Name: _______________________________ Age Group: ___________________ Advisor: ___________________________ Major: _______________ Group: _____  

 

Broadway Artists Alliance 2013 Summer Intensive Session 1 Schedule

MonMon day, July day, July 2222 ndnd AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 10:30 AM 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 AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 10:45 AM 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!

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Commuter Drop Off, Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.) 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 16th

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. ** PARENTS ** AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Optional Parent Orientation with Michelle R. Lehrman (Admissions Director) & Ashleigh Lay (Office Manager) Ripley Grier Studios 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 PM 12:30 PM meeting (Studio 17H)

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM- Orientation/Registration/Introductions/Theatre Games (Ages Studio 17E/Ages 15-21 Studio 17N) 12:25 PM 12:25 PM 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Dance Placement Auditions – Mock Audition for a Broadway Show! Broadway Theatre Dance - Level 1 (Studio 17E) (Beginning/Adv. Beginning) Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, National Tours: Dreamgirls, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin’, West Side Story, etc.

Broadway Theatre Dance - Level 2 (Studio 17N) (Intermediate) Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/ Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity (director/ choreographer Bob Fosse), Teddy & Alice, Radio City Hall, etc.

Broadway Theatre Dance - Level 3 (Studio 17B) (Advanced) Ricky Hinds Bway’s Newsies (Associate Director), Jekyll & Hyde, High School Musical, etc.

Broadway Tap Dance - Level 1 (Studio 17H) (ages 10-14 at 12:55pm) (ages 15-21 at 1:40pm) (Beginning/Intermediate Tappers) Jessa Rose The Wizard of Oz, White Christmas, etc.

Classic Tap Dance Styles -Levels 2-3 (Studio 17H) (ages 10-14 at 12:30pm) (ages 15-21 at 1:15pm) (Advanced Tappers) Jennifer Johns BAA’s Program Director, Radio City, 42nd Street, Joseph, Evita, etc.

2:15 PM - 2:55 PM Catered Lunch (With your Advisor! (17H: Amanda, Jessa, and Christina; 17E: Andi, Gabriella, Marisa, Schehe;

17N: Cait, Brett, Jessica, Joey F., Jonathan, Kelly T.) 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Meeting with Department Heads (In your placement audition rooms) 3:15 PM - 6:25 PM Placement Auditions (16 Bars and Monologues) Voice Majors (Studio 17N) Please prepare TWO contrasting 16 bar pieces (e.g. Up-tempo/ballad, legit/belt) Be sure to bring your sheet music! (In addition, singers may prepare one optional 1-2 minute monologue)

Acting Majors (Studio 17E) Please prepare TWO brief contrasting monologues. Your selections should be approximately one minute each. (In addition, actors may prepare an optional 16-32 bar song)

Dance Majors (Studio 17H) In addition to the group Dance Placement Audition, Dance majors must also choose to audition with ONE song and/or ONE monologue (or both)

GENERAL NOTE: Be prepared to announce the title and author of your audition selections. 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Meet with your Advisor (17H: Amanda, Jessa, and Christina; 17E: Andi, Gabriella, Marisa, Schehe;

17N: Cait, Brett, Jessica, Joey F., Jonathan, Kelly T.) ALL AGES SIGN OUT 7:00 PM Hotel based participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff (Studio 17N) Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios, 17th floor (Studio 17H)

 

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

 

TuesdayTuesday , July , July 22 33 rdrd AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. 9:15 AM 9:45 AM Don’t be late! Chaperones will leave promptly!

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 9:30 AM 10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements (10-14 Studio 17E/15-21 Studio 17N) 10:55 AM 10:55 AM Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire 11:00 AM - 1:15 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed)

Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 1-3): Introduction to Broadway Dance PIPPIN- Fosse Styles (Studio 17E)

Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Teddy & Alice, Radio City Music Hall, Bob Fosse’s Dance Captain, etc.

Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 2): Matilda-themed Master Class (Studio 17D) Learn choreography in the style of Broadway’s Matilda

Clay Thomson (BAA Alumni!) currently Bway’s Matilda, Newsies (Spot Conlon), National Tour of West Side Story (A-rab), etc.

