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Broadway Artists Alliance – 2012 Alumni Only Session Schedule

Tuesday, June 26th

10:30 AM Participants staying at the Wingate Inn meet in the Hotel Lobby for a brief (10 to 15 min.) Hotel Orientation

10:45 AM Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. Don’t be late! We will leave promptly Commuter Drop Off, Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

11:00 AM Commuting students and parents of commuting students: Kindly plan to drop off students on the 16th floor of the Ripley Grier Studios. Please do not arrive more than 10-15 minutes early. BAA reps will be available to guide you from the lobby area to the 16th floor on Day One in order to help you get familiar with the building. Every other day, students should report directly to the 16th floor.

11:00 AM- 11:30 AM Optional Parent Orientation with Michelle R. Lehrman (Admissions Director), Studio 16D ** PARENTS ** Parents of hotel based and commuting participants can get your program and schedule related questions answered in this brief informational meeting.

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM Welcome Back Orientation/ Duet, Trio and Scene Audition Sign Up/Theatre Games, Studio 16FG

11:30 AM - 1:25 PM Dance Master Class/Dance Elective – Mock Audition for a Broadway Show Dance - L e v e l s 1&2, Studio 16D Tyrick Wiltez Jones BAA’s Associate Director, Bway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray/Seussical Repertoire (Advanced Beginning-Intermediate) Hairspray, Tours: Seussical, Fosse, Showboat, etc. Broadway Theatre Dance - Level 2&3, Studio 16FG Lisa Gajda Bway’s Catch Me if You Can, Finian’s Rainbow, Elf, Spamalot, Musical Theatre Combo (Intermediate-Advanced) Cry Baby, Movin’ Out, Taboo, Urban Cowboy, etc.

1:30 PM - 2:25 PM Catered Lunch, Meet With you Advisors!

2:30 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR "Only A Decade Away" Jennifer Johns BAA’s Program Director, Grease, Annie, 42nd Street, Voice: Group A Tips for choosing a variety of music from all different periods for Copacabana, Joseph…, Evita, TV/Film/Commercials etc. your book (Studio 16T) "Only A Decade Away" Alexander Gemignani Bway’s Sweeney Todd, The People in the Picture, Les Voice: Group B Tips for choosing a variety of music from all different periods for Miserables, Sunday in the Park with George, etc. your book (Studio 16FG) Scene Study and Character Development (Studio 16E) Acting: Group A Bridget Berger Bway’s Jersey Boys, C u r t a ins, The Pajama Game, etc. Accessing Physical and Emotional Resources Within Acting Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, Nat’l Tours: Dreamgirls, Acting: Group B Perfecting Your Audition Monologue (Studio 16Q) Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin, , etc Broadway Dance Repertoire Tyrick Wiltez Jones BAA’s Associate Director, Bway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Dance: Group A Advanced Final Showcase Combination (Studio 16D) Hairspray, Tours: Seussical, Fosse, Showboat, etc.

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review: Studio 16D, 10-14 yr olds/ Studio 16FG, 15-21 yr olds Duet, Trio and Scene Auditions: Studios 16E & 16T Warm up for audition: Studios 16C, 16N, 16S

6:00 PM SIGN OUT Hotel Based Participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios

11:00 PM Lights out! Rest up and prepare yourself for another busy day!

Wednesday, June 27th

9:45 AM Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. Don’t be late! We will leave promptly at 9:45 AM

10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

10:00 AM - 10:55 PM Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements

11:00 AM - 1:25 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 2-3): Nice Work If You Can Get It Kristen Beth Williams Bway’s Nice Work If You Can Get it, How to (Studio 16D) Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Promises, Promises, Shrek, etc. Learn original choreography from Broadway’s Nice Work If You Can Get It TV & Film Audition Technique (Acting) (Studio 16FG) David Doan Generation TV (One of NYC’s top Agents for Young People) Auditioning for and Working with an NYC Agent Scene Study (Acting) (Studio 16T) Bridget Berger Bway’s Jersey Boys, Curtains, The Pajama Game, etc. Alexander Gemignani Bway’s The People in the Picture, Les Miserables, Making Your Audition Song Count: The 16 Bar Audition (Voice) (Studio 16E) Sunday in the Park with George, etc.

