>>> I'M SITTING HERE IN ONE OF

THE MANY THEATER CLASSROOMS AT

THE TELLA ADDLER STUDIO OF

ACTING WITH THOUSANDS OF

LEGENDARY ACTORS WHO TRAINED

AMONG THEM MARLIN MANNED BRAND O

ROBERT DE NIRO AND SELMA HYACK.

NOW THE TELLA ADDLER IS

NURTURING MORE ACTORS BY

PROVIDING TREE TRAINING TO INNER

CITY YOUTH IN UNDERSERVED

POPULATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY.

THIS OUTREACH IS NOT CONCERNED

WITH CREATING PROFESSIONAL

ACTORS BUT EMPOWERING STRONG,

CONFIDENT, THOUGHTFUL HUMAN

BEINGS.

ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

APPLIED FOR THIS PROGRAM

ANNUALLY BUT ONLY 18 ARE

ACCEPTED OUT OF 100.

WE CONTINUING THE ONGOING

NISHIVE CHASING THE DREAM OF THE

POVERTY AND OPPORTUNITY IN

AMERICA.

WITH AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THREE

STUDENTS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A

JOURNEY TO CHASE THEIR DREAM.

>> MY NAME IS UBENSKI I'VE BEEN

HERE FIVE YEARS.

A LOT INSPIRED ME TO BE AN

ACTOR.

I WANT TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE.

I DON'T THINK LIKE ANYBODY IN MY

FAMILY HAVE EVER AN INTEREST IN

ACTING EXCEPT ME.

AND I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE AND

THAT'S IT.

MY MOM AND DAD IS MARRIED OVER

20 YEARS.

I MEAN, I REALLY LOOK UP TO

THEM.

I JUST WANT TO HELP THEM,

BECAUSE WE ARE POOR HERE.

I WANT TO HELP THEM, MAKE THEM

HAPPY.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YEAR IT

WAS.

I JUST KNOW IT WAS WINTER.

GRANDMA DIED.

AND YOU GOT BEHIND IN THE VAN

BECAUSE YOU HAD AT A PAY FOR THE

FUNERAL.

>> HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE

EXPERIENCE OF HAVING TO SAY TO A

PARENT EYEBALL I'M OLDER THAN

YOU THINK I AM OR MATURE THAN

YOU THINK I AM MANY.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO PROVE YOU

ARE TOUGHER THAN PEOPLE THINK

YOU ARE.

>> EVERY TIME, EVERY DAY.

>> WHEN.

>> EVERY TIME I'M STRUGGLING,

YOU KNOW.

>> I SAY TO THE STUDENTS

INITIALLY THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF

THE PROGRAM ISN'T TO TURN YOU

INTO PROFESSIONAL ACTOR.

WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS

TO GIVE YOU THE TOOLS TO FIND

YOUR VOICE AS A HUMAN BEING,

NEIGHBORING TAKE INITIATE I HAVE

IN YOUR SCHOOL LIFE AND OUTSIDE

OF SCHOOL, TO BE A LEADER.

>> WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR

APPLICATION TO THE TEEN SUMMER

CONSERVATIVERY.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO MOVE

FORWARD AND GET YOU SET UP WITH

THE AUDITION.

>> LET'S HAVE THAT 70 YEARS BE

THE BIGGEST THING ON THE PAGE.

I WAS THINKING OF THE ADDLER RED

AT THE BACKGROUND.

>> SURE.

>> I WAS ACTING OPENS UP

DIMENSIONS OF ONE'S HUMANITY FOR

ANYONE WANTING TO LIVE A FULL

LIFE.

>> I ALREADY KNOW --

>> AND THE AMBITION IS TO CREATE

AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FUTURE

ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES SO THAT

THEY VALUE, HUMANITY, THEIR OWN

AND OTHERS AS THEIR FIRST

PRIORITY.

>> MY MOM AND MY DAD AT FIRST

ANY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE IDEA.

AND THEN IT WAS LIKE IF THAT'S

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IT'S YOUR

LIFE.

YOU HAVE TO DO IT IF YOU LOVE

IT.

DON'T DO IT FOR THE MONEY

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE

IT.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

ME AND MY PARENTS, WHEN WE FIRST

GOT HERE IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR

US TO GET PROPERTY AND STUFF,

HAVE JOBS.

AND PLUS WE DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH

AND STUFF.

YEAH, IT WAS REALLY REALLY HARD.

>> I'M TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WHAT THE

STRUCTURE WOULD BE LIKE AND IF

THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU'D

BE INTERESTED IN, RIGHT.

I NEVER WANT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED

A LOT OF THEM HAVE MORE LIFE

EXPERIENCE AT THIS MOMENTS

BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN

THROUGH.

S IT THERE'S A WORLDLINESS THEY

BRING.

>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO THIS TIME

AROUND IS WORK WITH THE STUDENTS

AND PLANNING, TIME MANAGEMENT.

>> I THINK WHEN THE WORLD IS

ROUGHER TO YOU YOU ARE TAPPED

INTO WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE A

LITTLE FASTER.

AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS

TO GO AFTER YOUR DREAM.

>> HOWEVER I MAKE IT GO HE MAKE

IT O THAT WAY.

HE REMIND ME OF HENRY.

THAT MAN WALKED OUT ON ME.

AND IT WAS THE BEST THING THAT

EVER HAPPENED TO ME.

>> I CAME HERE WHEN I WAS TEN.

