EDUCATION
ACTING THROUGH SONG WORKSHOP (17+)
Teaching Artists: Joseph C. Walsh and Safin Karim Date: Sunday, August 4th Time: 6:00-8:30pm Cost: $60 This unique workshop will focus on how music, lyrics, intention and performer combine to create focused and multi-dimensional Musical Theatre Moments. Work in a communicative, collaborative and supportive environment to develop your performance of your favorite Musical Theatre song.
This is a group class/lab environment where each participant will be given time to work on a song of their choice and gain valuable insight on presentation, character and communication. Joseph C. Walsh is an award-winning theatre director and educator who has served as the Artistic Director of Ghost Light Theatricals, Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, Florida, Arlington Children’s Theatre in Massachusetts, and Wild Oats Productions in the UK. He was Interim Director of Education at the White Plains Performing Arts Center and spent three seasons as the Touring Director for White Horse Theatre, the world’s largest touring educational theatre company. Safin Karim has instructed Acting Through Song classes with Ghost Light Theatricals, taught masterclasses in Audition Preparation and Pianist Collaboration, and music directed youth theatre productions and summer camps throughout Florida and New York City, where he splits his time as a student at NYU, studying Vocal Performance and Musical Theatre. Most recently, Safin served as one of the music directors for the Joffrey Ballet School’s Summer Musical Theatre Intensive. |
ANNIE JR. (Rising 6th-12th Graders)
Teaching Artists: Thane Gallow, Safin Karim and Indeah Harris
Dates: July 22nd-August 9th Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM Showcases: August 9th 7:00PM/August 10th 2:00PM Cost: $650 Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
This three week camp will focus on each stage of the production process from audition through to performance, culminating in a showcase of Annie Jr. Using this fun family musical as the focus, participants will build and sharpen their singing, dancing and acting skills, and develop the tools and techniques to enhance their work in the journey from page to stage. Thane Gallow has been acting and directing since he was in elementary school. He currently serves as the Theater Teacher at Clover Park High School and Director of International Thespian Troupe 821. Safin is thrilled to be making art with the wonderful team at Lakewood Playhouse. It’s his first time in Washington, so he’s excited to explore! Please visit him after the show with recommendations for places to see. As a music educator, Safin has instructed Acting Through Song classes with Ghostlight Theatricals, taught masterclasses in Audition Preparation and Pianist Collaboration, and music directed youth theatre productions and summer camps throughout Florida and New York City, where he splits his time as a student at NYU, studying Vocal Performance and Musical Theatre. Most recently, Safin served as one of the music directors for the Joffrey Ballet School’s Summer Musical Theatre Intensive. Indeah Harris has been participating for over 20 years in the performing arts. She has 17+ years of classical ballet training as well as other dance experience, including hip hop, tap, jazz, contemporary, worldly, ballroom, and others. Indeah has performed as an actress at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle and Village Theatre in Issaquah/Everett debuting in her first professional show, Cinderella at the 5th, in 2011 and ending her on stage career with Cabaret at Village Theatre in 2016. Since 2005, Mrs. Harris has been recognized for her choreography and has received honorable mentions, nominations, and been a recipient of numerous awards. Indeah Harris is excited to be back working with Lakewood Playhouse and working with the future artists and current students of Lakewood. |
INTO THE WOODS JR. (Rising 3rd-8th Graders)
Teaching Artists: Naira Sarin Jain, Elijah Bellis and Ashley Roy
Dates: August 12th-23rd Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM Showcases: August 23rd at 7:00PM/August 24th at 2:00PM Cost: $450 Be careful what you wish for, as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into The Woods Jr. features all of your favorite characters - Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch - in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables where we learn that no one is alone. In this two week experience, you will use this musical masterpiece to develop your skills in singing, acting and dancing.
Naira Sarin Jain (they/them/theirs) is a Washington native and rising senior at New York University, studying drama and film at Tisch School of the Arts. They grew up in the Bellevue-Renton area, but have recently relocated to University Place and absolutely adore everyone in the theatre circle. Most recently, they have co-written and independently produced a short film about being on the autism spectrum, and directed a one-hour student-written play through an NYU play festival about understanding and working through breakups and grief. They have previously worked at Tacoma Little Theatre, and are so excited to now have the privilege to direct Into The Woods Jr. at Lakewood Playhouse! They hope they can make all of the student cast feel welcome and comfortable - they want theatre to be as safe of a space for all their students as it was for them when they first discovered it several years ago. The point isn’t a perfect product, but a beautiful collaborative experience that leaves students feeling as though they’ve learned a lot, formed friendships with their peers, and most of all like they had FUN! Elijah Bellis has been playing the piano and doing theatre for over seven years. Throughout that time he has done music, acting, light design, choreography, and more for locations such as Olympia Family Theater, SPSCC, North Thurston High School, and The Evergreen State College. He has served as an accompanist for classes at Olympia Family Theater, and for the choir at North Thurston High School. Ashley is a local choreographer, director, and teaching artist and is grateful to be returning to Lakewood Playhouse for Into The Woods! Having trained with the Radio City Rockettes and internationally decorated ballroom professors, she loves to help students build confidence through expressive movement and storytelling. She regularly choreographs mainstage productions throughout the South Sound, at local high schools, and coaches high school seniors for their college auditions. Most recent choreography credits include Rock Of Ages, Evil Dead The Musical, The Producers, The Pajama Game, and Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits. This event is currently sold out. Please contact the Box Office if you would like to join the waitlist. |
WILLY WONKA KIDS (Rising 1st-6th Graders)
Teaching Artists: LaNita Hudson Walters and Thomas Morisada
Dates: August 26th-30th Time 9:00AM-4:00PM Showcase: August 30th at 7:00PM Cost: $275 Roald Dahl's timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir is a golden ticket to adventure. This fun week-long experience will utilize Dahl’s classic adventure to give your actors a taste of the theatrical process. From audition to performance in just one-week this will give the young actor a chance to develop their skills while learning through collaboration and experiencing every aspect of the production process.
LaNita Hudson Walters is an Actor, Director, Choreographer, Vocalist and Teaching Artist in the Pacific Northwest. She has been a performer from the age of 3 and a Teaching Artist for the last 25+ years. She attended Berklee College of Music and then took time off to raise her children. LaNita is and has been a Master Teaching Artist at Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Tacoma Little Theatre, Tacoma Arts Live, Lakewood Playhouse and Seattle Rep. Thomas Morisada is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University with a BAA in Music. He is from Honolulu, HI and has been seen music directing in the Tacoma area since 2022, as well as running a private voice studio. His most recent music directing productions include The Sound Of Music at Harrison Preparatory School, Anastasia at Tacoma Musical Playhouse, and Sweeney Todd at the Lakewood Institute of Theater. |
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