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Next to Normal just received three Outer Critics Circle Award nominations: Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score and Outstanding Actress in a Musical (ALICE RIPLEY). Click here for more information about the show.
posted by Moses, Camper Extraordinaire, Age 14
Camp Arena Stage will be entering its fourth year of artistic service to today’s youth. I have been a camper all three previous years and was asked to share my thoughts.
I started thinking about how amazing the counselors and counselors-in-training were, how they taught me so much every year I attended camp. I remembered the sometimes scenic and always beautiful campus on which Camp Arena Stage is held. Then I remembered my friends - campers and counselors. I realized that the one thing that makes this camp so much fun is that it isn’t one thing that makes camp enjoyable. It is everything! The teachers are actual people with actual arts experience that can’t be beat. Everyone is friendly, artistic, and intelligent, not to mention thoughtful and downright cool. The classes are innovative and exciting and have helped me expand myself as a person as well as an artist. Campers are bombarded with good vibes from the very beginning.
I have seen small children overcome stage fright and perform for the entire camp at the noontime show. I have seen counselors and campers work together to put on a show for the noontime audience. I’ve seen entire classes get up and execute a series of moves which will later help them create a stage combat routine. The greatest thing that I have seen, however, is the joy in every camper when they walk to their next class, knowing full well they will never forget their summer at Camp Arena Stage.
Outstanding Director, Resident Musical
Molly Smith, The Women of Brewster Place
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical
Moises Kaufman, 33 Variations
Outstanding Resident Musical
The Women of Brewster Place
Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Emergence-See!
Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production
Daniel Beaty, Emergence-See!
Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production
Karen Kandel, Mabou Mines' Peter and Wendy
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
Tina Fabrique, Ella
Harriett D. Foy, The Women of Brewster Place
Marva Hicks, The Women of Brewster Place
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play
Mary Beth Peil, 33 Variations
Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
David Lander, 33 Variations
Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production
William Foster McDaniel, The Women of Brewster Place
Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production
Derek McLane, 33 Variations
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical
Christopher Bloch, Christmas Carol 1941
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
Monique L. Midgette, The Women of Brewster Place
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play
Susan Kellermann, 33 Variations
Join Arena Stage in our celebration and enjoy the rare opportunity to schmooze with your favorite stars at the post-show gala by purchasing tickets to the Helen Hayes Awards. Tickets to the ceremony and gala are on sale to the general public here.
If you'd like a preview of A View from the Bridge, don't miss this audio slide show from The New York Times. It features production shots and readings from Delaney Williams (from HBO's "The Wire") and Virginia Kull.
Check out our video trailer for both Death of a Salesman and A View from the Bridge below.
Just ask any returning camper and they’ll tell you that a summer at Camp Arena Stage is truly unforgettable. Held on the beautiful gated campus of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Camp Arena Stage provides every camper a chance to explore and create art on their terms. According to one CAS camper, “At Camp Arena Stage, you can be who you want to be and you’re inspired.”
The multi-arts format allows campers to both dabble in new art forms and plunge into more advanced arts training—and they choose their own schedules! Campers choose and attend five activities each day called Dailies. The long list of arts activities includes options like Rock Band, On Broadway, Hip Hop Dance, Improvisation and many more. All activities are taught by professional artists, educators and students in arts training programs.
Every day, after lunch, campers attend and take part in a Noontime Show, featuring the talents of campers, staff and guest artists.
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