For Immediate Release

Contact:  NSAA Marketing Director and “Willy Wonka KIDS” Producer/Director Angela Mack angelam@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or call 262.377.3514

Photo opportunity:  Dress Rehearsal, Monday May 21 4:30-7pm, 1111 Broad Street, Grafton WI

(Grafton, WI)  The North Shore Academy of the Arts (NSAA) Jr. Stagekids will be presenting “Willy Wonka KIDS” on Wednesday May 30 at 5pm.  The 45 minute show is open to the public.  Donations will be collected at the door for admission.

“This particular show is unique because it is the first ‘Show in a Month’ that the performing arts department has tackled.  There were just four rehearsals at 2.5 hours each and then a dress rehearsal.  The children have worked very hard to memorize the material at home.  We thought we would like to try a shortened rehearsal time based on what other children’s theater companies have tried”, says Producer/Director Angela Mack.

The Jr. Stagekids Program is part of NSAA’s spiraling curriculum in the performing arts.  The Jr. Stagekids level is for ages 6 to 11 and helps to promote confidence, introductory acting, singing and choreography skills.  NSAA is currently enrolling for its summer Jr. Stagekids production, “Disney’s Winnie the Pooh”.  As with “Willy Wonka KIDS”, the show will be produced and directed by Angela Mack of Grafton.  Registrations are taken online through www.northshoreacademyofthearts.com.  The registrations office can be reached at info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or 262.377.3514.

After several years in the Jr. Stagekids Program, young actors move up to the Stagekids level which is for grades 2 through 12.  Performances are held at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center.  The students are taught by a team of professionals such as an acting coach, choreographer, vocal director, costume designer and more.  The final production is semi-professional and is performed for school groups as well as general audiences.  NSAA is currently enrolling for its 2012 production “Disney’s The Little Mermaid”.

“Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The memorable score features “The Candy Man”, “Pure Imagination”, “Oompa Loompa” and ”I Want it Now” by Academy® and Grammy® award winners Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, neatly fitted into a new script adapted under the auspices of the Dahl Estate. With a flexible cast size, featuring roles for children and a tour-de-force role in the title character.” – MTI Shows

(Photo of a previous Willy Wonka KIDS cast courtesy of Jonathan Kirn and may be used with permission.) 

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The North Shore Academy of the Arts is proud to announce that we are taking registrations for our 2012 musical production of The Little Mermaid*.  The musical will be performed at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center.  Spaces are limited so please register early online!

NSAA has a wide level of disciplines that can be learned through our performing arts department such as singing, playing instruments, dancing, modeling, acting, yoga & more.  Many of our students have overwhelming success stories that we love to share from time to time.

This summer, NSAA will be offering many programs in the visual, literary and performing arts. VIEW Summer 2012 Programs, Classes & Events Here are some of our performing arts classes being offered:

Violin lessons for all ages and skill levels

Ukulele Strum & Hum ages 7 and up

Pizza Productions ages 7-13

Musical Theater Summer Camp for elementary and middle school

Music Therapy for all ages

Community Drum Circle for ages 10 to adult

Jr. Stagekids Production of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh* ages 6-11

Zumba for adults

Zumba Toning for adults

Private voice, guitar, piano, percussion and songwriting for all ages and levels

Summer Singing ages 10 and up

Summertime Fun Sing-a-longs, Activities & More ages 4-8

Runway Modeling “First Step” ages 6 and up

Basic Modeling Industry Knowledge ages 14 and up

Catwalk ages 6 and up

Make That Face and Strike a Pose ages 11 and up

Act Out ages 6 and up

Commercial Print/Your Best Side Up ages 6 and up

Teen Yoga

Thursdays Sunrise Yoga

Summer Yoga

Monday Evening Series Yoga

* pending rights

For registration questions, please email info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or call 262.377.3514 and leave a message.  You may also drop off registration forms anytime in the black registrations box located outside our building.  NSAA is located at 1111 Broad Street in Grafton.  Our “sister site” The Arts Mill is located at 1300 14th Ave. http://theartsmill.org

Call the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center (CPAC) Box  Office for tickets (262.376.6161).  Tickets will also be sold at the door if seats are available.  DIRECTIONS Tickets are just $3 for children and $7 for adults and can be reserved over the phone.  Cookies, flowers, water and “Clovergrams” will also be sold in the lobby.