Cold Reading Audition Technique: Auditioning for Stage and Screen (Acting) (Studio 17B)

Christian Coulson Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Tom Riddle), Gossip Girl, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, etc.

Musical Theatre Scene Study and Character Development (Acting) (Studio 16P) Kacie Sheik Bway’s Hair (Jeanie), also Hair (Jeanie) off-Bway, National Tour, and West End

Choosing and Perfecting Your Audition Monologue (Acting (Studio 17A) (You should have at least one monologue memorized to work on in this class)

Telly Leung Bway’s Godspell, Rent, Flower Drum Song, etc., TV’s Glee

On Camera Audition Technique: Utilizing scenes from NBC’s Smash (Acting) (Studio 17N)

Wesley Taylor Bway’s The Addams Family, Rock of Ages, Bobby in NBC’s Smash, etc.

Tricks of the Trade: Musical Theatre Audition Technique (Studio 17H) Work on a 16-32 bar song selections, interview skills, audition etiquette, defining type, etc. (Voice)

Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours of Annie, The Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.)

Vocal Styles, Phrasing, and Interpretation (Voice) (Studio 17C) *Recommended for advanced singers, ages 14+ ONLY

Vince di Mura Composer, NY and Regional Musical Director, Princeton University Music Department Faculty, International Jazz Musician

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch 2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Voice: Group A

(Studio 17B) Song Interpretation Megan McGinnis Bway’s Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Les Miserables (Eponine), Little Women (Beth), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dorothy), Parade

Voice: Group B (Studio 16O) Story-Telling Through Song Wesley Taylor Bway’s The Addams Family, Rock of Ages, Bobby in NBC’s

Smash, etc. Voice: Group C

(Studio 17C) Song Interpretation: The Next Level Telly Leung Bway’s Godspell, Rent, etc., TV’s Glee

Voice: Group D (Studio 17I) Vocal Styles and Interpretation Vince di Mura Composer, NY and Regional Musical Director, Princeton

University Music Department Faculty, International Jazz Musician Voice: Group E

(Studio 17H) Song Interpretation Jenn Colella Bway’s Chaplin, High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy, etc.

Acting: Group A (Studio 16P) Improvisation and Character Development

Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours of Annie, The Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.) missing from spread- need new

Acting: Group B (Studio 17A) Cold Reading Audition Technique Christian Coulson Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Tom Riddle),

Gossip Girl, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, etc. Acting: Group C

(Studio 17N) Cold Reading Audition Technique Eddie Rabon Top NYC Agent at Take 3 Talent

Dance: Group A (Studio 17E) Broadway Dance Repertoire: Final Showcase Number Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s Chicago,

Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hall, etc. Dance: Group B

(Studio 17D) Broadway Dance Repertoire: Final Showcase Number Rachelle Rak Bway’s Catch Me if You Can, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Oklahoma, Cats, Fosse, etc., TV’s “Dance Moms”

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review (Ages 10-14 Studio 17E/ Ages 15-21 Studio 17N) Individual Coaching Sessions - One on One work on your audition material Dance Rehearsal- Dance Majors work on final showcase material (Studio 17D) 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 Matilda in Studio 17N/participants seeing Pippin in 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.

 

7:00 PM BROADWAY SHOW! Broadway Show: Matilda (Walk to theatre escorted by BAA Staff)

Broadway Show: Pippin (Walk to theatre escorted by BAA Staff)

After the Show Chaperones escort BAA hotel participants back to Wingate Inn and TYRP Hotel Commuter sign out/pick up at the Shubert Theatre (Matilda) 225 West 44th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) Commuter sign out/ pick up at the Music Box Theatre (Pippin) 239 W 45th St. (between 7th and 8th Avenues)

(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!  

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AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. 9:15 AM 9:45 AM Don’t be late! Chaperones will leave promptly!

