The Lion King Free Master Class!

With
Tyler Murree (Timon) and    Ben Roseberry (Swing)

Monday, February 1 6:00-7:30

Lion King Cast members, Ben Roseberry (former Studio Instructor), and Tyler Murree come to The Studio for a fantastic master class! Ben and Tyler will talk about their experience with The Lion King National Tour and their career journeys.  They will also show Lion King footage and will work acting technique with our students using some fun improv games. All are welcome!

This is NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!

Call (203) 966-7056 or send email to Evan@TheStudioNewCanaan.com
to reserve your seat today!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11

7:30pm- Students of Melissa Spevacek at Talmadge Hill

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12

2:15- Students of Casey Erin Clark, Marcie Passley and Evan Hilsabeck at Talmadge Hill

3:30- Students of Ann Rooney at Talmadge Hill

5:30- Students of Russell Lacy, Sam Raderman and Michael Sample at Talmadge Hill

7:00- Students of Lori Cohan and Jeremy Leiner at Talmadge Hill

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13

12:30- Students of Aaron Hyzen, Scott Kacenga (Micah Burgess) At The Studio

2:00- Students of Ethan Matthews At The Studio

3:30- Students of Jane Burgess At The Studio

7:00- Students of Chris York at Talmadge Hill

Audition Workshop with Casting Director Bob Cline!

Bob has helped to cast over 40 National tours, commercials, film, TV, and hundreds of regional theatre productions! Students have the opportunity to work with Bob on their audition material for upcoming school, community, and professional auditions. Sunday, November 22, 12:00-4:00, $50. Don’t miss it! (ages 10-18). Email Evan@thestudionewcanaan.com to register today!

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Bob Cline is the professor in charge of the senior class in the BFA Musical Theatre Program and NYC’s, Pace University. In addition to numerous master classes around the country, Bob teaches three different musical theatre/business of the business classes through the Actor’s Loft 3 nights a week in NYC. All of which focus on taking the next step/finding your way in the world of performing. As a director/choreographer his recent credits include: Into the Woods (3 different productions), Company ( The Lucille Lortel), The Full Monty (Studio Playhouse), Assassins (12 Miles West), Crimes of the Heart (Chatham Playhouse), Side Show and Showboat (Montclair State). Plus, Perry award nominated Violet, Falsettos, Songs for a New World, A New Brain (winner for 4th Wall), plus many others. In NYC, both of his productions of Steve Yockey’s latest works, Medusa and Bight Apple Crush, have been nominated to the Sam French festival. As a Casting Director, Bob has helped to populate over 40 National tours, commercials, film, TV, and 100’s of regional theatre productions including shows for; The Pioneer Theatre Company, Cincinnatti Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St, Louis, The Pearl Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Huntington, The Longwharf, Denver Center, and the Roundabout Theatre Company, just to name a few. This year he will be cast all 8 shows for The Carousel as well as casting the National Tours of Annie, Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Little Women, The Complete Works of Wilbliam Shakespeare, Rent…and probably has his hands in a few more…

College Prep Workshop with Pace University Director,
Amy Rogers

Take the opportunity to work with the director of one of the most sought after Musical Theatre Programs in the country today. Amy will discuss college audition etiquette, appropriate audition material, and will coach your music to make it the best that it can be for this competitive environment. This is recommended for juniors and seniors interested in pursuing a life in performance. Saturday, November 14, 2:00-5:00 $50 E-mail Evan@thestudionewcanaan.com to register today!

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Amy Rogers is the Director of the new Musical Theatre Program at Pace University, where she created and developed the BFA Musical Theatre degree program; the second of its kind in New York City. Amy has assisted critically acclaimed director Lonny Price on the Pre-Broadway workshop of 110 in The Shade starring Audra McDonald, the Emmy Award-winning Passion for Live at Lincoln Center on PBS (Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Michael Cerveris); Candide with the New York Philharmonic (Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth); Anyone Can Whistle at the Ravinia Festival, and both Kismet (Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie) and Can-Can with Encores! at City Center.

Amy’s professional directing credits include: The original workshops of the R&B Musical Warm, But I’m a Cheerleader (conceptual director), and both Hoods and Hoofers (Rob Lindsay Nassif, world premiere) and LUCK!(Brad Ross and Mark Waldrop) at Pace University. Others include Flora The Red Menace starring Sheri Sanders, The Music Man, My Name is Alice, Triumph of Love, and Guys and Dolls. Productions at Pace University include: Urinetown, Violet, Pippin, Into The Woods, Funny Girl, and A Grand Night for Singing. Amy has taught master classes at numerous universities, summer programs and is an audition and repertoire coach in New York City.

The Department of Musical Theater at Pace University began in 2002 when the Performing Arts Department hired Amy Rogers to create a comprehensive Musical Theater program based on an interest from current students. Originally the Department offered only one Musical Theater class, but with Rogers’s arrival the classes grew in size and popularity. Over the span of five years, Rogers has created a world-class BFA Musical Theater program with no additional funding from the University or elsewhere. The program, only the second BFA of its nature to be offered in Manhattan (the first is offered at NYU), was approved by the state and instated in April of 2006. The program has grown exponentially from four majors to 66, and the program auditions over 200 hopeful high school and transfer students annually for the Musical Theater program alone.