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Broadway Artists Alliance 2017 Summer Intensive Session 3 Schedule Name: _____________________________ Age Group: ___________________ Advisor: ___________________________ Major: _______________ Group: _____ Broadway Artists Alliance 2017 Summer Intensive Session 3 Schedule th Monday, July 24 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 th Day One in order to help you get familiar with the building. Every other day, students should report directly to the 17 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 Broadway Theatre 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; Hairspray; National Tours: Miss NYC Director/ Choreographer; Tours of Singin’ in the Rain, Oz; Regional Tour: Surflight To Performer: Radio City; Tours: Saigon, Seussical, Fosse, Performer: Broadway’s Joesph…Dreamcoat, Go; Regional: South Pacific, 42nd Street, Grease, Showboat; TV: Nickelodeon, Chicago, Sweet Charity, Teddy Dreamgirls (Effie u/s), West White Christmas, Oklahoma! Joseph…Dreamcoat, Evita, 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; Bob Fosse’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! th Tuesday, July 25 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: Parade (Dance Captain), Joseph...Dreamcoat 17D Utilizing real Broadway Audition Combos from The Great Comet (Narrator), Guys and Dolls, West Side Story (Anita) Studio Broadway Song and Dance Repertoire (Levels 1-3) Robert Hartwell Broadway's Hello Dolly!, Motown The Musical, Cinderella, Memphis, 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, In the Heights 17I Utilizing scenes from In the Heights, On Your Feet, Next to Normal, and Wicked (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 Ragtime, Follies, A Chorus Line (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, The Music Man, Cold Reading Audition Technique: The Broadway Sides Callback (Acting) 16O The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma, Rent, Annie, 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), 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 Blasting Through The Door: Confidence In Auditions (Voice) nominee), Mamma Mia! (Sophie); National Tour: Spring Awakening (Wendla); 17N Off- Broadway: Carrie (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 Max von Essen Broadway's An American In Paris, (Henri, Tony® Award Studio Musical Theatre Audition Technique: The 32-Bar Audition (Voice) nomination), Les Misérables (Enjolras, Marius u/s), Evita (Che), Dance of the 17B Vampires (Fred), Jesus Christ Superstar (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 Side Show (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 Cats (Grizabella), School of Rock (Patty), On The Voice: Group B Making Your Audition Song Count Twentieth Century, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ragtime; National Tours: Wicked Studio 17I Make an impression with 16 bars (Elphaba), 9 to 5 (Judy), Legally Blonde, 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 Forbidden Broadway, Fat Camp, etc.
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