April 5 Audition Registration Now Open for The Broadway Artists Intensive;
ArtsCamp and The Broadway Artists Intensive Junior Accepting Applications
(West Palm Beach, FL) – The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2020 summer programming schedule, with a variety of exciting options for students ages 9-21.
ArtsCamp will be held June 1-19. ArtsCamp is an innovative, three-week summer camp that provides 70 young artists with a working knowledge of all the intricacies involved in making a show a reality. The program offers an intensive performing arts approach that focuses on dramatic composition and performance for students ages 9-11. No audition is required.
Under the guidance of seven professional teaching artists, campers will explore art, acting, dance, technical theater and vocal music which culminates in an ensemble piece that is produced by the young artists and performed for family and friends. For campers interested in the performing arts, this curriculum provides an opportunity to expand their abilities and learn new technical and performance skills.
The cost for ArtsCamp is $700. Classes are held Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Extended care is available. To apply, please visit Kravis.org/artscampapplication. For more information call 561-651-4339 or email [email protected].
ArtsCamp is sponsored by Rita and Charles Bronfman; with support from Jane Beasley; Rick and Rosemary Johnston; and George T. and Ruth C. Laboda Foundation.
The Broadway Artists Intensive returns for its ninth year at the Kravis Center. The Broadway Artists Intensive is a three-week, advanced musical theater training program for ages 14-21 and will be held weekdays and Saturdays July 6-25. The faculty is comprised entirely of Broadway professionals from New York, offering the experience of more than 100 major productions on Broadway. Auditions for this program will be held on Sunday, April 5. Students unable to attend the auditions in person may also submit a video audition. Registration to audition is now open.
Created by Broadway professionals Jason Gillman, Jackie Bayne Gillman and Greg Graham, The Broadway Artists Intensive classes will be taught by an all-Broadway faculty, including special guest artists. Previous guest artists have included Tony Award-winning Director/Choreographer Jerry Mitchell, creator of Kinky Boots, the Best Musical of 2013, actor and choreographer John Rua of Hamilton, TV star and two-time Tony Award-winner Christian Borle of NBC’s Smash and Norm Lewis, who starred alongside John Legend in the NBC television special, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! In May of 2014, Lewis made history as The Phantom of the Opera’s first African-American Phantom on Broadway.
The cost for The Broadway Artists Intensive is $1,750. Dormitory and meal plans are available. To register for an audition, please contact Bernie Pino at the Kravis Center at 561-651-4376 or by email, [email protected]. Students can also register online at thebroadwayartistsintensive.com.
The Broadway Artists Intensive Junior will be held June 22-26. The Junior program, taught by the same professional Broadway faculty as the more demanding The Broadway Artists Intensive, allows students ages 9-13 to study all areas of the performing arts, with daily classes in ballet, jazz, tap, vocal technique, acting and improvisation. No audition is required.
This year, The Broadway Artists Intensive Junior welcomes special guest artist Dennis Stowe directly from the Broadway cast of Disney’s Aladdin. Stowe is currently starring on Broadway as the standby for Jafar and the Sultan in Disney’s Aladdin.
The cost for The Broadway Artists Intensive Junior is $399 if registered by April 15, 2020 and $450 afterwards. No audition is required. To register, please contact Bernie Pino at the Kravis Center at 561-651-4376 or by email, [email protected]. Students can also register online at thebroadwayartistsintensive.com.
“The Broadway Artists Intensive programs and ArtsCamp provide campers and students with an array of activities and memorable experiences with new friends who share their passion for the arts,” said Tracy Butler, Director of Education for the Kravis Center. “The Kravis Center is thrilled to offer local and national students the opportunity to learn and train with Broadway professionals and world-renowned instructors.”
The Kravis Center is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL. The Center’s mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and international artists and companies of the highest quality, by offering comprehensive arts education programs – serving nearly 3 million students since its inception; by providing a Palm Beach County home for local and regional arts organizations to showcase their work; and by providing an economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County. To enhance and elevate the customer experience, the Center has embarked upon a $40 million capital project to support a campus redesign and facility expansion that will create a more accessible, comfortable and pedestrian-friendly venue for the community. Aptly named Kravis 2020: The Future is Now, this project is at the heart of the Kravis Center’s vision for the future.