[Capdist-auditions] Summer Theatre at The 'Rep (STAR) for students ages 12-16. Fee Required.

[Laura Andruski]

Capital Repertory Theatre is still accepting registrations for their Summer
Theatre At the ‘Rep (STAR) program.  STAR is a 5-week summer theatre
intensive (based on New York State Education Department’s Learning Standards
for the Arts) that allows up to 35 area youth (aged 12-16) to explore the
world of theatre.  Students work with professional artists to develop their
own original work, gaining skills in writing, costume and set design,
dancing, acting, and singing.  The program culminates in a series of three
performances offered free to the community on August 5, 6 & 7th.
Participants learn to work cooperatively with each other and with
professional staff – right in the theatre.  STAR 2011 will explore the theme
of Social Networking.

STAR program starts on July 5 and runs Monday through Fridays through August
5, with performances at Capital Rep on August 5, 6 & 7.  Program hours 8:30
am – 4:30 pm, with extended care hours available.  Tuition for the 5-week
theatre intensive is $850.  Families that register before May 1st will
receive $50 off the tuition fee.  Limited need-based scholarships are
available.  

Established fourteen years ago by Producing Artistic Director, Maggie
Mancinelli-Cahill, STAR programs have served over 600 children of the
Capital District and have helped further the careers of many young actors
and theatre practitioners.  STAR 2011 will be administered by Capital Rep
Education Coordinator Laura W. Andruski and directed by Kristen van
Ginhoven, Co-Artistic Director of Women's Action Movement theatre company.
Ms. Van Ginhoven is an actress/director who specializes in transforming
personal diary into theatrical works.  To register for STAR, please contact
Capital Rep’s Education Coordinator at (518) 462-4531 ext. 410 or email her
at education at capitalrep.org.  A downloadable registration form can be
downloaded from the Capital Rep website at www.capitalrep.org.

The STAR 2011 performance schedule is as follows: Friday, August 5 at
4:00pm, Saturday, August 6 at 11:00am and Sunday, August 7 at 2:00pm. All
performances are free and open to the public.  Tickets are available at the
Capital Rep box office one hour prior to performance only.  House will open
for seating 30 minutes prior to curtain.  Performances will last
approximately one hour.

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Capital Repertory Theatre is a not-for-profit professional theater with a
mission to create meaningful theater generated from an authentic link to the
community it serves.  Now in its 30th season, Capital Rep produces a
balanced season of dramas, comedies, musicals, contemporary and classic
plays to appeal to all tastes.  Possessing a history of more than 22 world
premieres and dozens of regional premieres, Capital Rep’s productions
feature the finest actors, directors and designers from New York City, other
American regional theaters and the world.  These world-class professionals
are supported by a dedicated staff of theater professionals and artists who
live and work in the Capital Region, and whose talents serve the theater’s
78,000 patrons.  In addition to the professional theatre of the highest
caliber, Capital Rep produces education and outreach programs that serve
more than 20,000 students and adult learners each year.  The only affiliate
of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) within the fourteen counties of
the Capital Region, Capital Rep has produced more than 4,750 performances,
employed more than 1,200 artists and has contributed more than $30 million
to the local economy since its inception in 1981.  

About KRISTEN VAN GINHOVEN.  Kristen van Ginhoven, STAR’s
Playwright/Director is a director, actor and educator originally from
Canada. She is co-Artistic Director of WAM Theatre, based in the Capital
Region of NY and the Berkshires of MA, which uses theatre to benefit women
and girls. Recent US credits include Barrington Stage Company, Actor's
Shakespeare Project, Huntington Theatre, Cohoes Music Hall, Theatre Voices
and MOPCO. She has taught theatre internationally in Brussels, Belgium and
is a freelance artist for the International Schools Theatre Association
(ISTA). For ISTA she has travelled to places such as Thailand, China,
Europe, and India. She holds an MA from Emerson College. 

About LAURA W. ANDRUSKI.  Laura W. Andruski <mailto:LWAndruski at aol.com>  has
been a theatre professional for over 25 years.  She received her B.A. in
Theater/Communications from Rider University, and is currently a graduate
student enrolled in Goucher College's Master of Arts in Arts Administration
program.  Prior to her Capital Repertory Theatre appointment, she was
employed as the Program Manager for the Department of the Arts (iEAR
Presents!) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  Laura previously served as
the Associate Program Director for the ’62 Center for Theatre & Dance at
Williams College.  As the Assistant Director of the Swig Arts Center on the
Campus of The Peddie School, she developed several summer arts programs in
the visual and performing arts for children ages 6 – 18, including the
award-winning “Stars of Tomorrow Showcase”.  Laura is a trained facilitator
for Secondary Schools Shakespeare Festivals from the Folger Shakespeare
Library in Washington, D.C. 


Laura W. Andruski
Education Coordinator
Capital Repertory Theatre
111 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY  12207
p. 518.462.4531 x410
f. 518-881-4531
e. education at capitalrep.org
www.capitalrep.org

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