June 30-July 18
Young
Actors’ Workshop – Grades
3-7*
Daytime training in acting, singing, and
dancing with staff and guest instructors
culminating in a full-scale musical performance
on the Mainstage on July 18. The sessions
will be led by Jesse Liebman, an actor/director
from New York City, who has appeared off-Broadway
and last year in Songs of War and Peace
at the Cabaret at Fort Salem Theater. In
addition to his work with the workshop,
Jesse will appear here again in War and
Peace and in Benita Zahn's musical comedy,
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking
It on the Road. He has extensive training
in the Story Theatre technique, and with
the young actors will be creating an original
piece for the Mainstage production.
Mornings: 9 AM to noon
Enrollment Limited:
$125
July 14-August 2
Teen Actors’ Workshop Production – Grades
8*-on…
The natural successor to last year's very
successful production of Godspell at the
Historic Salem Courthouse, this year's
Fort Salem Teen Actors' Workshop once again
brings together the directorial skills
of Mary Skelly with the choreography of
Susi Trombley. Their team is rounded out
with new musical director David Turner,
who provides similar services at Trinity
School in New York City, and performs in
the Fort Salem Cabaret as singer/songwriter
Johnny Hancock. Together, they will be
recreating The Wiz, the rock version of
L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard
of Oz. The set will be designed in the
comic book style of Salem artist Dave O'Keefe.
Mornings: 9AM to 1 PM.
Open Enrollment;
parts assigned by audition: $125
Please go to "Contact" link
to request applications, or call the theater
at (518) 854-9200. |