Academy Spotlight

Taken from the alt newsletter, "CURTAIN CALL"
July 2010

Summer time and the Academy is busy, busy, busy! Camps and dance classes are in full swing and they aren’t over yet! We had a very successful “Summer with Seuss” camp featuring 56 K-4th graders and our 5-7th grade “Disney Camp Broadway” is going on as you read this! Both have been a blast to work on. Special thanks go out to Brandon Bellar, Megg Dunlap, Shannon Mashburn and

Jeni Roller for providing their expertise as Camp Directors as well as our amazing Camp Counselors Joann Early, Ashley Parsley, Katie Rowan and Ashleigh Sherrel for all their help.

Speaking of camps, we still have a couple more to go. Our 8-12th grade “Camp Broadway” runs from July 19th-30th and our 1st-12th grade Dance Intensive Camp that will feature instruction in Ballet, Hip Hop, Lyrical & Musical Theatre runs August 3rd-6th. Sign up soon as space is limited!.

At this summer’s annual Amarillo Little Theatre Awards, we were able to recognize some hardworking individuals who have given so much to the Academy this past year. Elizabeth Tracy was recognized as our 2009/2010 Theatre Intern, Molly Martindale received the Elise Keely Carlton Spirit of the Theatre Award, Alex Rocha was named Student of the Year, and Wendy Blankenship was awarded our Parent of the Year. This was a great night to not only honor the ALT Season, but the Academy as well. Congrats to all!

Academy Students.... mark your calendars for two events coming up! First, the College of Santa Fe will be conducting an “Audition 101” workshop on July 24th at the ALT Classroom. Look in this Curtain Call for more info! Also, Junior/Senior Company auditions are set for Wednesday, August 11th. Auditions will be held in the Terk Lobby of the Amarillo Little Theatre and those wishing to audition should prepare a 1-2 minute (dramatic/comedic) monologue and expect to perform in front a panel of judges.
Junior Company (7-9th grade) auditions will begin at 4:00 pm and Senior Company (10-12th grade) will begin at 5:30 pm. Please dress in appropriate audition attire and have an age appropriate monologue prepared. Questions? Don’t hesitate to call me at 352-0731.

Finally, I am very excited to announce our Academy season for next year. We will kick off our season with the classic Mark Twain tale of “Tom Sawyer”. This coming of age story of the community’s most mischievous boy will run November 6th-8th and will feature a large cast. The touching play “The Little Match Girl” will be brought to life in the Adventure Space January 7-9th. This play is Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of a poor little girl who is trying to sell matches on the coldest day of the year. This play combines dance with a story of hope that will surely warm the coldest of hearts. Our BIG spring musical will be the ever popular “Bye Bye Birdie” running March 25-27th. This musical won four Tony’s including Best Musical in 1961 and was recently revived on Broadway last season. This musical tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army and is full of memorable songs and dance numbers!

As you can see a lot is going on in the Academy! This season is going to be a blast!

See you at registration!

Jason Crespin
Academy Director