<<

Name: ______Age Group: ______Advisor: ______Major: ______Group: _____

Broadway Artists Alliance 2017 Summer Intensive Session 3 Schedule

Monday, July 24th

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Participants staying at the Homewood Suites by Hilton and Courtyard Marriott New York Times Square West meet in the Hotel 10:30 AM 11:30 AM Lobby for a brief 10-15 minute hotel orientation.

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Hotel-based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. Don’t be late! 10:45 AM 11:45 AM We will leave promptly!

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Commuter Drop Off, Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.) 17th floor 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 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 17thfloor on Day One in order to help you get familiar with the building. Every other day, students should report directly to the 17th floor.

** PARENTS ** AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Optional Parent Orientation with Michelle R. Lehrman (Assistant Director) & Ashleigh Junio (Admissions Director) (Studio 17D) 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM- Parents of hotel based and commuting can get your program and schedule related questions answered in this brief informational 11:30 AM 12:30 PM meeting.

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM- Orientation/Registration/Introductions/Theatre Games (Ages 10-14 Studio 17N, Ages 15-21 Studio 17E) 12:25 PM 12:25 PM

12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Dance Placement Auditions – Mock Audition for a Broadway Show (Studio 17N) Please choose TWO Combinations to learn! You will then select ONE to perform on the day of the placements Dance - Broadway Theatre Dance - Broadway Theatre Dance - Broadway Tap Dance - Classic Tap Dance Styles - Level 1 (Studio 17E) Level 2 (Studio 17H) Level 3 (Studio 17I) Level 1 (Studio 17B) Levels 2-3 (Studio 17B) (Beginning/Adv. Beginning) (Intermediate) (Advanced) (ages 10-14 at 12:30pm) (ages 10-14 at 12:55pm) (ages 15-21 at 1:40pm) (ages 15-21 at 1:15pm) (Beginning/Int. Tappers) (Advanced Tappers) Tyrick Wiltez Jones Jeff Shade Andi Hopkins Jessa Rose Jennifer Johns Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow, BAA’s Dance Director; Top National and International National Tour of The Wizard of BAA’s Artistic Director; ; National Tours: Miss NYC Director/ Choreographer; Tours of Singin’ in the Rain, Oz; Regional Tour: Surflight To Performer: Radio City; Tours: Saigon, Seussical, , Performer: Broadway’s Joesph…Dreamcoat, Go; Regional: , , Grease, Showboat; TV: Nickelodeon, , , Teddy (Effie u/s), West White Christmas, Oklahoma! Joseph…Dreamcoat, , Film: Joyful Noise; NY and & Alice, Radio City, Crazy for Side Story, Ain’t Misbehavin’, (Aggie), 42nd Street (Ethel), Red Hot and Cole; USO Tour; Regional award winning You; ’s Dance Radio City, etc. etc. Regional: White Christmas, Choreographer, etc. Captain; Juilliard, Montclair, Christmas Story, Mystery of Boston, Yale Faculty, etc. Edwin Drood, Anything Goes; TV/Film; NYU Faculty, etc.

2:15 PM - 2:55 PM Catered Lunch (After getting your food, please eat lunch in your next placement audition room)

3:00 PM - 6:25 PM Placement Auditions (16 Bars and Monologues) Voice Majors (Voice Groups A & B, Studio 17E) Acting Majors (Acting Group A & B, Studio 17H) All Dance Majors (Studio 17D) (Voice Groups C & D, Studio 17B) (Acting Group C & D, Studio 17I) In addition to the group Dance Placement (Voice Groups E & F, Studio 17N) Please prepare TWO brief contrasting Auditions, Dance majors must also choose to Please prepare TWO contrasting 16 bar pieces monologues. Your selections should be audition with ONE song and/or ONE monologue (e.g. up-tempo/ballad, legit/belt) Be sure to bring approximately one minute each. (In addition, (or both) your sheet music! (In addition, singers may actors may prepare an optional 16-32 bar song) prepare one optional 1 minute monologue) Additional Voice Auditions (Studio 17C) Warm Up Room, All Majors (Studio 17G)

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Meet with your Advisor (Studios 17E & 17N)

ALL AGES SIGN OUT 7:00 PM Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios (Ages 10-14 Studio 17H, Ages 15 -21 Studio 17A) Hotel based participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff (Studio 17I)

