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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>The Professional Experience...</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>a Musical Theatre Workshop for High School Students </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>featuring Broadway actor Robb Sapp will be offered on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at St. Ignatius High School (Rade Hall)1911 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">W. 30<SUP>th</SUP> St., </st1:address></st1:Street><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44113</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Come spend the day gaining first-hand experience on what it takes to be a Broadway performer. Professional Broadway actor <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Robb Sapp</B> will lead you through an intensive master class covering everything from the audition experience through the thrill of the performance. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>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) </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>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</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>For more information and/or to obtain application/registration materials, please contact: Jason Falkofsky, Director of Choral Music, <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st2:place w:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas:contacts" /><st1:Sn w:st="on">St.</st1:Sn> <st1:middlename w:st="on">Ignatius</st1:middlename> <st1:Sn w:st="on">High School at </st1:Sn></st2:place>216-651-2199 or <A href="mailto:jfalkofsky@ignatius.edu"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>jfalkofsky@ignatius.edu</FONT></U></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Robb Sapp<STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">is a Solon, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> 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), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region></st1:place> in JOHNNY GUITAR (original cast recording), and Marvin in ENTER LAUGHING. Robb toured the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> 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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> 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 <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>'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 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Syracuse</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and continues to share his knowledge and experience teaching master classes and performance clinics in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:City> and throughout the country. He has been a special guest artist for many arts education programs including <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Camp</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Broadway</st1:PlaceName>, Broadway Classroom, Outside the Box, Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rutgers</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and co-directed the Solon Drama camp for several summers while still in the <st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place>.</SPAN></P></FONT>
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