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 9:30 AM 10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements (10-14 Studio 17E/15-21 Studio 17N) 10:55 AM 10:55 AM Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire 11:30 AM - 1:00 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, Program Director (Studio 17D) of students ages 10-14 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 **

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements 11:00 AM - 1:15 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 1): Hairspray Learn original choreography from Broadway’s Hairspray (Studio 17C)

Tyrick Wiltez Jones BAA’s Associate Director, Bway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray, Tours: Seussical, Fosse, Showboat, etc.

Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 2): In the Heights Learn original choreography from In the Heights (Studio 17B)

Michael Balderrama Bway’s Ghost, In the Heights (Dance Captain), Movin’ Out, Urban Cowboy, etc.

Broadway Theatre Dance (Levels 2-3): Storytelling for the Advanced Dancer Expressing yourself through dance (Studio 17I)

Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, National Tours: Dreamgirls, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin’, West Side Story, etc.

Scene Study and Character Development (Acting) (Studio 17A) Jenn Colella Bway’s Chaplin, High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy, etc. Physical Acting Accessing Physical and Emotional Resources From Within (Acting) (Studio 17E)

Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hall, etc.

Tricks of the Trade: Musical Theatre Audition Technique Work on a 16-32 bar song selections, interview skills, audition etiquette, defining type, etc. (Voice) (Studio 17N)

Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours of Annie, The Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.)

Auditioning for Contemporary Musical Theatre *You must have a pop/rock or contemporary theatre song prepared for this class (Voice) (Studio 16O)

Eden Espinosa Bway’s Wicked (Elphaba), Brooklyn, Rent (Maureen), etc.

The Comedy Song! Musical Theatre Audition Technique (Voice) Finding and fine tuning the comedy song in your audition book (Studio 17H)

Christopher Sieber Bway’s La Cage aux Folles, Lord Farquaad in Shrek (Tony® Award nomination), Spamalot (Tony® Award nomination), Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, etc.

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch

 

2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR Voice: Group A

(Studio 17B) Song Interpretation Cesar Rocha Casting Director for Telsey + Company Casting (Annie, Spider-Man,The Addams Family, Wicked, Next to Normal, Elf, etc.)

Voice: Group B (Studio 16O) Song Interpretation

Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours of Annie, The Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.)

Voice: Group C (Studio 17C) Song Interpretation Eden Espinosa Bway’s Wicked (Elphaba), Brooklyn, Rent (Maureen), etc.

Voice: Group D (Studio 17I) Song Interpretation Jenn Colella Bway’s Chaplin, High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy, etc.

Voice: Group E (Studio 17H) Song Interpretation

Christopher Sieber Bway’s La Cage aux Folles, Lord Farquaad in Shrek (Tony® Award nomination), Spamalot (Tony® Award nomination), Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, etc.

Acting: Group A (Studio 16P) Perfecting Your Audition Monologue Andi Hopkins BAA’s Acting Department Head, National Tours: Dreamgirls,

Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ain’t Misbehavin’, West Side Story, etc. Acting: Group B

(Studio 17A) Musical Theatre Scene Study Michelle Federer Bway’s Wicked (original Nessarose), Three Days of Rain

Acting: Group C (Studio 17N)

Improvisation and Character Development Holly-Anne Ruggiero Associate Director for Bway’s Bring it On, also Bway’s Jersey Boys, National Tour Associate Director: Bring it On, Producer, Regional and NY Theater Director, etc.

Dance: Group A (Studio 17E)

Broadway Dance Repertoire: Seussical Learn Original Choreography from Broadway’s Seussical

Tyrick Wiltez Jones BAA’s Associate Director, Bway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray, Tours: Seussical, Fosse, Showboat, etc.

