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Broadway Artists Alliance – 2013 Alumni Only Intensive Schedule

Monday, July 15th

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 Dance - Level 1&2 Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s C h i c a g o , Broadway Repertoire (Beginning-Intermediate) (director/choreographer ), Radio City Music Hal l , e t c . Broadway Theatre Dance - Level 2&3 Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, National Tours: Dreamgirls, Combination (Intermediate-Advanced) Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin’, , etc. Jennifer Johns BAA’s Program Director, , Anything Goes, Broadway Tap Dance – Advanced Tappers Copacabana, Grease, , Joseph, , 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 , 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 , 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, , Mamma Mia, Elf, etc. Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National Tours of Annie, Tricks of the Trade: Musical Theatre Audition Technique , , 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, , etc.) Song Interpretation: Telling a Story Through Song (Voice) Bway’s (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 + Casting Voice: Group A Musical Theatre Audition Technique: The 16 Bar Audition (Annie, Spider-Man,The Addams Family, Wicked, , 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 , 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, , 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. Voice: Group C Song Interpretation Telling a Story Through Song Eden Espinosa Bway’s Wicked (Elphaba), Brooklyn, Rent (Maureen), etc. Acting: Group A Cold Reading Audition Technique David Doan Top NYC Agent (Generation TV) Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours of Annie, The Acting: Group B Scene Study and Cold Reading Audition Technique Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.) Lisa Gajda Bway’s Catch Me If You Can, Elf, Finian’s Rainbow, Spamalot, Dance: Group A Broadway Dance Repertoire: Fosse Movin’ Out, Kiss Me Kate, Fosse, 5-time Gypsy Robe Recipient, etc.

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review Duet, Trio, and Scene Rehearsals

6:00 PM T-Shirt Distribution - All students pick up their BAA t-shirts to wear to the Broadway show

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.

BROADWAY SHOW! 7:30pm Broadway Show: Cinderella 8:00pm Broadway Show: Matilda (Walk to theatre escorted by BAA Staff) (Walk to the theatre escorted by BAA Staff)

After the Show Chaperones escort BAA hotel participants back to Wingate Inn and TRYP Hotel Commuter sign out/ pick up at the Broadway Theatre (Cinderella) (1681 Broadway at 53r d St.) Commuter sign out/ pick up at the Shubert Theatre 225 West 44t h Street (between 7th and 8t h Avenues) (Show running times are listed on their respective websites, estimate a 10:20pm (Cinderella) or 10:50pm (Matilda) pickup, allowing time for a possible cast talk back) With the exception of BAA Hotel Students being chaperoned back by the Hotel Chaperone and those who have designated “unescorted,” all parents or an adult designated on the Sign Out paperwork MUST sign out their students at the theater with a BAA Staff Member

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

Thursday, July 18th

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) Broadway Dance Repertoire (Levels 1-2): Annie Kristi Coombs BAA’s Dance Director, Bway’s Marilyn, National Tours: Annie Learn original choreography from Broadway’s Annie (Annie, 1st and 2nd Bway National Tours), etc. Broadway Dance Repertoire (Levels 2-3): Classic Musical Theatre Styles Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s C h i c a g o , Fosse, Robbins, Bennett, etc. Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hall, etc. Broadway Dance Repertoire (Levels 2): Kyle Taylor Parker (BAA Alumni!) currently Bway’s Kinky Boots (Angel) Learn original choreography from Broadway’s Kinky Boots Christian Coulson Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Tom Riddle), Scene Study (Acting) Gossip Girl, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, etc. The Business of Broadway: “Let’s Talk Shop” 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. Andréa Burns Bway’s (Daniela), The Nance, Beauty and the Making the Song Your Own (Voice) Beast (Belle), The Ritz, The Full Monty, etc. Auditioning for Contemporary Musical Theatre (Voice) Kyle Dean Massey Bway’s Wicked (Fiyero), Next to Normal (Gabe), Xanadu, *You must have a pop/rock or contemporary theatre song prepared for this class etc.

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Voice: Group A Song Interpretation Eden Espinosa Bway’s Wicked (Elphaba), Brooklyn, Rent (Maureen), etc. Voice: Andréa Burns Bway’s In the Heights (Daniela), The Nance, Beauty and the Making the Song Your Own Groups B & C Beast (Belle), The Ritz, The Full Monty, etc. Cesar Rocha Casting Director for Telsey + Company Casting Acting: Group A Showcasing Your Monologue (Annie, Spider-Man,The Addams Family, Wicked, Next to Normal, Elf, Tuck Everlasting, Fly, etc.) Christian Coulson Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Tom Riddle), Acting: Group B Scene Study and Character Development Gossip Girl, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, etc. Kristi Coombs BAA’s Dance Director, Bway’s Marilyn, National Tours: Annie Dance: Group A Broadway Dance Repertoire, Styles, and Skills (Annie, 1st and 2nd Bway National Tours), etc.

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review Duet, Trio, and Scene Rehearsals

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, July 19th

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 - 12:55 PM Warm up and Showcase Dress Rehearsal Work with Top Music Directors and Vocal Coaches on Broadway Repertoire Duet, Trio, and Scene Rehearsals

1:00 PM - 1:25 PM Catered Lunch

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

2:30 PM - 6:00 PM FINAL INDUSTRY PANEL - Showcase your coached and prepared material for direct industry feedback!

Past Industry guests have included: Abrams Artists Generation TV Binder Casting Shirley Grant Management Nora Brennan Casting Sinclair Management Jim Carnahan Casting Holly-Anne Ruggiero, Director Carson Adler Agency Hardin-Curtis Agency Carson Kolker Agency Nani-Saperstein Management CESD Talent Agency Nickelodeon Talent and Casting Creative Artists RKS Management Michael Cassara Casting Tara Rubin Casting Dave Clemmons Casting Sinclair Management Bob Cline Casting Station Three Entertainment DDO Artists Agency Take 3 Talent DGRW, Inc. Talent Agency Telsey + Company Casting Gersh Agency

(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!)

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM **PARENTS** SPECIAL Broadway Dance Master Class for PARENTS** **PARENTS** Parents learn to Broadway Boogie with Associate Director Tyrick Wiltez Jones (Featuring Broadway Choreography and Excerpts from shows like Mamma Mia, Legally Blonde, and Hairspray) ** This class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians **

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Wrap-up! Farewells! 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