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The R E M R O F R E P Alumni Edition Alumni y t i n u m m o C s d o o W h c n e r F e h T g n i m r o f n I 5 0 0 2 r e b m e c e D French Woods Festival Festival Woods French ! s y a d i l o H y p p a H Performing Arts Performing of the the of B e t h Just Registered! D e a r F r e n c h w o o d i t e , B a c k s t a g e Sean Altman Max Dweck Eloise Hyman Julian Pratt It’s that time of year again! Time to wish Erica Anderson Jessica Eggert Danielle Jabara Sam Pratt Hello Alumni! The girls from my bunk are Christopher Armienti Hilary Eisenberg Kristen Jabara Brian Rangell all of you French Woods Alumni from eight to fifty Lauren Arnel Leora Ellison Charlie Jacobs Daniel Rosenstein eight best wishes for the holiday season. some of my most cherished friends. My love goes out Betsy Balkind Jessica Erdheim Jennifer Jacobs Debbie Sachare to all of you! Hunter Balkind Max Federman Kapiolani Kassal Jordan Paige Sandberg I will be celebrating my second wedding Alanna Baxley Annie Fisher Josh Kay Rose Schaeffer Barbara and I continue to love working Ari Bellan Ashley Fitzpatrick Shelby Kirshner Emily Scheiber with the kids. We are still at camp and will be anniversary this February. Jessica Bashline got mar- Nathalie Berman William Fitzpatrick Emily Koeppel Ava Selbach ried this September to Ed Lane, who worked in the Elyssa Bernfeld Jonathan Foster Rebecca Krieger Ron Shalom around for several more years. Miles Bernhard Jesse Gelles-Hurwitz Sarah Langer Evan Silver FW office a couple of summers ago. Lisa Collins Max Bien Annette Gershovich Anna Lanove Rebecca Simoff walked down the isle this October and my sister Cat Samson Bien Michele Gershovich Max Lazar Caitlin Slatcher New for 2006: A new Girls Junior Lodge Madison Bishop Heather Gerstley Emma Leiken Ryan Slatcher for girls seven, eight and just nine. Complete with is celebrating her fourth wedding anniversary and Jen Alicia May Blum Julie Gerstley Zachary Margolis Brian Solender Zatzkin will be marrying Fred Kass this summer. Nora Brodnitz Lisa Gerstley Monica Martin Lillian Sterenberg individual bathrooms and a center playroom, this Liz Buchanan Alixandra Glatt Tavia Merchant Marley Sternberg looks to be an exciting addition to the girls cam- The best thing about these weddings is that Kacey Buderi Gillian Glatt Sara Merson Isabel Taeger the old French Woods gang gets together again. At my Kira Burdman Lauren Goldberg Audrey Metzman Mimi Tamkin pus. Brooklyn Carrey Michel Goldstein Stef Millman Lauren Trager For those of you keeping up to date, the wedding, half my old bunk was there! Francesca Cassola Shana Goodman Zakk Millman Kate Valiska new first session of early June was a huge success. Come visit this summer! It’s always a high- Lana Caster Lucy Grebin Hannah Nash Brandon Waller light when the old timers stop Sonia Copple (Weiss) Cole Greenberg Kasie Patlove Margaret Walter It looks like the twelve week schedule will contin- Sara Cott Evan Greenberg Hailey Perelman Margaret Weiler ue with us for a long time. Check it out online! by! Tori Cott Emily Greenberger Alex Persak Brad Weinstein Juliae Crain Rebecca Heller Laura Persak Kira Weiss Arielle Cruz Katherine Hetzel Lindsey Peterson Kate Werder www.frenchwoods.com Fondly, Michelle Dauret Benjamin Hirsch Hannah Phillips Marcel Werder Evan Daves Daniel Hockstein Katherine Phillips Allyson Zacharoff Aviva Dintenfass Eli Hockstein Sarah Phillips Aleeza Zachter We look forward to hear- Beth Schaefer-Knauf Sarah Dutton Sam Hulsey Colin Poindexter Sasha Zients ing from you and hope that Jenna Hunte Victoria Portale Maggie Reinfeld you will come join us again for a trip down memory lane this summer! D e c e m b e r All the Best, A l u m n i B i r t h d a y s ! David StoneN has eproduced w shis !third Tony Award Ron 2 Mark Bylancik 9 Emily Easton Grace Min Li-Or Berman 26 Jessica Erdheim winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Will Levatino Evan Greenberg 17 Dmitriy Gardner 22 Lydia Bucklin Nicole Howard-Bloom Bee. We look forward to