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Find NJ Thespians on Social Media! Like us on Facebook @ NJ State Thespians AND NJ Thespian Festival Follow us on Twitter @Thespiansnj Follow us on Instagram @njthespians Friend us on Snapchat (njthespian) and keep an eye on it during the festival for behind the scenes photos and videos! Use #thesfest2015 for all things Festival. State Student Board of Directors Kennedy Bruker, 7161 Robbinsville HS Amanda Cohen, 23 Morris Catholic HS Dominick Faruolo, 6185 Ocean Cty Perf Arts Acad Jess Hochrun, 7363 Barnegat HS Gabriella Grinwald-Alves, 6185 Ocean Cty Perf Arts Acad Rachelanne Miller, 7363 Barnegat HS Samantha Hughes, 4762, Northern Burlington CRHS Dylan Regan, 7455 Toms River HS North Christopher Lopez, 4762, Northern Burlington CRHS Mark Troy, 7161 Robbinsville HS Marissa Paolella, 7455 Toms River HS North Gabi Wojcik, 7455 Toms River HS North State Adult Board of Directors Ms. Carolyn Little: NJ Chapter Director Ms. Kerry Bollenbach: Tech Olympics Coordinator, Trashy Costume Coordinator, & Fundraising Coordinator Mr. Scott Cooney: NJ Thespian Website, Score Room Coordinator, & Awards Coordinator Mrs. Angela Corenblith: Judges Coordinator Mrs. Valerie Gargus: Festival Director Mr. Jason Goldstein from BookTix: Promotional Materials, Directors’ Lounge Coordinator Ms. Kirstin Lynch-Walsh: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Coordinator Ms. Veda Rouze: Junior Thespians Recruitment/Coordinator Ms. Alison Sussman: Vendor & College Representatives Coordinator, Workshop Coordinator and Hospitality Coordinator Ms. Crystal Swancey: Assistant Judges Coordinator Mr. Jason Wylie: Alumni Recruitment/Coordinator Thanks to Mr. Doug Berlon, Deputy Director of the Educational Theatre Association. We are honored to have you in New Jersey helping us with our festival! Thanks to Grace Alt, International Thespian Student Officer Vice Chair. We hope you enjoy your time with us! Thanks to Ms. Alison Sussman for all of her hard work in arranging for the use of the facilities at her school, Robbinsville High School. Ms. Sussman will let each troupe into the luggage room, as they arrive each morning. Please place luggage in this room. This room will be locked and is NOT accessible until 7:20 p.m. on Saturday and after the closing ceremonies on Sunday. Do NOT leave luggage in the session rooms. The luggage room will be a different room each day: Saturday: Room E102 (Chorus Room), Sunday: Room E104 (Band Room). Properties/Set pieces for Chapter Select Productions may be delivered to the assigned locations backstage. Do NOT move anything not belonging to your school or troupe. Technical Designs (Lighting, Set, Costume, Publicity [Poster]) may be taken directly to Media Center Mezzanine for set up. Troupe Displays may be taken directly to the upstairs circle, at the junction of main hallway and C-D hallways for set up. Food is available for purchase in the Commons on Saturday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm and on Sunday 7:30 am until 3:00 pm. Vendors will have items for sale in the Commons. Remember YOU are responsible for all items (personal and production related) that you brought to the festival. Do not leave them unattended. 1 NJ Chapter Director’s Message Hooray! Thespian Festival weekend is finally here! We have worked very hard this year to improve our festival and we are hoping that you enjoy every second of it! This year's theme is Fairy Tales. Whether we are portraying a hero or singing "Let it Go", we are all connected by stories. Over the years we connect with the sinister bad guys or the princesses. We "wish upon a star" and hope that someday we will find our "happy ever after". It is this theme that connects us with this year's festival. Some new improvements! We are grateful for the troupe directors. We know that each and every day you exceed the job description in your contracts. Theatre takes a lot of heart, dedication, and passion. To be a good director you must possess all of this and more. To thank you this year, we have created a director's lounge. This is a spot for you, for the entire festival. Please come and have breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Enter to win prizes and take part in special workshops and surprises. Check out Guidebook, our new mobile phone application where you can view the entire program. You can even create a schedule for yourself to follow for the weekend. You can also easily access our festival Facebook page and our Twitter account with one click. Plus you will be able to give us feedback throughout the festival so that we can make it better next year. Just go to your mobile store and download to Guidebook app for free. Then search for New Jersey Thespian Festival and download that, for free. Then you are all set! Spirit of Thespis Award! At registration, every school will receive enough storybooks for each of their students. Students are encouraged to get stickers from Vendors, College Representatives, and Workshop Leaders throughout the weekend. Once your passport is complete, or as complete as it is going to get, please drop it off at the STO on Sunday by 2 pm. The school with the most participation will win! Our Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights Aids auction will take place throughout the weekend. During both days we will be auctioning off items and then posting the winners by the table. So stop by frequently and check your tickets to see if you are a winner! If you were here last year you will remember the Chinese dragon outfit that everyone signed for our Around-the-World Theme. This year, we have a sword in the stone prop for everyone to sign. Stop by the STO table in the Commons to sign it. It is free to sign, so stop by! Then you can buy tickets at the STO table to win it. It will be auctioned off on Sunday. Once again our STO's will be running our annual Selfie Scavenger Hunt! They will be explaining it during the opening ceremony, so be sure to pay attention! Want to become an STO? Then stop by their table and complete an application. All applications are due back to the table by Sunday at 2 pm. We have MANY social media avenues for you to follow. Please use them! Like us on Facebook @ NJ State Thespians AND NJ Thespian Festival--Follow us on Twitter @Thespiansnj--Follow us on Instagram @njthespians--Friend us on Snapchat (njthespian) and keep an eye on it during the festival for behind the scenes photos and videos! Use #thesfest2015 for all things Festival. On a final note, I would like to thank the Adult State Board and the STO's for their amazing commitment and dedication to improving this year's festival from last year. I am grateful every year to work with such amazing students and adults. We are all committed to making this festival the best it can be. Enjoy this weekend. Make memories. Take lots of photos. Meet new people. Have fun! Mrs. Carolyn Little, New Jersey Chapter Director 2 Workshop Descriptions and Presenter Bios See Schedule for times near the end of the program. Acting Through Song with Tyce Green Pushing beyond the boundary of just “singing” a song. This class will focus on character connection and utilizing acting skills while singing. Please prepare a brief selection of a musical theatre song and bring your recorded accompaniment. Tyce Green is a Broadway actor and social media personality. After making his OffBroadway debut at age 19 in Kissless, he has appeared in numerous shows in New York and regionally, including: Hands on a Hardbody (Chris), Spring Awakening (Moritz), Ragtime (Younger Brother), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Calhoun), and more. On film he has been in seen in Horrible Turn, a prequel to Dr. Horrible with Neil Patrick Harris. In addition to performing, Tyce regularly directs and produces shows in NYC, including the That’s So Raven reunion concert with Raven-Symoné and Anneliese van der Pol. His popular Twitter series #AskTyce is a tool for young performers to ask performing and audition questions. Follow @Tyce on Twitter for more info. Aging Makeup with Nicolette Dalesandro The workshop will be an exciting and hands on way to learn how to create realistic aging makeup using simple and basic supplies! Creating Wounds with Make Up with Nicolette Dalesandro The workshop will be an exciting and hands on way to learn how to create realistic wounds using simple and basic supplies! Nicolette Dalesandro is a 19 year old makeup artist and hairstylist from Toms River. She currently works at The Style Room as an assistant and enjoys special FX makeup on the side. As a self-taught special FX artist, she very much enjoys teaching others her tricks to great makeup! Basic Swing Dancing with Brandon Rasmussen Students will take part in a beginner friendly swing dance lesson. No partner or dance experience needed. **Mr. Rasmussen will play a set of swing music at the Social which he will DJ. Show off your new skills on Saturday night!** Brandon Rasmussen has been dancing since he was nine years old. He teaches locally for several dance organizations and also founded the Rutgers Swing Dancing Club. Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Unafraid: The MAP That Guides Successful Leaders with Grace Alt, ITO Becoming a strong leader requires bravery. Every growing leader will find that on their journey, there are necessary steps to take, important opportunities to recognize, and positive traits to develop that will bring them success. In this workshop, we will discuss the MAP (Making your own opportunities, Acting the part of a leader, Positive visualization) you need to follow on your path to effective leadership, and how you can be a leader who is bold, brave, and unafraid! *Students applying for STO in 2017 should attend.