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French Woods friends? How did your sports team do this season? We also welcome your photos friends? How did your sports team do this season? We French Woods and any creative writing you may want to see in print. It’s 770100, Coral Springs, FL 33077-0100 FL 770100, Coral Springs, us E-mail at community. Let us know what is going on in your life. Your camp friends love to hear what you camp friends love to hear what Your Let us know what is going on in your life. community. are doing. Do you have a performance or concert coming up? Have seen spoken to See yourself in the French Woods Performer. December 2011 The Performer is only as good as the contributions we receive from the French Woods The Performer is only as good the contributions we receive from French Woods The [email protected]. THE PERFORMER IS YOUR NEWSLETTER!!! PERFORMER All the news that’s fit to print. Informing The French Woods Community Alumni Edition love hearing from you! or give us a call at Visit our web site at Visit Former Camper Dominique Former Camper Meredith Forlenza French Woods alums including Stasiulis is playing Drew in is playing Katie Slattery at the Duke authors Tor Hyams and Adam the tour of Rock of Ages Theater’s production of All Ameri- LeBow, producer Lisa Reich, can (Directed by former camper orchestrator Brian Besterman, Former Camper Evan Cabinet and Assistant Direc- webmaster Jeff Porper and asst. Zooey Deschanel is tor Lee Casper, a former camper stage manager Sammi Kramer 1-800-634-1703 in FL 954-346-7455 1-800-634-1703 in FL starring in Fox’s pro- and current staff member) put on Greenwood the musical your duction of The New at The New York Musical Theatre 1-800-634-1703 Girl Festival. Greenwood was inspired www. frenchwoods.com www. by French Woods big chance! Write us at big chance! Write Who have . You can also send You . We hope that you spotted former camper Caesar Samayoa in the you seen? Sister Act performance, former Former French Woods Camper camper Max Ehrich in the Newsies Adam Levine is a coach on NBC’s performance and current camper The Voice Chasen Bloch as a dancer in French Woods P.O. Box P.O. the the Macy’sThanksgiving Day Festival of the Performing Arts . We all . We Parade. www.frenchwoods.com French Woods Festival French Woods Arts the Performing Of OFFICE WINTER Box 770100 PO Coral Springs, Florida 33077 In this Issue: • Alumni News • Camper & Staff News • Ron, Beth, Larry & Isaac Michael Bihovsky performed at the Hackensack Dear Frenchwoodites, Theater Company’s production of Rent, playing the It’s that time of year again. Time to wish all of role of Mark Cohen. Additionally, he is the author of Just Registered! the mostly autobiographical musical composition, Aaron Cohen Chloe Shane Fedor Konyashchenkov Kyle Mandell Olivia Lallouz you French Woods Alumni, from six to sixty, best Adam Davis Claire Landers Freya Lindvall Laura Glesby Olivia Whitmer wishes for the holiday season. The New Musical, which was recently featured Off- Aidan Advocate Clare Maceda Genevieve “Jennie” Han Laura Schelong Oswaldo Cisneros Broadway as part of Scene It: New York, where Albert Chalom Claudia Joppert Georgia Belmont Leila Zupsic Philip Novgorodsky This summer will mark the forty-third season of Alex Azor Colin Landers Grace Felder Liam Gibbons Phoebe Drummond Michael originated the role of himself. Alexa Fishman Daniela Finlay Haley Warner Lindsey Martin Rachael Schindler the French Woods program. Many of you receiv- Alfonso Cisneros Daniil Malakhov Hanna Lankler Lindsey Wales Rachel Macnow ing this newsletter were there in 1970 when it all Bret Levitt, a camper from thirty years ago, fondly Alyssa Poland Daria Antipova Hannah Levey Lisa Graye Rachel Penzer Amanda Davis Delaney Edwards Hannah Mulligan Liyana Falvey Rachel Tucker started. I can’t tell you what fun so many alumni remembers Ron Schaefer as the man who “directed Amelia Bast Dugan Becker Hannah Thalberg Lotus Kay Rebecca Freeman have had touring the camp. So many of our cur- his band, gave him guitar lessons and was very nice Amelia Baumann Dylan Hirsch Hayden Gutt Lucia Legnini Remi Kauderer Anabel Lallouz Dylan Kaplan Heather Berman Lucille Hampel Robbie Tromberg rent campers have parents who attended French to him.” Since then, Bret was in the Funk band, Sik Andi Rella Dylan Thibodeau Ilana Chalom Lucy Hale Ruby Fair Woods. Why not come up and Nabr and a Goth band called The New Creatures. He Angelo Heimowitz Edison Gandara- Isabel Ackerman Lulu Simon Sabrina Fischel Annabelle Derrick Triestman Isabella Lecrichia Mara Savarese Sarah Gittins visit? We’ll give you the royal also composed and recorded songs for the movie, Annie Repass Elana Rebitzer Isabella Szpigiel Margo Gellert Stephanie Attias treatment and introduce you Anthony D’angelo Elena Hsu Jackson Derrick Maverick Gerber Sydney Gershon The Last Prediction. Anton Kronfeld Elijah (Eli) Jacqueline Ayr Megan Giere Sydney Stephenson and your family