bringing campers to the show in Matthew Nidetch Samantha Kramer Perry Leon Scott Crepea Lauren Marino the summer of 2006. David has graciously promised us a Jasia Ries Justin Sullivan Sara Sanders Jade Diplacido 27 Quiren Van Den Brandeler & Barbara Amanda Jane Stern 10 Melanie Mednick Sara Westheim Jacqueline Jarrold Kate Werder talk back with the cast after the show! 3 George Mccook Hulbert 11 Jessica Berger Nat Wolff Caitlin Kearney 28 Christina Bott Melissa Errico, star of the broadway show Kathryn Lee Liliana Hare Brandon Zemel Emily Koeppel Heather Coker Amour, recently performed in Children and Art, a tribute Maxine Mattana Dylan Woods 18 Wendy Eisenberg Margaret(Max) Murphy Erica Freedman Marni Wasserman 12 Grace Clary Victoria Portale Valerie Novakoff Alexander Hare to composer Stephen Sondheim. 4 Nicholas Diaz- Briquets Teresa Saldanha Alexandra Severino Hannah Roukas Zack Hoge Evan Englezos musically directed the Australian Martin Cohen Allie Stamler Alexandra Taggart Christine Silen Ashley Latimer In this issue premier of Jason Robert Brown’s Tony Award winning Emily Mcguire Lex Zee Lauren Trager Rebecca Wallace 29 Samson Bien Brian Roberts 13 Sarah Alanna Barrese Alana Barouch Samantha Vogt White Benjamin Edelman *Alumni News musical Parade. Lea Sarodjo William Harris Max Bien 23 Cynthia Ruth Blaker Kara Kornhaber Caron Eule presented her choreography at the Django Stewart Robin Pancoast 19 Mikael Dubinsky Naomi Natko Jacquie Leighton Elan Awards honoring Susan Stroman. She performed Hannah Weiss Rob Russell Abigail Lopian Paul Nirenberg Kathrine Slagle *Camper & Staff News 5 Maddie Besser 14 Erin Antoville Jacob Plotnick Benjamin Schrager 30 Rachel Damin Nocturn at the event. Dana Bronstein Kara-Ann Booth Daniel Pratt Phillip Thierman Calvin Gaynor *Ron, Beth, Isaac & Larry Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Rebecca Lily Michell Michael Brocking 20 Haley Freedman Paul Verhoest Kate Hartnett Years was recently performed in Boston to rave reviews. 6 Harrison Asen Portia Krichman Michael Fuertes 24 Matthew Byas Catherine Parker Nicole Beloyianis Charity Leung Juliette Kimble Julian Lee Daniela Sawyer *French Woods Remembered Jason also just released his first solo album Wearing Jamie Davis Molly Supinski Brandon Rose Caitlin Slatcher 31 Daniel Kalish Someone Else’s Clothes. He regularly performs live with Zoe Johannes 15 Ashley Miskoff Jessica Schiff Dan Wiscovitch The Caucasian Rhythm Kings. Dylan Nelkin Graham Riordan Nolan Rachel Yoes 25 Joseph Champey 7 Adam Greene Paulina Wake 21 Alexa Gerber Marquise Hall Lisa Minet has been playing Frenchie in Grease! Lauren Phelps 16 Isabel Gleicher Danny Kornfeld Gabrielle Horvitz at the Actors Playhouse in Miami. She recently ran into 8 Caroline Dreyfuss Zachary Lindberg Anna Mansour Corey Steinfast Sean Doyle, who will be touring in West Side Story. (Continued on page 4) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! T h e Larry’s Lines Spelling Bee Trip WOW its thanksgiving already! How times flies when your having fun!!! I wish everyone out there a truly happy holiday and have to say the one thing - I am thankful for is that hurricane season is truly over. In the few months since camp has ended I have caught up with many past and present French Woods people. As many of you know, Frenchwoods will be taking select campers to the Broadways show, The 25th Anual Puttnam Since this is the alumni addition I will just mention some of the fond memories I had when I was a camper at French County Spelling be during the third session of the 2006 summer season. please call the Camp Office for further details! Woods. I can remember sing fondly, we did the theme of Ron’s ultimate show. It was along the lines of Bill and Ted’s Due to the shows smash success on Broadway, we feel that the trip will fill. Pre registration is a must! Excellent Adventure. Dan Marzollo was sing captain. I drove the golf cart on stage, yes even as a camper I had a golf cart, it was our time machine. We went back through time to grab up the best actors of past