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Voice: Group A Musical Theatre Audition Technique (Studio 16T) Christopher Jackson Bway’s Memphis, In the Heights, Lion King, etc. Voice: Group B Musical Theatre Audition Technique (Studio 16FG) Megan McGinnis Bway’s Les Miserables, Little Women, Parade, etc. TV & Film Audition Technique (Studio 16E) Tyrick Wiltez Jones BAA’s Associate Director, Bway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Acting: Group A This class will be on-camera Hairspray, Tours: Seussical, Fosse, Showboat, etc. Scene Study and Character Development (Studio 16O) Acting: Group B Bridget Berger Bway’s Jersey Boys, Curtains, The Pajama Game, etc. Accessing Physical and Emotional Resources Within Acting Broadway Dance Repertoire: Matilda and Billy Elliot Dance: Group A Cara Kjellman Bway’s Billy Elliot, 42nd Street, etc. (Studio 16D)

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review Duet, Trio and Scene Rehearsals Individual Coaching Sessions - One on One work on your audition material Dance Rehearsal- Dance Majors meet with Tyrick Wiltez Jones to work on final showcase material

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Dinner/ Pizza Party! Dinner provided for all students in between rehearsal and the evening event! * Parents please note that all students must remain at Ripley Grier Studios. BAA Staff will escort students directly to the evening’s Broadway Show. Parents holding show tickets to the same show should meet us at the theater’s lobby.

8:00 PM BROADWAY SHOW! Broadway Show: Nice Work If You Can Get It All participants will be attending this show! (Walk to theatre escorted by BAA Staff)

After the Show Chaperones escort BAA hotel participants back to Wingate Inn and Wyndham Garden Hotel Commuter sign out/ pick up at the Imperial Theatre (Nice Work…) 249 West 45th Street (between 7th and 8t h Avenues) (11:00pm sharp pick up! There will be a Cast Talk-Back after the show, however we must leave the theater by 11pm promptly!)

11:30 PM Lights out! Rest up and prepare yourself for another busy day!

Thursday, June 28th

9:45 AM Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. Don’t be late! We will leave promptly at 9:45 AM

10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements Work with Top Music Directors and Vocal Coaches on Broadway Repertoire

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM **SPECIAL “Let’s Talk Shop: The Business of Show” Master Class for PARENTS**, Studio 16D **PARENTS** with Jennifer Johns, Program Director Get your questions answered regarding New York auditions, the unions, marketing, mailings, pictures and résumés, working well with an agent or manager, entertainment taxes, choosing and preparing for college auditions, casting director submissions, transitioning from kids in the biz to young adult careers, etc. ** This class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians **

11:00 AM - 1:25 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 1-2): Hairspray (Studio 16E) Tyrick Wiltez Jones BAA’s Associate Director, Bway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Learn original choreography from Broadway’s Hairspray Hairspray, Tours: Seussical, Fosse, Showboat, etc. Cold Reading Audition Technique (Acting) (Studio 16T) Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting Perfecting Your Audition Monologues (Acting) (Studio 16O) Telly Leung Bway’s Godspell, Rent, etc., TV’s Glee Please have at least 1 contemporary one minute monologue prepared for this class Julie Danielson Telsey + C o . Casting Assistant / Music Director / Vocal Coach / "Only A Decade Away" (Voice) (Studio 16N) Musician (Spring Awakening), MTV’s Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Tips for choosing a variety of music from all different periods for your book Elle Woods Beth Leavel Bway’s The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony® Award Winner), Baby It’s Song Interpretation (Voice) (Studio 16FG) You, 42nd Street, Crazy for You, etc.

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Beth Leavel Bway’s The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony® Award Winner), Baby It’s Voice: Group A Song Interpretation: The Story of the Song (Studio 16T) You, 42nd Street, Crazy for You, etc. Voice: Group B Making the Song Your Own (Studio 16FG) Andrea Burns Bway’s In the Heights, Beauty and the Beast, etc. Acting: Group A Scene Study and Character Development (Studio 16E) Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting Alexander Gemignani Bway’s The People in the Picture, Les Miserables, Acting: Group B Scene Study and Character Development (Studio 16O) Sunday in the Park with George, etc. Dance: Group A Broadway Dance Repertoire: Ghost (Studio 16D) Michael Balderrama Bway’s Ghost, In the Heights, etc.

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review, Studio 16D, Studio 16FG Duet, Trio and Scene Rehearsals, Studio 16E, 16N, 16O, 16S, 16C

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM **PARENTS** SPECIAL Broadway Dance Master Class for PARENTS**, Studio 16T **PARENTS** Parents learn to Broadway Boogie with Associate Director Tyrick Wiltez Jones (Featuring Broadway Choreography and Excerpts from shows like Ma mma Mia, Legally Blonde, and Hairspray) ** This class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians ** Please note this class was previously on Friday and has been rescheduled to today, Thursday!

