Cindi Rush casting, members of Jay Binder casting, & Tony Award Winner Cady Huffman to teach audition technique class!

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Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:22am

Green, Huffman, Gattelli, Patterson, Wiley, Redd and More Take Part in 4-Week Audition Course to Benefit LGBT Equality

Next month, Broadway Speaks OUT! Will be kicking off their new educational outreach program featuring a bevy of industry leaders.

The first class to be offered will be an Audition Techniques class, instructed by Jamie McGonnigal (Producer and director of more than 100 Broadway events, founding producer of the New York Musical Theatre Festival and voice over artist featured on The Cartoon Network, Fox, PBS, WB and more). The class will be moderated by McGonnigal and feature industry guests such as Amanda Green - Jonathan Larson Award-Winner, Writer, High Fidelity, Cady Huffman, Tony Award Winner for The Producers, Christopher Gattelli - Director/Choreographer, Altar Boys, 13, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George, Cindi Rush - casting director, Meredith Patterson - Actor, Boston Legal, Princess Diaries, White Christmas, Randy Redd - Actor, Parade, Ring of Fire, Composer- What's That Smell, Sara Schatz, casting director, Jay Binder Casting, Shonn Wiley - Actor, Jersey Boys, Disney's Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Vinnie Potestivo - Owner, Vinnie Potestivo Entertainment, former head of MTV's East Coast Casting and Talent Development

Through this four-week workshop, we will be working with students in the
class on not just selection of the proper material, but on everything
that is presented in the audition from start to finish.

As many of us know, we are being judged from the second our foot steps through that door. Many people out there have incredible talent and many even know how to showcase it well, but far too few know how to make the people behind the table WANT to work with them.

The classes will take place on Wednesday, March 3rd, Wednesday, March 10th, Tuesday, March 16thand Wednesday, March 24th at Space on White, 81 White Street, New York, NY. Classes are $25 each and it is recommended that students take all four classes for the most well-rounded experience at a combined cost of $100.

The proceeds from the tuition for the classes will benefit Lamba Legal, the oldest and largest national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Space is extremely limited, so if you are interested please sign up as soon as possibly by e-mailing [e-mail]




On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Marti wrote:
All of these teachers will join Broadway Speaks OUT for a 4 week intensive audition technique class, with instructor Jamie McGonnigal. The class will begin on March 3rd and run every Wednesday. The price can not be beat, at ONLY $100 for the entire month.
Classes will be held from 7:30-9:30pm at Space on White located at 81 White Street between Broadway and Lafayette.
A portion of the proceeds from the class will benefit the LGBT group LAMDA LEGAL.

There is limited space so if you are interested please sign up as soon as possibly by e-mailing [e-mail]

Amanda Green - Jonathan Larson Award-Winner, Writer, High Fidelity, Cady Huffman, Tony Award Winner for The Producers, Christopher Gattelli - Director/Choreographer, Altar Boys, 13, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George
Cindi Rush - casting director, Meredith Patterson - Actor, Boston Legal, Princess Diaries, White Christmas, Randy Redd - Actor, Parade, Ring of Fire, Composer- What's That Smell,
Sara Schatz, casting director, Jay Binder Casting, Shonn Wiley - Actor, Jersey Boys, Disney's Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Vinnie Potestivo - Owner, Vinnie Potestivo Entertainment, former head of MTV's East Coast Casting and Talent Development




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INFORMATION ON CLASS

Cindi Rush - casting director, Vinnie Potestivo - Owner, Vinnie Potestivo Entertainment, former head of MTV's East Coast Casting and Talent Development

Cady Huffman, Tony Award Winner for The Producers, Sara Schatz, casting director, Jay Binder Casting

Randy Redd - Actor, Parade, Ring of Fire, Composer- What's That Smell, Amanda Green - Jonathan Larson Award-Winner, Writer, High Fidelity

Meredith Patterson - Actor, Boston Legal, Princess Diaries, White Christmas; Shonn Wiley - Actor, Jersey Boys, Disney's Confessions of a Shopaholic, Christopher Gattelli - Director/Choreographer, Altar Boys, 13, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George

Audition Techniques Class with Jamie McGonnigal

Through this four-week workshop, Jamie will be working with students in the class on not just selection of the proper material, but on everything that is presented in the audition from start to finish.