* N.A.P.S. (National Advocacy, Plain and Simple) with Grace Alt, ITO Have you ever considered how NAPS can change your life? In this workshop you’ll learn about how powerful a NAP can actually be. NAPS can help you improve your fundraising efforts, gain more audience members, or even attain administrative support for your theatre program. Grace Alt is from Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, Thespian Troupe 1154, and is your International Thespian Officer Vice Chair! As your ITO, she serves to represent the student voice of the International Thespian Society by traveling to different state conferences 3 throughout the year and talking to students about arts advocacy, leadership, and all things Thespian. Come say hello if you see her walking around wearing her blue sash or connect with her via social media! Breaking Into Hollywood with Rob Gorrie Veteran television actor Rob Gorrie (Gotham, The Good Wife, Law & Order) will introduce participants to the world of acting for the screen. By using visual demonstrations as well as simulated commercial auditions, volunteers will learn the nuances that make good actors, great. Know what it takes to get in the room, stand out, get callbacks, and book jobs in the ultra competitive television industry. Rob Gorrie, an NYU Graduate from the Film & Television program, is a professional actor with over 13 years of experience in the industry and is a proud member of SAG. He has appeared in leading roles in daytime and primetime television as well as film. He recently guest starred on FOX’s Gotham as John Grayson. Some of his other notable credits include Law & Order SVU, The Good Wife, One Life to Live, and As the World Turns. He has two feature films slated for release in 2016 and is currently appearing in a national campaign for Southwest Airlines. Budgeting for Your Costumes with Shirlee Idzakovich How do I fit all all of these kids into costumes!!! Bring me your budget and let's talk. I have years of experience and tons of short cuts to help you get through this question. We may not get to all the shows, but I can set a formula to help you understand where all your monies should be spent. This is for directors and costumers and students who act as well, working together as a team to ensure everyone on stage is fully costumed for the show. Shirlee Idzakovich is a costumer who travels all over the United States. From Texas to Ohio, and NYC to Florida. Her passion is to teach costuming to a new generation of young adults and to pass on her knowledge of over 70 built out shows and countless mini build outs. Working with Itheatrics in NYC as an editor for Broadway Jr shows, and costumes many new shows and workshops. She has costumers for off Broadway, full equity houses, tv, movie and videos. She lives in NYC with her family. She has taught at many National Thespian State and will Be attending Nationals in Lincoln Nebraska this summer to do costume workshops. Creating the Environment with Jay Duckworth Since we were small children we have played with props. A long branch became a sword. A wooden spoon become a microphone for our huge award speech or our The Voice competition. I’m going to talk about what props are and how they are created; make an empty room look like it’s your own, your Grandmother’s, or Alexander Hamilton’s study. After the speech there will be a brief Q& A. Jay Duckworth is the founder of the Prop Summit a yearly meeting of Broadway, off Broadway, LORT theaters and Academic prop professionals and students. He has been the Keynote Speaker for The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival as a guest of United States Institute of Theater Technology 2011 & 2015. Headed Master classes in Properties at numerous universities. The roll call of shows he has created original work for starts in remastered Classic Greek Theater, re-imagined Shakespeare plays and musicals (including Hamilton) and stark Brechtian shows, and continues with contemporary and ink wet works at his residency at The Public Theater in New York City. He boasts over 20 years’ experience in LORT & Off -Bway theater, fast paced summer stocks, independent films, TV, music videos and over 50 off Broadway shows credit his name as a Props Master and Props Designer. 4 Creating Your Character Via Movement with Meade Andrews The core of creating a character involves exploring how your character moves, and interacts with other characters. We will focus on understanding how our body is designed to move freely, easily, and playfully, and how it is the perfect playground for your imagination in developing fully realized characters. Meade Andrews is a dancer, actor, and teacher of movement for the actor. She currently teaches in the theatre and musical theatre program at Rider U., and has taught acting, movement, and the Alexander Technique at theatres and universities all over the world. Discovering the Power of the Actor’s Voice with Rebecca Simon This is an introduction to Voice for the Actor. This workshop will focus on liberating our natural speaking voice. Through warm-ups and exercises, the actors will discover how they can truly be connected to thought, emotion, sound and language. We will explore resonance, power, range and the flexibility of the voice. Rebecca Simon teaches voice, speech and acting at Rider University where she has vocal coached numerous mainstage productions. Most recently, she was the dialect coach for Bristol Riverside Theatre’s production of The Language Archive. She also had the honor of serving as vocal coach for the McCarter Theatre Company’s production of The White Snake directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman. Other dialect coaching credits include A Murder is Announced at Robbinsville High School and Oliver! at The Forestburgh Playhouse. As a proud member of Actor’s Equity, her acting credits include the Broadway National Tours of Fiddler on the Roof with Theodore Bikel and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber starring Michael Bolton. She also toured with The Trans-Siberian Orchestra as a vocalist. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Florida Atlantic University and a certification in Colaianni Speech Technique. Faux Brick Painting with Ashley Petix Learn a quick and effective scenic painting method to create a realistic brick texture. Ashley Petix, a 2013 graduate of Drew University (and a 2009 graduate of Robbinsville High School), is a scenic designer and fine artist whose work has involved theater, television, fine art and illustration. Most recently her scenic design for the original play "Father Kennedy" debuted at the 2015 New York City Fringe Festival. She has worked with The Metropolitan Opera, local regional theaters and interned with Broadway scenic designer Christine Jones. You can visit her work at www.ashleypetix.com Figure Drawing with Laura Williams A lesson in figure drawing and how to use charcoal as a medium, while exploring easy ways to find proportions on the human form. We will be working in short poses and discovering how expressive even a 30-second sketch can be. Building on last year’s workshop, we will also add highlights to our drawings. Portfolios, Resumes, & the Real World for Designers and Production with Laura Williams A look at how to assemble a professional portfolio and resume for designers and production students in preparation for college interviews. Both content and presentation will be discuss, along with a realistic look at what it means to pursue a career in theater. Laura Williams is an alumni from Robbinsville High School who now works professionally in the theater industry in New York City, with credits on off-Broadway and Broadway productions. She mainly works with props, sets, scene painting, and puppets, but occasionally dabbles in costumes and directing. She received her BFA in theater design from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. 5 Improv Games: Making Sport of the Stage with Howdy Stranger Get ready to stretch your muscles (and your funny bones) in this action-packed workshop with classic improv games that get you moving and laughing. Putting the Pro in Improv: Serious Fun with Howdy Stranger Learn advanced tactics to enrich your improvised scenes through bold choices, active listening and supportive teamwork. Howdy Stranger is a professional improv troupe based in Hackensack, NJ, which performs at venues, participated in festivals, and won improv competitions in the Tri-State Area. Founder Ryan Huban runs the training program, offering all levels of improvisation through public classes, private workshops, and corporate team-building events. Introduction to Long-Form Improv with Michael Schwartz In long form improvisation, the goal is to create detailed, interrelated scenes fueled by strong storytelling and character choices. In this workshop, students will be introduced to many of the tools improvisers use to make these scenes happen. The workshop will focus on storytelling foundations, keys to character development, and finding the "game" of a scene--a theme or idea that can be repeated, exaggerated, or twisted throughout the improv scenes through supportive teamwork. Michael Schwartz teaches playwriting, theater history, dramaturgy, and improv at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has studied sketch writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, and he studied and taught at Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia. He has also taken workshops with Impro author Keith Johnstone and Upright Citizens Brigade member Matt Besser. Mastering the College Audition with Stan Cahill This workshop is geared towards students planning to audition for university- level performing arts programs. Designed to take the guesswork out of the audition process, a range of topics will be covered: the application process, pre-screen videos and material choices, as well as practical topics, including timelines, follow up, and, of course, the audition participants should arrive prepared with monologues. Stan Cahill is a professional actor, director and arts educator. He has traveled extensively as a teaching artist and director, most recently developing and implementing performing arts programs in Kenscoff, Haiti and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He continues to work as a theatre artist while also teaching at many of the country’s leading secondary schools, colleges and universities. As Theatre Artist in-Residence at Princeton Day School, he was recently named New Jersey’s Outstanding Director for his production of Anon(ymous). In addition, his 2014 production of Urinetown was named New Jersey’s Outstanding Musical while also earning the Educational Impact Award from the Paper Mill Playhouse. He has also earned accolades for two BBC/NPR productions, Footprints to Paradise and The Night Before Christmas, radio plays that gave young performers the opportunity to work alongside seasoned professionals. Currently, Stan is working with the La Mama Experimental Theatre in NYC on the new play Kidnap Road set to premiere at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA, Stan has appeared on stage in New York City and in regional theaters across the country, as well as in film, television and commercials. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting Program; Certificate: Moscow Art Theatre; BFA: University of Detroit 6 Michael Chekhov’s Qualities of Movement with Trent Blanton Learn a warm up that will wake up your primary instruments (voice, body and imagination) through exploration of Michael Chekhov’s Centers. In addition to a great way to get your “acting” engine started, centers are a great mechanism for developing physical life for characters. Trent Blanton (Director) is an Associate Professor of Theater in Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University. A proud active member of Actor’s Equity and the Society of Directors and Choreographers, Trent’s professional acting credits include: La Cage Aux Folles and Young Frankenstein (Forestburgh Playhouse), Sweet Charity (Aurora Theatre), The Gun Show, The Goldilocks Zone and Slippery as Sin (Passage Theatre Company), Les Miserables (Actors’ Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville), 1776 (Ford’s Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera); Fiddler on the Roof (Starlight Musicals of Kansas City & The MUNY of St. Louis); A Christmas Carol, Romeo & Juliet (Alliance Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew (Georgia Shakespeare); and Masada (York Theatre). Trent played virtually every major city in North America in the Broadway National Tour of Les Miserables and appeared in the Chinese premiere of Les Miz with Colm Wilkinson at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. Trent holds an MFA in Acting from Florida Atlantic University where he was the recipient of the Joshua Logan Fellowship and a certificate in the practical study of the Michael Chekhov Technique with the Michael Chekhov Association. He