Broadway Teachers Workshop

Broadway Teachers Workshop (established in 2001) is a professional development program for theater teachers and academic and community theater directors from all over the world. It is a three day long conference comprised of multiple workshops, master classes with Broadway artists, and tickets to Broadway shows. The program, run by co-artistic directors Gordon Greenberg and Pam Pariseau, is designed to instruct and inspire teachers and directors of high school, University, middle school and Community theatre and arts with new teaching methods, enhanced production skills, and an exchange of ideas with peers and professional Broadway artists.

Participants from the Broadway Community

Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Ken Billington, Rob Bissinger, Susan Blackwell, Tom Kitt, Brian MacDevitt, Kathleen Marshall, Alice Ripley, Charlie Alterman, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown, Christopher Gattelli, Kate Grant, Kimberly Grigsby, Tina Howe, Michael Passaro, Stephen Schwartz, Tony Walton, Eric Woodall, Hunter Bell, Jeff Marks, Bobby Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Brad Oscar, Terry Greiss, Peter Fitzgerald, Dennis Jones, Angelina Avallon, Peter Wolf, Doug West, David Foubert, Gaby Alter, Jason Williams, Lauren Marcus, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marcy Heisler, Zina Goldrich, Mark Hartman, Jayne Paterson, Tituss Burgess, Steven Booth, Donna Lynne Champlin, Brian MacDevitt, Janet Smith, Chuck Cooper, Catherine Brunell, Josh Rhodes, Walter Bobbie, Joe Stein, Michael Mayer, Kevin Moriarty, Kate Whoriskey, Larry Pressgrove, Hunter Bell, Jessica Phillips, Erin Ortman, Haven Burton, Paul Masse, Paul Castree, David Larsen, Tory Ross, Alex Timbers, Kathleen Marshall, Christine Noll, Kecia Lewis, Kathy Fitzgerald, Laurence O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin, Marsha Norman, Kevin McCollum, Jeffery Seller, Bob Martin, John Lloyd Young, Eden Espinosa, Bobby Spencer

Classes Taught

• Master Classes with Tony Award winners and nominees including writing team of Lynne Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (SEUSSICAL, RAGTIME, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND), director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall (GREASE, WONDERFUL TOWN, THE PAJAMA GAME), composer Jeanine Tesori (SHREK THE MUSICAL, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, CAROLINE OR CHANGE), lighting designer Ken Billington (over 80 Broadway shows including CHICAGO, THE DROWSEY CHAPERONE, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF), composer Stephen Schwartz (WICKED, PIPPIN, GODSPELL), author Joe Stein (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF), director Michael Mayer (SPRING AWAKENING), performer Alice Ripley (NEXT TO NORMAL, SIDE SHOW, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SUNSET BOULEVARD and THE WHO’S TOMMY)

• "Die Vampires, Die" creativity workshop with TITLE OF SHOW cast member Susan Blackwell

• SPIDERMAN workshop with musical director Kim Grigsby and associate scenic designer Rob Bissinger

• Choreography creation for non dancers

• Directing techniques

• Text analysis

• Make-up

• Technical Production

• Stage Combat

• Fundraising & Marketing

• Guide to Career & Educational paths from High School to Broadway

References

http://www.broadwayteachersworkshop.com/

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