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

Tuesday, July 25th

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

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

ALL AGES Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements (Ages 10-14 Studio 17N, Ages 15-21 Studio 17E) 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire Coachings begin in Studios 17G, 17J, 17K, 17Q, 17O, & 17P

11:00 AM - 1:25 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Broadway Dance Skills: How to Nail Your Next Broadway Dance Audition! Celia Mei Rubin Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Studio (Levels 1-3) Matilda; West End/British credits: (Dance Captain), Joseph...Dreamcoat 17D Utilizing real Broadway Audition Combos from The Great Comet (Narrator), , (Anita) Studio Broadway Song and Dance Repertoire (Levels 1-3) Robert Hartwell Broadway's Hello Dolly!, Motown The Musical, Cinderella, , 17E Learn a Production Number from Broadway’s current Hello Dolly Revival Nice Work if You Can Get It; Host of the web series “Broadway Quick Change” Studio Scene Study & Character Development (Acting) Andréa Burns Broadway’s On Your Feet (Gloria), The Nance, 17I Utilizing scenes from In the Heights, On Your Feet, , and (Daniela), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Ritz, The Full Monty, etc. Joe Langworth Associate Director/Choreographer Broadway’s South Pacific, Studio Next Fall; Performer Broadway’s , , (original cast); Improvisation & Character Development (Acting) 17A National Tours: South Pacific (Associate Choreographer/Dance Captain), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dance Captain), On the Town, West Side Story Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting; projects include National Tours Studio of Fame, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Bye, Bye Birdie, Hairspray, , Cold Reading Audition Technique: The Broadway Sides Callback (Acting) 16O The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma, , , and many more; PACE University Senior Faculty Adam Chanler-Berat Broadway's Amelie (Nino), Peter and the Starcatcher Studio WHOMP-CHAL! Acting for the Camera (Acting) (Boy/Peter), Next to Normal (Henry); off-Broadway’s The Fortress of Solitude, Fly 17H By Night, Rent (Mark), etc. Randy Graff Broadway's Les Misérables (Fantine, original Broadway cast), City Studio How to Win a TONY® AWARD! With Vocal Styles, Phrasing, Comedy & of Angels (Donna/Oolie, Tony® Award Winner), A Class Act (Tony® Award 17C Interpretation (Voice) nomination), , High Society, Moon Over Buffalo, , Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sarava, Grease, The Babylon Line Christy Altomare Broadway's (Anastasia, 2017 Studio Blasting Through The Door: Confidence In Auditions (Voice) nominee), Mamma Mia! (Sophie); National Tour: Spring Awakening (Wendla); 17N Off- Broadway: (Sue) Lindsay Mendez Broadway’s Significant Other (Laura), Wicked (Elphaba), Studio Nailing your Audition! With Song Interpretation (Voice) Godspell, Everyday Rapture, Grease; off-Broadway’s Dogfight, The Golden 17B Apple, The Winter's Tale, The Marvelous Wonderettes Broadway's An American In Paris, (Henri, Tony® Award Studio Audition Technique: The 32-Bar Audition (Voice) nomination), Les Misérables (Enjolras, Marius u/s), Evita (Che), Dance of the 17B Vampires (Fred), (u/s Jesus)

11:15 PM - 1:25 PM **SPECIAL “Let’s Talk Shop: The Business of Show” Master Class for PARENTS** (For Parents of Students Ages 10 - 14) **PARENTS** with Jennifer Johns, Artistic Director/Founder (Studio 16T) of students ages 10-14 Get your questions answered regarding the New York industry, a realistic career outlook for young performers including navigating New York auditions, the unions, marketing, mailings, pictures and résumés, working well with an agent or manager, entertainment taxes, casting director submissions, transitioning from kids in the biz to young adult careers, finding the right training and professional opportunities, etc. ** This class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians. Recommended for parents of students ages 10-14 **

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch (with your group and your advisor)

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Megan McGinnis Recently created the role of Jerusha in Daddy Long Legs; Voice: Group A Making Your Audition Song Count Broadway’s (Violet u/s), Les Misérables (Eponine), Little Women Studio 17N Make an impression with 16 bars (Beth), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Parade, etc. Mamie Parris Broadway’s (Grizabella), School of Rock (Patty), On The Voice: Group B Making Your Audition Song Count Twentieth Century, , Ragtime; National Tours: Wicked Studio 17I Make an impression with 16 bars (Elphaba), 9 to 5 (Judy), , etc. Michael Cassara Casting Director – Michael Cassara Casting; Resident Casting Voice: Group C Making Your Audition Song Count Director for the New York Musical Theatre Festival and NAMT Festival of New Studio 17C Make an impression with 16 bars Musicals; other projects include , Fat Camp, etc. Dale Brown Broadway Casting Director; Stewart/Whitley & Tara Rubin Casting; Voice: Group D Making Your Audition Song Count projects include Broadway and National Tours of , Chicago, Billy Elliot, Studio 17H Make an impression with 16 bars Anything Goes, , , Phantom of the Opera, etc.

Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting; projects include National Tours of Voice: Group E Making Your Audition Song Count Fame, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Bye, Bye Birdie, Hairspray, The Music Man, Studio 17E Make an impression with 16 bars The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma, Rent, Annie, and many more; PACE University Senior Faculty Randy Graff Broadway's Les Misérables (Fantine, Original Broadway Cast), City Voice: Group F Making Your Audition Song Count of Angels (Donna/Oolie, Tony® Award Winner), A Class Act (Tony® Award Studio 16O Make an impression with 16 bars nomination), Fiddler on the Roof, High Society, Moon Over Buffalo, Falsettos, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sarava, Grease, The Babylon Line Kyle Dean Massey Broadway's Pippin (Pippin), Wicked (Fiyero), Next to Normal Acting: Group A Scene Study and Character Development (Gabe), ; National Tour 42nd Street (Billy); Film: Sex and the City 2, The Studio 17A Contest; TV: ABC's Nashville Acting: Group B Andréa Burns Broadway’s On Your Feet (Gloria), The Nance, In the Heights Scene Study and Character Development Studio 17B (Daniela), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Ritz, The Full Monty, etc. Joe Langworth Associate Director/Choreographer Broadway’s South Pacific,

Next Fall; Performer Broadway’s Ragtime, Follies, A Chorus Line (original cast); Acting: Group C Scene Study and Character Development National Tours: South Pacific (Associate Choreographer/Dance Captain), Studio 17C Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dance Captain), On the Town, West Side Story Jeff Shade BAA’s Dance Director; Top NYC Director/ Choreographer; Performer: Dance: Group A Broadway Dance Repertoire: Final Showcase Number Broadway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity, Teddy & Alice, Radio City, ; Studio 17D Bob Fosse’s Dance Captain; Juilliard, Montclair, Boston, Yale Faculty, etc.

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review (Studios 17E & 17N) Dance Rehearsal - Dance Majors work on final showcase material (Studio 17D) Individual Coaching Sessions - One on One work on your audition material

5:30 PM T-Shirt Distribution - All students pick up their BAA t-shirts to wear to the Broadway show (Studio 17H)

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM Dinner/Pizza Party! Dinner provided for all students in between rehearsal and the evening event! (participants seeing Anastasia: Studio 17N, participants seeing : Studio 17E) *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! 7:30 PM Broadway Show: Anastasia 7:00 Broadway Show: Groundhog Day (Walk to theatre escorted by BAA Staff) (Walk to theatre escorted by BAA Staff)

After the Show Chaperones escort BAA hotel participants back to Homewood Suites by Hilton and Courtyard Marriott Commuter sign out/pick up at the (Anastasia) 235 W. 44th Street (between Broadway & 8thAvenue) Commuter sign out/pick up at the (Groundhog Day) 245 W 52nd Street (between Broadway & 8thAvenue) (Show running times are listed on their respective websites, estimate a 10:00pm 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

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

Wednesday, July 26th

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

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

ALL AGES Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements (Ages 10-14 Studio 17N, Ages 15-21 Studio 17E) 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire Coachings continue in Studios 17G, 17J, 17K, 17L, 17O, & 17P