currently serves as Chair for the Acting/Directing committee of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. At Rider, Trent teaches acting in both the Theatre Performance and Musical Theatre programs. Nifty 50s and Swinging 60s: Musical Theatre Dances with Lauren Frazier-Gebhart Hairspray, Grease, and Bye, Bye, Birdie all have large dance numbers featuring social dances of the 1950s and 1960s. We’ll learn some basic moves from the time period including the Cha-Cha, The Mashed Potato and animal dances. Students will then learn a short number from a musical. Wear clothing and shoes appropriate for movement. Lauren Frazier-Gebhart is a graduate of the dance program at GCIT and has a BA in Dance and Political Science from Goucher College. She has performed and studied modern, ballet and theatrical dance internationally including tours of Europe and Brazil. She has performed with Dance DelBello, with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center and at the Kennedy Center. She has been teaching at various dance studios and schools throughout New Jersey and Maryland for the past 15 years. Ms. Frazier-Gebhart is currently the Dance Director at the BCIT Academy for the Performing Arts and has choreographed/directed dozens of High School and Community Musical Theatre productions. Pratfalls and Pies in the Face with Kristen Dabrowski We’ll work on slips, smacks, slaps, bumps, bangs, trips, flips, faints and falls—the key ingredients to slapstick comedy—and how to really sell them. The class will cover “the invitation,” “the tell,” use of props, framing, slo-mo, A.R.A., knaps, lines, and ducks. Spamalotmore with Kristen Dabrowski Learn the Cockney accent, then apply your skills to British comedy skits by Monty Python and others! Time-permitting, you will also write a British-style comedy skit of your own using Cockney rhyming slang. 7 Sword Fighting Choreography with Kristen Dabrowski Learn the basics of stage combat—the “BLOOD” safety system, footwork, attacks, and parries—as well as some fancy flourishes, jumps, ducks, pass-throughs and swipes to make a fight exciting and dramatic. By the end of class, you will have choreographed your own fight with a partner! Kristen Dabrowski attended The British-American Drama Academy, Trinity College (London) and The Oxford School of Drama (UK). She has taught Drama, Film and Playwriting at many schools, theatres and conservatories such as American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Actors Institute, Montclair State University, McCarter Theatre . . . to name just a few. Kristen is the author of 25 theatre books for children and teens published by Smith & Kraus. She is a member of Actors’ Equity and Dramatists Guild and is certified by The British Academy of Dramatic Combat in single- and double-sword combat, rapier and dagger, and hand-to-hand combat. Sonnet Man: Hip-Hop Shakespeare with Devon Glover Students will be introduced to Shakespeare's sonnets in a modern innovative way: through hip-hop. We will study the structure and make up of a Shakespearean sonnet: their components, values, and meaning, as well as write our own. The workshop will conclude with a presentation by the students. Devon Glover is a teacher, poet, rapper, from Brooklyn New York. He performs Shakespeare's Sonnets in a dynamic way through Hip-Hop in schools, universities and theaters to young audiences nationally and abroad. The Sonnet Man has appeared on The Today Show, MTVAct, Shakespeare Festivals in Stratford Ontario and Stratford-uponAvon, and won The L.A. Times Book Award for Inspirational Poetry. The recent release of his debut video “Hip-Hop Hamlet” was selected for the Shakespeare Short Film Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. For more information, visit www.SonnetMan.com. Shop Built Moving Scenery with Thomas Haughey This workshop is intended to serve students in creating shop built moving scenery. With the speed of many shows, we are often faced with the challenge of moving scenery during productions, but moving things quickly creates other challenges. This workshop will show students some of the methods that can be assembled quickly and efficiently using things found around almost every theatre. This workshop is for all interested in scenic design and technology; students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend. Come with questions and challenges of your own: they are always appreciated. Thomas Haughey is the tenured assistant professor of technical direction and sound design at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He earned his MFA in technical direction from the University of Connecticut and a BS in Biology from Elizabethtown College. He has worked professionally for ESPN, The People’s Light and Theatre Company and for Connecticut Reparatory Theatre. Thomas would like to thank his lovely wife and children for their support. Stage Management with Sherri Vanderspiegel The students will learn about the different types of stage managers and their duties, what goes in a prompt book, what you should have in your stage management kit, how to do your stage management, tech resume. Sherri Vanderspiegel is the technical supervisor for the Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College. She is also adjunct faculty and teaches technical theater I and II as well as special projects in stage management there. Sherri graduated from Mason 8 Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, with a BFA in stage management. She then worked for a year Off Broadway in a number of theaters, as well stage managed a few equity workshops. Sherri has worked in many theater venues in NJ. In the summer months Sherri also stage manages at Plays in the Park. She has worked there for 13 summers, 8 years as a stage manager and 5 years as the production stage manager. Theatre After High School with Ryan Antony Nicotra Learn how to select a college program, prepare a rèsumé, find jobs, and build a professional network. We will discuss the many different career paths available for a theatre artist after graduating from high school. Bring questions and an open mind. The Vulnerability Workshop for Actors with Ryan Antony Nicotra Blending dance movement, personal interview, and improvisation, this exercise will promote vulnerability and collaboration within the participating group. Participants should be dressed and prepared for movement. Sweatpants, a t-shirt, and sneakers are ideal. Ryan Antony Nicotra is the Development Director at Single Carrot Theatre, an ensemble company devoted to new play development, community building, and neighborhood revitalization in Baltimore City. He recently completed a joyful tenure as the founding Company Director of The BOOM Theatre Co., an emerging ensemble that champions the development of new works and reimagined classics. Under his leadership, BOOM produced thirty unique projects in five years and reached over 3,000 students across the state of Maryland. Every project under Ryan’s direction has been motivated by central questions about alienation and reconciliation, particularly for women and LGBT+ people. He has been profiled by The Baltimore Sun and TheatreBloom, and was selected among the critic The Bad Oracle’s top five directors in Baltimore small theaters. Ryan is a rising second year student in the Goucher College MA Arts Administration program. He is particularly focused on the areas of design, development, politics, community building, and the empowerment of young, diverse, and underrepresented leaders in the arts. He has previously taught courses in acting, design, directing, and stage management at Cecil College in the rural town of Elkton, MD. He is the former Vice Chair of the Harford County Cultural Arts Board, a local arts agency that provides over $100,000 annually to over fifty nonprofit arts organizations based in Harford County, MD, and now lives in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore City. Troupe Officer Round Table with STOs Each troupe should send two troupe officers/leaders. This meeting will consist of numerous topics such as: leadership development, fundraising, marketing, and what it means to be an STO. It will also consist of a panel including a few of our very own STO's to answer questions and facilitate discussion. (Please be punctual because we have a limited amount of time to do this.) VIEWPOINTS (vocal) with Perry Morgan Space. Shape. Time. Tempo. Investigation of these Viewpoints and Others in the Vocal Performance (Speaking and Singing) Place. Professor Morgan is the Director of Musical Theatre at Greensboro College in North Carolina. He is the Founder of what is now known in New Jersey as “The Perry Awards” annually honoring the outstanding theatre achievements in this state. A member of Actor’s Equity Association, he performs and directs on the Regional Theatre circuit. 9 Our Judges Rich Affannato is a Tony® and Drama Desk Award-nominated producer whose producing credits include The Visit starring Chita Rivera and Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway (9 Tony nominations, including Best Play) and the subsequent National Tour. He is the founder and Executive Director of Broadway Theatre Lab, a company that provides workshops, master classes, and industry panel discussions with Broadway/Film/TV professionals to organizations worldwide. Rich also produced ANN on Broadway, written by and starring Holland Taylor, and the critically acclaimed New York production of SILENCE! The Musical. He produced the show's Original Cast Album (available on Sh-K-Boom/ Ghostlight Records), which debuted at # 12 on the Billboard Top Broadway Chart. He was part of the management team for the original production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Obie, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Off-Broadway Musical) Gorey Details, and the Broadway production of Epic Proportions (with Kristen Chenoweth). Rich's directing credits include David Hasselhoff in Concert; Barbara Feldon's one-woman show Encounters; Opera Breve's New York mounting of Hansel and Gretel; and many concert productions throughout the United States. His acting credits include the Broadway and National companies of Les Miserables, The Producers, Civil War and the New York company of Forbidden Broadway20th Anniversary Edition. His portrayal of Floyd Collins led to a Helen Hayes Award Nomination. Other credits include Stephen Sondheim's 70th Birthday Concert at the Library of Congress, and productions at The Guthrie, St. Louis Rep, Capitol Repertory Theatre, and Great Lakes Theatre Festival. His company, Affannato Productions, continues to develop and produce new works for the stage and screen. www.AffannatoProductions.com Michele Baldwin Doug Berlin Greg Bernet has been a professional actor and teacher since the 1970’s. He is a member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA and has performed on stages throughout the country from New York to Los Angeles and many places in between. He has appeared in feature films including Parenthood, with Steve Martin and Woody Allen’s Radio Days as well as on TV in “Miami Vice,” “B.L. Stryker,” the soap operas “Loving” and “Another Life,” and even on “Romper Room!” He has also appeared in network TV commercials, has done voiceovers, and was an FM radio DJ in Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, he was a teacher of acting at