training for artistic excellence
Dates: July 26 – August 6, 2010
Hours: Noon – 7 p.m.
Location: Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St., NW, Washington, DC 20007
Ages: students entering grades 10, 11, 12 or the summer after high school graduation
Description
Arena Stage Academy’s Musical Theater Training Company provides professional training for the serious student in American musical theater. Taught by expert faculty, company members train in singing, acting and dance technique in daily classes. They then apply these skills in rehearsals, working toward a polished, final showcase. Members of this elite ensemble learn the importance of training within their art form, experience the professional rehearsal process within a company, and begin to develop a professional network.
Faculty
The Musical Theater Training Company faculty represents the high standards of musical theater and education professionals. All members have worked regularly on Arena Stage’s mainstage productions, and demonstrate the excellence that comes with arts training. Complete 2010 faculty announcement coming soon.
Anita Maynard-Losh (Producing Artistic Director) leads the theater’s education and outreach programs and also directs Camp Arena Stage, the theater’s multi-arts summer camp. She trained and taught at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, was on the faculty at Webster Univ. in St. Louis, headed the theater department at Univ. of Alaska Southeast and was Associate Artistic Director of Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska, where she directed 18 mainstage productions, including 10 musicals. She also directed four operas for Juneau Lyric Opera. The Alaska Native-inspired production of Macbeth that Anita conceived and directed was performed in English and Tlingit at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Shakespeare in Washington Festival. She has been an assistant director, dialect coach and vocal consultant on numerous productions at Arena Stage and is a member of VASTA.
Final Showcase
Date: August 6, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.
The Musical Theater Training Company presents its final showcase for family, friends and members of the Arena Stage artistic team, including its casting director.
Facilities
Classes are held in the beautiful, air-conditioned classrooms, dance studio and performing arts facilities at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School. Rehearsals and the final showcase are held in the renovated, 500-seat theater in Nolan Performing Arts Center.
Requirements
Serious, focused students entering grades 10, 11, 12 and the summer after high school graduation are encouraged to register.
No audition is required. Company members will be evaluated in dance, singing and acting on the first day.
Tuition: $1,000. Financial aid is not available at this time.
Registration:
Register online >
A nonrefundable deposit of $300 is due upon registration. The full tuition balance is due June 4, 2010. After June 4, no refunds will be made for dismissal, absence, withdrawal or delayed attendance.
Contact:
Anita Maynard-Losh, Arena Stage Academy
1101 6th St., SW
Washington, DC 20024
academy@arenastage.org
(202) 234-5782
Proceeds from the Arena Stage Academy help support educational programs offered at little or no charge by the Community Engagement Division of Arena Stage.
Arena Stage Academy admits students of any race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin and does not discriminate in the administration of its educational admissions, personnel or financial aid policies.