Friday March 30 school shows…9:30 and 12:30

Friday night March 30 7:00

Saturday March 31 1:00 and 7:00

Sunday April 1:00

Registration for Little Mermaid opens Friday night at 6:00pm in the CPAC lobby first come, first serve.  This is going to be a popular show so register early!  Bring a checkbook to secure your child’s slot in the show.  An informational parent packet about auditions, show times, rehearsal times, etc… will be handed out upon registration.  For questions about Stagekids contact Stagekids Community Coordinator Debbie Knuth debbiek@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or the Registrations Office at info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or 262.377.3514

by Angela Mack 3/29/12

Andrew Minkin is a sixteen year old from Mequon who became involved with the North Shore Academy of the Arts (NSAA) when he was in 3^rd grade.  Since then, he has been in at least nine NSAA productions.

Recently, Andrew played the lead role of Pippin in Homestead High School’s Pippin.  This year, the regional Solo Ensemble competition was held at Homestead High School.  Andrew sang three solos and was in five ensembles.  Of those eight songs, Andrew received seven “One Stars” which is the highest rating that can be obtained.

Some of his solos included “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin, “Bright is the Ring of Words” by Von Williams and “Pie Jesu” by Bethany Zamora.

Andrew continues to be an asset to NSAA as a volunteer in the performing arts and marketing departments.  Currently, he is assisting as a vocal coach and director’s assistant in NSAA’s Stagekids Production of Seussical.  Andrew also works at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee as a marketing assistant promoting Rap shows and working with their booking agent.

Andrew would like to pursue musical theater as an actor after high school.  He has been looking at Oklahoma University as well as Boise State University.  He is currently auditioning for the Sound of Music at the Skylight Musical Theatre in Milwaukee.

NSAA is proud of Andrew and the leader that he has become and wishes him success in all that he does.  We see a bright future for him!  Imagine…Discover…Create…Dream Andrew!

North Shore Academy of the Arts is proud to announce its 2013 production of the the Little Mermaid.

In a magical kingdom fathoms below, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father King Triton, make a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula, and convince Prince Eric that she’s the girl with the enchanting voice.

*Pending availability.

The target age group for the Little Mermaid are grades 2nd through 9th.  Those wanting to register should bring their checkbooks to the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center during one of the Seussical Shows.  Show times are Friday March 30 at 7:00pm, Saturday March 31 at 1:00pm and 7:00pm and Sunday April 1 at 1:00pm.  Tickets to see the show are $3 for children and $7 for adults.  Tickets can be purchased through the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center Ticket Box Office.  Please call 262.376.6161 to reserve tickets.

The NSAA Stagekids program is a part of the spiraling performing arts department programs offered at NSAA.  For more information on visual, literary and performing arts classes offered at NSAA visit www.northshoreacademyofthearts.org or call 262.377.3514.  Spring classes for all ages will begin April 30.  Early registration discounts will be given through March 1.  NSAA also has a “sister site” The Arts Mill located at 1300 14th Ave. in Grafton.  Visit www.theartsmill.org

You can REGISTER for THE LITTLE MERMAID  HERE

Classes begin January 16!

Our Winter/Spring Program Guide is full of great opportunities for all ages in the visual, literary and performing arts!  Enrich your own life or a child’s life by registering today!

FOR ADULTS

We have Zumba, Intro to Wheel Throwing, Visual Arts Walk in Studio, private music lessons, private dance lessons, Painting Studio, yoga, Piloxing and more!

