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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
5/29/09
Dreamchasers Theatre
Arts Center of Norwell is now accepting
registrations for their
Summer Theatre Program. Classes begin July
6th and conclude on Saturday, August
1st, 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 1st, 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 her or his
artistic skills while increasing self-confidence
and awareness through the Art of Theatre. To
chase their dreams!
Dreamchasers Summer
faculty includes Becky Golden who will be
teaching Dance and Stage Movement and
Choreography. Becky is a graduate of Sacred
Heart High School in Kingston, a Member of the
National Honor Society, and a two time National
Gold Medal Winner from Dance America. She has
studied dance for fifteen years at the Pembroke
School of Performing Arts under the guidance of
Kathleen Kelble. She will be attending St.
Anselm College this Fall.
Teaching Musical
Theatre is Rosemarie Gentile. Mrs. Gentile
holds a Master of Arts Degree in Music Education
from the Univ. of Mass., Amherst, and a Bachelor
of Music, with distinction, in Music Education
from the Eastman School of Music. She holds her
Music Certification for K through 12th
grades, as well as Orff Schulwerk, Level 1 and
2. She 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 Burl Wood School of
Performing Arts in Middleboro. Mrs. Gentile was
the President of the South Shore Music Teachers
Association from 1998 to 2004. She is currently
the Director of Music at Notre Dame Academy in
Hingham. This will be Mrs. Gentile’s sixth
season with Dreamchasers.
Heading the Summer
Program is Rosann 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 winner Rob Reiner and Al Brooks,
Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Winner Kitty
Winn, Director of the Theatre Wing of Lincoln
Center and Tony Award Winner 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 an Asian proverb: “The best way
to achieve one’s dreams is to wake up”.
Enrollment in this program is limited to insure
individual attention to each student.
Therefore, early registration is suggested to
insure acceptance. For further information and
to register for Dreamchasers Summer Theatre
Program call 508-224-4548 or visit
dreamchaserstheatre.org. |