to everyone Antonia Alvarez Jacobs Jane Brooks Michael Schatz Tamrah Chalom and everything. Most of you Peter Duchan wrote the book for the musical, Ariana Varvaro Elijah “Diggy” Jared Mcguire Michela Mcdonagh Thomas Sinclair Dogfight, which won the 2011 Richard Rodgers Asher Denburg Lessard Jessica Malerman Michelle Andio Vanessa Rivas would have trouble recogniz- Austin Falvey Elizabeth Pullman Jessica Sanderson Montana Gerber Veronica Velez ing the place; so much has Award. The musical was honored by the American Austin Zollars Emily Altchiler Jillian Agona Morgan Tromberg Zachary Kauderer Academy of Arts & Letters and Peter received a Ava Mateo Emma Boultinghouse Jillian Gershon Natalie Rodgers Zane Gandara- changed. Berni Berkower Emma Flanagan Jocelyn Kleiger Natalie Vallone Triestman Studio Production Grant to fund further development Blaine Fuller Emma Kreisberg Josh Kahn Nicole Ayr Zoe Feygin If any of you are doctors or of the piece. Camila Cisneros Emma Press Justine Murray Nicoletta Lecrichia nurses and want to be kids Carmen Cisneros Emma Steiger Kate Meaney Nina Glesby Carrie Cella Eva Gutt Kaylie Hausknecht Olivia Bast again, give us a call at 1-800- Martina Bonolis made her acting debut in A Chorus Casey Loehr Farrah Skylar Kelly Fuller Olivia Lake 634-1703. Give us a call any- Line at French Woods and relates that her “life has way. We’d love to hear from been absolutely wonderful since being introduced to you. theatre people.” After graduating college in 2010 she All our best, Ron & Barbara worked with the Louisville Actor’s Theatre and has December Birthdays! been cast in her first production in NYC. 1 Cari Sertner Casey Spillane 13 Alisa Nuzhdina Shreya Dutta 22 Abraham Sekeres Matthew Schorr Cole Childers Corinna Pico Destinee Stone 18 Aaron Berger Analiese Thomas- 27 Ari Azbel Jason Brantman co-directed the opening and closing Devon Pincus Daniel Chilson Jacqueline Ayr Carly Raphan Larocque Brendon Soodek Isabel Udell Dimitri Kaitlin Jarck Madison Wenig Ava Esquier Charlotte Wolf On the Go... ceremonies for the US Open this fall. He and his wife Isabella Constantinides Lea Majerholc Max Ainatchi Dylan Glasser Daniella Kavouriadis are directing a New Year’s Eve Rock concert at The Mastrogiacomo Dylan Contreras Sebastian Childers Sydney Aherne Jenna Lichtman Emilienne Lardy French Woods representatives will be at camp fairs Sarah Germain Erica Rothman 14 Eleanor Greene 19 Ellee De Ghetto Mackenzie Gauvin Jared Mcguire all over the country, go to www.frenchwoods.com/ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the Dominican Republic. 2 Ben Hernowitz Sam Levin Elizabeth Horan Evan Silverman Mckynzie Clark John Vaughn Benton Kaufman 8 Courtney Jonas Elizabeth Giancarlo Scott Crepea Jordan Spector blog/ to see when and where we’ll be! David Rigano’s musical, Facing East: The Musical, Luca Fourny-Bonfils Emily Karasick Mordkovich Hernandez 23 Billie Green Livia Cassina Nicolas Fabre Jaden Jules Kaylie Hausknecht Joshua Alter Elana Rebitzer 28 Casey Loehr had a developmental concert performance this fall Payton Cousins Jazzy Sinkoff Liam Aherne Joshua Cohen Holly Hagan Eleanor Fellerhoff that benefited The Trevor Project in Chicago. Sean Szynaka 9 Alissa Anselmo Melanie Freedman Louisa O’reilly- Leslie Duke Hannah Franklin- 3 Dylan Thompson Caitlyn Koo Portia Krichman Hyland Lucille Hampel Gillette Alumni News! Abdiel Vivancos is a member of the Carnegie Mellon Gabrielle Auger Joseph Monte 15 Morgan Tromberg Maisie Brizzolara Luiza Fischleder Sara Franklin- Irene Tanner Joshua Nash Robbie Tromberg Melanie Blitz Naomi Natko Gillette Celia Rubin, a FW camper in the late ‘90s, is starring University School of Drama class of 2012 and is Jazmin Kay Peter “Josh” Seth Itkin Natalia Ryzak Patrick Macdowall Zoe Depreta in Saturday Night Fever with Royal Caribbean while working on Brecht’s Good Person of Setzuan. Jessica Grauberd Bawden Shelley Yanosky Priscilla Hopper Perry Kerner 29 Aaron Skutnik Mike Downing Riley Rappaport 16 Allison Scheffler Victoria Wheeler Thalia Arrouasse Adeline Horan travelling the world on the Liberty of the Seas. Gabe Greenspan is at Yale University studying Michelle Antonova 10 Amber Lalla Blair Berlin 20 Caroline Kuritzkes Victor Tibi Benjamin Edelman Mikayla Kibel George Hunt Cara Cobden Drew Raskin Yaelle Arrouasse Eli Alex Rosenberg is a freshman at the University of theatre. Last year he was selected for JAW, a Yale Phoebe Piloco Katya Yan Victoria Lee Hayden Cohen 24 Caitlin Slatcher Berman improv troupe and Red Hot Poker, a sketch comedy 4 Alixy Zabin Rebecca Branovan 17 Alana Sackman Nathan Thibodeau David Greenhouse Jamie Marcus Arizona. This past summer he worked for Broadway Jonathan Flores Sydney Gough Charlotte Trattner Regina Avrutis Emily Mccarthy Jessica Bilhartz producer Jeffrey Richards. Alex is looking to take that group. He spent the summer in LA interning at Funny Rose Reses Taylor Kristal Elizabeth “Libby” Sami Seiden Gillian Leeds Renata Sanchez or Die.