See you there! French Woods shows to create Ron’s Ultimate show. This was all back in the day before the The French Woods Family glitzy sets and dances were added to the line up. It was a fond memory. This coming summer will be my 25th year at French Woods I can’t wait for the surprises in store for the summer of 2006. Keep the phone calls and emails coming in and remember its not too late to enroll for the summer of 2006. S t a f f & Camper News That’s all folks see ya next month! Shara Varvaro and Steve Crane are in England at Gracie Nash was recently chosenas one of eleven acts Larry the moment. They went to visit Andy Calender at the Camp in her school’s talent show. This was no small acheivment, [email protected] Leaders Office where they encountered a poster of Shara and as seventy acts auditioned. Gracie was also placed in the Trevor Cross promoting the Camp Leaders program. Westchester County Chorus. Michael McCall has taken the role as vice president Mitchell Salmon will be performing in War of the of the MEAA union in Perth Australia and is on the national Worlds and Our Town at Kingsborah Community College. He performers committee of Australia He was fortunate enough will be playing the role of Si Crowell. There are onlyIsaac’s 191 days left until summer 2006. Are Corneryou ready????!!!!!! I can’t wait!!!! to be invited to observe the international federation of actors Geoff Weiss took on the lighting duties at the West Kathy and I had a great trip to Boston. We met many new French Woods families. Thank you to Gabe executive meeting in sydney last month. He met various labour Glades Middle School’s recent production of The Legend of Weintraub and Richard Frank for meeting us at the camp fair and keeping us company while speaking with the many movements from all around the world. Sleepy Hollow. parents with interests in French Woods. Matt Blum (Gen. Genghis Kahn Schmidt), Alison Sydney Krulik’s dance troup recently performed at the Ron and I drove down to Miami Lakes to see my son Josh who was in South Florida as the doctor for the Klein (Cindy Lou Who, Wickersham), Hillary Kooistra Broward County Fair to rave reviews. University of Virginia football team, which was playing the University of Miami at the Orange Bowl. Kathy, Larry, (Grinch, Wickersham) and Spencer Oberman (Mayzie La Maraquette Koss will be performing in The Nutcracker the kids, and I had front row seats at the game, but spent the vast majority of the game looking for Josh. Ron had to Bird) are all in the Garage Theatre Group’s Youth Conservatory this holiday season. She was chosen for the senior company go to work, somebody needed to be in the office. production of Seussical December 9-18 at the Becton Theatre performances to play a soldier and a Mother Ginger kid. She is I will be down in Virginia next month to baby sit for Teddy and Lily, my grandchildren. Josh and his lovely in Teaneck, NJ. so excited to have 2 rolls this year. wife Lynn are expecting their third and IT’S A BOY!!!!! Bryan Prywas and the Danbury High School Madrigals Sawyer Rosenstein recently performed in The Prince Thanksgiving at the Schaefer’s was a hit. Ron and Barbara are the perfect hosts. Beth, Michael, Larry, and will open for Rockapella for the Rockapella Holiday Concert and the Pauper as the Pauper at the Helen Hayes Theate in Gregg were all there to celebrate with us. Ron and Barbara’s grand daughter Sydney entertained Joey, Erin, and at The Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, CT on Sunday, Nyack, NY. He also will be performing at a Comedy Show Brittany. Sydney also performed at the Broward Center in a dance concert earlier in the month; another true French- December 18th. in Stand-Up New York with Graham Martin. Sawyer also woodite. Evan Englander was recently called back for and recently appeared as an extra on Saturday Night Live, with Brittany told us that Randi Olan’s Bat Mitzvah was a major success and says hi to all of her French Woods cast as Asparagus/Growltiger in Plainview Old Bethpage John guest star John Heater