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I NEVER

THOUGHT ACTING WOULD BE AN

OPTION OR I WOULD BE EVER

INTERESTED IN IT UNTIL I, LIKE,

WATCH AND I WAS LIKE, THIS LOOKS

REALLY FUN.

THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO BE A

PART OF.

>> I'M TO THE THAT EXPRESSIVE OF

A GUY.

LIKE I HAVE NO EMOTIONS

WHATSOEVER.

IT'S JUST BE A MAN.

>> RIGHT NOW GET OFF MY YARD

RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE THIS IS MY HOUSE.

YOU CAN'T DISRESPECT YOUR FATHER

LIKE IN HIS OWN HOUSE.

>> PERSONSING THESE DIFFERENT

EMOTIONS WITH DIFFERENT

CHARACTERS I THINK THAT START

THE UP MY EMOTIONS AGAIN.

AT SOME POINT I LOST MY EMOTIONS

>> YOU'RE JUST JUST READING

LINES BUT YOU TAKE EACH LINE AND

SWERNLIZE AND MAKE IT YOURS.

GOOD.

>> BEFORE I NEVER EXPRESSED

MYSELF.

PEOPLE JUST ASK ME FOR MY NAME

AND THAT'S IT.

I DON'T START CONVERSATIONS.

BUT NOW I'M GETTING THE HANG OF

IT.

>> I THINK TROY IS TRYING TO

PROVE A POINT HERE, REALLY.

HE JUST TRYING TO SHOW HIS SON,

SHOW SOME RESPECT.

>> THAT DAY I TOLD MYSELF IF I

EVER GOT BEAT I WON'T LET

NOTHING MAKE ME SMALL.

>> HOW DID THAT FEEL?

HOW DID THAT FEEL.

>> DEEP.

>> UBINSKI IS SWEET AND

SENSITIVE AND I SAW THAT IN THE

INTERVIEW AND WHAT I TOLD HIM IS

THIS GUY IS A TOUGH.

AND HE HAS TO SHOW THAT OFF.

DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE

THAT PUTS A CERTAIN TOUGHNESS.

>> I DO THAT.

>> BRING THAT INTO IT WHAT DOES

THAT DO YOUR BODY HE PUFFS OUT

HIS CHEST.

SPACE UNDER HIS ARMS AND WIDER

STANCE AND TAKING UP MORE SPACE.

>> I CAN DO EVERYTHING I PUT MY

MIND TO.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH, I CAN DO EVERYTHING

THAT I PUT MY MIND TO.

I DON'T CARE HOW TOUGH IT GETS

BECAUSE LIFE IS NOT ESZ LI EASY

BUT I WANT IN

>> I THINK THEY FEEL SANE FOR

THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY COME

INTO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS BECAUSE

WE GIVE THEIR DREAMS AND

INSTINCTS, THEIR SENSE OF

THEMSELVES REAL VALUE.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND SAY I SEE

YOU.

>> WHAT I LOVE WAS YOU GAVE THE

LANGUAGE SO MUCH INVESTIGATION.

YOU REALLY.

>> AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE

TOOLS YOU NEED TO TO BE THE MOST

FULLY REALIZED VERSION OF

YOURSELF.

THAT GIFT IS SOMETHING NEW.

YES.

YEAH.

>> DO YOU WANT TO READ YOUR OWN

OR.

>> INITIALLY WHEN STUDENTS START

THEY'RE ALWAYS SHY, A BIT

DEFENSIVE.

A BIT CLOSED OFF.

AFTER THE TRAINING TAKES EFFECT

THEY OPEN UP.

>> HIS MIND IS IN DISTRESSES

HURT.

>> THEY BEGIN USING THEIR BODY

CREATIVELY.

THEY USE THEIR VOICE TO TELL

ABOUT WHO THEY ARE.

THEY FIND I THINK MOST

IMPORTANTLY A COMMUNITY OF LIKE

MINDED STUDENTS THEIR AGE WHO

HAVE THE SAME HUNGER, NERDYNESS

FOR THEATER AND ART.

AND THEY FEEL A SENSE OF

COMMUNITY ALMOST INSTANTLY.

THEY DON'T HAVE THAT IN THEIR

ENVIRONMENT A LOT OF THE TIME.

THEY MIGHT GET NEGATIVE MESSAGES

ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN

ARTIST.

AND WE REVERSE SOME OF THAT.

>> JOINING THE PROGRAM

ESPECIALLY HELPS BECAUSE I'M IN

A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE RIGHT

AFTER SCHOOL I COULD COME MEET

NEW PEOPLE, NOT JUST GO HOME AND

BE ISOLATED FROM THE WORLD.

I JUST LIKE TO BE AROUND A LOT

OF PEOPLE, LISTEN AND TO WRITE

AND UNDERSTAND.

>> THE FIRST YEAR IS FOCUS ON

SPEECH, MOVEMENT, SCENE STUDY.

I'D LOVE TO OFFER YOU A PLACE IF

YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US.

>> YES, I WOULD.

>> YES?

>> YES.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

>> IT WILL BE A FUN JOURNEY TO

GO UP AND LOOK WOW I'M HERE, I'M

ACTUALLY HERE.

>> IT'S NOT FOR MONEY OR

ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST BECAUSE I LOVE IT,

THAT'S SOMETHING I AM GOING TO

PUT MY LIFE TO TO DO IT.

AND I WILL GIVE IT EVERYTHING

THAT I GOT.

OF COURSE, I WILL FAIL A COUPLE

OF TIMES.

BUT I WILL GET UP AND KEEP

GOING.

BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I AM

INSPIRED TO DO.