THE MUSIC SHOP’S
MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS
Summer 2011
SING-DANCE-ACT AND MUCH MORE!
The Music Shop’s Musical Theatre Workshops combine vocal, dance, and acting training with audition technique and performance preparation. We provide fun and educational performance opportunities for all students, whether novice or experienced.
Each of our Weekly Workshops are full-day, intensive programs consisting of classes involving all aspects of musical theatre and culminating in a live performance. Our Advanced Workshop is a three-week all-inclusive program ranging from casting to staging a full-length musical production.
As part of The Music Shop’s Musical Theatre Workshops, students will build character, creativity, and confidence while having the time of their lives…
ON WITH THE SHOW!
Week-Long July Sessions
Week 1: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” July 5—July 9 (Tuesday – Saturday)
An introduction to the world of musical theatre. If you are new to the theatre, want to brush up your skills, or love friends and friendship, this is the week for you! Learn about hit musicals featuring close friends such as 13, Anything Goes, Gypsy, Mame, Oliver!, and Wicked. Get introduced to the way a musical is created while gaining acting, singing, and dance training! End the week with a show!
Week 2 "Wouldn't it Be Loverly" July 11-July 15
This week, take a look into musicals featuring characters who go from rags to riches: Aladdin, Anastasia, Annie, Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady, and Willy Wonka. We will learn and stage musical numbers from these shows while taking classes in acting, singing, dance, and more. Prepare for a final performance showcasing everything you have learned!
Week 3: “Let’s Go West Again” July 18—July 22
Discover the theatrical influence of the Wild West - musicals featuring a Western theme. We will study shows like 110 in the Shade, Annie Get Your Gun, Big River, Crazy for You, Shenandoah, and The Will Rogers Follies. Students will be trained in the main aspects of musical theatre: acting, singing, dance and more. All of our efforts will culminate in a performance at the end of the week!
Week 4: “Join the Circus” July 25—July 2
Carnivals, carousels, circuses, and magic!!! We will take a glimpse at many musicals featuring these themes including Barnum, Brigadoon, Carnival!, Carousel, The Fantasticks, Finian’s Rainbow, Geppetto and Son, and The Magic Show. We will take classes and prepare for a final performance. Bring along your stunts and magic tricks!
3-Week Advanced August Session (August 1—August 19)
PREREQUISITE: Must have at least 2 years experience/training in acting, voice, dance, and/or performing.
Showtime is in three weeks! From audition to curtain call and everything in-between, this intense program gives us three weeks to cast, costume, choreograph, and construct a full production of Oklahoma! Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love’s journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant Oklahoma! The workshop “finale” is a live performance to be held at The Wilson School Theatre in Mountain Lakes.
Saturday, August 20th 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 21st 3:00 & 7:00 pm
The Wilson School Theatre - Mountain Lakes, NJ
Presented through special arrangement with the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Weekly Workshops: $399.00 per week Advanced Workshop: $949.00 (ages 10 & up) Programs run Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm for students 8-17 years of age.
Please submit registration to The Music Shop with full payment or a non-refundable $50 deposit ($150 for Advanced Workshop) to hold your child’s place. Payment in full is required at least one week before your session begins. In addition, a $25 registration fee is required for new students only.
Five Exciting Programs!
Sign up for one, two, or ALL and receive a multiple session discount!
Contact Kaitlin (Program Director):
Kaitlin Manca is a graduate of the prestigious Musical Theatre program at Westminster Choir College. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center and played leading roles at regional theatres including the Bucks County Playhouse. Some of her favorite credits include Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), The Music Man (Marian Paroo), Into the Woods (Cinderella) and Seussical (Bird Girl). Her film and television credits include Confessions of a Shopaholic, Lipstick Jungle, Gossip Girl, and MTV’s Camp’d Out. Kaitlin has directed and choreographed numerous shows including Dear Edwina Jr., Seussical Jr., and last year’s Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr. Kaitlin is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is also a private voice instructor, dance teacher, acting coach, and model. The Music Shop is proud to have Kaitlin return as Program Director of the Musical Theatre Workshops again this year.
Kaitlin@themusicshop.com
973-998-2108