from Napolean Dynamite. family. Brittany modeled for Teen Angel, the Kovler’s magnificent Boutique in South Florida. She will be perform- F. Kennedy High School’s spring production of Cats. The In a break from puppeteering, David Valentine made ing in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow at West Glades Middle School, in her theatre class show. performances will take place in late April of 2006. Evan has his directorial debut with Romeo And Juliet at Strath Haven We will be returning to Boston area again during the weekend of January 6, 7, and 8 and we just got word also een selected for NMEA’s All County Chorus of Nassau High School. Elizabeth Attwell, Ryan Arey, Beth Schaefer that Jessie and Carolyn will be staying with us in January. We’re all looking forward to spending some time with County for his 3rd year in a row. & Michael Knauf all met up in PA to see the production. His them. Zoe Sidel will be playing the role of Liesl in an LA directorial quote read: “Just so you know, everyone dies at the I’ve become the assistant coach of the Coral Springs Charter School High School Varsity Basketball team. production of The Sound of Music. She sends a big shout out end.” It’s been fun getting back involved in high school coaching. We are now 2 and 1 and looking very competitive. I’ll to her counselor Shara Varvaro and head counselor Geri be traveling to New Hampshire with the team for a Christmas tournament. Joey will meet me there after he spends Hulsey. That’s the news and we’re outta here!!!!! Christmas in New York. Joey has slowly become the team statistician. Just be aware that for the first time in years we have a plethora of children whose parents attended French Woods in the past. Please email me who you are, (I know many of you), we would like to possibly plan something French Woods Remembered for you. Those of you who have taken off a few years from camp may remember French Woods Campus quite dif- Happy sweet sixteen to Erin. ferently. French Woods has grown and developed, and yet it still maintain that special spark that its always been; a Jennifer is again planning to produce a school show and continues to work with her haven to explore your interests and connect to people in friendships that last a lifetime. How many of you remember cheerleaders. She is closing in on her Masters in Administration and Supervision and should start interviewing for an Assistant Principalship . the two girls & boys horseshoes? What about the current Costume Shop, Magic Theater and Dance Studio Five that Shaun Cott, thanks for the cookies. was the Dining Room? Whether its the state of the art Circus Pavilion or the Olympic size pool, there is always some- Jackie Miron, thanks for covering for us in Atlanta, Ga. thing new. There are seven theaters now, including a Theater reserved for our Magic Department and the new Music Retraction and correction: Performing Arts Center, not to mention a host of ball fields, the Stables, the Fine Arts buildings, the Computer Lab The Caplowe Bar Mitzvah was great and unique but Gotfrey Cambridge was not with over eighty macintosh computers and a new Dining Facility. Oh yeah, the New Administrative Office is here as there to introduce the acts, it was Gilbert Gotfrey, the former Saturday Night Live comedian, well. Have you been up to Camp recently? If not, give us a call this summer and drop by for the day! It’s great to see who is having a rebirth of sorts as the voice of many of the animated characters that you all old faces and see what you are up to! know. Isaac The French Woods Crew! Alumni (ContinuedNews from Page 2) Jessica Brand isAlumni attending Harvard Law School and will News Glen Howerton is a writer and actor on the FX comedy be doing a one month internship at The Southern Center for Civil series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He can also be seen in Rights this January. upcoming films Must Love Dogs, Serenity and Two Weeks. Steve Rosen continues to feature in the Tony Award winning Doug Theil (who goes by the on air name Doug