various universities, including Miami University (OH), University of Miami, UNC, and the University of Georgia. He most recently taught film appreciation and theatre at Hunterdon Central Regional High School where he also produced and directed plays and served as advisor to Thespian Society Troupe 3035 and is an ITS member. Danny Campos is an Actor, Director, Teaching Artist and Arts Administrator form the New Jersey and New York area. He's a member of Actor's Equity, Theatre for Young Audiences/USA, American Alliance of Theatre and Education and the International Performing Arts for Youth organizations. When he's not on stage, you can find him in the classroom teaching at The Growing Stage: The Children's Theatre of New Jersey or at Albright College as an Adjunct Professor. Danny holds a Masters Degree in Educational Theatre from New York University and a Bachelor Degree in Theatre/Music from Albright College. He's also studied at the Eugene O'Neill National Theatre Institute. German Cardenas-Alminos 10 Elizabeth Carlin is a young actor from Lakewood, NJ. She got her degree in acting from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she gained credits both on stage and film, as well as backstage and on set. Some favorite credits include the Nurse (Romeo and Juliet), Dolly Hamma (Orpheus Descending), and the chorus leader- as well as the assistant director and choreographer- of Lysistrata. Liz also studied as an acting apprentice with New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theatre. Most recently Liz was seen in the NJ One-Minute Play Festival at Luna Stage, in Richard III with Oxford Shakespeare Company in Manhattan, and as Phoebe in the world premiere of Inferno: A New Work About Sin right here in central NJ. Currently, Liz is excited to be a part of the acting company of the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch for the 2015-2016 season! Feel free to check out her website: www.lizcarlinactor.com Kevin Chapman has a degree in Theater from Montclair State University. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and has stage managed many shows, (mostly summer stock) and has gone on tour with such celebrities as the Smothers Brothers, Debbie Boone, Ed Ames and Carol Lawrence. He has also worked as a stage manager at Walt Disney World and has been involved with shows at the Lucille Lortell Theater and Equity Library Theater in New York City. Kevin is thrilled to be taking part in the NJ State Thespian Festival! Christa Cillaroto has been with George Street Playhouse since 2007. She has served the theatre in various capacities over the years in both the Marketing and the Education Departments. She has been the Manager of School-Based Programs since 2012. Christa is proud to have earned her BA in Theatre Arts from Douglass College, Rutgers University. Her background in theatrical performance, design, and directing has served her well throughout her career. Christa has directed Peacemaker and New Kid for George Street Playhouse’s Education Touring Theatre and had served GSP as a Teaching Artist for 9 seasons. She has also taught for the Children’s Acting Academy in New York City. Christa is a founding member of coLAB Arts, a New Brunswick-based nonprofit art collaborative dedicated to connecting arts engagement with community issues and community-based organizations. She has also served on the Leadership Board for New Jersey Emerging Arts Leaders, a development and cultivation network for young professionals in the arts and arts advocacy created by ArtPride New Jersey. Christa has been a proud member of the New Brunswick Community Arts Council since 2013. Carol Danoff Neil Danoff is a Broadway/Off Broadway Investor/Producer, is a member of the board of the NY Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), and received the 2014 Entrepreneur Award. Current shows include Matilda (TONY nominated), You Can't Take It With You, The Elephant Man, Allegiance (coming to Broadway in 2015), and An American in Paris (coming to Broadway in 2015). Previous Broadway shows include All The Way with Bryan Cranston (TONY winner), Bridges of Madison County (TONY winner), Lucky Guy with Tom Hanks (TONY nominated), Glengarry Glen Ross with Al Pacino & Bobby Cannavale, Evita with Rick Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris, The Addams Family (TONY nominated), The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino (TONY nominated), Spring Awakening (8 TONY awards including BEST MUSICAL), The Wedding Singer (TONY nominated), and Brooklyn The Musical. Past Off-Broadway shows include NEWSical (Drama Desk nominee), I Love You Because, Once Around The Sun, and Fiction in Photographs (Co-producer). 11 Rebecca May Flowers hails from sunny Orlando, Florida where she received a Master's Degree in Theatre Arts. She is currently the Artistic Associate at Theatre Horizon, just outside of Philadelphia. Rebecca is a freelance director and choreographer who works in professional, scholastic, and community theatres across the region. She is currently assistant directing In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks, opening on April 16 at Theatre Horizon. Sean Flowers Paul Goldie has a diverse involvement in theater where he has directed, coached, taught workshops and worked as an adjudicator. As a musician he has performed in over 70 musical productions. He was co-founder of West Ridge Productions, Inc., where he was the artistic director and producer. Paul has participated as an adjudicator for the past seventeen years with Paper Mill Playhouse’s Rising Star Program where he also serves on the steering committee. He has also participated as an adjudicator for theatre festivals throughout New Jersey such as Teen Arts and STANJ as well as The NJ Thespian Festival. He has instructed and directed at various high schools and most recently was the acting coach for Saucon Valley High School in PA. He is the co-author of The Little Princess, a musical version of the novel. For over 25 years until recently Paul was the owner and trainer at Goldie Theatrical Dogs, supplying animal actors for stage and television. He has supplied dogs to “All My Children” and for over 60 productions of Annie. You can find him featured in book How to Get Your Pet Into Show Business. Jason Goldstein has been an active performing arts and entertainment producer and entrepreneur for over twenty years. He has founded theater companies and produced, written and/or directed professional, amateur and educational theater productions in New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Jason has consulted on a variety of marketing and theatrical business projects were he has integrated technology. He worked on the marketing and technology reboot for the Crossroads Theatre Company’s 30th Anniversary season and is on the executive board of the Emerging Arts Leaders of New Jersey. His OffBroadway sports comedy and musical revue, Chuckleball has played engagements on both coasts. He has been the producer of the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni Awards annual gala and the production director for Rutgers University Commencement. His experience and challenge selling tickets with a variety of ticketing companies, some of which are the largest and most renown in the field led him to start BookTix. BookTix was created especially for school theater programs and is helping teachers increase sales and manage ticketing efficiently, easily and without much expense. He has lectured on musical theater history, theater appreciation, leadership and entrepreneurship and is dedicated to weaving creativity with technology and business. He is a 1998 graduate of East Brunswick High School where as a chorus officer and student producer of the drama club he elevated awareness and improved ticket sales and marketing efforts. Jason holds an individualized BA in theatrical business and communication with a minor music and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in entrepreneurship and marketing from Rutgers University where he founded the award winning Livingston Theatre Company now in its 16th year and teaches musical theater history. He has installed custom web and box office solutions for venues. He co-founded BookTix out of personal need and is committed to helping school drama clubs thrive. He is the recipient of the 2014 New Jersey Governor's Award in Arts Education for Distinguished Service to Theatre Education. Cliff W. Green 12 Tyce Green is an actor and singer based in New York City. Tyce made his New York debut Off-Broadway as Spinks in Kissless. Tyce won the Houston Buzzy Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his work as Moritz in the U.S. Regional Premiere of Spring Awakening. Other credits include: Hands on a Hardbody (Chris), Ragtime (Younger Brother), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (John C. Calhoun), The Sound of Music (Rolf), The Miser (Cleante), Little Women (Laurie), Forbidden Broadway (Various), Les Miserables, White Christmas, Reefer Madness. Film: Horrible Turn (Prequel to Dr. Horrible with Neil Patrick Harris. Christian Gutierrez Sarah Henley is an adjunct professor of theatre, English, speech, and music. Currently, she teaches at County College of Morris, Warren County Community College, and Northampton Community College. She has also served as the Education Programs Manager for the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. Sarah holds an M.Litt. and an MFA in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance from Mary Baldwin College, a BS in Music Education from Elizabethtown College, and has apprenticed at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Theatrical credits include Feste in Twelfth Night (MBC M.Litt/MFA with ASC); Constance in King John and Marina in Pericles (University Wits); Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls (Oak Grove Theatre). Dan Kelly Roman Klima is a Video, Lighting, Scenic, and Sound designer. His work has been seen at The Bickford Theater, Middlesex County College, Brookdale Community College, The State Theater, Middlesex County’s Plays in the Park, The Forum Theater Arts Center, and countless high school and middle schools. Roman is proud a member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Ben Knight Erin Krom Leah Krupnick Rachel Krupnick is a Theater Educator and Stage Manager who is continually impressed by the talent and drive exhibited by the theater students she meets. She teaches Play Production at Middlesex County College. Favorite projects include: The Full Monty at the Algonquin Arts Theater, Xanadu, All Shook Up, and Jesus Christ Superstar all at Middlesex County’s Plays in the Park. Rachel has received her Master’s degree in Theatrical Production and is a proud member of the Stage Manager’s Association. Taylor La Caze James Lyone Alex Monastersky Michael T. Mooney has devoted his life to the performing arts, having been involved as performer, writer, director, and administrator. Coming to Paper Mill Playhouse in 1994 from The Growing Stage Theatre in Netcong, New Jersey, he served in the fundraising department under Development Director John McEwen. He became involved in the theatre’s accessibility programming, eventually assuming full responsibility for the theatre’s nationally recognized Access programs and services. In 2001, he was appointed Manager of Outreach and Access Programs, a