CENTER STAGE THEATRE COMPANY
 2008 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.

Classes begin the week of February 4th and span 12 sessions,
unless otherwise specified.  We follow the Westport school calendar.
Call 203-341-9659 for snow cancellations and to set-up an interview if you are a new student.

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
*Class Full*

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
*Class Full*

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
*Class Full*

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
*Class Full*

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
*Class Full*

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
*Class Full*

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
*Class Full*

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

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
*Class Full*

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
*Class Full*

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

STAY TUNED FOR OUR EXCITING SUMMER AUDITION INTENSIVE!!