Training at Long Island's Oldest Professional Theater
The below pictorial story depicts how many ways kids can get involved here at Gateway Acting School.
INTO THE WOODS AUGUST 2012
This was the 3rd Annual Summer Main Stage Youth Production for Gateway. If you had a chance to see it, you would have seen skills displayed by our young performers that equaled if not surpassed professional performers with many more years behind them. Here was a true example of the training and focus of our programs which was exemplified in these young talented students who invest themselves in their art form with respect and passion.
From left top: Brenda Birkeland, Rebecca Goldfarb, Taylor Smith, Jesse James Keitel, Below: Milky White, Miles Whittaker, Marielle Greguski, Veronica Marie Kelly.
THE WHO'S TOMMYJULY 2011
Mostly teens and two talented little boys made up the cast of this sensational show that used sets and lights from an award-winning design and costumes based on the original production. Three weeks rehearsal (not even every day or all day) proved that kids-in-training (and some inspired direction) can pull off wonders!
click on the picture to watch a montage.
Les Misérables AUGUST 2010
42 talented kids, among them, at least 15 students who had been training at Gateway for over six years, made up the cast of this groundbreaking production. The video below doesn't do it justice, but you can get a glimpse of the power and concentration of this amazing bunch of kids. One of our Little Cosettes, Maya Frank, is now doing the revival, the Broadway National Tour, of this production! Congrats Maya! UPDATE: Maya is now going from ensemble in EVITA to star as Jane Banks in MARY POPPINS. We knew her when! Over 160 young people from all over Long Island auditioned for this production.
Left Photo *Miles Whittaker, *Michelle Veintimilla, *Colette Girardin, *Madie Mulvey, Emery Kelly,*Jamel Hudson, *Amy Bredes, Andrew Vertucci, *Liam Hofmeister. * = Students
Right Photo:
Alyssa Castellano, Louie Rinaldi 5-year and 9-year students respectively.
Left: Joe Wood, Marius, and 7-year student, Michelle Veintimilla as Eponine. Michelle is now studying at Carnegie Mellon.
Right: Brenda Birkeland, Taylor Smith, Joe Wood, Christie Lee Lombardi
Gateway's Les Mis' - student production 2010 - YouTube Click to watch a small clip.
WORKSHOPS..........
In 2010, 2011, and 2012 we held diversified career workshops for those interested in learning auditioning techniques and meeting top agents and casting directors from New York. In 2012 we added a contest to the proceedings so that participants not only were given the opportunity for representation, but also to win prizes packages in the performing arts category such as head shots, classes, private coaching, tickets and more! Participants were first coached and received feedback from Gateway's staff to return to audition for the panel. In 2010, Casting Director and Gateway's Artistic Director, Robin Joy Allan, was joined by Jessica Kelly, Casting Director of Pan Am, Precious, Pineapple Express, The Wrestler and Mercy, Charlie Wright, from Wright Talent, Rachel Altman from Abrams Artists Youth Division, David Cash, from Henderson Hogan Agency and Carolina Margarella from CESD, Manhattan Agencies. A career seminar followed, allowing participants to ask questions. In 2011, we hosted another workshop in which Ms. Kelly and Ms. Allan were joined by Jaime Misher from Innovative Artists and Laurie Smith from Smith Talent. In 2012 we hosted Ms. Altman again, joined by Ms. Kelly, and the commercial manager from Shirley Grant Management.
Left: Kaylee Spano going over her music with Manhattan Musical Director, Steven Gross,
Associate Conductor on South Pacific at Lincoln Center.
Right: Colleen Kelly auditions for the panel.
Ms. Altman. Ms. Kelly, Mr. Wright, and Ms. Allan discussing the potential of the participants.
Classes
If you were in a class over the last few years, it might have looked like this:
(left) 2010's July session of Broadway Songs, final performance in the Barn Theater, songs from Hairspray.
(right) Joe Piscopo, starring in Gateway's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, spoke to the advanced students.
Children's Theater
2009 production of Wizard of Oz, Gateway Acting School Students starring.
(from left) Louie Rinaldi, 9-year student, off to Depaul University for a BFA in Acting. Teresa Celentano, now at Marymount, veteran of television and commercials. Jamel Hudson, Dominic Mondi and Kevin Spellman (current students).
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Webster's Dictionary Definition. per•form•ing - adj; of, relating to or constituting an art that involves public performance. Our Definition PERFORMING – The creative expression of the mind, soul and heart using one’s own body as a medium. Sharing ideas, feelings and inspiration through the form of amusement to large or small masses of people.
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Technique is of the utmost importance for an actor. The focus at Gateway is on providing training that will build technique. This training cannot happen in one class or one session alone. Acting is an art form that has to be studied just like any other performing art—dance, singing or playing an instrument. Whether you are choosing theater as a fun pastime or are bound for a career in the industry, our teachers and continuing students have a dedication to the craft that will provide you a class experience that is inspiring, humbling, expansive and therefore, memorable enough to last a lifetime, no matter what endeavor is eventually chosen.
If your child is theatrical or creative, one session here will give him or her (and you!) a real taste of what goes into performing. If your child is leaning towards following a performing arts path, the sooner consistent training begins, the better. So many times, we hear, "I wish I had known abut this sooner," from high school juniors and seniors that we meet! The kids we send off to college are way ahead of their peers when they get there.
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