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FDCAC's Spring Open House is Saturday, March 27, 3- 7:00pm.   The guest speaker is Melvin Van Peebles.

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FDCAC's next stage reading at the Schomburg Center is on March 17 at 7:00pm.  The play is Leslie Lee's CHEROKEE ROSE.

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FDCAC welcomes all SAG actors and extends to its members a 20% discount on all Acting and Directing workshops.  Register on-line or call us at 212 864-3375.

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AMIRI BARAKA was fantastic at the January 8th Winter Open House.  His main advice is to know what you write and that writers must study.

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Founded by Budd Schulberg (What Makes Sammy Run, On the Waterfront, Face in the Crowd) and Fred Hudson (The Education of Sonny Carson), FDCAC has been training writers and theatre artists to enter the marketplace for almost 40 years.  Taught by award-winning professionals, we offer writing workshops in poetry, short story, fiction, non-fiction, journalism, writing for the the graphic novel and comic books, as well as playwriting, screenplay writing, television writing, acting and directing.  Workshops span many genres and range from beginner to advanced.

Our alumni include Terry McMillan, Danny Glover, Epatha Merkerson, Bill Duke, Courtney Lilly, Garrett Morris, and Kevin Arkadie.

The writing workshops run for 8 weeks for 2 hours/week.   The price is $200 / writing class.

The acting and directing workshops run for 8 weeks for 3 hours/week.  The price is $200 / theater arts class.

For a Workshops' Schedule, please click on the "Workshops" tab.

For a list of Instructor, please click on the "Faculty" tab.