Washington D.C. - Musical Theater

Join Broadway artists, professional faculty, and enthusiastic musical theater students from all over the world for a week or more of intense training.

Week 1:	June 21 - June 26, 2009
Week 2:	June 28 - July 3, 2009
Week 2:	July 5 - July 10, 2009
Ages:	12 - 18 yrs
Tuition:	$1200 (Includes room and meals) $700 (Commuter Day Program)

Details

This premiere program offers daily workshops in the three essential components of musical theater - acting, singing and dancing. Curriculum will include improvisation, scene study, vocal instruction, audition techniques, and dance workshops for all levels - from beginner to advanced. Evening programs for students include a backstage tour of the Kennedy Center and access to exciting events in and around the nation's capital.

* Additional Information

Students check-in between 2 and 3:30pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Reagan or Dulles on the first day of camp prior to 2pm.
Flights should depart from Reagan or Dulles on the last day of camp after 7pm.
Airport transportation is available to and from Reagan or Dulles for $30 each way.

Program Directors

David Covington
David Covington is a freelance actor, dancer, and producer. He has worked with such stars as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ann Reinking, Angela Lansbury, Gregory Hines, Baayork Lee, Dein Perry, and Marvin Hamlisch, to name a few. Mr. Covington began his performance career tap dancing his way across the globe with the internationally acclaimed company of TAP DOGS. Other dance credits include Associate Choreographer and Soloist for Broadway's Greatest Showstoppers at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Associate Choreographer and Soloist for the Kennedy Center's 13th Annual Gala: A Salute to the 1940's Broadway Musical with the National Symphony Orchestra and hosted by Julie Andrews. His commitment to the preservation and promotion of the American art form of tap dance has led to the recent founding of his own tap company, MetroTAP, and youth company, Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble. Mr Covington has danced in numerous industrial events, including the 2002 Winter Olympics and has taught master classes across the US.

An Equity actor, Mr. Covington has performed in dozens of productions in the Washington DC metropolitan area, including performances at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Ford's Theatre, Signature Theatre, The Landsburgh, Theatre J, Imagination Stage, Wayside Theatre, and Roundhouse Theatre. He recently finished the film Babylon Central to be released summer 2008.

Also, Mr. Covington's credits as a producer and manager include Associate Producer for the Department of Special Programming at the Kennedy Center, Coordinator for the Library of Congress Tap Dance Festival, and manager for the Folger Consort at the Folger Shakespeare Library. He is currently Director of the US Performing Arts Summer Workshops in Washington DC, an Associate Producer for Metropolitan Fine Arts Center in Alexandria, VA, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Performing Arts Alliance. Mr. Covington is a graduate of American University.

Faculty

Carol Schuberg, Program Director
Carol Schuberg has performed on Broadway in Meet Me in St. Louis, and in the National tour of Cats, Promises, Promises, Tap Dance Kid, Barnum and Gigi. She has played Erma in Anything Goes, Sheila in A Chorus Line, Electra in Gypsy, Rose in Bye, Bye Birdie, and Conchalla in the The Late Henry Moss. She choreographed Avenue X for Cain Park, Two Gentlemen of Verona for the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival and Nine for New York University. She was Assistant Choreographer for Tony Stevens on Sweet Charity (for the Istanbul Opera), Sheba, Promises, Promises, Bye, Bye Birdie, The State Farm Industrials, and the King.com Industrial. She also assisted Michael Smuin for the film The Fantasticks, Ted Pappas on The Pajama Game for the New York City Opera, and Janet Watson on Anything Goes and Gypsy. Carol has taught theater dance, jazz, tap and ballet at New York University, the American Music and Dramatic Academy, Broadway Dance Center and Jefferson High School for the Performing Arts in Portland Oregon. She received her BFA in Ballet from the University of Utah.

Robert Tunstall, Program Director
Robert Tunstall: Kennedy Center appearances include Celebrate Broadway starring Linda Eder and John Lithgow and the 35th Anniversary Celebration starring Angela Lansbury. He also had the honor of staging and performing "One" with the song's creator, Marvin Hamlisch, in honor of Steve Schwarzman in New York City. World tours include A Chorus Line (Bobby), The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), and 42nd Street. He assisted Paula Abdul with the choreography for Off-Broadway's Reefer Madness and the feature film The Master of Disguise starring Dana Carvey. Robert is on faculty at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC, where he teaches "Movement for the Actor." He spent last summer teaching Theatre Dance at the United States Performing Arts Camps in Washington D.C. and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Choreography Credits include Cats, Evita, Wonderful Town, Carousel, Les Miserables, A Funny thing happened...Forum and Deborah Gibson live in concert. Robert is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy - NYC.

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Location Information

Experience an exciting summer in Washington, D.C. with US Performing Arts, as we celebrate our fifth year in the nation's capital. Located in the District's historic neighborhood of Foggy Bottom, students will reside on the campus of George Washington University. With its ideal northwest locale, George Washington University is within easy visiting of all the historic sites in our nation's capital and steps away from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. These are fantastic programs to coincide with a family vacation to Washington, D.C.

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