AUDIT SERIES - $240

Interview with Kirby Ward and Guest Professionals

Jun. 22 – Aug. 7 Mondays. & Fri. (14 Sessions)

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Interview

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Q&A with Enrolled Students

 

In this interview series, Broadway and West-End veteran Kirby Ward, Rubicon’s Education and Outreach Director, chats with a dream list of Broadway’s biggest and brightest actors, directors, writers and producers – all major industry stars. Each will talk about their creative process and career journey and provide a snapshot of a life lived successfully in the arts. You’ll hear stories of hardship, perseverance, training and preparedness, lucky breaks, magic moments, and more. For the second half-hour, students from the Musical Theatre Production Workshop, Fearless Shakespeare, and older students from Stinky Feet, will have an opportunity to ask questions of these remarkable professionals. Those who register for the Audit Series may listen and observe, but only young artists enrolled in the three main summer programs may pose questions. Those confirmed to date have collected an astonishing 25 Tony Award nominations, 9 wins, and multiple Olivier Awards! They are listed in alphabetical order below:

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JOHN CAIRD (Writer/Director) Les Misérables, RSC’s Nicholas Nickleby, Rubicon’s Daddy Long Legs; Director - Jane Eyre

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ADAM HALPIN (Actor) Dear Evan Hansen, Glory Days, Rubicon’s Little Miss Scrooge

 

CHRISTIAN HOFF (Actor) Jersey Boys, The Who’s Tommy

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MICHAEL JACKOWITZ (Producer) Once on This Island, The Lifespan of a Fact, How to Succeed in Business…, Diana; Rubicon’s Director of New Works

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AARON LAZAR (Actor) The Last Ship, Les Misérables

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NORM LEWIS (Actor) Porgy and Bess, The Phantom of the Opera, Side Show, The Little Mermaid

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ANDREW LIPPA (Composer/Lyricist/Arranger) The Wild Party, The Addams Family, Big Fish, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown

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BEN LIPITZ (Actor) The Lion King, regional productions of God of Carnage, Laughter on the 23rd Floor

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MEGAN McGINNIS (Actor) Side Show, Little Women, Les Misérables, Rubicon’s Daddy Long Legs

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BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL (Actor) Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, Shuffle Along

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JERRY MITCHELL (Director/Choreographer) Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Hairspray

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LAUREN PATTEN (Actor) Jagged Little Pill and Fun Home

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FAITH PRINCE (Actor) Guys and Dolls, Annie, A Catered Affair

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KATE REINDERS (Actor) Wicked, Something Rotten!, Beautiful The Carole King Musical; “High School Musical: The Series”

 

ANDREW SAMONSKY (Actor) South Pacific, Scandalous, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Rubicon’s tick…tick…BOOM! and Little Miss Scrooge

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