of the Performing Arts Happy Holidays! French Woods Festival December 2005 Informing The French Woods Community Alumni Edition PERFORMER The Calling all frenchwoodites Past and present! Please keep us updated with your current address as it is important to us to stay in touch with you. Let us know about your career or achievements. We love hearing from you. Also, if you know of any alumni who did not receive this newsletter please let us know their address so we can send them a copy. We encourage all of you to visit our website at http://www.frenchwoods.com. Write us at P.O. Box 770100, Coral Springs, FL33077, call us at 1-800-634-1703, fax us at 954-346-7564 or send your e-mail to [email protected]. All the news that’s fit to print. See yourself in the French Woods Performer. 1-800-634-1703 in FL 954-346-7455 FL in 1-800-634-1703 Coral Springs, Florida 33077 33077 Florida Springs, Coral PO Box 770100 Box PO WINTER OFFICE WINTER of the Performing Arts Performing the of French Woods Festival Festival Woods French B e t h Just Registered! D e a r F r e n c h w o o d i t e , B a c k s t a g e Sean Altman Max Dweck Eloise Hyman Julian Pratt It’s that time of year again! Time to wish Erica Anderson Jessica Eggert Danielle Jabara Sam Pratt Hello Alumni! The girls from my bunk are Christopher Armienti Hilary Eisenberg Kristen Jabara Brian Rangell all of you French Woods Alumni from eight to fifty Lauren Arnel Leora Ellison Charlie Jacobs Daniel Rosenstein eight best wishes for the holiday season. some of my most cherished friends. My love goes out Betsy Balkind Jessica Erdheim Jennifer Jacobs Debbie Sachare to all of you! Hunter Balkind Max Federman Kapiolani Kassal Jordan Paige Sandberg I will be celebrating my second wedding Alanna Baxley Annie Fisher Josh Kay Rose Schaeffer Barbara and I continue to love working Ari Bellan Ashley Fitzpatrick Shelby Kirshner Emily Scheiber with the kids. We are still at camp and will be anniversary this February. Jessica Bashline got mar- Nathalie Berman William Fitzpatrick Emily Koeppel Ava Selbach ried this September to Ed Lane, who worked in the Elyssa Bernfeld Jonathan Foster Rebecca Krieger Ron Shalom around for several more years. Miles Bernhard Jesse Gelles-Hurwitz Sarah Langer Evan Silver FW office a couple of summers ago. Lisa Collins Max Bien Annette Gershovich Anna Lanove Rebecca Simoff walked down the isle this October and my sister Cat Samson Bien Michele Gershovich Max Lazar Caitlin Slatcher New for 2006: A new Girls Junior Lodge Madison Bishop Heather Gerstley Emma Leiken Ryan Slatcher for girls seven, eight and just nine. Complete with is celebrating her fourth wedding anniversary and Jen Alicia May Blum Julie Gerstley Zachary Margolis Brian Solender Zatzkin will be marrying Fred Kass this summer. Nora Brodnitz Lisa Gerstley Monica Martin Lillian Sterenberg individual bathrooms and a center playroom, this Liz Buchanan Alixandra Glatt Tavia Merchant Marley Sternberg looks to be an exciting addition to the girls cam- The best thing about these weddings is that Kacey Buderi Gillian Glatt Sara Merson Isabel Taeger the old French Woods gang gets together again. At my Kira Burdman Lauren Goldberg Audrey Metzman Mimi Tamkin pus. Brooklyn Carrey Michel Goldstein Stef Millman Lauren Trager For those of you keeping up to date, the wedding, half my old bunk was there! Francesca Cassola Shana Goodman Zakk Millman Kate Valiska new first session of early June was a huge success. Come visit this summer! It’s always a high- Lana Caster Lucy Grebin Hannah Nash Brandon Waller light when the old timers stop Sonia Copple (Weiss) Cole Greenberg Kasie Patlove Margaret Walter It looks like the twelve week schedule will contin- Sara Cott Evan Greenberg Hailey Perelman Margaret Weiler ue with us for a long time. Check it out online! by! Tori Cott Emily Greenberger Alex Persak Brad Weinstein Juliae Crain Rebecca Heller Laura Persak Kira Weiss Arielle Cruz Katherine Hetzel Lindsey Peterson Kate Werder www.frenchwoods.com Fondly, Michelle Dauret Benjamin Hirsch Hannah Phillips Marcel Werder Evan Daves Daniel Hockstein Katherine Phillips Allyson Zacharoff Aviva Dintenfass Eli Hockstein Sarah Phillips Aleeza Zachter We look forward to hear- Beth Schaefer-Knauf Sarah Dutton Sam Hulsey Colin Poindexter Sasha Zients ing from you and hope that Jenna Hunte Victoria Portale Maggie Reinfeld you will come join us again for a trip down memory lane this summer! D e c e m b e r All the Best, A l u m n i N e w s ! B i r t h d a y s ! David Stone has produced his third Tony Award Ron 2 Mark Bylancik 9 Emily Easton Grace Min Li-Or Berman 26 Jessica Erdheim winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Will Levatino Evan Greenberg 17 Dmitriy Gardner 