Drive folder or Dropbox folder containing all of your application materials, containing the following:
Atlantic Teen Alumni have been accepted to: Atlantic Acting School, Boston University, Brown, California Institute of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon, Emerson, Fordham, Howard, Kenyon, NYU Tisch, Northwestern, UCLA, UMass Amherst, University of the Arts, Vassar, Yale, and more!
“I went to Atlantic in July ready to learn. What I left with was a truly special bond between new, life-long friends across the world, an invigorated passion for acting, and a deeper understanding of myself and the world around me.”
– Andrea, Summer Teen Conservatory Alum
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