<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><br>HATHAWAY
BROWN THEATRE INSTITUTE</span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">ANNOUNCES
SECOND SUMMER OF </span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">PROFESSIONAL
THEATRE TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(Cleveland, OH) -- Following
a hugely successful inaugural year, Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute (HBTI), a conservatory-based
summer theatre training program for young performers in northeast Ohio,
announces its second year of programs and productions for Summer 2014.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HBTI, a part of the Performing Arts Department at Hathaway
Brown School in Shaker Heights, offers young people a challenging curriculum of
drama, dance, music and/or design, as well as the opportunity to participate in
fully staged productions. HBTI boasts
instructors who are some of the top professional actors, directors, designers
and academics in the area, and who have a long list of successful former
students who have gone on to Broadway, film and television. The program utilizes similar training
techniques to those employed by the nation's most preeminent drama schools,
including Julliard, NYU and the Actor's Studio.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HBTI offers programs on two levels: Grades 1 – 4, and Grades 5 – college. Classes are available in two 3-week sessions
and one 2-week session, beginning June 16, July 7 and July 28, respectively.<br><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Artistic Director Fred Sternfeld said, "While
the training at HBTI is geared toward the young performer interested in a
professional theatre career, our students gain the confidence, discipline and
social skills that will help give them the extra edge in this
highly-competitive world, no matter what their eventual field of pursuit. The students also find the process immensely
fun, exciting and rewarding, which is one of the reasons our first year was
such a big hit."</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last summer, HBTI taught over 170 students in acting,
musical theatre and dance. "The
response was phenomenal," said Associate Director Bebe Weinberg Katz. "We expect an even larger turn-out this
summer."</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HBTI will also mount three full productions: <i>Sweeney
Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street</i> (July 5 – 13), <i>You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown</i> (July 18 – 27), and <i>A Chorus Line</i> (Aug. 1 – 10). Sternfeld said that the productions are a
direct extension of the training.
"Our shows allow the students to apply the tools and techniques
they learn during the day in productions mounted by top professional directors
and designers." Katz added, "It's
a rare chance for young performers to participate at such a high professional
level."</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To find out more about the Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute
and to register for summer training sessions, visit <a href="http://www.hb.edu/hbti" target="_blank">www.hb.edu/hbti</a>. You
can find out more specifics about HBTI's training approach here: <a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/looking-back-reflections-on-the-first-summer-of-hathaway-brown-theatre-institute/" target="_blank">http://www.fredsternfeld.com/looking-back-reflections-on-the-first-summer-of-hathaway-brown-theatre-institute/</a>. To hear student success stories and
testimonials, visit <a href="http://www.hb.edu/page.cfm?p=5797" target="_blank">www.hb.edu/page.cfm?p=5797</a>. To sign up to audition for the institute’s
2014 summer productions, please contact Fred Sternfeld at <a href="mailto:fsternfeld@hb.edu" target="_blank">fsternfeld@hb.edu</a>. </p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Fred Sternfeld, Executive Artistic Director - <a href="http://www.hb.edu/page.cfm?p=1899" target="_blank">Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute</a><br>
personal website: <a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fredsternfeld.com</a><br><a href="tel:216-360-0718" value="+12163600718" target="_blank">216-360-0718</a>-home<br><a href="tel:216-496-6087" value="+12164966087" target="_blank">216-496-6087</a>-cell<div>
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<strong>Hathaway Brown School </strong>19600 North Park Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122</p></div>
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