22 Lydia Bucklin Nicole Howard-Bloom Bee. We look forward to bringing campers to the show in Matthew Nidetch Samantha Kramer Perry Leon Scott Crepea Lauren Marino the summer of 2006. David has graciously promised us a Jasia Ries Justin Sullivan Sara Sanders Jade Diplacido 27 Quiren Van Den Brandeler & Barbara Amanda Jane Stern 10 Melanie Mednick Sara Westheim Jacqueline Jarrold Kate Werder talk back with the cast after the show! 3 George Mccook Hulbert 11 Jessica Berger Nat Wolff Caitlin Kearney 28 Christina Bott Melissa Errico, star of the broadway show Kathryn Lee Liliana Hare Brandon Zemel Emily Koeppel Heather Coker Amour, recently performed in Children and Art, a tribute Maxine Mattana Dylan Woods 18 Wendy Eisenberg Margaret(Max) Murphy Erica Freedman Marni Wasserman 12 Grace Clary Victoria Portale Valerie Novakoff Alexander Hare to composer Stephen Sondheim. 4 Nicholas Diaz- Briquets Teresa Saldanha Alexandra Severino Hannah Roukas Zack Hoge Evan Englezos musically directed the Australian Martin Cohen Allie Stamler Alexandra Taggart Christine Silen Ashley Latimer In this issue premier of Jason Robert Brown’s Tony Award winning Emily Mcguire Lex Zee Lauren Trager Rebecca Wallace 29 Samson Bien Brian Roberts 13 Sarah Alanna Barrese Alana Barouch Samantha Vogt White Benjamin Edelman *Alumni News musical Parade. Lea Sarodjo William Harris Max Bien 23 Cynthia Ruth Blaker Kara Kornhaber Caron Eule presented her choreography at the Django Stewart Robin Pancoast 19 Mikael Dubinsky Naomi Natko Jacquie Leighton Elan Awards honoring Susan Stroman. She performed Hannah Weiss Rob Russell Abigail Lopian Paul Nirenberg Kathrine Slagle *Camper & Staff News 5 Maddie Besser 14 Erin Antoville Jacob Plotnick Benjamin Schrager 30 Rachel Damin Nocturn at the event. Dana Bronstein Kara-Ann Booth Daniel Pratt Phillip Thierman Calvin Gaynor *Ron, Beth, Isaac & Larry Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Rebecca Lily Michell Michael Brocking 20 Haley Freedman Paul Verhoest Kate Hartnett Years was recently performed in Boston to rave reviews. 6 Harrison Asen Portia Krichman Michael Fuertes 24 Matthew Byas Catherine Parker Nicole Beloyianis Charity Leung Juliette Kimble Julian Lee Daniela Sawyer *French Woods Remembered Jason also just released his first solo album Wearing Jamie Davis Molly Supinski Brandon Rose Caitlin Slatcher 31 Daniel Kalish Someone Else’s Clothes. He regularly performs live with Zoe Johannes 15 Ashley Miskoff Jessica Schiff Dan Wiscovitch The Caucasian Rhythm Kings. Dylan Nelkin Graham Riordan Nolan Rachel Yoes 25 Joseph Champey 7 Adam Greene Paulina Wake 21 Alexa Gerber Marquise Hall Lisa Minet has been playing Frenchie in Grease! Lauren Phelps 16 Isabel Gleicher Danny Kornfeld Gabrielle Horvitz at the Actors Playhouse in Miami. She recently ran into 8 Caroline Dreyfuss Zachary Lindberg Anna Mansour Corey Steinfast Sean Doyle, who will be touring in West Side Story. (Continued on page 4) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! T h e Larry’s Lines Spelling Bee Trip WOW its thanksgiving already! How times flies when your having fun!!! I wish everyone out there a truly happy holiday and have to say the one thing - I am thankful for is that hurricane season is truly over. In the few months since camp has ended I have caught up with many past and present French Woods people. As many of you know, Frenchwoods will be taking select campers to the Broadways show, The 25th Anual Puttnam Since this is the alumni addition I will just mention some of the fond memories I had when I was a camper at French County Spelling be during the third session of the 2006 summer season. please call the Camp Office for further details! Woods. I can remember sing fondly, we did the theme of Ron’s ultimate show. It was along the lines of Bill and Ted’s Due to the shows smash success on Broadway, we feel that the trip will fill. Pre registration is a must! Excellent Adventure. Dan Marzollo was sing captain. I drove the golf cart on stage, yes even as a camper I had a golf cart, it was our time machine. We went back through time to grab up the best actors of past See you there! French Woods shows to create Ron’s Ultimate show. This was all back in the day before the The French Woods Family glitzy sets and dances were added to the line up. It was a fond memory. This coming summer will be my 25th year at French Woods I can’t wait for the surprises in store for the summer of 2006. Keep the phone calls and emails coming in and remember its not too late to enroll for the summer of 2006. S t a f f & Camper News That’s all folks see ya next month! Shara Varvaro and Steve Crane are in England at Gracie Nash was recently chosenas one of eleven acts Larry the moment.