position he designed himself. Mr. Mooney has led community drives for the Victims of 9-11, Jersey Cares, New Eyes for the Needy, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, Lainie’s Angels, First Book NJ, Tsunami Relief, The American Red Cross, and Broadway 13 Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In addition to his Access responsibilities, he also directed Paper Mill’s Senior Players Workshop, managed the award-winning Adopt-a-School Project and has been both instructor and adjudicator for their STAR program. He is a founding member of LEAD and served on the board of directors for The Fund for the New Jersey Blind, The Audio-Description Coalition of America (ADC), The New Jersey Cultural Access Network, and The New Jersey Theatre Alliance. For five years, he studied directing and writing for theatre-in-the-round with England’s Sir Alan Ayckbourn and has staged more than 60 productions of plays and musicals in Northern New Jersey, including the American premieres of four of Sir Alan’s plays. Michael is the proud recipient of the 2008 New Jersey Governor’s Award for Arts Education and the 2003 Ann Klein Advocate Award for his work with senior citizens and people with disabilities. Easter Seals New Jersey named him one of their “Miracle Workers” of 2008. He is a native of New Jersey, having also lived in Central Florida and London, England. Ryan Antony Nicotra is the Development Director at Single Carrot Theatre, an ensemble company devoted to new play development, community building, and neighborhood revitalization in Baltimore City. He is an award-winning director and the founding Company Director of The BOOM Theatre Co., an emerging ensemble that champions the development of new works and reimagined classics. Under his leadership, BOOM produced thirty unique projects in five years and reached over 3,000 students across the state of Maryland. Every project under Ryan’s direction has been motivated by central questions about alienation and reconciliation, particularly for women and LGBT+ people. He has been profiled by The Baltimore Sun and TheatreBloom, and was selected among the critic The Bad Oracle’s top five directors in Baltimore small theaters in 2015. This spring, Ryan served as an interim staff member at Maryland Citizens for the Arts. With his team, he trained and organized Marylanders in an aggressive campaign that was successful in restoring $2.2 million to the Maryland State Arts Council in FY’15 and ’16. Ryan is a rising second year student in the Goucher College MA Arts Administration program. He is particularly focused on the areas of design, development, politics, community building, and the empowerment of young, diverse, and underrepresented leaders in the arts. He has previously taught courses in acting, design, directing, and stage management at Cecil College in the rural town of Elkton, MD. He is the former Vice Chair of the Harford County Cultural Arts Board, a local arts agency that provides over $100,000 annually to over fifty nonprofit arts organizations based in Harford County, MD, and now lives in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore City. Michael Schwartz Megan Shook is a proud staff member of George Street Playhouse, working in both the Education and Development Departments. Prior to working in theatre administration, Megan was a student and intern in GSP’s Education Department programming. She has been studying under vocal coach Marcy Eberbach for seven years, and is a former student of the Middlesex County Votech School of Performing Arts. She enjoys exploring theatrical training and performance in Improv, Shakespeare, and Musical Theatre. Megan also volunteers with local non-profit organizations, such as The Pride Center of New Jersey and coLAB Arts. Kate Toomey 14 Bobby Traversa is the personal assistant and producing associate to two-time Tony nominated Broadway producer Rich Affannato. He also currently serves as Managing Director of the Broadway Theater Lab, a brand new educational initiative providing master classes, workshops, and industry panel discussions taught by Broadway and Film/TV stars. Before moving to New York, Bobby spent half a decade as the Assistant to the Chair of Musical Theater at AMDA Los Angeles and as administrative support to the faculty there. As a musical theater rep coach, Bobby has clients that have appeared on Broadway, national tours, cruise ships, and reality TV. Tony Wilkes TONY WILKES – Producer, has produced more than 40 theatrical productions over the last 20 years. As a costume designer he has created costumes for more than 60 plays, films and videos. His many years on Broadway on costume crews include such shows as Cyrano, Les Miserables, Damn Yankees, On the Waterfront, Swinging on a Star, Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk, and 42nd Street. Other wardrobe credits include productions at the Metropolitan Opera House, Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. He is currently in preproduction with the films "C-Lo" and "Kelly's Journey" "Roach" and the upcoming stage production of "Imperfect Women of the Bible." Andrew Young is the director of the play and advisor to the Drama Club at Kingsway Regional HS. He has directed You Can't Take It With You, The Diary of Anne Frank, 120 Seconds, It's a Wonderful Life, The Laramie Project, and several Drama Club Scene Nights. He is also a published and produced playwright and teaches Public Speaking and Debate, English, and Acting in Performance at Kingsway. Marilyn O’Rourke Young WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR COLLEGE AND VENDOR TABLES PLEASE VISIT EACH TABLE IN THE COMMONS! Colleges Drew University with Chris Ceraso and Dan LaPenta (Saturday only) Greensboro College with Perry Morgan Indiana University of Pennsylvania with Michael Schwartz New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts with Sean David Johnson New York Film Academy with Rob Gorrie Rider University with Trent Blanton, Rebecca Simon, and German CardenasAlamenos Rowan University with Lane Savadove West Chester University of Pennsylvania with Thomas Haughey Vendors BookTix with Jason Goldstien Costume Holiday House with Greg Kerns Howdy Stranger with Ryan Huban Photographer Brad Resnick 15 CAST OF PLAYERS: 727 Student Members in Attendance! Thespian Troupe 23, Morris Catholic High School, Denville, New Jersey Director: Ms. Amy Bauer, Troupe President: Anna Gelpke, Vice Pres.: Bianna Edson & Nikki Purwin_ Thespian Troupe 1530, West Orange High School, West Orange, New Jersey Director: Ms. Wendy Mapes, Troupe President: Kate Berwin, Vice Pres.: Henry Gardner_____________ Thespian Troupe 1555, Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Mount Holly, New Jersey Director: Mr. Michael Pliskin, Troupe President: Maguette Ba______ ____________________________ Thespian Troupe 2479, Franklin High School, Somerset, New Jersey Director: Ms. Michelle Sayah_________________________________________________________ Thespian Troupe 2631, John P. Stevens High School, Edison, New Jersey Director: Ms. Darlene Rich, Troupe President: Tara Shukla, Vice Pres.: Gabriela Abarquez___________ Thespian Troupe 2642, North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, New Jersey Director: Ms. Mary Meo, Troupe President: Cameron Calv, Vice Pres.: Gianna Porfano___________ Thespian Troupe 3981, Vernon High School, Vernon, New Jersey Director: Ms. Lindsay McAloney, Troupe President: Cassie Roeloffs, Vice Pres.: Ethan Kimball______ Thespian Troupe 3993, Egg Harbor Township High School, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey Director: Ms. Nancy Jane Portnoy, Troupe President: Casey Michael, Vice Pres.: Dana Liu___________ Thespian Troupe 4197, Rosa Parks Arts High School, Paterson, New Jersey Director: Ms. Tiffany L. Wilson, Troupe President: Tiandra Russell__________________________ Thespian Troupe 4762, Northern Burlington County Regional H.S., Columbus, New Jersey Director: Mrs. Jennifer Huckleberry, Troupe President: Samantha Hughes, Vice Pres.: Christopher Lopez Thespian Troupe 4883, Ewing High School, Ewing, New Jersey Director: Ms. Christina Monaco Caldwell, Troupe President: Scott Price, Vice Pres.: Anna Samayoa___ Thespian Troupe 5480, Gloucester County Institute of Technology, Sewell, New Jersey Director: Mrs. Kirstin Lynch-Walsh, Troupe President: Maggie O’Connor, Vice Pres.: Brian Lynn_____ Thespian Troupe 5838, Ramsey High School, Ramsey, New Jersey Director: Mr. Doug Gipple, Troupe President: Hannah Tokish, Vice Pres.: Nicole Borbone_________ Thespian Troupe 6185, Ocean County Performing Arts Academy, Lakehurst, New Jersey Director: Mr. Joseph Puliafico________________________________ ______________________ Thespian Troupe 6803, Bordentown Regional High School, Bordentown, New Jersey Director: Ms. Stacie Morano, Troupe President: Cynthia Reynolds, Vice Pres.: Erin Caltiere__________ Thespian Troupe 7161, Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville, New Jersey Director: Ms. Alison Sussman, Troupe President: Mark Troy, Vice Pres.: Molly Moore______________ Thespian Troupe 7268, Hoboken High School, Hoboken, New Jersey Director: Ms. Danielle Miller, Troupe President: Aishah Tapia, Vice Pres.: David Rivera__________ Thespian Troupe 7363, Barnegat High School, Barnegat, New Jersey Director: Ms. Kerry Bollenbach, Troupe President: Melanie DeRosa, Vice Pres.: Rachel Miller________ Thespian Troupe 7455, Toms River High School North, Toms River, New Jersey Director: Mrs. Carolyn Little & Ms. Crystal Swancey, President: Katie Kirgan, Vice Pres.: Alec Addalia Thespian Troupe 7890, Morris County School of Technology, Denville, New Jersey Director: Ms. Irene Fitzpatrick Smoot, Troupe President: Leanna Klein, Vice Pres.: Alexa Metro Thespian Troupe 7891, BCIT Medford School of Performing Arts, Medford, New Jersey Director: Mr. Scott Cooney, Troupe President: Evan Vincent, Vice Pres.: Aylanna Edwards-Wright____ Thespian Troupe 7964, Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington, New Jersey Director: Ms. Katherine Rochon, Troupe President: Olivia Olcott, Vice Pres.: Henri Zerbib__________ Thespian Troupe 8109, Life Center Academy, Burlington, New Jersey Director: Ms. Felicia Latoya Brown, Troupe President: Sabrina Cintron, Vice Pres.: Alexis McLean____ Thespian Troupe 8266, Trenton Central High School, Trenton, New Jersey Director: Ms. Christina Forshey_________________________ _____________________ _________ Thespian Troupe 8___, Toms River East High School, Toms River, New Jersey Director: Ms. Melissa Moore Reimertz____________________ _____________________ _________ 16 GENERAL SCHEDULE SATURDAY, MARCH 12 Please NOTE: This is the weekend that begins Daylight Savings Time! Please be on time Sunday morning!! Troupe Directors: Complimentary breakfast, lunch, Sat. dinner, and snacks all day in Second Floor B-Wing Faculty Room College Representatives & Vendors are in the Commons. Troupe Displays are in the upstairs circle, at the junction of main hallway and C-D hallways Technical Designs are in the Media Center Mezzanine. Chapter Select Performances are in the Theatre. Workshops are attended on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be closed at a set number. 7:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Registration: Student Center (in main hallway off the Commons) Judges’ & Workshop Leaders’ Breakfast: Faculty Rm. Off the Commons Judges’ Meeting: A206 Opening Ceremonies State Board of Directors Keynote Speaker: Jay Duckworth Jay Duckworth is the founder of the Prop Summit a yearly meeting of Broadway, off Broadway, LORT theaters and Academic prop professionals and students. He has been the Keynote Speaker for The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival as a guest of United States Institute of Theater Technology 2011 & 2015. Headed Master classes in Properties at numerous universities. The roll call of shows he has created original work for starts in remastered Classic Greek Theater, re-imagined Shakespeare plays and musicals (including Hamilton) and stark Brechtian shows, and continues with contemporary and ink wet works at his residency at The Public Theater in New York City. He boasts over 20 years’ experience in LORT & Off -Bway theater, fast paced summer stocks, independent films, TV, music videos and over 50 off Broadway shows credit his name as a Props Master and Props Designer. 9:30 a.m. Individual Events Begin (See Individual Events Schedules) NOTE: All events are open to spectators EXCEPT Jr. Audition & Sr. Scholarship Technical Design Interviews: (Saturday only)—the Media Center Mezzanine Monologue—Comedy—B202 Monologue—Dramatic—B207 Contrasting Monologues—B203 Duet Acting—Comedy— A201 Duet Acting—Dramatic— A210 Improvisational Pairs—A205 Pantomime Solos and Duets (Saturday Only)—E104 Musical Theatre Solo—D201 17 9:45 a.m. Duet Musical Theatre—C202 Junior Audition (Saturday Only—no spectators)—C203 Senior Scholarship Performance (Saturday Only—no spectators)— D204 Advanced Tech Challenge—E10 Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—7363, Barnegat H.S., Midsummer/Jersey 10:00 a.m. WORKSHOPS begin—See Workshop Schedule at the End of the Program 10:00 a.m. Honor Thespian Troupe Interviews begin—C204—Open to Spectators 10:30 a.m. Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—2631, John P. Stevens H.S., “45% in a Metal Box” 11:15 a.m. Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—7890, Morris County Tech. H.S., As It Is in Heaven —Theatre Educator Senior Scholarship Interview—C204–Closed To Spectators 12:00 p.m. Alumni Luncheon—Second Floor C-Wing Faculty Room 1:00 p.m. Group Musical Theatre begins (Saturday Only)—E102 (Open to Spectators) 1:00 p.m. Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—7268, Hoboken H.S., Almost, Maine 1:45 p.m.: Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—23, Morris Catholic H.S., A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2:30 p.m. MAKEUP COMPETITION—M103 NO SPECTATORS! (One-hour application, one-hour judging—See Individual Event Schedules for listing of competitors.) 2:30 p.m. Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—3993, Egg Harbor H.S., The Mouse Trap 3:30 p.m. Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—4762, Northern Burlington C.R.H.S., Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead 3:34 p.m.: Duet Pantomime continues in E102 4:15 p.m. Chapter Select Play Performance in Theatre—6185, Ocean County Performing Arts Academy, “The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage” 18 6:00 p.m. CAFETERIA CLOSES Special Speaker, Tyce Green in the Theatre Tyce Green is a Broadway actor and social media personality. After making his OffBroadway debut at age 19 in Kissless, he has appeared in numerous shows in New York and regionally, including: Hands on a Hardbody (Chris), Spring Awakening (Moritz), Ragtime (Younger Brother), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Calhoun), and more. On film he has been in seen in Horrible Turn, a prequel to Dr. Horrible with Neil Patrick Harris. In addition to performing, Tyce regularly directs and produces shows in NYC, including the That’s So Raven reunion concert with Raven-Symoné and Anneliese van der Pol. His popular Twitter series #AskTyce is a tool for young performers to ask performing and audition questions. Follow @Tyce on Twitter for more info. 6:30 p.m.: Evening Social with DJ—The Commons Short Films Showing in Theatre 7:30 p.m. Vernon (3981) boards a bus to go to Hampton Inn & Suites, 153 West Manor Way, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 Toms River North (7455) boards a bus to Hilton Garden Inn, 800 US Highway 130, Hamilton Township, NJ 08691 8:10 p.m. 8:50 p.m. West Orange (1530) & Barnegat (7363)—Board two buses to go to Hampton Inn (West Orange will have to overflow on to the second bus.) Ocean County (6185)—Boards two buses to go to Hampton Inn 11:00 p.m. LIGHTS OUT! (Directors have the right to require their students to have an earlier curfew at the hotel.) Daylight Savings Time Begins!! SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 13 7:00 a.m. Vernon (3981) boards a bus from Hampton Inn & Suites to go back to Robbinsville HS Toms River North (7455) boards a bus from Hilton Garden Inn to go back to Robbinsville HS 7:40 a.m. West Orange (1530) & Barnegat (7363)—Board two buses to go back to Robbinsville HS. 8:20 a.m. Ocean County (6185)—Boards two buses to go back to Robbinsville HS. GENERAL SCHEDULE SUNDAY, MARCH 13 Troupe Directors: Complimentary breakfast, lunch, Sat. dinner, and snacks all day in Second Floor B-Wing Faculty Room College Representatives & Vendors are in the Commons. 19 Troupe Displays are in the upstairs circle, at the junction of main hallway and C-D hallways Technical Designs are in the Media Center Mezzanine. Chapter Select Performances are in the Theatre. Workshops are attended on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be closed at a set number. 7:45 a.m. Judges’ & Workshop Leaders’ Breakfast: Faculty Rm. Off the Commons 7:30 a.m. Registration The Commons ONLY FOR SCHOOLS NOT REGISTERED ON SATURDAY 8:30 a.m. Individual Events Begin (See Individual Event Schedules) Monologue—Comedy—B202 Monologue—Dramatic—B207 Contrasting Monologues—B203 Duet Acting—Comedy— A201 Duet Acting—Dramatic— A210 Improvisational Pairs—A205 Musical Theatre Solo—D201 Duet Musical Theatre—C202 Technical Olympics—E10 8:30 a.m. Chapter Select play performance in Theatre—3981, Vernon H.S., You Can’t Take It With You 9:00 a.m. WORKSHOPS begin— See Workshop Schedule at the End of the Program 9:15 a.m. Chapter Select play performance in Theatre—7891, Burlington County Institute of Tech.-Medford, Twelve Angry Jurors 10:15 a.m. Chapter Select play performance in Theatre—7455, Toms River HS North, “Disables” 11:00 a.m. Chapter Select play performance in Theatre—7161, Robbinsville H.S., “Chamber Music” 12:00 TROUPE DIRECTORS’ LUNCH & MEETING All troupe directors are invited; lunch provided: Second Floor B-Wing Faculty Room 12:00 Student Board Luncheon: Second Floor C-Wing Faculty Room 12:45 Chapter Select play performance in Theatre—4197, Rosa Parks School of Fine & Performing Arts, Hurt Village 20 1:30 Chapter Select play performance in Theatre—5838, Ramsey H.S., “The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage” 2:00 TRASHY COSTUME CONTEST Begins: Create costumes in E10 NO SPECTATORS! (See Individual Event Schedules for listing of competitors.) 2:45 Trashy Costumes assemble in the Commons 2:50 Trashy Costumes on Stage of Theatre 3:30 Award-winning short films Theatre 4:00 Awards Ceremony Theatre 6:00 Time to Go Home See you next year! Thespian Festival 2016 Workshop Schedule Saturday, March 12 10:00 - 10:45 Improv Games: Making Sport of the Stage with Howdy Stranger in Auxiliary Gym Mastering the College Audition with Stan Cahill in E-106 N.A.P.S. (National Advocacy, Plain and Simple) with Grace Alt, ITO in M-101 11:00 - 11:45 Pratfalls and Pies in the Face with Kristen Dabrowski in Auxiliary Gym Mastering the College Audition with Stan Cahill in E-106 Creating the Environment with Jay Duckworth in A-206 Sonnet Man: Hip-Hop Shakespeare with Devon Glover in M-101 12:00 - 12:45 Sword Fighting Choreography with Kristen Dabrowski in Auxiliary Gym The Vulnerability Workshop for Actors with Ryan Antony Nicotra in E-106 Creating the Environment with Jay Duckworth in A-206 Sonnet Man: Hip-Hop Shakespeare with Devon Glover in M-101 1:00 - 1:45 Creating Your Character Via Movement with Meade Andrews in Auxiliary Gym Theatre After High School with Ryan Antony Nicotra E-106 Faux Brick Painting with Ashley Petix in M-101 2:00 - 2:45 Putting the Pro in Improv: Serious Fun with Howdy Stranger in Auxiliary Gym Creating Your Character Via Movement with Meade Andrews in E-106 Faux Stone Painting with Ashley Petix in M-101 Troupe Officer Round Table with STOs in Black Box 3:00 - 3:45 Basic Swing Dancing with Brandon Rasmussen in Auxiliary Gym Discovering the Power of the Actor’s Voice with Rebecca Simon E-106 Stage Management with Sherri Vanderspiegel in A-206 Acting Through Song with Tyce Green in M-101 21 Saturday Workshops continued 4:00 - 4:45 Basic Swing Dancing with Brandon Rasmussen in Auxiliary Gym Stage Management with Sherri Vanderspiegel in A-206 Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Unafraid: The MAP That Guides Successful Leaders with Grace Alt, ITO in M-101 Acting Through Song with Tyce Green in E-106 Workshops Sunday, March 29 9:00 - 9:45 Putting the Pro in Improv: Serious Fun with Howdy Stranger in Auxiliary Gym Shop Built Moving Scenery with Thomas Haughey in A-206 Creating Wounds with Make Up with Nicolette Dalesandro in M-101 10:00 - 10:45 Sword Fighting Choreography with Kristen Dabrowski in Auxiliary Gym Michael Chekhov’s Qualities of Movement with Trent Blanton in E-106 Figure Drawing with Laura Williams in M-101 Breaking Into Hollywood with Rob Gorrie A-206 11:00 - 11:45 Nifty 50s and Swinging 60s: Musical Theatre Dances with Lauren Frazier-Gebhart in Auxiliary Gym Discovering the Power of the Actor’s Voice with Rebecca Simon in E-106 Portfolios, Resumes, & the Real World for Designers and Production with Laura Williams in M-101 VIEWPOINTS (vocal) with Perry Morgan in E-102 12:00 - 12:45 Spamalotmore with Kristen Dabrowski in E-102 Michael Chekhov’s Qualities of Movement with Trent Blanton in Auxiliary Gym Budgeting for Your Costumes with Shirlee Idzakovich in M-101 Introduction to Long-Form Improv with Michael Schwartz in E-106 1:00 - 1:45 Nifty 50s and Swinging 60s: Musical Theatre Dances with Lauren Frazier-Gebhart in Auxiliary Gym VIEWPOINTS (vocal) with Perry Morgan in E-106 Budgeting for Your Costumes with Shirlee Idzakovich in M-101 Shop Built Moving Scenery with Thomas Haughey in A-206 2:00 - 2:45 Introduction to Long-Form Improv with Michael Schwartz in E-106 Improv Games: Making Sport of the Stage with Howdy Stranger in Auxiliary Gym Aging Makeup with Nicolette Dalesandro in M-101 Breaking Into Hollywood with Rob Gorrie in A-206 22 Chapter Select Performances—Theatre SATURDAY 9:45 A.M 7363, Barnegat H.S., Midsummer/Jersey 10:30 A.M. 2631, John P. Stevens H.S., “45% in a Metal Box” 11:15 A.M. 7890, Morris County Tech. H.S., As It Is in Heaven 12:00 A.M. JUDGES’ LUNCH 1:00 P.M. 7268, Hoboken H.S., Almost, Maine 1:45 P.M. 23, Morris Catholic H.S., A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2:30 P.M. 3993, Egg Harbor H.S., The Mouse Trap 2:45 P.M. JUDGES’ BREAK 3:30 P.M. 4762, Northern Burlington CRHS, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead 4:15 P.M. 6185, Ocean County Performing Arts Academy, “The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage” SUNDAY 8:30 A.M. 3981, Vernon H.S., You Can’t Take It With You 9:15 A.M. 7891, Burlington County Institute of Tech.