2013 Alumni Only Intensive Schedule
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Name: _______________________________ Age Group: ___________________ Advisor: ___________________________ Major: _______________ Group: _____ Broadway Artists Alliance – 2013 Alumni Only Intensive Schedule th Monday, July 15 11:30 AM Participants staying at the Wingate Inn and TRYP Hotel meet in the Hotel Lobby for a brief (10 to 15 min.) Hotel Orientation 11:45 AM Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. Don’t be late! We will leave promptly 12:00 PM Commuter Drop Off, Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.) Commuting students and parents of commuting students: Kindly plan to drop off students on the 17th 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 17th floor on Day One in order to help you get familiar with the building. Every other day, students should report directly to the 17th floor. 12:00 PM- 12:30 PM Optional Parent Orientation with Michelle R. Lehrman (Admissions Director) ** PARENTS ** Parents of hotel based and commuting participants can get your program and schedule related questions answered in this brief informational meeting. 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM Welcome Back Orientation/Duet, Trio and Scene Audition Sign-Up/Theatre Games 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Dance Master Class/Dance Elective – Learn Broadway Dance Repertoire Broadway Theatre Dance - Level 1&2 Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s C h i c a g o , Broadway Repertoire (Beginning-Intermediate) Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hal l , e t c . Broadway Theatre Dance - Level 2&3 Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, National Tours: Dreamgirls, Musical Theatre Combination (Intermediate-Advanced) Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin’, West Side Story, etc. Jennifer Johns BAA’s Program Director, 42nd Street, Anything Goes, Broadway Tap Dance – Advanced Tappers Copacabana, Grease, Annie, Joseph, Evita, Radio City Christmas, etc. Musical Theatre Tap Combination (All Levels) & Kristi Coombs BAA’s Dance Director, Bway’s Marilyn, National Tour: Annie (Annie, 1st and 2 nd Bway National Tours), etc. 2:00 PM - 2:55 PM Catered Lunch, Meet with Advisors 3:00 PM - 5:10 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Jennifer Johns BAA’s Program Director, 42nd Street, Anything Goes, Voice: Group A Song Interpretation: Telling a Story Through Song Copacabana, Grease, Annie, Joseph, Evita, Radio City Christmas, etc. Kristi Coombs BAA’s Dance Director, Bway’s Marilyn, National Tours: Annie Voice: Group B Musical Theatre Audition Technique: Your 16-32 Bar Audition (Annie, 1st and 2nd Bway National Tours), etc. "Only A Decade Away" Xander Rovang BAA’s Music Department Head, Top NYC Music Director/ Voice: Group C Tips for choosing a variety of music from all different periods for Arranger/Vocal Coach your book Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, National Tours: Dreamgirls, Acting: Group A Choosing and Perfecting Your Audition Monologue Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin’, West Side Story, etc. Physical Acting Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s C h i c a g o , Acting: Group B Accessing Physical and Emotional Resources Within Acting Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hall, etc. Lisa Gajda Bway’s Chaplin, Catch Me If You Can, Elf, Finian’s Rainbow, Broadway Dance Repertoire Dance: Group A Spamalot, Movin’ Out, Kiss Me Kate, Fosse, 5-time Gypsy Robe Recipient, Advanced Final Showcase Combination etc. 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review/ Warm-Up for Auditions Duet, Trio, and Scene Auditions Individual Coaching Sessions 7:00 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! Tuesday, July 16th 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) Movement for Actors: Telling a Story through Dance (Levels 1-2) Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s C h i c a g o , Beginning/Intermediate Level Theatre Dance for Singers/Actors who “move” Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hall, etc. Clay Thomson (BAA Alumni!) currently performing Bway’s Matilda, also Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 2-3): Matilda-themed Master Class Bway’s Newsies (Spot Conlon), National Tour of West Side Story (A-rab), Learn choreography in the style of Broadway’s Matilda etc. Holly-Anne Ruggiero Associate Director for Bway’s Bring it On, also Improvisation and Character Development (Acting) Bway’s Jersey Boys, New York City Center’s On Your Toes, National Tour Associate Director: Bring it On, Producer, Regional and NY Theater Director, etc. Beth Leavel Bway’s The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony® Award Winner), also Scene Study (Acting) Bway’s Baby It’s You, 42nd Street, Crazy for You, Mamma Mia, Elf, etc. Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National Tours of Annie, Tricks of the Trade: Musical Theatre Audition Technique The Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Work on a 16 or 32 bar song selection, and interview skills, while defining type (Voice) Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.) Song Interpretation: Telling a Story Through Song (Voice) Eden Espinosa Bway’s Wicked (Elphaba), Brooklyn, Rent (Maureen), etc. 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch 2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Cesar Rocha Casting Director for Telsey + Company Casting Voice: Group A Musical Theatre Audition Technique: The 16 Bar Audition (Annie, Spider-Man,The Addams Family, Wicked, Next to Normal, Elf, Tuck Everlasting, Fly, etc.) Voice: Vince di Mura Composer, NY and Regional Musical Director, Princeton Vocal Styles, Phrasing, & Interpretation Groups B & C University Music Department Faculty, International Jazz Musician Scene Study Kyle Dean Massey Bway’s Wicked (Fiyero), Next to Normal (Gabe), Acting: Group A Using Scenes from Broadway’s Wicked Xanadu, etc. Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, National Tours: Dreamgirls, Acting: Group B Choosing and Perfecting Your Audition Monologue Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin’, West Side Story, etc. Broadway Dance Styles Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s C h i c a g o , Dance: Group A Final Showcase Choreography Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hall, etc. 4:30 AM - 5:25 PM Two time Tony® Award Nominated Guest Speaker – Q&A Session with Laura Osnes Star of Broadway’s Cinderella, Bonnie and Clyde, Anything Goes, South Pacific, Grease, etc! **Laura will be answering questions, and students will partake in a mini-master class! Laura will also hear 2-4 students sing (names will be pulled from a hat)!** 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music Rehearsal and Review Duet, Trio, and Scene Rehearsals Individual Coaching Sessions - One on One work on your audition material Dance Rehearsal- Dance Majors work on final showcase material 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, July 17th 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 11:30 AM - 12:45 AM ** SPECIAL “Let’s Talk Shop: The Business of Show” Master Class for PARENTS ** **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 (All Levels) Lisa Gajda Bway’s Catch Me If You Can, Elf, Finian’s Rainbow, Spamalot, Learn to express yourself through dance with original choreography/short Movin’ Out, Kiss Me Kate, Fosse, 5-time Gypsy Robe Recipient, etc. combinations using different Broadway dance styles Christian Coulson Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Tom Riddle), Scene Study (Acting) Gossip Girl, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, etc. Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours of Annie, The Scene Study (Acting) Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.) Scene Study (Acting) Michelle Federer Bway’s W i c k e d (original Nessarose), Three Days of Rain Song Interpretation (Voice) Eden Espinosa Bway’s Wicked (Elphaba), Brooklyn, Rent (Maureen), etc. Cesar Rocha Casting Director for Telsey + Company Casting (Annie, Spider- Making Your Audition Song Count: The 16 Bar Audition (Voice) Man,The Addams Family, Wicked, Next to Normal, Elf, etc.) “The Healthy Belt and Singer’s Wisdom” Celeste Simone Top NYC Vocal Coach Understanding Healthy Vocal Technique & Song Interpretation (Voice) 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch 2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR “The Healthy Belt and Singer’s Wisdom” Voice: Group A Understanding Healthy Vocal Technique & Song Celeste Simone Top NYC Vocal Coach Interpretation Susan Blackwell Bway’s [title of show], host of “Side by Side with Susan Voice: Group B Song Interpretation and Character Development Blackwell” on Broadway.com, etc.