Details

Session: Spring 2025
Chapter:  West End
Location:  Gayton Baptist Church
Time:  4:30pm - 6:15pm
Day:  Tuesday
Starts:  03/11
Ages:  10 - 12
Tuition:  $275.00
Extra Fee:  $50.00 (performance rights, artistic/tech team, performance space)
Open Spots:  1

Description

Part Three: Junior Academy: Musical Theater returns to give young actors a yearlong opportunity for focused growth and training in musical theater performance. In the first session, students will be introduced to essential acting, vocal, and audition techniques through improv, theater games, vocal exercises, and auditions for a junior musical production of A Year with Frog and Toad. Sessions two and three will challenge the students to apply what they are learning in rehearsing an extended musical showcase at the Academy Festival. 

The cost for Academy is $325 per session ($275 covers class tuition, plus an additional $50 fee per session for performance rights, artistic/tech team, performance space).
 
Prerequisite: Audition only - this class is full!
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Teacher:


Rebecca McNamee

Becky started dancing at 3 years old after she saw Singin' In The Rain and never looked back. She graduated with a BA in Musical Theater from James Madison University in 2009. Becky was fortunate enough to direct as well as perform at school and found that she loved teaching and directing as much as she loved performing. Becky performed professionally at various regional theaters and in DC before moving to Richmond. Some of her favorite past roles include Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hunyak in Chicago, Rusty in Footloose, and Sally in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. She enjoys sharing her love of Jesus and performing with her students both in our Academy class program and as a show director. Becky and her husband, Shane, have 2 daughters, Emma and Clara.

Teacher:


Sarah Healy

Sarah Healy is a proud alumni of CharcterWorks with over 20 productions under her belt since 2008. She has worked CWorks summer camps and co-directed 2 shows alongside her father, Morgan Day. In 2019, Sarah received her B.M. from Liberty University in music education and taught 4 years in a public elementary school near Williamsburg. In 2023-2024 Sarah was awarded teacher of year at Seaford Elementary School. Since 2018, she has been teaching private voice and piano lessons to students ranging from 6-16. This past summer, Sarah and her husband moved to Richmond and welcomed their first daughter, Irenna, into their family. As a new mom, Sarah is not returning to the public school classroom, but is excited to jump back into CharcterWorks classes! She is looking forward to using her voice, education, and experience to equip young singers with new confidence and technique!

Location:

13501 N.Gayton Road, Henrico, VA 23233