FOR TEENS

We have our 2012 Seussical production to be performed at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, Just for Gleeks GLEE group, Painting Studio, Fundamentals of Music Theory, Intro to Wheel Throwing, Ballet, Lyrical, Tap, Hip Hop and Modern dance, Broadway Bound, School Daze Comedy, private lessons and more!

FOR ELEMENTARY AGE

We have Pizza Productions drama class, Aladdin KIDS, Willy Wonka KIDS, Seussical Jr., birthday parties, private lessons, Art Sampler, Sing Your Heart Out, dance classes, modeling classes, Lets Have Fun Sing-A-Long and more!

FOR PRE-K and/or KINDERGARTEN

Partners in Art, Naomi’s Music Together, Ballet and Jazz, Imagine Me in the Arts, private piano, birthday parties and more!

CONTACT

info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or call 262.377.3514 or

REGISTER ONLINE today!!!

Target Ages: 2nd grade-12th grade

A delight for youth to perform, Seussical is now one of  the most-performed shows in America!  In this fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza, Tony winners Lynn Ahrens  and Stephen Flaherty have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big  imagination–Jojo. “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think” captures the show’s spirit of imagination, as the colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos. General fee includes costume fee but does not include $30 Script & CD Fee. No Refunds, no exceptions.

Seussical Auditions: January 17, 2012 4:30-8:30
Seussical Rehearsals: Tuesday evenings 6-8pm beginning January 24, 2012
Show dates: March 30- April 1st 2012

All shows at the CPAC. For Tickets Contact the Box Office

GRAFTON, WI

For Immediate Release

Contact 1.262.377.3514 or info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org

Photo Opportunity:  November 21 or November 28 between 5pm and 7:30pm, 1111 Broad Street Grafton WI

Fifty five southeastern Wisconsin children, ages 6 to 11, will be presenting the musical ANNIE Kids on December 5 at 5pm and 7pm.  The musical will be about 45 minutes long and held at the North Shore Academy of the Arts (NSAA), 1111 Broad Street Grafton, WI.  Admission is free and open to the public however donations will be collected at the door.

The musical consists of two casts.  The “Green Cast” will perform at 5pm and contains thirty three cast members.  The “Purple Cast” will perform at 7pm and contains twenty two cast members.

The NSAA Jr. Stagekids Program is directed by Angela Mack who is also the Marketing Director for NSAA.  “The Jr. Stagekids program is part of a spiraling and growing musical curriculum at NSAA.  Typically children enter through our Pre-K “Imagine Me” program, move onto “Stage-Kinder-Kids”, then Jr. Stagekids, Stagekids and all the way up to the adult level,” said Mack who has also played “Motormouth Maybelle” in Hairspray and “Narrator” in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center (CPAC).

Pictured above is the “Green Cast” Annie played by 4th grader Claire Holtebeck.  “Claire has been singing, dancing and acting since she could move and speak,” commented her mom Lisa.  “In her free time, she makes up commercials and videotapes herself for YouTube.  Claire also loves playing soccer and hanging with friends and family.  She is VERY excited to be a part of ‘Annie’–a lifelong dream!”

The “Purple Cast” Annie is played by an eight year old Greta Dane from Cedarburg (pictured above).  Greta was also recently cast as the lead in a traveling theater group based out of Milwaukee, WI.  “Greta is a pretty amazing kid…I have raised her to believe that she can do anything she wants if she puts her mind to it and I have yet to see her prove me wrong.  She loves to sing and spends time composing her own songs.  She also plays and loves piano and got an electric guitar for her 8th birthday last month which she is slowly teaching herself how to play. Her role as Annie is her first shot at acting”, said her mom Sharon.

NSAA is now registering for their 2012 productions which include Stagekids Seussical (target ages 2nd through 8th grade), Aladdin Kids, Willy Wonka Kids and a brand new 30-minute comedy for the middle schooled called “School Daze”.    Online registration and discounts are now being offered on the NSAA website. www.northshoreacademyofthearts.org

Register early for a discount!

View PDF Program Guide

Visual, Literary and Performing Arts for all ages!