SMASH!

Everyone's talking about the Super Bowl but now that the 49ers are out and I've previewed most of the super (and not so super) commercials I'm much more interested in what's going to happen after the game. I'm on a countdown for the premier of Smash. I've watched the pilot three times!

Finally, just finally, and it took Stephen Spielberg to do it, someone has produced an intelligent character driven story about dreams, about talent, and about connectivity. The characters in Smash are so real with such real conflicts in their lives that everyone can relate to them. For those of us who happen to be in the same line of work it's a great sense of recognition and credibility for who we are and how big we dream.

This isn't intended to be a review of Smash but rather a discussion about the "real deal." I'd never thought much about that phrase until the first year of our New York City summer camp workshops. Within 24 hours after the program ended I started receiving e-mails and letters from parents and students thanking US Performing Arts for what they said was the real deal....

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Theater/Acting
UCLA - Acting Conservatory
"Inspiring", "Life-changing", "A game-changer", "Where dreams begin to become a reality." Those are just some of statements heard after the Acting Conservatory work in progress performance. H. Richard Greene leads a team of faculty so invested in their work that students come away with marked improvement in their work and deeply committed to the pursuit of their dream. This is a workshop for serious acting students who are interested in exploring their passion. A letter of recommendation from a teacher or director is required.

Acting for the Camera
Emmy Award Winning Television Director Mary Lou Belli and Actor Charles Dougherty at Pepperdine, Stanford and UMass in 2012!

Mary Lou Belli and Charlie Dougherty were recent guest artists at the Missouri State Thespian Festival giving students a slight taste of what's in store for them this summer in USPA's intensive one week Acting for the Camera workshops. Mary Lou Belli is currently directing two television series and Charlie Dougherty can be seen in television dramatic roles as well as television commercials. Come join them in one or more weeks and take home a reel of your work to show others how ready you are to live your dream.

Musical Theater
UCLA - Musical Theater Conservatory
FAME - The Musical will be the center point of three weeks of training and rehearsal at the UCLA Arts Camp/Workshops Musical Theater Conservatory this summer. UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television adjunct faculty, Director Kay Cole and Musical Director Steven Kaminski, will be joined by other TFT faculty to teach, coach and rehearse the production which will be presented as a work in progress on Saturday, July 14th. By audition only, this intensive workshop is filled with the "stuff dreams are made of."

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