tHeatre + FIlm
Training for actors, writers, directors

ADULT FILM

ADULT FILM appreciates mess, grown-up topics, ambiguity, bad behavior, the dark side...they surround themselves in an atmosphere of creativity and possibility.
— sheila O'Malley, Roger Ebert

Where we’re born

by Lucy Thurber

January 16th - February 2nd

In small town Western Massachusetts, Tony, Vin, and Drew spend their days working hard and their nights drinking harder on front porches or in pool halls. This routine is disrupted by the return of Lily Marino, Tony’s cousin, from her first year of college. She’s a scholarship kid, an escapee from rural America. In her attempt to bring her new world and her old world together, Lily breaks it all apart.

Featuring Michelle Moriarty, Taylor Petracek, Jamie Coffey, Michael Darby, and Trevor Clarkson
Assistant Directed by June Schreiner
SM’ed by Sheridan Plunkett
Produced by Jamie Coffey and Adult Film

Working Classes

We are working class. We believe in work that is deeply, unabashedly, American. By that, we mean work that is singular, individuated, and full of size. Work that is unafraid of failure, that risks everything in order to get to something true, something real. Work that is lived in, sweaty, and sensual. Work that is mature, and messy, and cutting.

We believe in artists who are willing to put themselves on the line. Artists who can and will reveal the worst and best parts of themselves in equal measure, Who are interested in questions, not answers. Who aren’t afraid of being “unfinished”.

We are creating a home for like-minded people to share ideas, to train, and to perform. Our classes are affordable, our ticket prices are cheap, and our doors open to all who want to join us. the working class once had a seat at the grand table of American theatre and cinema, and  it's time to take that seat back.

2025 Classes

dramAtic improv
jan 22-mar 12, 6:30-9:30pm - SOLD OUT
Drop-in spots avail for $45
David Garelik

Dramatic Improv + sense memory combo
jan 24-feb 28 , 11am-2:30pm - sold out
Drop-in spots avail for $45
David Garelik

ON-CAMERA ACTING WORKSHOP
Jan 25 + 26, 10am-5pm - Sold out
Welker white

PLAYWRITING INTENSIVE
Feb 1 + 2, 12-5pm - sold out
Lucy ThuRber

Generative writing +
directing for performance
March 1 + 2, 12-5pm - $225 / auditors $85
tina satter

Playwriting Lab
12 weeks, march 27-may 29 / $475

joey merlo

adultfilmnyc@gmail.com to enroll

classes are nonrefundable (unless spot can be filled from waitlist) and Nontransferable