Dance: Group B (Studio 17D) Broadway Dance Repertoire: Final Showcase Number Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s Chicago,

Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Radio City Music Hall, etc. AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review 4:30 PM- 4:30 PM- Individual Coaching Sessions - One on One work on your audition material 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Dance Rehearsal- Dance Majors work on final showcase material 4:15 PM - 5:45 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, Program Director (Studio 16J) of students ages 15-21 Get your questions answered regarding choosing colleges and preparing for college auditions, a realistic career outlook for older

teens and young adults, New York auditions, the unions, marketing, mailings, pictures and resumés, working well with an agent or manager, entertainment taxes, 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**

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 SIGN OUT Hotel Based Participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff (Studio 17A) 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios unless they are attending the evening event. Some studios will remain open and supervised for commuting students that would like to remain at Ripley Grier in between events Pizza is provided at the event! (Studio 17H) 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM OPTIONAL Evening Activity: Drama Book Shop Located at 250 West 40th Street (between 7th Ave. & 8th Ave.) Drama Book Shop remains open for BAA Private Party Night – Professional shopping discount, scavenger hunt, pizza/snacks

provided! Great for discounted, rarely-found theatre books, materials, and master class supplies. www.dramabookshop.com A fun evening! Scavenger hunt and prizes! Participants and Parents invited! This event is OPTIONAL.

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

 

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AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. 9:15 AM 9:45 AM Don’t be late! Chaperones will leave promptly!

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 9:30 AM 10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.)

AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements (10-14 Studio 17E/15-21 Studio 17N) 10:55 AM 10:55 AM Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire 11:00 AM - 1:15 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (All majors mixed) Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 1-3): 13 (Studio 17D) Learn choreography from Broadway’s 13

Lou Castro Bway’s Newsies (Associate Choreographer), 13 (Performer, Dance Captain), upcoming Bway’s The Jungle Book (Associate Choreographer)

Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 2-3): A Chorus Line (Studio 17B) Learn original choreography from Broadway’s A Chorus Line

Tyrick Wiltez Jones BAA’s Associate Director, Bway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray, Tours: Seussical, Fosse, Showboat, etc.

Broadway Dance Repertoire (Level 3): Fosse (Studio 17N) Learn original Bob Fosse choreography

Rachelle Rak Bway’s Catch Me if You Can, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Oklahoma, Cats, Fosse, etc., TV’s “Dance Moms”

Cold Reading Musical Theatre Audition Technique (Acting) (Studio 16O) Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours o.f Annie, The Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.)

Improvisation and Character Development (Acting) (Studio 17E) Holly-Anne Ruggiero Associate Director for Bway’s Bring it On, also Bway’s Jersey Boys, National Tour Associate Director: Bring it On, Producer, Regional and NY Theater Director, etc.

Perfecting Your Audition Monologue (Acting) (Studio 16P) Alexander Gemignani Bway’s The People in the Picture, Les Miserables, Sunday in the Park with George, etc.

The Business of Broadway: “Let’s Talk Shop” (Studio 17A) Choosing and preparing for college auditions, preparing to audition in NYC, the unions, marketing yourself, mailings, Ross Reports, pictures and resumes, transitioning from the child to young adult actor, exploring other jobs in the theatre, working with an agent etc.

Jennifer Johns BAA’s Program Director, Grease, 42nd Street, Radio City, Copacabana, Joseph…, Evita, TV/Film/Commercials etc.

Making the Song Your Own (Voice) (Studio 17C) Andréa Burns Bway’s In the Heights (Daniela), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Ritz, The Full Monty, etc.

Story-Telling Through Song (Voice) (Studio 16Q) Wesley Taylor Bway’s The Addams Family, Rock of Ages, Bobby in NBC’s Smash, etc.

“The Healthy Belt & Singer’s Wisdom” (Voice) (Studio 17H) Understanding Healthy Vocal Technique & Song Interpretation Celeste Simone Top NYC Vocal Coach

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Catered Lunch 2:00 PM - 4:25 PM ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR

Voice: Group A (Studio 17B) Musical Theater Audition Technique: The 16 Bar Audition

Bob Cline Casting Director – Bob Cline Casting (National tours of Annie, The Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Rent, etc.)

Voice: Group B (Studio 16O ) Musical Theater Audition Technique: The 16 Bar Audition

Megan McGinnis Bway’s Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Les Miserables (Eponine), Little Women (Beth), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dorothy), Parade

Voice: Group C (Studio 17C) Musical Theater Audition Technique: The 16 Bar Audition

Alexander Gemignani Bway’s The People in the Picture, Les Miserables, Sunday in the Park with George, etc.