Talor) has cast of Spamalot at the Shubert Theater. been on an afternoon radio show in Hartford CT on WDRC FM Cat Pedini (AKA Karen Schaefer) just has her first child, for the last fifteen years. Grace Marie. The whole family is very proud. Jason Brantman was one of the directors at the US open Natasha Lyonne voiced a role in the animated feature again this year. Robots. She also played the role of Grace in the film Max and Caryn Texler (AKA - Caryn Jaffe) organized a fund raiser Grace. for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at the Trapeze School Ruth Bernstein has been working with a PR company. She New York in Baltimore. She is now training to participate in the has been representing Adam Pascal, among many others. Lately, Columbia Triathlon. she has been seen at the film openings forRent . At a recent showing Ethan Cohen was spotted on a recent episode of CSI of the film Suzanne Fine, Rachel Abromowitz (Kaplowitz) and Miami. Jessica Bashline ran into former theater director Arturo Garcia Upcoming TV crime drama, Emerald City, will be written Costas who is working for a local congressman. by Luke Reiter. The show will look into the world of organized Anyone looking for an apartment in NYC can contact Jamie crime in Hell’s Kitchen, NY. Breitman at Belmarc real estate. Rachel Reiter is working A&R at an indie record label in Evan Weinstein produced his 8th installment of The NYC called bluehammock music. Amazing Race, this time addition whole families into the mix of the Josh Baumfeld had his second baby last September and primetime show! has a third is on the way in March. He is completing his fellowship Alan Bernstein, who was a camper in FW’s first few years, in Orthopedic Surgery an living in Virginia. He continues to play and David Mallack, who was a counselor and then one of camps his saxophone at club dates with his band Docs in White. first waterfront directors, both stopped by camp last summer. They’re Jen Baumfeld has finished her Masters Degree and is doing well and we loved being able to catch up with them! interviewing for assistant principle positions. Olivia Thirlby will be starring with David Duchovny in the Zooey Deschanel will be featured in a variety of upcoming filmThe Secret about a wife and mother who passe away and whose films including Winter Passing with Reese Holden and Flakes spirit returns in her daughter’s body. with Christopher Lloyd. Dan Lipton, composer of last summer’s Joe The Musical!, Jesse Nager performed in the original Broadway cast of did his part for Hurican Katrina relief. He accompanied Audra Good Vibrations at the Eugene O’Neill Theater. Mcdonald at the benifit,Parting the Waters. Jared Scharff was recently featured in an article titled Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael just released the CD/ Guitar Hero on Fender.com. He recently recorded The Coast EP DVD set, Live: Friday the 13th with Maroon 5. They will also be on which he played every instrument. playing a New Years Eve show at the Mohegan Sun Casino. The Hancock French Woods Arts Alliance For thirty six years French Woods has had the privilege of helping a small number of underprivileged children enjoy a three week stay at camp. This has always been done informally and with great care. Many of you have asked if you could participate in this and now you can!

In an effort to allow the greatest opportunity for the most kids, French Woods will match each donation dollar for dollar. All of the donations are fully tax deductible. All those interested can make a check out to the Hancock French Woods Arts Alliance. It is our hope that many of you are interested, we look forward to your participation in expanding the French Woods Experience to kids that could not afford this opportunity. Please e-mail, [email protected] with any questions or comments. Please make checks payable to : Chris Bamonte Coordinator The Hancock French Woods Arts Alliance 1879 University Drive PS: Do you have an idea for The Hancock French Woods Arts Alliance? Help us build! Coral Springs FL 33071