-Medford, Twelve Angry Jurors 10:00 A.M. JUDGES’ BREAK 10:15 A.M. 7455, Toms River HS North, “Disables” 11:00 A.M. 7161, Robbinsville H.S., “Chamber Music” 11:45 A.M. JUDGES’ LUNCH 12:45 P.M. 4197, Rosa Parks School of Fine & Performing Arts, Hurt Village 1:30 P.M. 5838, Ramsey H.S., “The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage” Improvisational Pairs—Room A205 (Open to Spectators) Saturday Sunday 11:00 Vespoli & M. Smilek-23 10:00 11:08 Valencia & B. Cohen-23 10:08 Rodriguez & Diaz-4197 11:16 Gallardo & B. Borbone-5838 10:16 Berger & Castro-4762 11:24 DeRosa & Dubinsky-7363 10:24 Lyons & Sparacino-7268 11:32 Ba & Collett-1555 10:32 Tamboly & Flores-2631 11:40 McCombs & Johnson-7891 10:40 Culp & Yurowski-7363 11:48 Lohwin & W. Flaherty-3981 10:48 Higgins & Paul-7363 11:56 Salamone & Metz-3981 10:56 Griffin & Johnson-4197 12:04 LUNCH 11:04 Altomare & Ungerer-3993 1:00 Ross & K. Flaherty-3981 11:12 Delane-Smith & Jacobs-4197 1:08 Capone & O’Connor-5480 11:20 Ocasio & Santiago-7268 1:16 Ibrahim & Halfter-2479 11:34 Vice & Wojcik-7455 1:24 Ricart & Walsh-6185 11:42 Wittenbauer & Wall-2631 1:32 Valerio & Caiola-7161 11:50 LUNCH 1:40 Bennett & Lee-5480 12:50 Sloan & Repole-7455 12:58 Miller & Conklin-4762 (Workshop Break) 3:00 Steuber & Madara-5480 1:06 Price & Sibeudu-4883 3:08 Nodarse & Ferrante-2631 1:14 Bauer & Tezsla-4762 3:16 Kiesche & Gresham-2479 1:22 Carr & Kuhn-7161 3:24 Rankins & White-2479 1:30 Wasson & Troy-7161 3:32 Pitts & Porkryska-7964 3:40 Martinez & Moretti-7268 3:48 Bialek & Gardner-1530 23 Technical Design Interviews: Saturday only—Media Center Mezzanine 9:30 9:40 9:48 9:56 10:04 10:12 10:20 10:28 10:36 10:42 10:50 10:58 11:06 11:14 11:22 11:30 11:38 11:46 11:54 12:02 1:00 1:08 1:16 1:24 1:32 1:40 1:48 1:56 2:04 2:12 2:20 2:28 2:38 2:46 2:54 3:02 3:10 COSTUME DESIGN Liu-3993 Pietrinferno-7964 Smith-6185 Maurer-7161 Wilker-7161 Bruker-7161 Moore-7161 Berwind-1530 Tlatelpa-3981 Bowe-5480 Spencer-3993 Wrigley-5480 Dowling-7890 Nevitt-5480 D’Angelo-3981 Conklin-4762 Schaffner-5480 Lingle-1555 Berger-4762 JUDGE’S LUNCH SET DESIGN Shteyn-7890 Berger-4762 Glick-5480 Moore-7161 Addalia-7455 Weber-3981 Pietrinferno-7964 Dicker-7161 Wilker-7161 Lane-5480 Porter-5838 BREAK Werdal-7161 Wentz-7891 Keenan-7161 Bagby-5480 Strockbine-5480 9:30 9:40 9:48 9:56 10:04 10:12 10:20 10:28 THEATRE MARKETING Ferentinos-7890 Colaianni-6185 10:44 10:52 11:00 11:08 11:16 11:24 11:32 11:40 11:50 Stitz-5838 Day-3981 Werkheiser-5480 Lyons-7268 BREAK STAGE MANAGEMENT Caltiere-6803 Wilker-7161 Lanning-5838 Morgan-7891 Twarkusky-6185 Watson-5480 Evans-7891 Wentz-7891 JUDGE’S LUNCH 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 TECHNICAL SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS— NO SPECTATORS Addalia-7455 Pietrinferno-7964 Ferrante-2631 Moore-7161 Berger-4762 Wentz-7891 3:18 3:26 3:34 3:42 3:50 LIGHTING DESIGN Wentz-7891 Caltiere-6803 Tramultolo-7455 Lane-5480 Shklyarov-7890 TRASHY COSTUME, SUNDAY 2:00-2:45, Create in Room E10, NO SPECTATORS 1530 Rente & Polanco 6185 Naik & Twarkusky 2631 Mukherjee & Shukla 7161 Kale & Sautter 3981 Beltran & Weber 7268 Rotondi & Tapia 3993 Liu & Dang 7363 Vargas & Kertis 4197 Az. Johnson & Guerrero 7455 Kirgan & Badami 4762 Berger & Weiss 7891 Smith & Delgado 5480 Herring & Purviance 7964 Bornmann & Moledo 24 Monologue—Comedy—Room B202 9:33 9:40 9:47 9:54 10:01 10:08 10:15 10:22 10:29 10:36 10:43 10:50 10:57 11:04 11:11 11:18 11:25 11:32 11:39 11:46 11:53 12:00 1:00 1:07 1:14 1:21 1:28 1:35 1:42 1:49 1:56 2:03 2:10 2:17 2:25 2:32 2:39 2:46 2:53 3:00 3:07 3:14 3:21 3:28 3:35 3:42 3:49 Saturday Vigorito-7890 Wendt-23 (Open to Spectators) Sunday 8:32 8:39 8:46 8:53 9:00 9:07 9:14 9:21 9:28 9:35 9:42 9:49 9:56 10:03 10:10 10:17 10:24 10:31 10:38 10:45 10:52 10:59 11:06 11:13 11:20 11:27 11:34 11:41 11:48 11:55 1:00 1:07 1:14 1:21 1:28 1:35 1:42 1:49 1:56 2:03 Ramos-7268 Merryman-3993 Pasch-6185 Logue-3981 Sherman-7964 BREAK Wojcik-7455 Hicks-2479 Gonzalez-3981 Jackson-5480 Klein-6185 Tafuri-6185 Sturgeon-7161 Grant-7891 Webb-4762 Lopez-4762 Weiss-4762 LUNCH Huryk-7455 Zahn-2631 Majerscak-7890 Ramadan-1530 Howard-1555 Johnson-1555 Rahman-2631 Barnett-3993 Vice-7455 Goncu-2631 Cervelli-2631 BREAK Tokish-5838 Sloan-7455 O’Connor-5480 Carter-7891 Rogers-3981 Higgins-7363 Kaplan-7161 Reynolds-6803 Vespoli-23 Bennett-5838 Madara-5480 Harris-7161 25 Henry-5838 Griffin-4197 Garcia-4762 Berwind-1530 Pittman-4197 Moya-7268 Rivera-7268 Rotondi-7268 Bank-7363 Goldberg-1530 Culp-7363 Ashfield-6803 Ferrell-1530 BREAK Lees-7891 Paolella-7455 McCombs-7891 Cuavers-4197 Pagan-4197 Regent-7161 Nash-7964 Graham-4197 Nixon-4762 Lesley-1530 Altomare-3993 Crockett-7363 LUNCH DeSenzo-23 Pyne-23 Howanich-7363 Jones-5480 Gaskill-3993 Santana-3993 Caiola-7161 Wright-7891 Dodd-23 9:30 9:36 9:42 9:48 9:54 10:00 10:06 10:12 10:18 10:24 10:32 10:38 10:44 10:50 10:56 11:06 11:12 11:18 11:24 11:30 11:36 11:42 11:48 11:54 12:00 1:00 1:06 1:12 1:18 1:24 1:30 1:36 1:42 1:48 1:54 2:00 2:06 2:12 2:18 2:24 2:30 2:40 2:46 2:52 2:58 3:04 3:10 3:16 Monologue—Dramatic—Room B207 SATURDAY SATURDAY CONTINUED Feder-7891 3:22 Consolloy-6185 Mitchell-3981 3:28 Greene-6185 Badami-7455 3:34 Flaherty-3981 Sherman-7964 3:40 Higgins-7363 Grossfeld-7890 3:46 Shukla-2631 Ohiwerei-2479 3:52 Frias-Nunez-2479 Barkocy-7890 3:58 Phillips-1555 Gonzalez-3981 Bautista-7890 Colon-1555 Hollerback-4762 Agwuegbo-2479 Rankins-2479 Vozzi-3993 BREAK Webb-4762 Bramante-5480 Salamone-3981 Fiore-3993 Garcia-3993 Werkheiser-5480 Reyes-Polanco-1530 Arnold-1530 B.Borbone-5838 LUNCH Ricker-4762 Alvarez-Barnes-2631 Hairston-1555 Darcy-2642 Bhatt-2642 Armijo-7890 Little-2631 Evans-7891 Given-7161 Sauter-7161 Janodia-7161 Bibus-4762 Holland-7891 Zeff-7891 Onizsk-7890 BREAK Jones-1555 Heller-7161 Harrington-7363 Bassetti-5480 Coleman-5480 Kahler-1555 26 (Open to Spectators) SUNDAY 8:30 8:36 Paolella-7455 8:42 Huryk-7455 8:48 Echevarria-4197 8:54 Colon-7268 9:00 Lyons-7268 9:06 Tapia-7268 9:12 Bank-7363 9:18 Brower-7161 9:24 Vrinceanu-4762 9:30 Griffin-4197 9:36 BREAK 9:46 Toto-7964 9:52 Roeloffs-3981 9:58 Marshall-5480 10:04 Petino-6185 10:10 Paul-7363 10:16 Clauson-3993 10:22 Petit Compere-4883 10:28 Tresvalles-7455 10:34 Beals-1530 10:40 Ramos-7268 10:46 BREAK 10:56 Diaz-4197 11:02 Amiet-7964 11:08 Mathikolonius-1530 11:14 Ulric-1530 11:20 Torres-7455 11:26 Santana-6185 11:32 Payero-4197 11:38 V.Garcia-4197 11:40 Sundberg-7363 11:46 Mack-7268 11:52 Ungerer-3993 11:58 LUNCH 1:00 Henry-5838 1:06 Osman-6185 1:12 Johnson-7891 1:18 A.Cohen-23 1:24 Braue-23 1:30 M.Smilek-23 1:36 Valencia-23 1:42 B.Cohen-23 1:48 Sapienza-5838 1:54 Campione-2631 Contrasting Monologues— B203 (Open to Spectators) SATURDAY SAT. CONTINUED SUNDAY 9:30 Banks-5480 1:24 White-6803 8:32 9:36 Zerbib-7964 1:30 Flesher-6185 8:38 Koffa-7891 9:42 Nicosia-4762 1:36 Gibbs-6185 8:44 Higgins-7363 9:48 M. Smilek-23 1:42 Knighten-4762 8:50 Pagan-4197 9:54 Paolella-7455 1:48 Wasson-7161 8:56 Rotondi-7268 10:00 Minock-4762 1:54 Ibrahim-2479 9:02 Tamboly-2631 10:06 Belles-7890 2:00 N.Borbone-5838 9:08 Himley-3993 10:12 Wechsler-3993 2:06 Trivedi-2631 9:14 Rahman-2631 10:18 White-2479 2:12 Garcia-1555 9:20 Goncu-2631 10:24 Mani-23 2:18 Weintraub-7890 9:26 Echevarria-4197 10:32 Gresham-2479 2:24 Stanton-Creech-1555 9:32 Diaz-4197 10:38 Bonilla-2479 2:30 BREAK 9:38 Colon-7268 10:44 Dang-3993 2:40 Mesimer-7363 9:44 BREAK 10:50 Ryan-23 2:46 Janodia-7161 9:54 Lohwin-3981 10:56 Costanzo-7964 2:52 Purviance-5480 10:00 Bruker-7161 11:02 BREAK 2:58 Hochrun-7363 10:06 Ramos-7268 11:12 Flaherty-3981 3:04 Harris-7891 10:12 Cuavers-4197 11:18 Lundquist-7964 3:10 Ortiz-7891 10:18 J.Garcia-4197 11:24 Hughes-4762 3:16 Majerscak-7890 10:24 West-7891 11:30 Osman-6185 3:22 Velasquez-1530 10:30 Linton-7891 11:36 Phelps-3993 3:28 Whartenby-1555 10:40 Koopman-6185 11:42 Matos-2479 3:34 Collett-1555 10:46 Liu-3993 11:48 Washington-5480 3:40 10:52 BREAK 11:54 Sapp-4762 3:46 Vigorito-7890 10:58 12:00 LUNCH 3:52 Roeloffs-3981 11:08 1:00 Kaplan-7161 3:58 Loia-23 11:14 McLaughlin-7964 1:06 Recchia-5480 11:20 Rutman-7964 1:12 Ba-1555 11:26 Capone-5480 1:18 Schoenfeld-6185 11:32 11:38 Rejent-7161 11:44 Gardner-1530 MAKEUP DESIGN—Room M103—SATURDAY, Application: 2:30-3:30, Judging 3:30-4:30 23 DeSenzo & B.Cohen 5480 Bramante & Banks 7363 Llopez & DeRosa 23 Appelmann & 5480 Giannone & Dinter 7363 Vangi & Kern 23 Valencia & 6803 Hartmann & Braasch 7455 Davis & Pretz 1530 I. Bise & S. Bise 6803 Peterson & Ashfield 7455 Ross & Wojcik 2479 Haseloff & Rodriguez 7161 Cettina & Weirzbowski 7455 Haug & Kirgan 2631 Shawkat & Parbhakar 7161 Moore&Giraldo-Wingler 7890 Scherr & Taggart 3981 Tlatelpa & Weber 7161 Given & Wasson 7891 Rowley & Evans 3981 Blake & Mitchell 7268 Lyons & Sparacino 7891 Smith & Quattrocchi 4762 Conklin & Knighten 7268 Lorenzo & Tapia 27 9:30 9:38 9:46 9:54 10:04 10:12 10:20 10:28 10:36 10:44 10:52 11:00 11:08 11:16 11:24 11:32 11:40 11:48 11:56 12:04 1:00 1:08 1:16 1:24 1:32 1:40 1:48 1:56 2:04 2:12 2:20 2:28 2:36 2:44 2:52 3:00 3:08 3:16 3:24 3:32 3:40 3:48 3:56 Duet Acting—Comedy—Room A201 Saturday Gonzalez & Roeloffs-3981 8:28 Weiss & Ricker-4762 8:36 Gallardo & Sapienza-5838 8:44 Troy & Sturgeon-7161 8:52 Rankins & Ibrahim-2479 9:00 Ryan & Pyne-23 9:07 Vespoli & Braue-23 9:14 Sparacino & Rivera-7268 9:21 Enes & Dunn-6185 9:28 9:35 BREAK Warren & Merryman-3993 9:42 Arnold & Reyes-Polanco-1530 9:49 Boon & Shteyn-7890 9:56 Byrd & Rountree-1555 10:03 Rutman & McLaughlin-7964 10:10 Harris & Bruker-7161 10:17 Harrsch & Ross-3981 10:24 Gelpke & B.Cohen-23 10:34 Shukla & Abarquez-2631 10:41 10:48 LUNCH Miller & N.Borbone-5838 10:55 Jupp-Adams & Tokish-5838 11:02 Congero & Vice-7455 11:07 Haseloff & Gonzalez-2479 11:14 Frias-Nunez & Agwuegbo-2479 11:21 Huryk & Lancellotti-7455 11:28 Ba & Snyder-1555 11:35 Kiesche & Hicks-2479 11:42 Badami & Sulsenti-7455 11:49 Wallace & Keenan-7161 12:50 Thumm & B.Borbone-5838 12:57 1:04 BREAK Feder & West-7891 1:11 Koffa & Yoos-7891 1:18 Wittenbauer & Mukherjee-2631 1:25 Lohwin & Metz-3981 1:32 Vigorito & Bulger-7890 1:39 Grenz & Wellman-7890 1:46 Hairston & Stellwag-1555 Odell & Repole-7455 Vincent & Harris-7891 Herring & Washington-5480 28 (Open to Spectators) Sunday Liu & Michael-3993 Diaz & Guererro-4197 Cuavers & V. Garcia-4197 O’Connor & Lynn-5480 Bobb & Sosa-Sanchez-7891 Hughes & Lopez-4762 Henk & Santana-6185 Brown & Kern-7363 Piper & Arias-6185 Flaherty & Ventriglia-3981 Moledo & Costanzo-7964 Llopez & Koser-7363 Purtell & Fragale-6185 BREAK Fitzgerald & Mercandante-6185 Ashtikar & Aravind-2631 Barnett & Cronin-3993 McMonagle & Capone-5480 Ashfield & Price-6803 Clauson & Alton-3993 Moya & Mack-7268 Crockett & Sundberg-7363 Noriega & Rodriguez-4197 Lellos & Osani-5838 Lowery & Austin-4197 Pagan & Peralta-4197 Lohani & Campione-2631 LUNCH Colon & Lorenzo-7268 Kopelove & Bagby-5480 Reitter & Caiola-7161 Fleury & Cunha-7455 Morgan & Wright-7891 Palmer & Santos-3993 Prabhakar & Snipes-2631 9:30 9:38 9:46 9:54 10:04 10:12 10:20 10:28 10:36 10:44 10:52 11:00 11:08 11:16 11:24 11:32 11:40 11:48 11:56 12:04 1:00 1:08 1:16 1:24 1:32 1:40 1:48 1:56 2:04 2:12 2:20 2:28 2:36 2:44 2:52 3:00 3:08 3:16 3:24 3:32 3:40 3:48 Duet Acting— Dramatic—Room A210 (Open to Spectators) Saturday Sunday White & Rodriguez-2479 8:30 Palmer & Patterson-3993 Rivera & Lorenzo-7268 8:38 Bank & Brown-7363 Bise & Berwind-1530 8:46 Lundquist & Pitts-7964 Bonilla & Gresham-2479 8:54 Castro & Vrinceanu-4762 Moreno & Ventriglia-3981 9:02 Costanzo & Sherman-7964 