Voice: Group D (Studio 17I) Musical Theater Audition Technique: The 16 Bar Audition Eden Espinosa Bway’s Wicked (Elphaba), Brooklyn, Rent (Maureen), etc.

Voice: Group E (Studio 17H) Making the Song Your Own Andréa Burns Bway’s In the Heights (Daniela), Beauty and the Beast (Belle),

The Ritz, The Full Monty, etc.

Acting: Group A (Studio 16P) Perfecting Your Audition Monologue

Holly-Anne Ruggiero Associate Director for Bway’s Bring it On, also Bway’s Jersey Boys, National Tour Associate Director: Bring it On, Producer, Regional and NY Theater Director, etc.

Acting: Group B (Studio 17A) Improvisation and Character Development Kimberly Hébert Gregory By the Way,Meet Vera Stark (Lottie), Julius

Caesar, Richard II Acting: Group C

(Studio 17N) Perfecting Your Audition Monologue Wesley Taylor Bway’s The Addams Family, Rock of Ages, Bobby in NBC’s

Smash, etc. Dance:

Groups A & B (Studio 17D)

Broadway Dance Repertoire: Final Showcase Choreography

Jeff Shade Top NYC Director/Choreographer, Performer: Bway’s Chicago, Sweet Charity (director/choreographer Bob Fosse), Teddy & Alice, Radio City Music Hall, etc.

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

 

 

AGES 15-21 ONLY Final Showcase Music & Dance Rehearsal and Review (Ages 10-14 Studio 17E/Ages 15-21 Studio 17N) 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Individual Coaching Sessions - One on One work on your audition material Dance Rehearsal- Dance Majors work on final showcase material AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 SIGN OUT Hotel Based Participants meet to be escorted back to Hotel by BAA Staff (Studio 17A) 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Commuting Students should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios (Studio 17H) 11:00 PM Lights out! Rest up and prepare yourself for another busy day!

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 AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Hotel based participants check in with BAA escorts to depart for Ripley Grier Studios. 9:15 AM 9:45 AM Don’t be late! Chaperones will leave promptly! AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 9:30 AM 10:00 AM Commuter Drop Off- Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue (between 36th St. and 37th St.) AGES 10-14 AGES 15-21 Vocal Warm up and Final Showcase Music Rehearsal, Morning Announcements (10-14 Studio 17E/15-21 Studio 17N) 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Work with top music directors and vocal coaches on Broadway repertoire 12:55 PM 12:55 PM Showcase Dress Rehearsal 1:00 PM - 1:25 PM Catered Lunch 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Final Showcase Half Hour Call 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM FINAL INDUSTRY PANEL - Showcase your coached and prepared material for direct industry feedback!

Past Industry guests have included: Abrams Artists Binder Casting Nora Brennan Casting Jim Carnahan Casting Carson Adler Agency Carson Kolker Agency CESD Talent Agency Creative Artists Michael Cassara Casting Dave Clemmons Casting Bob Cline Casting DDO Artists Agency DGRW, Inc. Talent Agency

Gersh Agency

Generation TV Shirley Grant Management Sinclair Management Holly-Anne Ruggiero, Director Hardin-Curtis Agency Nani-Saperstein Management Nickelodeon Talent and Casting RKS Management Tara Rubin Casting Sinclair Management Station Three Entertainment Take 3 Talent Telsey + Company Casting

(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!)

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM **PARENTS** SPECIAL Broadway Dance Master Class for PARENTS** (Studio 17I) **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 All levels welcome! ** This complimentary class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians **

ALL AGES Wrap-up! Farewells! 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Parents, please do not arrive to pick up your students before 6:00 pm (waiting area is limited)

We anticipate a 6:15 conclusion to our Final Showcase and 6:30 release All Students (including hotel students) should be picked up and signed out from Ripley Grier Studios SIGN OUT Please have your parents sign you out with your advisor