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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.5pt'>SPOTS STILL OPEN!<BR>
Porthouse Theatre Academy<BR>
High School Division<BR>
June 21- July 10, 2011<BR>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>The Porthouse High School Academy is a musical theatre summer intensive program for high school students entering their sophomore, junior or senior years interested in advanced study and preparing for university auditions. Students will participate in three classes each day in 1) Musical Theatre Dance either beginning or intermediate level, 2) Voice and Ensemble Singing and 3) Acting and Monologue Preparation. All students will participate in a cabaret?style performance, created from the songs, monologues and dance from academy classes. The showcase will be performed for<BR>
Porthouse audiences as a part of the opening weekend for the second show of the season.<BR>
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<B>The program is ideal for:<BR>
</B>? Students looking for an intensive summer learning experience in Musical Theatre, particularly those<BR>
interested in learning more about theatre as a profession<BR>
? Students who are planning to audition for Musical Theatre programs on the University level and are seeking training to set them apart from other high school students<BR>
? Students who would like to audition for the Kent State BFA Musical Theatre Program in the future<BR>
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<B>Why Enroll?<BR>
</B>? Receive advanced training in Musical Theatre and audition preparation<BR>
? Get a head start in preparing for university auditions<BR>
? Interact with and learn from professional theatre artists from across the country<BR>
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For more information and to download brochures, registration forms and scholarship applications, visit <a href="http://www.theatre.kent.edu/TheatreTraining/Undergraduate/Porthouse%20Academy.html">http://www.theatre.kent.edu/TheatreTraining/Undergraduate/Porthouse%20Academy.html</a> <BR>
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Cynthia R. Stillings<BR>
Director <BR>
School of Theatre and Dance<BR>
Producing Director<BR>
Porthouse Theatre<BR>
B141 Music and Speech Building<BR>
Kent State University<BR>
Kent, OH 44242<BR>
330-672-0119<BR>
FAX: 330-672-1889 <BR>
<a href="cstillin@kent.edu">cstillin@kent.edu</a><BR>
www.theatre.kent.edu<BR>
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