Naik & Crispe-6185 9:10 Payero & Trofel-4197 Kaplan & Godfrey-7161 9:18 Coleman & Marshall-5480 Van Deren & Conklin-1555 9:26 Colaianni & Bec-6185 Purwin & A. Cohen-23 9:34 Cuavers & As. Johnson-4197 9:42 Lyons & Bradley-Johnson-7268 BREAK Holland & McCombs-7891 9:50 Hughes & Hollerback-4762 Wright & Ortiz-7891 9:58 BREAK Logue & Metz-3981 10:08 Minore & Ludovico-5480 Myers & Dingle-1555 10:16 Griffin & K. Johnson-4197 10:24 Jacobs & Delane-Smith-4197 Ozcan & Halfter-2479 10:32 Shawkat & Alvarez-Barnes-2631 10:40 Quattrocchi & Yoos-7891 Banks & Bramante-5480 10:48 Klein & Tafuri-6185 10:56 Fitzgerald & Petino-6185 11:04 Moretti & Martinez-7268 LUNCH Evans & Rowley-7891 11:12 Jupp-Adams & Stitz-5838 Wasson & Given-7161 11:20 Nodarse & Vazirani-2631 Regan & Ross-7455 11:28 Pittman & Diaz-4197 11:36 LUNCH Barkocy & Weintraub-7890 12:36 Rangel & M. Smilek-23 Bagby & Giannone-5480 12:44 Valencia & Ryan-23 Ricker & Nicosia-4762 12:52 Ricart & Walsh-6185 Majerscak & Bulger-7890 1:00 Osani & Miller-5838 Metro & Esposito-7890 1:08 Heller & Sautter-7161 Giordano & Young-7890 1:16 Rotondi & Tapia-7268 1:24 BREAK Olcott & Zerbib-7964 Seftor & Moledo-7964 Bautista-Vasquez & McDonough-2479 Sequin & Holloway-1555 Wolf & Washington-5480 Vincent & Johnson-7891 Wendt & Dodd-23 Snyder & Oddo-1555 Harrsch & Presti-3981 Rogers & Lohwin-3981 Gonzalez & Salamone-3981 29 PANTOMIME SOLO/DUET, SATURDAY ONLY, Room E102 9:30 9:36 9:42 9:48 9:54 10:00 10:06 10:12 Wright & Udo-7891 Ryan-23 Lohwin & Metz-3981 Koffa-7891 Hollerback-4762 A. Cohen-23 Bowe & Sabatini-5480 Scarpelli & Byrne-6185 10:18 10:24 10:30 10:36 10:42 10:48 10:58 11:04 11:10 Ricker-4762 Colaianni & Fragale-6185 Barker-4762 Hague & Lancellotti-7455 BREAK Werkheiser & Madara-5480 Braue-23 Sapp & Lopez-4762 11:16 11:22 11:28 11:34 11:40 11:46 11:54 1:00 3:34 3:40 3:46 3:52 3:58 4:04 4:14 Smith-7891 Morgan-4762 Lee-3993 B. Smilek & M. Smilek-23 Valencia-23 Nobel-3993 LUNCH (Pantomime cont. later) (Room now in use for Group Musical Theatre) PANTOMIME SOLO/DUET Cont. Hochrun & Bank-7363 McCombs-7891 Kaplan & Keenan-7161 Majerscak & Owens-7890 Schoenfeld & McGowan-6185 Grant & Delgado-7891 Stifelman & Armijo-7890 GROUP MUSICAL THEATRE, SATURDAY ONLY, Room E102 1:00 1:06 1:12 1:18 1:24 1:30 1:36 1:42 1:48 1:54 2:00 2:06 2:12 2:18 2:24 2:30 2:36 2:42 2:52 2:58 3:04 3:10 3:16 3:22 23-“New Music” Ragtime 23-“Till We Reach That Day” Ragtime 3993-from Grease 1530-“Candy Store” Heathers 1530-“Strongest Suit” Aida 7363-“When You’re an Addams” The Addams Family 7891-“96,000” In the Heights 2631-“A Step Too Far” Aida 5480-“21 Guns” American Idiot 5480-“Pandemonium” The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 5480-“Welcome to the Renaissance” Something Rotten! 6185-“Born to Do It’ Bring It On 6185-“I’m a Woman” Smokey Joe’s Cafe 6185-“Three Friends” Closer Than Ever 6185-“Lovely Night” Cinderella 4762-“The Schuyler Sisters” Hamilton 4762-“Bend and Snap” Legally Blonde 7455-“Mama Who Bore Me Reprise” Spring Awakening 7455-“Keep It Gay” The Producers 7891-“Easy Street” Annie 7161-“Cell Block Tango” Chicago 7161-“Been a Long Day” How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 3981-“Together Wherever We Go” Gypsy 7964-“Morning Glow” from Pippin 30 9:30 9:36 9:42 9:48 9:54 10:00 10:06 10:12 10:18 10:24 10:32 10:38 10:44 10:50 10:56 11:06 11:12 11:18 11:24 11:30 11:36 11:42 11:48 11:54 12:00 1:00 1:06 1:12 1:18 1:24 1:30 1:36 1:42 1:48 1:54 2:00 2:06 2:12 2:18 2:24 Musical Theatre Solo—Room D201 (Open to Spectators) SATURDAY SATURDAY CONTINUED SUNDAY Decker-2642 2:30 BREAK 8:36 Lellos-5838 2:40 8:42 Ziegler-3993 Grinwald-Alves-6185 2:46 Glick-5480 8:48 Mitchell-3981 Huryk-7455 2:52 Palmer-1555 8:54 Godfrey-7161 Tresvalles-7455 2:58 Gallaugher-3981 9:00 Toto-7964 Addalia-7455 3:04 Edson-23 9:06 Bise-1530 Lancellotti-7455 3:10 Shukla-2631 9:12 Brown-4197 Feder-7891 3:16 Gaidos-2642 9:18 Pembleton-4762 Gelpke-23 3:22 Murry-2642 9:24 Yadav-7964 Vincent-7891 3:28 Hlad-6185 9:30 Serido-7455 Bulger-7890 3:34 Marshall-5480 9:36 Santiago-7268 Colon-7268 3:40 Ortiz-7891 9:42 Salamone-3981 Barron-7268 3:46 Bruker-7161 9:48 Himley-3993 DeRosa-7363 3:52 Wechsler-3993 9:54 Abarquez-2631 3:58 10:00 Rivera-7268 BREAK Rangel-23 10:06 Khanna-2631 Purwin-23 10:12 Michael-3993 Weiss-4762 10:18 Zeff-7891 Holloway-1555 10:24 Wilson-5480 Blake-3981 10:30 BREAK Sanchez-1555 10:40 Purtell-6185 Sequin-1555 10:46 Wolf-5480 Florendo-1530 10:52 Vangi-7363 Hill-7964 10:58 Kern-7363 11:04 Reynolds-6803 LUNCH West-7891 11:10 Santos-3993 Knighten-4762 11:16 Gardner-1530 Bautista-7890 11:22 Estoque-1530 Sautter-7161 11:28 Litus-4762 DeVries-7890 11:34 Morgan-4762 Miller-7363 11:40 Zoog-7964 Fuentes-6185 11:46 Lundquist-7964 Troy-7161 11:52 Berwind-1530 11:58 LUNCH Schoenfeld-6185 1:00 Allen-7268 Moreno-3981 1:06 Grossfeld-7890 1:12 Roman-5480 Belles-7890 1:18 Hittleman-6803 Harrington-7363 1:24 McCormack-6803 Lohani-2631 1:30 Flores-2631 1:36 Appelmann-23 31 9:30 9:37 9:44 9:51 9:58 10:05 10:12 10:19 10:26 10:33 10:40 10:47 10:54 11:01 11:11 11:18 11:25 11:32 11:39 11:46 11:53 12:00 1:00 1:07 1:14 1:21 1:28 1:35 1:42 1:49 1:56 2:03 2:10 2:17 2:27 Duet Musical Theatre—Room C202 Duet Musical-Saturday 8:48 Michael & Wechsler-3993 8:52 Edson & Gelpke-23 9:00 Bulger & Armijo-7890 9:08 Colon & Barron-7268 9:16 Riche & Wojcik-7455 9:24 Rangel & Appelmann-23 9:32 Stiener & Grinwald-Alves-6185 9:40 Brown & Broady-23 9:48 Roxas & Bise-1530 9:56 Huryk & Tresvalles-7455 10:04 Moreno & Ventriglia-3981 10:12 Bruker & Moore-7161 10:20 10:28 BREAK Vincent & West-7891 10:36 Florendo & Green-1530 10:44 Arcangeli & Dinter-5480 10:52 Janssen & Faruolo-6185 11:00 Feder & Ortiz-7891 11:08 Steuber & Recchia-5480 11:16 Gallardo & Taylor-5838 11:24 11:32 LUNCH Troy & Reitter-7161 11:40 McGowan & Wycoff-6185 11:48 Smyers & Ferreira-6185 11:56 Mann & Smith-1555 12:04 Tokish & N. Borbone-5838 Hairston & Hansen-1555 Regan & Husni-7455 Carter & Lees-7891 BREAK Rente & Reyes-Polanco-1530 SATURDAY CONTINUED NEXT COLUMN Advanced Tech Challenge—Room E10 SATURDAY ONLY 9:30 Troupes 23, 5480, 7161, 7268, 7890, 7891 11:00 Troupes 3981, 6803, 7363, 7455, 7964 2:34 2:41 2:48 2:55 3:02 3:09 3:16 3:23 3:30 (Open to Spectators) Duet Musical-Sunday Zoog & Yadav-7964 DeRosa & Koser-7363 Orr & Thomas-4883 Schille & Vogel-7455 Pasch & Bove-6185 Sherman & Zerbib-7964 Garcia & Hermesmann-4762 David & Kenna-7161 Wolf & McMonagle-5480 Vangi & Kern-7363 Given & Valerio-7161 BREAK Zahn & Cervelli-2631 Rivera & Santiago-7268 Harris & Zeff-7891 Lohani & Wittenbauer-2631 Allen & Cummins-7268 Hill & Seftor-7964 Carter & Siyal-7964 Soto & Price-4883 Petro & Kopelove-5480 Reynolds & Braasch-6803 Peters & Richards-1530 LUNCH SATURDAY CONTINUED Brownell & Sanchez-1555 Hardy & Lynn-5480 Bibus & Barker-4762 Grossfeld & Belles-7890 Braue & A. Cohen-23 Estoque & Gardner-1530 Abarquez & Flores-2631 Serido & Paolella-7455 Coffey & Purwin-23 Technical Olympics—Room E10 SUNDAY ONLY 8:30 Troupes 2631, 4762, 7161, 7455, 7363 9:45 Troupes 1530, 4197, 5480, 5838, 6185 11:00 Troupes 3981, 7268, 7891, 7964 32 9:30 9:39 9:48 9:57 10:06 10:15 10:24 10:33 10:42 10:51 11:00 11:09 11:18 11:27 SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP PERFORMANCE Saturday Only, Room D204 (Closed to spectators) Braue-23 11:36 Wright-7891 2:39 Moreno-3981 Vincent-7891 11:44 Gonzalez-3981 2:48 Alvarez-Barnes-2631 Tapia-7268 11:53 LUNCH 2:57 McCombs-7891 Fitzgerald-6185 1:00 Valencia-23 3:06 Bruker-7161 Gonzalez-2479 1:09 Castro-4762 3:15 Bonilla-2479 Mitchell-3981 1:18 Taylor-5480 3:24 Purviance-5480 Smilek-23 1:27 3:33 Borbone-5838 Paollela-7455 1:36 Flaherty-3981 3:42 BREAK Hughes-4762 1:45 Reitter-7161 3:51 Edson-23 1:54 Costanzo-7964 4:00 Zerbib-7964 BREAK Feder-7891 2:03 Mukherjee-2631 4:09 Jackson-5480 Banks-5480 2:12 4:18 Hlad-6185 Colon-7268 2:21 BREAK 4:27 Roeloffs-3981 Ohiwerei-2479 2:30 Flores-2631 4:36 Capone-5480 JUNIOR COLLEGE AUDITION Saturday Only, Room C203, (Closed to spectators) Entrants perform any time during the assigned time slots: 9:30-10:40: Bibus-4762, Cavallo-6185, Cialino-6185, Dinter-5480, Giannone-5480, Given-7161, Harris-7891, Linton-7891, Ortiz-7891, Rejent-7161, Taylor-5838, West-7891, Wilson-5480, Yadav-7964 10:50-12:00: Crispe-6185, Dunn-6185, Enes-6185, Gopon-23, Metro-7890, Miller7363, Minore-5480, Riche-7455, Roman-5480, Royek-23, Wasson-7161, Wojcik-7455 1:00-2:10: Ashtikar-2631, Barnes-8266, Dodd-23, Godfrey-7161, Hill-7964, Iloka-8266, Koffa-7891, Lohani-2631, Lundquist-7964, Morgan-4762, Pettaway-8266, Sharif-8266, Sinclair-8266, Snipes-2631, Wittenbauer-2631 10:00 10:15 10:30 HONOR THESPIAN TROUPE INTERVIEWS SATURDAY ONLY—Room C204 –OPEN TO SPECTATORS Hughes-4762 10:45 Addalia-7455 Michael-3993 11:00 Cettina-7161 Lynn-5480 EDUCATOR SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEWS SATURDAY ONLY—Room C204 –CLOSED TO SPECTATORS 11:15 Wolf-5480 33 NEW JERSEY THESPIAN FESTIVAL SECURITY RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Name Badges must be worn at all times by students and adults. No one is permitted to perform or get into workshops, rooms, food/ lunch, etc. without wearing a badge. 2. Alcohol/Tobacco/Drugs: Students consuming drugs, tobacco or alcohol, or found to be under the influence of these substances at any time during the festival will be sent home and disqualified, on the FIRST violation. 3. Dress Code: Proper attire, including shoes, must be worn at all times during the festival. Delegates are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes for workshop activities and to dress appropriately for theatre attendance. No gang apparel is allowed. 4. Host Regulations: Food/drinks are prohibited in the theatre at all times! Beverage/food containers must be placed in proper trash receptacles. If anything is damaged, please notify a festival official immediately. 5. Behavior: Students are expected to behave properly at all times. Rudeness in gesture and/or language will not be tolerated. Be a Great Audience at all times. Do not walk in or out of a performance or workshop. No whispering or catcalls during performances. Treat those onstage with the same respect you would want if you were in their place. Acknowledge his or her efforts after every show and workshop. 6. Do not leave Robbinsville HS. Do not go to areas of the school that are not being used for the festival. HOTEL RULES Your hotel visit is an extension of your participation in ITS. To ensure that our stay is safe and enjoyable for both Thespian troupes and the other customers of the hotel, all troupes are expected to cooperate with the rules below. Failure to follow hotel and ITS policies may result in the cancellation of individual and/or group events during Sunday’s festivities, and could result in the student being sent home from festival. 1. Festival Curfew is 11:00 p.m. All students must be in their assigned rooms with doors closed and locked and lights out. (Remember we want lots of sleep for Sunday’s events! 2. Students must remain in rooms until 6:30 a.m. Any student needing to be outside of his/her room for emergency reasons during these hours should be accompanied by a troupe director. 3. Hotel amenities offered at the hotel such as lounges, pools, exercises rooms, or other spaces outside of the room many not be used by students. (This is due to insurance and liability reasons.) 4. Travel in hallway should be done with respect to the other guests staying in the hotel— keep voices down. 34