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2009 Winter Vacation Theatre Camp - "Seussical Junior"
When: Sunday Feb 22 - Friday Feb 27, 2009
Where: The Players' Studio
Registration Deadline is February 7, 2009!
The Community Players of Concord Children's Theatre Project is pleased to offer our 13th annual Winter Vacation Theatre Camp "Seussical Junior". It's an opportunity for young actors ages 8 - 14 to spend a week learning about musical theatre performance by doing it! We will rehearse the show all week and present it Friday evening for family and friends!
Camp schedule at the Players' Studio:
Sunday, Feb 22: 1:00 - 4:00PM - Read/sing through of show; auditions for those interested in specific roles - all registered campers will be in the show! No one has to audition if you don't want to! You will get a practice cd before 2/22.
Monday, Feb 23 - Thursday, Feb 26: 8:30AM-3:30PM - Campers should bring lunch, snacks, water, dance shoes every day
Friday, Feb 27: 8:30PM - Show time at 6:00 We will meet at a local theatre for the day to prepare for the show (location TBA)
To particiapate, please download this registration form and follow the instructions.
Camp Staff:
Karen Braz, Director: This is Karen's 13th year with the Children's Theatre Project, and her 13th camp! She also directs for Bishop Brady High School, Kearsarge Arts Theatre (KAT) Company, and the Junior Service League, and has been with the Players, both on stage and off, since 1982.
Cheryl Lafond, Music Director: Cheryl has been a music educator for 18 years and is currently a music teacher at Pembroke Academy. She has a B.S. in Vocal Performance and has been a private vocal coach for over 20 years. She is the founder and director of the Starlight Singers Showchoir, an auditioned group of teen singers and dancers from Northern NH and VT who performed at Disney World and on the Carnival Cruise Line.
Joan Kelly, Co-Choreographer: Joan is the owner and creative director of Dancesteps, Etc in Epsom, and is celebrating her 20th season with the school. Joan has choreographed several shows and camps for CTP in recent years, including last year's "Guys and Dolls" camp and this fall's "Cinderella, The World's Favorite Fairy Tale".
Pam "PJ" White, Co-Choreographer: PJ has been the owner and creative director of Capital City Dance Center for the past 21 years. She is a former dancer at Walt Disney World; her students have performed there three times, as well as around New England, Texas and at Myrtle Beach. PJ has also choreographed and performed for several companies in the Concord area.
If you have questions, please contact Karen Braz at 496-8417 or k.braz@comcast.net.
About CTP
In the spring of 1996, the Executive Board of the Community Players of Concord, NH gave its approval to Karen Braz and Barbara Woodman for the founding of a youth theatre arm of the then 68-year-old organization, and the Children’s Theatre Project was born. In that inaugural season of 1996 - 1997, the CTP produced E. B. White’s THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, rehearsing at the Immaculate Heart of Mary’s Sunday School building and performing at the Annicchiarico Theatre, as the Players had not yet completed construction of its Studio.
By the fall of 1997, however, the Studio had been built and the CTP’s second show, THE CLOWN WHO RAN AWAY, was able to rehearse and build a set in our own space; we also moved our performance to the Concord City Auditorium that year. And the 1997 - 1998 season was also the first time the CTP offered its Winter Vacation Theatre Camp; campers worked on acting skills through various scenes from well-known plays, and learned about dance, singing and makeup from several guest teachers during the week.
And so the CTP has continued, offering experiences in theatre for hundreds of young people since its founding. We produce a fully-staged show, alternating between straight and musical, every year in October at the Concord City Auditorium; we offer a musical Winter Vacation Theatre Camp every February during the public schools’ break, with a final performance at the Annicchiarico Theatre on the last day of camp; we have offered Saturday at the Studio workshops, giving students the chance to learn more about acting, dance, singing, and fencing; and in 2004 we were named Best Children’s Theatre at the NH Theatre Awards, and our costumer, Lisa Tillotson, for that year’s show, ANNABELLE BROOM, THE UNHAPPY WITCH, was awarded Best Costumes - Community for her work on the show!
We hope to have many more years in which to provide area youth with opportunities to explore the wonderful world of theatre; after all, they are the future of the arts in the state, and in the country! They are our future actors, technicians, sponsors and supporters, and the more we nurture them, the better off we’ll ALL be!
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Children’s Theatre Project Shows and Camps
1996 - 1997: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS at the Annicchiarico Theatre
1997 - 1998:
- THE CLOWN WHO RAN AWAY at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp Workshops at the Studio
1998 - 1999:
- THE LAND OF THE DRAGON at the Christa McAuliffe Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp Canceled
1999 - 2000:
- ROBIN HOOD at the Christa McAuliffe Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “The Saga of the Silver Gull”
2000 - 2001:
- BUGSY MALONE, JR. at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
2001 - 2002:
- THE HOBBIT at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Grease”
2002 - 2003:
- WILY AND THE HAIRY MAN & THE MISCHIEF MAKER (Guest Director: Greg Stuart) At the Annicchiarico Theatre
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Once Upon A Mattress”
2003 - 2004:
- ANNABELLE BROOM, THE UNHAPPY WITCH at the City Auditoriu
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Bye, Bye, Birdie”
2004 - 2005:
- TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Once on this Island, Jr.”
2005 - 2006:
- THE RELUCTANT DRAGON at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.”
2006 - 2007:
- HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD And Other Lessons in NOT Being a Grownup at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Godspell, Jr.”
2007 - 2008:
- CHARLOTTE’S WEB at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Guys and Dolls, Jr.”
2008 - 2009:
- CINDERELLA The World’s Favorite Fairy Tale at the City Auditorium
- Winter Vacation Theatre Camp “Seussical, Jr.”
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