Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's Youth Repertory Theatre Present CELEBRAZIONE! Opens 7/21

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's Youth Repertory Theatre program, featuring local aspiring theatre arts students, present Celebrazione!, a lollapalooza of scenes and songs, at the SaG?Ji Theatre July 21-24.

The FAC's Youth Repertory Theatre program, currently in its 12th year, is one of the only conservatory-based theatre programs for high school students in the country and is the only professional training program for student actors and technicians in the Pikes Peak Region.

Taught by a faculty which includes over a dozen professional theatre artists, the students in the program meet eight hours a day for five weeks and are introduced to all elements of the theatre including vocal performance, speech, audition/monologue work, various styles of dance, clowning, fight choreography, make-up and costume design, art history, etc.

The students - 31 performance and eight tech students ages 14-18 - work together in a conservatory format to perform and design a performance filled with a cornucopia of scenes and songs from a myriad of theatrical works. The performance is the culmination of their hard work and includes musical numbers from Broadway favorites with scenes from world-renowned playwrights.

"Catch the stars of tomorrow as they perform some of Broadway's newest blockbuster hits along with scenes from Shakespeare and Sam Shepherd amongst others," said Scott RC Levy, the FAC's Performing Arts Director.

Lead teachers this year include: Michael Gold (Musical Theatre), MARY RIPPER BAKER (Choreography/Dance), CYNTHIA FOX (Musical Director), SCOTT RC LEVY (Acting), and CHRISTOPHER L. SHELEY & HOLLY RAWLS (Design).

· Tickets are available at 719.634.5583 or at the door.
· $15.00 for FAC members | $17.00 for non-members
· Amuzé at the FAC will be offering pre-theatre dining. Reservations: 719.477.4377

Part I Part II
Thursday, July 21 | 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 22 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 23 | 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 24 | 2 p.m.

Celebrazione! is sponsored by El Pomar Foundation, Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, Pepsi,
US Bank, T. Rowe Price, Curtain Call Society, Lewis C. Gray Youth Rep Scholarship Fund.

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