[Capdist-announce] Free Talent Showcase featuring Laura Osnes and Kara Lindsay

[Joseph Shaver]

Launching Pad Productions, the Ballston Spa Middle School drama club, has arranged for a two-day intensive acting workshop. The students will be engaged in workshops focusing on vocal technique and choreography on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday with a culminating performance scheduled for early Saturday evening. With the help of Young Performers of America, Launching Pad is bringing in four Broadway stars to instruct the students, prepare them for the showcase performance and inspire them to continue to pursue their involvement in the theatre. 

The theatre professionals <http://youngperformersofamerica.com/about-us/> include modern day actors, dancers and composers that are among the biggest up and coming stars on Broadway.  Laura Osnes was nominated for a Tony Award in the category of Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.  She also starred in the revivals of South Pacific and Grease.  Kara Lindsay was the original Katherine Plumber in Disney’s Newsies and just finished working as Glinda on Broadway and National Tour of Wicked.  Tommy Bracco was in Disney’s Newsies and is currently working in LA for a new production titled Empire which will be coming to Broadway next year.  Dell Howlett is a composer and has also performed in a number of Broadway shows.

The conference will end with a showcase of talent on Saturday evening with the Launching Pad cast performing a number from  High School Musical <http://www.bscsd.org/news.cfm?story=2774>, four High School students will each perform a solo, and all students will perform the songs and dance numbers that they learned in the workshops. The four special guests will all perform as well.  The showcase is March 5, 2016 at 5:30 pm in the Ballston Spa High School auditorium with the public being invited to attend the free performance and appreciate the talents of our very enthusiastic youth.
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