To accurately value our Conservatory Program classes, we have dedicated a significant amount of time, research, and thought to a fair and sustainable cost of tuition. This value includes:
Our world-class faculty, who rigorously and personally train TK Studio actors to succeed in a highly competitive industry.
Our modern facilities in the heart of Brooklyn’s Industry City, a burgeoning community of creatives that is accessible to, and yet separate from, the hyperstimulation of the city.
Building on nearly four decades of training actors, TK Studio has refined a process to access the depth and breadth of human emotion and imagination to inspire powerful performances while protecting and promoting the actor’s well-being.
Conservatory Tuition
Conservatory
Fundamentals
YEAR 1
✔ First Year Acting
✔ Theatre History (in Spring)
✔ Movement I or Speech I
✘ Movement or Speech I
✘ Movement II
✘ Voice & Speech II
✘ Alexander Technique I
✘ Alexander Technique II
✘ Clown I
✘ Clown II
First year total: $10,400
YEAR 2
10 – 14 hrs per week
✔ Second Year Acting
✔ Script Analysis (in Fall)
✔ Either Movement I or Voice I
✘ Movement III
✘ Movement IV
✘ Voice & Speech III
✘ Voice & Speech IV
✘ Choose 2 Additional Special Topic classes to take each semester
Second year total: $10,400
Total Tuition: $20,800
Conservatory
Essentials
YEAR 1
15 – 16.5 hrs per week
✔ First Year Acting
✔ Theatre History
✔ Movement I
✔ Movement II
✔ Voice & Speech I
✔ Voice & Speech II
✘ Alexander Technique I
✘ Alexander Technique II
✘ Clown I
✘ Clown II
First year total: $13,450
YEAR 2
15 – 18 hrs per week
✔ Second Year Acting
✔ Script Analysis
✔ Movement III
✔ Movement IV
✔ Voice & Speech III
✔ Voice & Speech IV
✘ Choose 2 Additional Special Topic classes to take each semester
Total Tuition: $26,900
Conservatory
Complete
YEAR 1
23 hrs per week
✔ First Year Acting
✔ Theatre History (in Spring)
✔ Movement I
✔ Movement II
✔ Voice & Speech I
✔ Voice & Speech II
✔ Alexander Technique I
✔ Alexander Technique II
✔ Clown I
✔ Clown II
First year total: $16,260
YEAR 2
23 – 24 hrs per week
✔ Second Year Acting
✔ Script Analysis
✔ Movement III
✔ Movement IV
✔ Voice & Speech III
✔ Voice & Speech IV
✔ Choose 2 Additional Special Topic classes to take each semester
Second year total: $16,260
Total Tuition: $32,520
Intensives Tuition
Intensive
Fundamentals
Meisner intensive only.
Meisner Intensive
$1,620 + $175 admin fee
TOTAL = $1,795
Intensive
Essentials
Meisner plus either Voice or Movement.
Meisner Intensive
$1,620
Voice OR Movement Intensive
$750
$2,370 + 87.50 admin fee
(50% off admin fee)
TOTAL = $2,457.50
Intensive
Complete
All three intensive courses included.
Meisner Intensive
$1,620
Voice Intensive
$750
Movement Intensive
$750
(admin fee waved)
TOTAL = $3,120
Financial Aid and Scholarships
We want our classes and programs to be accessible to artists from all backgrounds and lived experiences, and to that end, we do provide a limited number of Work Study opportunities to students who qualify. Work Study students are selected based on proven financial need, and positions are granted to students who demonstrate both a helpful role in our artistic community and a consistent commitment to their studies at Terry Knickerbocker Studio. Currently enrolled students who are interested in learning more about Work Study opportunities may contact our Student Services.
TK Studio is also proud to offer The Excellence Scholarship, which provides awards between $500 and $2,000 toward tuition for artists of color in the Conservatory Program.
Studio Payment Plans
We are happy to discuss payment options as part of the Admissions process. If you have any questions, Contact Admissions and Enrollment.
Studio Refund Policy
All deposits and administrative fees are non-transferable and non-refundable.
- If the Student drops a class more than 14 days prior to the class beginning, they are entitled to a full refund, excluding the administrative fees and the deposit.
- If the Student drops a class 8-13 days prior to the class beginning, they are entitled to a 75% refund, excluding the administrative fees and the deposit.
- If the Student drops a class within 7 days of the class beginning, they are entitled to a 50% refund, excluding the administrative fees and the deposit.
Once the Student attends the first class of the course, the Student is considered to be enrolled and is responsible for the class payment in its entirety.