11:00 AM - 1:25 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Jeff Shade BAA’s Dance Director; Top NYC Director/ Choreographer; Performer: Studio Broadway Dance Skills: Beginning/Intermediate Broadway Tap Broadway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity, Teddy & Alice, Radio City, Crazy for You; 17E Work on Tap Skills and Combinations (Tap Levels 1-2) Bob Fosse’s Dance Captain; Juilliard, Montclair, Boston, Yale Faculty, etc. How to Nail Your Next Broadway Dance Audition for Singer/Actors who Heather Parcells Broadway’s Tuck Everlasting, A Chorus Line, Finding Studio Dance (From Tuck Everlasting to A Chorus Line) Heather will put you through Neverland, Soul Doctor, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wonderland, etc.; National 17N the paces of a typical Broadway Dance Call (Levels 1-3) Tours: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Some Like It Hot, Chicago, etc. Tyrick Wiltez Jones Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray; National Tours: Studio Broadway Dance Repertoire: Advanced Styles of Broadway Legends - Miss Saigon, Seussical, Fosse, Showboat; TV: Nickelodeon, Film: Joyful Noise; 17I Fosse, Robbins, Bennett, and more (Levels 2-3) NY and Regional award winning Choreographer, etc. Michelle Federer Broadway’s Wicked (Nessarose, original cast), Three Days Studio Musical Theatre Cold Reading Audition Technique (Acting) of Rain; off-Broadway: A Man of No Importance; TV: Blue Bloods, Elementary, 17A Smash, currently filming upcoming series The Defenders Scene Study and Character Development (Acting) Megan McGinnis Recently created the role of Jerusha in Daddy Long Legs; Studio Utilizing Scenes from Beauty and the Beast, Little Women, Thoroughly Broadway’s Side Show (Violet u/s), Les Misérables (Eponine), Little Women 17C Modern Millie, and Daddy Long Legs (Beth), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Parade, etc. Studio Dancing with Punches: Stage Combat and the Art of the Physical Actor John Hayden Broadway’s Tartuffe; off-Broadway’s Fly (Lincoln Center), Fifth 17H (Acting) Column (Mint), one of NYC’s leading Stage Combat and Fight Choreographers Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting; projects include National Studio Tours of Fame, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Bye, Bye Birdie, Hairspray, The Top Broadway Auditions from a Casting Director's Perspective (Voice) 16N Music Man, The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma, Rent, Annie, and many more; PACE University Senior Faculty Lindsay Mendez Broadway’s Significant Other (Laura), Wicked (Elphaba), Studio Rock Your Audition! Auditioning for Contemporary Musical Theatre Godspell, Everyday Rapture, Grease; off-Broadway’s Dogfight, The Golden 17B Telling the Story with Contemporary Musical Theatre Songs (Voice) Apple, The Winter's Tale, The Marvelous Wonderettes Allie Trimm Broadway’s Allegiance (Hannah, original cast), 13 (Patrice, Studio Song Interpretation: Telling a Story Through Song (Voice) original cast/recording), (Kim); TV/Film: 30 Rock, PROM, 16O Cinnamon Girl, Private Practice, etc. Studio Healthy Belt: Technique and The Singer's Wisdom (Voice) Celeste Simone Top NYC Vocal Coach to the Stars 16M “Let’s Talk Shop: The Business of Show” Get your questions answered about finding professional performing opportunities, New York auditions, the Jennifer Johns BAA’s Artistic Director; Performer: Radio City; Tours: 42nd Studio unions, marketing, mailings, pictures and résumés, understanding your type, Street, Grease, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Evita, Red Hot and Cole; USO Tour; 16N working well with an agent or manager, understanding all the roles of the Regional: White Christmas, Christmas Story, Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything industry, casting director submissions, choosing and preparing for college Goes; TV/Film; NYU Faculty, etc. auditions, transitioning from kids in the biz to young adult careers, and more

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch (with your group and your advisor)

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Thayne Jasperson Broadway’s (original cast, Farmer Refuted, u/s Voice: Group A King George), Matilda, ; National Tours: West Side Story, Oz Song Interpretation: Telling a Story Through Song Studio 17N (Scarecrow); Film: High School Musical, HSM 2; TV: MTV’s American Mall, SYTYCD (Season 4 Finalist), NBC's Smash Ashleigh Junio BAA's Admissions Director; National Tours: Elf, Tikki Tikki Voice: Group B Vocalise with Vocal Ease: Sing Happy (and Healthy!) Tembo; NY/Regional: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Godspell, Parade, Grease, Studio 17I Twelfth Night, The Children's Hour; NYU Voice Faculty Voice: Group C Healthy Belt: Technique and The Singer's Wisdom Celeste Simone Top NYC Vocal Coach to the Stars Studio 16P Jeremy Powell Original Australian Cast Performance Credits: , Voice: Group D , Witches of Eastwick, Thoroughly Modern Millie, etc.; Orchestral The Casting Process: Determining Your Type Studio 17H Credits: Wicked (West End), , Little Women; Served as Head of Musical Theatre at The Urdang Academy in Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting; projects include National Tours Voice: Group E of Fame, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Bye, Bye Birdie, Hairspray, The Music Man, Vocal Styles, Phrasing, & Interpretation Studio 16H The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma, Rent, Annie, and many more; PACE University Senior Faculty Voice: Group F Vince di Mura Composer, NY and Regional Musical Director, Princeton Vocal Styles and Interpretation, Musical Influences Studio 16O University Music Department Faculty, International Jazz Musician Rachel Brown Theatre and Dance Faculty of Montclair State Unversity and Acting: Group A Kean University; Choreography: Wild Party (Lippa), Cats, ; Monologues: Connecting Our Hearts, Minds, and Bodies Studio 17A Performance: Lower East Side Murder Mystery 1873: The Ryan Case, Reasons to be Pretty, Fiddler on the Roof, etc. Michelle Federer Broadway’s Wicked (Nessarose, original cast), Three Days of Acting: Group B Scene Study and Character Development Rain; off-Broadway: A Man of No Importance; TV: Blue Bloods, Elementary, Studio 17B Smash, currently filming upcoming series The Defenders