As many of us know, we are being judged from the second our foot steps through that door. So many people out there have incredible talent and many even know how to showcase it well, but far too few know how to make the people behind the table WANT to work with them.

Putting your best foot forward from sending in your resume to your third callback is essential. Through calling on Broadway veterans and his own experience working with some of Broadwayâ??s best, Jamie will help you find the great auditioner in you!

TO RESERVE SPACE IN THE CLASS (IT IS LIMITED) E-MAIL
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$25 a class (must take 2 classes) $100 for the full 4 weeks. Swados

A portion of the proceeds to go to LAMDA LEGAL!

About Jamie:

Jamie McGonnigal is a recipient of the 2006 New England Theatre Conference Regional Award recognizing his charitable work in the theatre world. As a theatrical producer and director, Jamie has been responsible for many of New York's most acclaimed concerts of recent years.

As the founding Artistic Producer of The World AIDS Day Concerts and as a Founding Producer of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Jamie has presented the New York Premiere of Stephen Schwartz' Children of Eden, the first major NY revisitation of Pippin starring Rosie O'Donnell and Ben Vereen, Snoopy The Musical (starring Tony Award-Winner Sutton Foster) The Secret Garden (named in top ten theatre events of 2005 by Playbill.com) Rags at Nokia Theatre Times Square (Starring Lainie Kazan), and the first major revival concert of the cult hit Runaways by Elizabeth.

He has created several concert series including The NEO Concert for the York theatre, highlighting the next generation of musical theatre songwriters, Broadway Loves the 80s featuring your favorite hits from the lost decade, and FLOPZ n' CUTZ bringing light to rarely heard gems and Embrace! For the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Named an â??impresarioâ?? by Time Out New York, he has produced and/or directed more than eighty events since 2003 for God's Love We Deliver, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Parkinson's Resource Organization, The National AIDS Fund, Lambda Legal, Opening Act, The Pied Piper Children's Theatre, Victims of Hurricane Katrina, Free Arts NYC, The United Nations Association HERO Campaign, and Victims of the 2008 Midwest Flooding. Over the few years Jamie has been presenting benefits and concerts, he has had the opportunity to work with luminaries such as Betty Buckley, Alan King, Robert Altman, Chita Rivera, Judd Hirsch, Mike Nichols, Tony Walton, Jennifer Holliday, Kathleen Marshall, Stephen Schwartz, Sutton Foster, 5-Time Emmy Award Winner David Canary, and dozens more. He has directed sold-out cabaret concerts for Broadway celebrities including Laura Benanti, Max von Essen, Gavin Creel, Laura Bell Bundy, John Tartaglia, Mandy Gonzalez and literally hundreds of other Broadway performers.


Broadway Speaks OUT is an online talk show hosted by Martin Gould Cummings. This informative program provides viewers with an inside look at Broadway, current events, and the LGBT community.

BSO! has covered Rosie's Broadway Kids, The Drama Desk Awards, The NewNowNext Awards, and The TONY Awards.

BSO is also a concert series that brings innovative and exciting music and theatre in support of the LGBT rights movement. Each concert features a variety of Broadway performers who use their talents to fight for equality. Every concert benefits an LGBT charity and/or organization.

Space on White is a socially conscious space for artists located in Tribeca, New York City. Artists or organizations can rent out studios that cater to acting, music, and dance rehearsal. Our great energy and environment encourages collaboration and growth for artists and their audiences. The open, spacious designs of the spaces act as blank canvases that are committed to the artist first and foremost.

Updated On: 2/16/10 at 10:22 AM