**SUMMER PROGRAM 2011**

  **AUGUST 1st-5th * AUGUST 8th-12th**

     CHOOSE ONE WEEK OR TWO WEEKS        

For information regarding our summer program, email Jill at opedge@hotmail.com and write Center Stage Summer in the subject. Please include your name and the name and age of your child.

**FALL/WINTER SCHEDULE 2011**

Our exciting line-up of classes begin the week of September 26th

For further information, email Jill at opedge@hotmail.com and write Center Stage Fall Schedule in the subject. Please include your name and the age of your child.

**OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND PARENTS**

Sunday, September 18th at 4:00pm

Seabury Center 45 Church Lane in Downtown Westport

We look forward to meeting you and your children!!

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  It's all about making a difference....

There once was a wise old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. One day as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer.  As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing. Instead, he was reaching down, picking up a starfish and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

"Good morning! What are you doing?" asked the wise man.

The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean. The sun is rising and the tide is out. If I don't throw them in, they'll die."

"But young man, don't you realize that there are miles of beach and thousands of starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely and bent down and picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean beyond the breaking waves. Turning to the old man he modestly replied, "It made a difference for that one."

CENTER STAGE THEATRE COMPANY
 2009 SUMMER AUDITION INTENSIVE 

A 2-Week Workshop, Culminating With Each Student:   
*Performing a song that he/she can professionally audition,
*Performing a monologue that he/she can professionally audition,

PLUS
*On-Camera auditioning,

*Performance Improvisation
*Professional dance combinations and movement.
*Each student will get to work with Broadway professionals.
*Each student will also get to showcase their work in front of a Casting Director(s).
An Amazing Opportunity!!

SPACE IS LIMITED!!

When: July 7th-July 18th.
9:15AM-2:15PM
Cost $950
Entering Grades 3-College

*Special Performance for friends and family on Friday, July 18th.
Call 203-341-9659 to schedule an interview.

REMINDER! THE SCHEDULE BELOW IS A SAMPLE SCHEDULE FROM 2008. IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY OF OUR CURRENT, 2011 WINTER SPRING SCHEDULE, EMAIL Jill at opedge@hotmail.com and write Center Stage Schedule in the subject. Our semester starts the week of February 14th.

MONDAY CLASSES:

Free To Be You And Me 4:00-5:30
Grades 2-4
A timeless musical that “honors and accepts the uniqueness of everyone and is a
celebration of diversity, hope, love and community. It encourages us ...TO BE.”
An interview is required. Each student is also required to take Living The Role or I Can Do That.
Performance Dates: May 16th-17th
Directed by: Jill Jaysen
Musical Director: Lynn Riegler
Cost: $695

Broadway Audition Master Class 5:30-7:30
Grades 7-12
This course is designed to give students the necessary tools that will allow them to reach
professional levels when auditioning.  It will consist of individual song selection,
catered to each student’s voice type and personality, as well as Broadway audition protocol
 and technique. While introducing Stanislavski’s principles, each student will learn to live the
role of the character and become one with its message. In addition they will learn how to apply
 the principle of justification while working with a director. During sessions 9,10 and 11, students will
showcase their work in the form of a moderated audition in front of casting directors and/or cast members
 from Broadway shows.
The last session will culminate in a performance
for family and friends on Monday, May 5th.

Instructors: Jill Jaysen and Lynn Riegler
Performance Date: Monday, May 5th
Class size is limited. Interview required.
Cost $795

TUESDAY CLASSES:

LIVING THE ROLE l - 4:00-5:30
Grades 3-4
Students will learn the art of acting as they are introduced to Stanislavski's principles through
theatre games and exercises. Ultimately, each student will perform a monologue or scene
hand-picked for them. In addition, Lourdes Blansfield, a Certified Movement Analyst will
work with each student on physical creation of character through movement awareness.

Instructors: Jill Jaysen and Lourdes Blansfield
Performance Date: Tuesday, May 6th
Class size is limited. Interview Required
Cost: $595

LIVING THE ROLE II – 5:30-7:00
Grades 5-9
"Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art." Konstantin Stanislavski Students will
learn to create a character through "being," as opposed to "performing".  The class will
embrace the timeless principles of Stanislavski, allowing each student to travel beyond the
 mechanics of acting and truthfully live the life of the character.  Emphasis will be placed on
articulation, the psychophysical process, emotional recall,  communion, focus of atention, the
 magic "if" and the fourth wall, to name a few.  The final performance will include monologues
 and /or scenes from classical and modern theatre.  Not only will each student experience
LIVING THE ROLE, they will be impacted for life.  In addition, Certified Movement Analyst,
 Lourdes Blansfield will work with each student on physical creation of character through movement
 awareness.

Instructors: Jill Jaysen and Lourdes Blansfield
Final performance: Tuesday, May 6th
Class size is limited. Interview required.
Cost $595

WEDNESDAY CLASSES:

I CAN DO THAT! 4:00-5:00
Grades 1-2
Your child will celebrate the magical world of theater through the use of improvisational
technique and theater games.   We will be strengthening their spontaneity, creativity,
awareness, focus and listening skills, while building a fun foundation for years to come!!

Instructor: Jill Jaysen
Final Performance: Wednesday, May 7th
Class size is limited. Interview required.
Cost $450

THE ART OF IMPROVISATION:
Performance Troupe 4:00-5:30
Grades 5-7

Heather Delude from the world famous Second City Conservatory
will teach students the foundations of improvisation as well as
begin advanced short and long form scenework techniques in a
supportive ensemble environment. A Second City philosophy of
cutting edge improvisations played to the “top of one’s intelligence” will be followed.

Final performance: Wednesday, May 7th
Class size is limited. Interview required.
Cost $595

THE ART OF IMPROVISATION:
Performance Troupe 5:30-7:00
Grades 7-12

Heather Delude from the world famous Second City Conservatory will teach students the
 foundations of improvisation as well as begin advanced short and long form scenework
techniques in a supportive ensemble environment. A Second City philosophy of
cutting edge improvisations played to the “top of one’s intelligence” will be followed.

Final performance: Wednesday, May 7th
Class size is limited. Interview required.
 Cost $595

LIVING THE ROLE – Adults
7:30-9:00 PM
Instructor: Jill Jaysen

THURSDAY CLASSES:

Original Musical CHOCOLATE SOUP 4:00-6:00
Grades 5-7

A modern-day fairytale that speaks to the reality of our times.

 Book by Jill Jaysen Music
 and Lyrics by Matt Corriel.
Musical Director: Lynn Riegler
Performance Dates: June 6th-8th
Interview Required.
Each student is also required to take Living The Role or Broadway Audition.
Cost: $895

SUNDAY CLASSES:

LES MISERABLES
School Edition
Directed by: Broadway’s Ivan Rutherford
For six years, Ivan portrayed Jean Valjean, the chief protagonist of Victor Hugo’s
1862 novel, on Broadway and recently returned to the Broadhurst Theater to reprise
his role this past Autumn.

Musical Director: Lynn Riegler
Choreographer: Michelle Mallardi
Performance Dates: May 30th-June1st
Cost: $895

WE PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE ACTING AND VOICE COACHING FOR BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGE AUDITIONS.

STAY TUNED FOR OUR EXCITING SUMMER AUDITION INTENSIVE!!