Jeff Shade BAA’s Dance Director; Top NYC Director/ Choreographer; Acting: Group C Physical Acting: Finding Character Through Movement Performer: Broadway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity, Teddy & Alice, Radio City, Studio 17C (Monologues) Crazy for You; Bob Fosse’s Dance Captain; Juilliard, Montclair, Boston, Yale Faculty, etc. Dance: Group A Broadway Dance Skills: How to Nail Your Next Broadway Ashley Blair Fitzgerald Broadway’s , On the Town; National Tour: Come Studio 17E Dance Audition Fly Away; Regional: Leap of Faith; TV: Smash,

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review (Studios 17E&17N) Dance Rehearsal- Dance Majors work on final showcase material (Studio 17B, then 17D) Individual Coaching Sessions - One on One work on your audition material

ALL AGES SIGN OUT 6:00 PM Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios (Ages 10-14 Studio 17H, Ages 15 -21 Studio 17A) Hotel based participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff (Studio 17I)

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

Thursday, July 27th

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

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

ALL AGES Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements (Ages 10-14 Studio 17N, Ages 15-21 Studio 17E) 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire

11:00 AM - 1:25 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Broadway Dance Skills: For Singers Who Move (Levels 1-3) Abbey O’Brien Associate Choreographer: Broadway's Waitress; Performer: Studio Learn Staging from Broadway's Waitress Broadway's Pal Joey, Spamalot; off-Broadway: No Strings; Regional: A 17N This class has a specific focus of helping "Singers Who Move" feel confident Funny...Forum, Anything Goes, Joseph...Dreamcoat; TV: Smash, Jack of All and stand out in a Broadway Dance Call Trades, The David Letterman Show; Radio City Rockette Thayne Jasperson Broadway’s Hamilton (original cast, Farmer Refuted, u/s Studio Broadway Dance Repertoire: Hamilton (Levels 2-3) King George), Matilda, Newsies; National Tours: West Side Story, Oz 17I Learn Short Audition Combos from Broadway's Hamilton (Scarecrow); Film: High School Musical, HSM 2; TV: MTV’s American Mall, SYTYCD (Season 4 Finalist), NBC's Smash Broadway Dance Repertoire: Contemporary Musical Theatre (Levels 1-3) Kyle Taylor Parker BAA Alumus! Broadway’s Charlie and the Chocolate Studio Learn Short Audition Combos from Broadway's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, (starred as Lola, original Angel); National Tours: Kinky 17D Factory and Kinky Boots Boots (Lola), In the Heights Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting; projects include National Studio Tours of Fame, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Bye, Bye Birdie, Hairspray, The Musical Theatre Cold Reading Audition Technique (Acting) 17E Music Man, The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma, Rent, Annie, and many more; PACE University Senior Faculty Studio Brave Choices: Examining Acting Methods Through Scene-work, Michael Minarik Broadway's Matilda, Rock of Ages, Les Misérables; National 17A Improvisation, and Breath-work (Acting) Tour: Little Women Randy Graff Broadway's Les Misérables (Fantine, Original Broadway Cast), Studio Vocal Styles, Phrasing, Comedy, & Interpretation, from a Tony® (Donna/Oolie, Tony® Award Winner), A Class Act (Tony® 17H Winner's Perspective (Voice) Award nomination), Fiddler on the Roof, High Society, Moon Over Buffalo, Falsettos, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sarava, Grease, The Babylon Line. Christy Altomare Broadway's Anastasia (Anastasia, 2017 Drama Desk Award Studio Nailing your Audition! With Song Interpretation (Voice) nominee), Mamma Mia! (Sophie); National Tour: Spring Awakening (Wendla); 17C Off- Broadway: Carrie (Sue) Studio Top Broadway Auditions from a NY Agent's Perspective (Voice) Jamie Pillet NYC Agent with Abrams Artists Agency's Youth Division 16O Will Roland Broadway's (Jared); NY/Regional: Dear Evan Studio Rock Your Audition! Auditioning for Contemporary Musical Theatre Hansen, The Black Suits, Academia Nuts!, The Bus, ; 17B (Voice) Film/TV: One Penny, Red Oaks, Mysteries of Laura Tyrick Wiltez Jones Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray; National Tours: Studio Do Not Throw Away Your Shot: Broadway Confidence in Auditions Miss Saigon, Seussical, Fosse, Showboat; TV: Nickelodeon, Film: Joyful 16N (Voice) Noise; NY and Regional award winning Choreographer, etc.

