The Tony Awards were Sunday night, and I am still on a high from watching them. Though, to be more accurate, it’s a mixture of awe and jealousy. As I’ve written about before, my desire to be a star on the stage far outweighs any singing or acting ability I possess.
Still, I love any opportunity to embrace the actor that is embedded deeply inside my soul. At MSU, I took an Acting I class my senior year and loved everything about it, from the improv games to memorizing and performing a monologue as a final project. I performed Angie’s monologue from Steve Martin’s Patter for the Floating Lady, by the way.
And a few years ago, I discovered Take It from the Top at the Wharton Center, which offers week-long musical theatre workshops for kids as young as seven all the way to a one-day workshop for adults. The workshops are led by world-class Broadway artists; past instructors include Laura Bell Bundy (also TIFFT’s co-founder) and Billy Porter, among others.
Here is Take It from the Top’s mission:
Take It From The Top is a national arts alliance dedicated to providing quality education enrichment through music, dance and theatre to students and other organizations worldwide. Our primary goal is to serve as a catalyst for creativity for aspiring artists through professional mentoring, workshops and structured programs that will inspire confidence and provide students a pathway to attain their highest potential.
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