[NEohioPAL] Excellent Opportunity for High School Theatre Students

[Jason Falkofsky]

St. Ignatius High School is proud to announce an excellent opportunity for high school students interested in musical theatre.
 
The Professional Experience...a Musical Theatre Workshop for High School Students featuring Broadway actor Robb Sapp will be offered on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at St. Ignatius High School (Rade Hall)1911 W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH 44113
 
Come spend the day gaining first-hand experience on what it takes to be a Broadway performer. Professional Broadway actor Robb Sapp will lead you through an intensive master class covering everything from the audition experience through the thrill of the performance. 
 
Designed to help prepare the serious high school student for musical theatre experiences in college, community theatre and beyond, the day will include individualized coaching on audition skills and solo performance repertoire, ensemble rehearsal, performance preparation and more. The workshop will culminate in a showcase performance in which you will be able to perform and demonstrate the skills you learned throughout the day in front of an audience of your family and friends. (An application must be submitted for student participants. To ensure personalized attention, there will be a 12 student limit) 
  
Students not wishing to perform are welcome to observe the activities throughout the day, including a question and answer period with Robb Sapp and/or the evening showcase performance. (Early registration
recommended for student observers)
 
For more information and/or to obtain application/registration materials, please contact: Jason Falkofsky, Director of Choral Music, St. Ignatius High School at 216-651-2199 or jfalkofsky at ignatius.edu
 
Robb Sapp is a Solon, Ohio native enjoying a steady career as an actor in NYC. He has appeared on Broadway as Boq in WICKED. Off-Broadway he played Tank in ZANNA, DON'T! (original cast recording), Turkey in JOHNNY GUITAR (original cast recording), and Marvin in ENTER LAUGHING. Robb toured the U.S. with the First National Tour of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER where he understudied and performed the role of Bobby C. His regional credits include Papermill Playhouse, Roundabout Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company, Music Theatre of Wichita, Ford's Theatre, Syracuse Stage and Indiana Repertory Theatre. Robb has been a part of the development of THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, SPRING AWAKENING, the upcoming Broadway musical CRY-BABY, and traveled to London to work on Lucy Simon's new musical ZHIVAGO. He recently played the role of Chachi in the new musical HAPPY DAYS, penned by the legendary Garry Marshall and Paul Williams. Robb is currently attached to the Broadway-bound musical LADY ON A CAROUSEL.   He worked on the film ACROSS THE UNIVERSE directed by Julie Taymor, which was recently released in movie theaters nationwide. Up next, Robb will be performing to 11,000 people nightly playing Motel in St. Louis MUNY's production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.  He has worked with many of New York's most eminent directors, writers and performers including Joe Mantello, Des McAnuff, James Lapine, Susan H. Schulman, Michael Mayer, Robert Moss, William Finn, Stephen Schwartz, Richard Maltby, Jr., David Shire, Joseph Stein, Ben Vereen, George Hearn, Idina Menzel, Carole Shelley, Richard Kind, Carol Kane, Jason Daniely, Norm Lewis, Victoria Clark and more. Robb holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University and continues to share his knowledge and experience teaching master classes and performance clinics in Manhattan and throughout the country. He has been a special guest artist for many arts education programs including Camp Broadway, Broadway Classroom, Outside the Box, Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang, Rutgers University and co-directed the Solon Drama camp for several summers while still in the Midwest.
 
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