6:00 PM SIGN OUT Hotel Based Participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios

11:00 PM Lights out! Rest up and prepare yourself for another busy day!

Friday, June 29th

9:45 AM Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. Don’t be late! We will leave promptly at 9:45 AM

10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements

11:00 AM - 1:25 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Auditioning For Broadway (Voice) (Studio 16FG) Christopher Jackson Bway’s Memphis, In the Heights, Lion King, etc. “The Healthy Belt and Singer’s Wisdom” (Voice) (Studio 16T) Celeste Simone Top NYC Vocal Coach to the Stars Understanding Healthy Vocal Technique & Song Interpretation The Business of Broadway: “Let’s Talk Shop” (Studio 16E) Choosing and preparing for college auditions, preparing to audition in NYC, the Jennifer Johns BAA’s Program Director, Grease, 42nd Street, Copacabana, unions, marketing yourself, mailings, Ross Reports, pictures and resumes, Joseph…, Evita, TV/Film/Commercials etc. transitioning from the child to young adult actor, exploring other jobs in the theatre, working with an agent etc. The Musical Theatre “Cold” Song (Voice) (Studio 16D) Alexander Gemignani Bway’s The People in the Picture, Les Miserables, Preparing for the final callback - cold reading with new music Sunday in the Park with George, etc.

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Voice: Group A “Making it on Broadway” The 16 Bar Audition (Studio 16T) Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting Voice: Group B “Making it on Broadway” The 16 Bar Audition (Studio 16FG) Seth Rudetsky Bway Actor, Music Director, Radio Host, Author, etc. Cold Reading Audition Technique: Auditioning for Comedy Acting: Group A Leslie Zaslower Executive Casting Director (Studio 16E) Acting: Group B Cold Reading Audition Technique (Studio 16Q) Joe Langworth Director/Choreographer, Bway’s , Next Fall, etc. Jeff Shade T o p N Y C Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s , Dance: Group A Broadway Dance Repertoire, Styles, and Skills (Studio 16D) Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Hall, etc.

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review, Studio 16D, Studio 16FG Duet, Trio and Scene Rehearsals, Studio 16E, 16N, 16O, 16S, 16C

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM **PARENTS** Please note that the SPECIAL Broadway Dance Master Class for PARENTS** that was previously scheduled for this date and time has been MOVED to Thursday, June 28th!

6:00 PM SIGN OUT Hotel Based Participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios

11:00 PM Lights out! Rest up and prepare yourself for another busy day!

Saturday, June 30th

9:45 AM Hotel based participant’s check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. Don’t be late! We will leave promptly at 9:45 AM

10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Warm up and Showcase Dress Rehearsal Work with Top Music Directors and Vocal Coaches on Broadway Repertoire

11:00 AM - 12:55 PM Tony® Award Winning Guest Speaker – Q&A Session Studio 16FG **Our Special Surprise TONY® A w a r d -Winning Guest Speaker will answer your questions about the business of Musical Theatre! **

1:00 PM - 1:25 PM Catered Lunch

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Final Showcase Half Hour Call

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM FINAL INDUSTRY PANEL - Showcase your coached and prepared material for direct industry feedback! Studios 16FG & 16D

Past Industry guests have included: Abrams Artists Agency Gersh Agency Binder Casting Generation TV Nora Brennan Casting Shirley Grant Management Jim Carnahan Casting Holly Anne Ruggiero, Director Carson Adler Agency Frontier Booking International Carson Kolker Agency Megan Larche Casting CESD Talent Agency Nani-Saperstein Management Creative Artists Nickelodeon Talent and Casting Michael Cassara Casting RKS Management Clemmons/Dewing Casting Tara Rubin Casting Bob Cline Casting Sinclair Management DDO Artists Agency Station Three Entertainment DGRW, Inc. Talent Agency Telsey + Company Casting

(The final Industry list is subject to change based on casting schedules and availability. No less than 15 Industry guests will be present for the Panel and Final Showcase!) (Sorry, no parents or guests: Industry only!)

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Farewells! Group Photo! Parents, please do not arrive to pick up your students before 6:00 pm (Waiting area is limited) All Students (including hotel students) should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios