Theater & Dance programs seek to expose students to a very wide range of theatrical experiences. To this end Loomis Chaffee mounts NINE different genres of main- and second-stage theater and musical theater in a school year: Fall Shakespeare or Drama Winter Musical Spring One-Person Shows Spring One-Act Playwriting Festival Student-directed Musical Theater Revue Student-written and directed Comedy Revue Student-written and directed Improv Revue Student-directed a cappella: A Cappelicans Professionallychoreographed Dance Revue Theater &Dance
Student Leadership & Internship Positions create excellent theater Performance Actor Singer Dancer Improv Actor A cappella Singer Performance Artist One-Person Show Artist Dance Captain Directing Director Assistant Director Choreographer Dance Captain Music Director Assistant Music Director Playwriting Playwright Editor Dramaturg Dramaturgy Intern Technical Theater Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Lighting-Crew Chief Lighting-Board Operator Sound-Board Operator Sound-Board Mixer Running Crew Theater Design Lighting Designer Assistant Lighting Designer Sound Designer Assistant Sound Designer Set-Design Intern Scenic Art Design Intern Costume-Design Intern Prop-Design Intern Make-up & Hair Intern Production Producer Assistant Producer House Manager Box Office Manager Graphic Artist 2
Technical Theater & Design In addition to the Performance, Directing, Playwriting and Production aspects of Loomis Chaffee Theater, the school also offers a full range of opportunities for students who are interested in performing behind the scenes. The past several years have seen many additions and upgrades to the technical theater facilities that have resulted in absolutely state-of-the-art technical support for the school s productions. In addition, students learn, create and are otherwise involved in all aspects of technical theater. spark new interest I want to say thank you to everyone the cast and crew and everyone who was in any way involved in bringing this musical to life for giving me what is easily among the best 2 months of my life. It has been something wonderful, something comforting, something that s made me feel and I owe it all to you. 3
Theater Courses & Trips explore and overcome personal limitations Theater Courses Acting I: Beginning Acting Acting II: Advanced Modern Scene and Audition Study Acting III: Advanced Sha k espearean Scene and Audition Study Technical Theater I: Theory and Design Technical Theater II: Advanced Theory and Design Playwriting Directing Independent Studies in Theater The American Musical Theater Public Speaking and Argumentation Producing Professional Theater Trips Each year theater students have the opportunity to attend numerous professional theater productions in Connecticut and New York. The following include some of the theaters students have attended over the last several years: Broadway Theaters Off-Broadway Theaters Regional Theater: Yale Repertory Theater The Hartford Stage TheaterWorks The Long Wharf Theater gain a sense of the empowered self The Goodspeed Opera House 4
Faculty Theater boasts a large and varied professional staff that composes each season's production team. Indeed, each term Loomis Chaffee students have unparalleled access to professional artisans, technicians, directors, designers and teachers. The knowledge, teaching and experience that these professionals bring to Theater students surpass many college-level theater programs. Director of Theater Brian Kosanovich Production Manager Jim Keller Technical Director David Miller Dance Choreographer Jennifer Gamache-Dubilo Musical Director, Orchestra Conductor Susan Barone Chrzanowski work directly with teachers and artistic professionals 5
Designers, Technicians & Visiting Artists Each year, according to the needs of the production, professional artists are hired to coach students in their special areas: Assistant Technical Director Costume Designer Dialect Coach Dramaturg & Literary Critic Fight Director Hair and Wig Artist Lighting Designer Make-up Artist Properties Artisan Scenic Artist Set Designer Sound Designer Speech Coach Stage Managing Instructor Visiting Artist, Acting Visting Artist, Directing Visting Artist, Improv Visting Artist, Playwriting Voice Coach College & Acting Conservatory Acceptances Every year several very advanced students of acting decide to audition for this country s best acting conservatories. In the last several years students have auditioned for and been admitted to the following acting conservatories: New York University Carnegie Mellon University University of California at Los Angeles Fordham University California School of the Arts Assistant Director the best self for the common good 6
Dance Daytime Dance Offerings: After-School Dance Offerings: Fall Introduction to Dance Hip Hop/Funk Dance Winter Ballet Techniques Contemporary Jazz Dance Spring Modern/ Contemporary Latin Dance Fall Interpretive Dance Latin Dance Dance Composition & Choreography Winter Interpretive Dance Dance Composition & Choreography Winter Musical Dance Spring Interpretive Dance Hip-Hop/Funk Dance Dance Composition & Choreography Spring Dance Revue Additional Opportunities: Private Dance Lessons: fall, winter, spring Major dance roles in every Winter Musical Advanced Dance Club: fall, winter, spring Spring Dance Revue Dance Instructor & Choreographer Jennifer Gamache-Dubilo Dance Instructor Sylvia Gray hone talent & technique This has been the greatest cast that I have ever worked with. Never have I been part of a group so diverse, and, at the same time, so unified, close-knit and warm. I just wanted to say thanks for allowing me the opportunity to be a part of such a talented, wonderful, fun and brilliant group. 7
Encore We d love to hear from you. To e-mail the Dire c tor of The a t er: bri an_k os anovi ch@loomis.org 8