Zandi Carlson News

BPA Theatre School is now taking enrollments for Fall Quarter, with registration beginning today, July 31.

BPA Theatre School is now taking enrollments for Fall Quarter, with registration beginning July 31. BPA's after-school classes are designed to help develop capable people as well as trained theatre artists.

Join us today, July 30 - August 1 for the hit show SEUSSICAL JR., where Dr. Seuss's best-loved characters collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper! Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, and all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in this fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony-Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once On This Island, and Ragtime).

BPA Theatre School is pleased to offer two special audition workshops for adults today, July 1, and July 8.

BPA Theatre School is pleased to offer two special audition workshops for adults on July 1 and July 8. The workshops are strategically designed to help actors prepare for BPA's Combined Mainstage Summer Auditions, which are slated for July 20 and 28. Participating students will receive individualized coaching on audition material and presentation from BPA's Resident Musical Director Josh Anderson and Director of Education Zandi Carlson. The workshop is held in two segments, with Part I on July 1 and Part II on July 8. Students may sign up for Part I or Part II individually, or for both classes for a well-rounded audition preparation experience.

Join us July 30 - August 1 for the hit show SEUSSICAL JR., where Dr. Seuss's best-loved characters collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper! Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, and all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in this fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony-Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once On This Island, and Ragtime).

Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, running tonight, May 8 - 24, 2015.

BPA Theatre School is delighted to announce open enrollments for the Summer Session (June 29 - August 1).

Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, running May 8 - 24, 2015.

BPA Theatre School begins taking enrollments for the Spring Session (mid-April - late May) today, February 12.

BPA Theatre School begins taking enrollments for the Spring Session (mid-April - late May) on February 12. The Spring Session includes offerings in five primary programs: Developing Actors, Building Character, Teen Intensive, Performance Series, and Specialty Classes. BPA is also delighted open enrollment for the "SEUSSICAL JR. Production Camp" (July 6 - August 1) and the "Intermediate Intensive + SEUSSICAL JR. Production Camp" (June 29 - August 1). Led by experienced teaching artists, BPA Theatre School provides year-round classes and camps for all ages and experience levels.

BPA Theatre School is now registering for the Winter Session (mid-January - late March) plus Mid-Winter (February 16 - 20) and Spring Break (March 30 - April 3) Camps. Led by experienced teaching artists, BPA Theatre School provides year-round classes and camps for all ages and experience levels. The Winter Session includes offerings in four primary programs: Developing Actors, Building Character, Teen Intensive, and Performance Series.

Join us in November for BPA Theatre School's 2014 Fall Showcase, a family-friendly event showcasing talented students in 3rd - 7th grade. Happy to oversee showcase development from inception to the stage, BPA Director of Education Zandi Carlson is both proud of the students' accomplishments and grateful to be a part of their journey, saying, 'From the deep sea to the deep south, we've discovered magic, mystery, and what it means to be a friend.'

Join us in November for BPA Theatre School's 2014 Fall Showcase, a family-friendly event showcasing talented students in 3rd - 7th grade. Happy to oversee showcase development from inception to the stage, BPA Director of Education Zandi Carlson is both proud of the students' accomplishments and grateful to be a part of their journey, saying, 'From the deep sea to the deep south, we've discovered magic, mystery, and what it means to be a friend.'

Registration for BPA Theatre School's Fall 2014 session is now underway under the impassioned leadership of recently appointed Director of Education Zandi Carlson. BPA Theatre School's highly-qualified cadre of teaching artists and assistants lead year-round classes for students, age three-and-a-half to adult.

Rock out at BPA as SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! JR. - a pop culture phenomenon - comes to the musical stage! The Emmy Award-winning 1970's Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, it's lighting up the stage at BPA this summer!

Rock out at BPA as SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! JR. - a pop culture phenomenon - comes to the musical stage! The Emmy Award-winning 1970's Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, it's lighting up the stage at BPA this summer!

William Finn's shows are not easy to produce. Maybe that's why (with the exception of Spelling Bee) they're not done as often as they deserve. And his largely autobiographical "A New Brain" is no exception with its emotional storyline and rich score not to mention some odd staging elements it requires. So if you're going to produce it you'd better have all your ducks in a row. Well all of the ducks are there for the current production from STAGEright now performing at the Cornish Playhouse Black Box but some of them didn't quite stay in that row.

A New Brain was born when composer William Finn, just three days after winning the Tony Award for Falsettos in 1992, was hospitalized and operated on for a condition called arteriovenous malformation (AVM). It was upon his return home that he began writing songs about the experience; the energetic, sardonic, often comical musical, A New Brain, is the result.

Holy Crap! That's really the most emphatic sentiment I can use to describe the internal battles I had when trying to pick my top picks for this past year. There were so many amazing performances and achievements that to pick just one was almost an impossibility (and as you'll see, WAS an impossibility for one category). But the battle is over and it's my distinct pleasure to announce my picks for the 2013 Broadway World Seattle Critic's Choice Awards (or Jay's Picks, if you prefer).