Children's Theater Production Company
Grades 1-8 | Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC
About the Children’s Theater Production Company
This program is designed to develop imagination, concentration, character, professionalism, and technique, and to strengthen the participant’s command of his/her body and voice. Children find a dynamic experience whether they are beginners exploring acting for the first time, or more seasoned actors looking to gain experience from trained professionals.
Broadway Bootcamp Grades 1-8
Children will refine their musical theater talents with customized coaching from industry professionals to prepare for their next production. The students will work with the J’s Children’s Theatre Production Company Program Director, Kristi Schaffner and other CTPC faculty on vocalization methods, expanding their acting range, picking up and executing choreography and polishing their audition techniques all while receiving specialized feedback and tips, children will be welcomed into a community enriched by values and grouped and challenged as individuals based on their developmental readiness and current abilities. The program starts with our mainstage spring production reveal and culminates in a closed audition for the show! Space is limited.
Eligibility: This program is open to participants in 1st-8th grade with an interest in the performing arts. All levels of experience are welcome; the program is designed to challenge each performer individually.
October 15-November 6, 2017
Sundays | 1:30-5:00pm
Mondays | 6:00-7:30pm
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Kristi Schaffner
Director
Kristi Schaffner has worked as a musical theater dance instructor at Habimah Arts Camp and as the Director of the J’s 2015 and 2016 Children’s Theater Production Company’s fall program. Miss Kristi, as she is affectionately known has also worked as a performing arts educator since 2000. She holds a BFA from Kent State University and an MFA from the University of Oklahoma. As a professional performer, she makes appearances with local dance companies, opera productions, as well as various theatrical endeavors.
Miss Kristi works with performers of all ages and has experience with directing, choreographing, and instructing a wide range of styles and genres in private arts organizations, charter schools, and integrated arts learning environments. She is currently an adjunct professor at the Community College of Baltimore County and has been on the production team for many musical theater productions in the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan area.
For more information contact Melissa Seltzer | 410.559.3593 | mseltzer@jcc.org.