11:15 AM - 1:15 PM **SPECIAL “Let’s Talk Shop: The Business of Show” Master Class for PARENTS** (For Parents of students ages 15-21) ** PARENTS ** with Jennifer Johns, Artistic Director/Founder (Studio 16T) students ages 15-21 Focus on College Audition Preparation and Strategies, while also addressing your questions regarding New York auditions, the unions, marketing, mailings, pictures and résumés, finding and working well with an agent or manager, casting director submissions, entertainment taxes, choosing the right college, conservatory, or training program for you, transitioning from kids in the biz to young adult careers, realistic expectations, tips and tricks for finding professional performance opportunities, and more. ** This class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians. Recommended for parents of students ages 15-21 **

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch (with your group and your advisor) ** Lunch-time Guest Speaker – Optional Q&A Session with Broadway’s ** (Studio 17N) 2-time Tony® Award Nominee for Leading Actress in Broadway's Cinderella (Ella) and Bonnie & Clyde (Bonnie), Laura is currently starring as Julia Trojan in Broadway’s Bandstand, and has also starred in Broadway's Anything Goes (Hope Harcourt), South Pacific (Nellie Forbush), and Grease (Sandy) ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS may grab their bagged or catered lunch and come join this Broadway Star for a lunch-time chat

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Tina Marie Casamento Producer and Conceiver of Broadway's upcoming Voice: Group A Top Broadway Auditions from a Director/Producer's Chasing Rainbows (the young life of ); Casting Director with Bob Studio 17N Perspective Cline & Networks Casting (Over 50 National Tours) Laura Osnes Broadway’s Bandstand, Cinderella (Ella, Tony® nomination), Voice: Group B Making it on Broadway Bonnie & Clyde (Bonnie, Tony® nomination), Anything Goes (Hope Harcourt), Studio 17I Musical Theatre Audition Technique South Pacific (Nellie Forbush), Grease (Sandy), etc. Randy Graff Broadway's Les Misérables (Fantine, original Broadway cast), City Voice: Group C Making it on Broadway of Angels (Donna/Oolie, Tony® Award Winner), A Class Act (Tony® Award Studio 16P Musical Theatre Audition Technique nomination), Fiddler on the Roof, High Society, Moon Over Buffalo, Falsettos, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sarava, Grease, The Babylon Line Kyle Taylor Parker BAA Alumus! Broadway’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Voice: Group D Making it on Broadway Kinky Boots (starred as Lola, original Angel); National Tours: Kinky Boots (Lola), Studio 17H Musical Theatre Audition Technique In the Heights Michael Cassara Casting Director, Michael Cassara Casting; Resident Casting Voice: Group E Making it on Broadway Director for the New York Musical Theatre Festival and NAMT Festival of New Studio 16H Musical Theatre Audition Technique Musicals; other projects include Forbidden Broadway, Fat Camp, etc. Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting; projects include National Tours Voice: Group F Making it on Broadway of Fame, Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Bye, Bye Birdie, Hairspray, The Music Man, Studio 16O Musical Theatre Audition Technique The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma, Rent, Annie, and many more; PACE University Senior Faculty Jeff Shade BAA’s Dance Director; Top NYC Director/ Choreographer; Performer: Dance: Group A Dancing on Broadway: Tricks of the Trade Broadway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity, Teddy & Alice, Radio City, Crazy for You; Studio 17E Bob Fosse’s Dance Captain; Juilliard, Montclair, Boston, Yale Faculty, etc. Acting: Group A Top Broadway Auditions from an Agent's Perspective Eddie Rabon Top NYC Agent at Take3 Talent Agency Studio 17A Acting: Group B Brave Choices: Examining Acting Methods Through Michael Minarik Broadway's Matilda, Rock of Ages, Les Misérables; National Studio 17B Monologues, Improvisation, and Breath Work Tour: Little Women Rachel Brown Theatre and Dance Faculty of Montclair State Unversity and Acting: Group C Kean University; Choreography: Wild Party (Lippa), Cats, Cabaret; Performance: Monologues: Connecting Our Hearts, Minds, and Bodies Studio 17C Lower East Side Murder Mystery 1873: The Ryan Case, Reasons to be Pretty, Fiddler on the Roof, etc.

