Musical Theater Intensive

This course is instructed by Heather Petruzelli, a New York City-based SopranoVoice Teacher, and Certified Positive Psychology Life Coach. As a teacher and a coach, she is passionate about helping people realize their fullest potential. She serves as the Head of Voice and Music for the Molloy College CAP21 BFA Theatre Arts Program and teaches for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA-NY) and for the NYU program at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Students will be able to:

- Discuss the basics of a vocal warm-up and basic vocal health.
- Identify the differences and similarities between Traditional Legit and Contemporary Legit Sound through either observation or participation in individual work sessions.
- Create healthy and stylistically appropriate Legit sounds.

This course is instructed by Thayne Jasperson, an American actor and singer who portrayed the character, Samuel Seabury, in Hamilton. Outside of theater, he is known for being a finalist of Season Four of So You Think You Can Dance. He has also been in High School Musical, Newsies, Matilda, and Finding Neverland on Broadway.

Students will be able to:

- Create a story as a performer through movement.
- Identify the “why?” in specifics of choreography.
- Understand your body language and project your message using dancing techniques.

This course is taught by Ignacio Borderes (aka Nacho) a Psychologist / Director / Actor, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated from the Conservatory at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. He is a director working with WWE as well as his own projects. He began his acting career in the “Buenos Aires Players'' theatre group and made his TV debut on the hit teen TV show, Rebelde Way. 

Students will be able to:

- Define successful strategies for the business side of acting.
- Discuss the life of the actor beyond "Action" and "Cut". 
- Apply real-world industry skills to their career and operate as a manager for themselves.
- Establish themselves as more than “just an actor” by developing management skills and strategies for the industry.

This course is instructed by David Conrad, who has worked in show business in NYC for nearly two decades, as an actor, teacher, producer, and director. His mission is to create a new way to look at our approach as actors and transform minds and technique though his work

Students will be able to:

- Discuss and identify functional and foundational techniques for acting musical theater canon.
- Analyze techniques for acting a song. 
- Practice 32 bar songs.

This course is taught by Regina O’Malley. 
As an actress, Regina has performed across the acting spectrum: Broadway (Blood Brothers), First National Tours (Les Miserables, On Your Toes) and at the top Regional Theatres (Seattle Rep: Guys and Dolls, Huntington in Boston: Sullivan and Gilbert, Godspeed Opera House: Boys from Syracuse). Did Forbidden Broadway in various venues. Most recently, she played Dr. Rycroft in the STARZ series, Survivor’s Remorse.

Students will be able to:

- Identify songs that highlight the student's talent.
- Learn the components that make a performer unique when singing.
- Understand that a songbook needs to have many songs that will help the artist be prepared for an audition.

This course is taught by Ignacio Borderes (aka Nacho) a Psychologist / Director / Actor, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated from the Conservatory at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. He is a director working with WWE as well as his own projects. He began his acting career in the “Buenos Aires Players'' theatre group and made his TV debut on the hit teen TV show, Rebelde Way.

Students will be able to:

- Identify and utilize acting exercises that will help students become better TV performers.
- Discuss the strategies for becoming to be a camera smart actor.
- Define the steps for breaking down a scene for TV and Film.

This course is instructed by Heather Petruzelli, a New York City-based SopranoVoice Teacher, and Certified Positive Psychology Life Coach. As a teacher and a coach, she is passionate about helping people realize their fullest potential. She serves as the Head of Voice and Music for the Molloy College CAP21 BFA Theatre Arts Program and teaches for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA-NY) and for the NYU program at the Lee

Students will be able to:

- Explore the current aesthetics for contemporary belt sounds found in Musical Theater.
- Identify how their speaking voice functions within contemporary musical theater sound.
- Discuss resonance and registration balance to create contemporary belt sounds through either observation or participation in individual work sessions.
- Practice how to create healthy and stylistically appropriate contemporary musical theater sound.

This course is instructed by Thayne Jasperson, an American actor and singer who portrayed the character, Samuel Seabury, in Hamilton. Outside of theater, he is known for being a finalist of Season Four of So You Think You Can Dance. He has also been in High School Musical, Newsies, Matilda, and Finding Neverland on Broadway.

Students will be able to:

- Identify how to hear, adjust, and execute movement with specifics, import skills for understanding “musicality”. 

- Apply new and alternate styles of movement to further their ability as a performer.

This course is instructed by David Conrad, who has worked in show business in NYC for nearly two decades, as an actor, teacher, producer, and director. His mission is to create a new way to look at our approach as actors and transform minds and techniques through his work.

Students will be able to:

- Understand the History of Musical Theatre.
- Identify the trends of musical theater, based on decades past.
- Understand how Musical Theatre has evolved/changed to keep on par with a changing audience.

This course is instructed by David Conrad, who has worked in show business in NYC for nearly two decades, as an actor, teacher, producer, and director. His mission is to create a new way to look at our approach as actors and transform minds and techniques through his work.

Students will be able to:

- Discuss and identify functional and foundational techniques for acting musical theater canon.
- Analyze techniques for acting a song.
- Practice 32 bar songs.

This course is taught by Regina O’Malley. 

As an actress, Regina has performed across the acting spectrum: Broadway (Blood Brothers), First National Tours (Les Miserables, On Your Toes) and at the top Regional Theatres (Seattle Rep: Guys and Dolls, Huntington in Boston: Sullivan and Gilbert, Godspeed Opera House: Boys from Syracuse). Did Forbidden Broadway in various venues. Most recently, she played Dr. Rycroft in the STARZ series, Survivor’s Remorse.

Students will be able to: 

- Identify what makes yourself interesting and unique as an actor by exploring Meisner, Uta Hagen, and Stella Adler acting methods
- Learn how to trust yourself by understanding how you can depend on your instincts. 
- Explore the discovery process of what feelings come up when you are developing a character.

This course is taught by Ignacio Borderes (aka Nacho) a Psychologist / Director / Actor, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated from the Conservatory at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute NYC. As a director, he is working with WWE as well as his own projects. He began his acting career in the “Buenos Aires Players'' theatre group and made his TV debut on the hit teen TV show, Rebelde Way.

Students will be able to:

- Manage proper self-taping techniques and successfully send footage to a casting director or an agent.
- Define what is a voice-over by exploring alternative acting mediums.

This course is taught by Regina O’Malley. 

As an actress, Regina has performed across the acting spectrum: Broadway (Blood Brothers), First National Tours (Les Miserables, On Your Toes) and at the top Regional Theatres (Seattle Rep: Guys and Dolls, Huntington in Boston: Sullivan and Gilbert, Godspeed Opera House: Boys from Syracuse). Did Forbidden Broadway in various venues. Most recently, she played Dr. Rycroft in the STARZ series, Survivor’s Remorse.

Students will be able to: 

- Learn essential skills for monologues needed such as listening and reacting truthfully.
- Understand circumstance, relationship, and objective through the preparation of short monologues and short scenes.

This course is instructed by Heather Petruzelli, a New York City-based SopranoVoice Teacher, and Certified Positive Psychology Life Coach. As a teacher and a coach, she is passionate about helping people realize their fullest potential. She serves as the Head of Voice and Music for the Molloy College CAP21 BFA Theatre Arts Program and teaches for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA-NY) and for the NYU program at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Students will be able to:

- Identify topics for understanding the theories of  Positive Psychology.
- Discuss the growth and fixed mindsets and how to flip from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
- Develop the process language to create better performance outcomes.
- Analyze how savoring and gratitude can increase positivity and enhance overall well being.

This course is instructed by Thayne Jasperson, an American actor and singer who portrayed the character, Samuel Seabury, in Hamilton. Outside of theater, he is known for being a finalist of Season Four of So You Think You Can Dance. He has also been in High School Musical, Newsies, Matilda, and Finding Neverland on Broadway.

Students will be able to:

- Describe modern techniques used in musical theater and how to insert and balance acting while dancing.
- Apply the ideas of roles and emphasis on their work as an artist.