Stage Struck

Music Class | This program is completed

Age 7 - 9

9/15/2020-1/19/2021

3:30 PM-5:00 PM EDT on Tue

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$612.00

$30.00

An after-school online musical theater class facilitated by Ars Nova teaching artists Michelle J. Rodriguez and Ellen Winter. Over the course of the semester, we will facilitate new ways to create and practice musical theater together in a virtual space through theater games, physical and vocal warm-ups, writing exercises, songwriting, and singing. Together, we will learn about traditional, contemporary and experimental theater, while discovering what it means to make a musical of our very own.

  • If a class does not meet minimum enrollment requirements, GHMS will notify parents one week in advance of the beginning of class.

Teaching artist Michelle Rodriguez is a singer, songwriter and musical theater composer, currently at work on a new musical commissioned by The Public Theater. She has captivated audiences at Joe's Pub (NYC), the Hideout (Chicago), and Steppenwolf (Chicago) with her stunning vulnerability onstage. Beloved by NPR’s All Songs Considered team, Michelle became a finalist for NPR’s 2018 Tiny Desk Contest with her band MICHA’s song “Nena Nena Nena.” Michelle made her Steppenwolf début in La Havana Madrid and starred in her original bluegrass/folk musical, East o', West o'! at ANTFest at Ars Nova, which earned her a mention in The New Yorker. In 2018, Michelle’s work in theater and music is being supported by residencies at SPACE on Ryder Farm, New York Theater Workshop, and the University of Chicago. Other musicals include Rokera, Bibliophile, Betty White: The Musical!, JIRAN, and So Far Cecile. BA: Williams College.