FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
05/15/07 Dreamchasers Theatre Arts Center is now
accepting registrations for their Summer Theatre Program. Classes
begin July 9th and conclude on Saturday, August 4th,
with a performance by all of the students. All classes and
performances are held at Dreamchasers home, The Norwell Grange Hall,
142 Main Street, in Norwell. Summer Classes meet each Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All students take
classes in Acting, Dance and Stage Movement, and Improvisation.
They then have electives from which to choose which include
Choreography or Technical Theatre, and Musical Theatre or
Playwriting. The performance on Saturday, August 4th,
celebrates the students and their work in all of these disciplines.
The objective of this program is to offer each student the
opportunity to develop his or her artistic skills while increasing
self-confidence and awareness through the Art of Theatre. To chase
their dreams!
Dreamchasers Summer faculty includes Kara Loth who will be teaching Dance and Stage Movement and
Choreography. Kara is a graduate of Roger Williams University with
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance Performance. She choreographed
and performed with the Roger Williams Dance Theatre Program for four
years. She has participated in the American College of Arts Dance
Festival and the Bates College Dance Festival. This will be Kara’s
eighth season with Dreamchasers.
Teaching Musical Theatre will be Rosemarie
Gentile. Mrs. Gentile holds a Master of Music Degree in Music
Education from the Univ. of Mass. at Amherst, and a Bachelor of
Music, with distinction, in Music Education from the Eastman School
of Music. She holds her Music Certification in Massachusetts for K
through 12th grades, as well as Orff Schulwerk, Level 1
and Level 2. She is presently the Music Teacher at Notre Dame
Academy in Hingham. She previously taught piano and music at the
Thacher Montessori School in Milton, Thayer Academy in Braintree,
Sacred Heart School in North Quincy, and the Univ. of Mass.
Amherst. She has been the Music Director and accompanist for
several community theatres including the Cohasset Dramatic Club and
the Burt Wood School of Performing Arts in Middleboro, Ma. Mrs.
Gentile was the President of the South Shore Music Teachers
Association from 1998 to 2004. This will be Mrs. Gentile’s fourth
year with Dreamchasers.
Heading the Summer Program is Rosann M.
Weeks, Dreamchasers Artistic Director. Rosann will be teaching
Acting, Improvisation, Technical Theatre, and Playwriting. Rosann’s
resume includes Director of CBS TV’s “As the World Turns”, Founder
and Artistic Director of the Hub Theatre Center of Boston, Teacher
of Acting at Vassar College, C.W. Post College, The Coupe Studio,
and The Children’s Storefront School of New York City. Rosann has
directed over 200 professional stage productions in Regional,
Dinner, Stock, and Off Broadway theatres. Her former students
include Oscar winners Rob Reiner and Al Brooks, Cannes Film Festival
Best Actress Winner Kitty Winn, The Director of the Theatre Wing of
Lincoln Center Andre Bishop, and the CEO of Sony Entertainment
Andrew Lack. Rosann is the recipient of the Boston Critics Best Director Award for her
production of “The Rimers of Eldritch”. She holds a Master of Fine
Arts Degree in Directing from Boston University.
This Summer’s Program is inspired
by a statement made by Mark Twain: “Lift the sails. Sail away from the
safe harbor. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Enrollment in Dreamchasers Summer Theatre Program is limited to insure
individual attention to each student. Therefore, early registration is
suggested to insure acceptance into this program. For further
information and to register for Dreamchasers Summer Theatre Program call
508-224-4548 or see www.dreamchaserstheatre.org.