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Tony® Award Winning Guest Speaker – Q&A Session (Studio 17N) **Our surprise Tony® Award-winning guest speaker will answer your questions about the business of musical theatre!

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review (Studio 17N) Dance Rehearsal- Dance Majors work on final showcase material (Studio 17E)

ALL AGES SIGN OUT 6:00 PM Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios (Ages 10-14 Studio 17H, Ages 15 -21 Studio 17A) Hotel based participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff (Studio 17I)

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

Friday, July 28th

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

10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.) Dressing Room and Bag Drop (Girls Ages 10-14 Studio 17I, Girls Ages 15-21 Studio 17H, All Boys Studio 17A)

ALL AGES Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Group Music Rehearsal (Studios 17N & 17E) 10:00 AM -10:55 AM Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire for Showcase

11:00 AM - 12:25 PM Showcase Cue to Cue and Dress Rehearsal

12:30 PM - 1:25 PM Catered Lunch and Theatre Games Warm Up

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Half Hour Call to Showcase

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM FINAL INDUSTRY PANEL: Q&A Hear from a panel of Top NYC Casting Directors, Agents and Managers. Get all your questions answered!

2:30 PM - 5:30 PM FINAL INDUSTRY PANEL – Showcase your coached and prepared material for direct industry feedback! (Studios 17N, 17E, 17D) Past Industry guests have included: Abrams Artists Herman and Lipson Casting Adrienne Stern Casting Innovative Agency Bercy Talent Management Jason Styres Casting BLOC NYC Joy Dewing Casting Bohemia Entertainment Kolker Organization Nora Brennan Casting Liz Lewis Casting Calleri Casting Michael Cassara Casting Calli Company The Mine Jim Carnahan Casting MSA Agency Carson Adler Agency Nani-Saperstein Management CESD Talent Agency NETworks Tours Casting Cindy Tolan Casting Nickelodeon Talent and Casting Michael Cassara Casting Nora Brennan Casting Bob Cline Casting Paradigm Talent Agency Creative Artists Parkside Talent Dale Brown Casting RKS Management Don Buchwald & Associates Tara Rubin Casting Joy Dewing Casting TheatreWorks Casting DDO Artists Agency Sinclair Management DGRW, Inc. Talent Agency Station Three Entertainment Antoinette Dipietropolo, Choreographer Stewart Whitley Casting Frontier Booking International SW Artists Gersh Agency Take 3 Talent Generation TV Telsey + Company Casting Shirley Grant Management Theatreworks Casting Holly-Anne Ruggiero, Director Wojcik/Seay Casting Hardin-Curtis Agency Zoom Talent

(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 Q&A Panel and Final Showcase!) (Sorry, no parents or guests: Invited Industry only!)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM **PARENTS** SPECIAL Broadway Dance Master Class for PARENTS** (Studio 17B) **PARENTS** Parents learn to Broadway Boogie with BAA’s Dance Director, Jeff Shade Featuring Broadway Choreography and excerpts from shows like On the Town, Matilda, & Something Rotten All levels welcome! ** This complimentary class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians **

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Wrap-up! Session Reflection and Feedback! Farewells!

ALL AGES SIGN OUT Parents sign you out (Studio 17H) Say goodbye to your advisor, directors, staff, and friends! 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM Parents, please do not arrive to pick up your students before 6:00pm (waiting area is limited) We anticipate a 5:30pm-6:00pm conclusion to our Final Showcase and 6:00pm-6:15pm final release. All Students (including hotel students) should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios