East Lynne Theater Company Announces Registration for 11th Annual Workshop

Applications are available for the award-winning East Lynne Theater Company's 11th Annual Summer Student Workshop. For the last ten years, students have performed a variety of shows in front of standing-room only audiences. This year, it's "Robin Hood," written by Gayle Stahlhuth and directed by Robert LeMaire, who also runs the workshop.

Robert has been working with children and young adults for over twenty-years. During the 1990's he coordinated Education Programs, including running the Junior Apprenticeship Program, at Historic Cold Spring Village. Currently, he's an Educational Computer Specialist for the Ocean City (NJ) School District, assisting students and teachers in use of technology.

Since 2001, he has performed with ELTC, in shows including "The Dictator," "The Ransom of Red Chief," and "Dracula." A few years ago, Robert began directing for the Ocean City High School Drama Guild. Productions include "Footloose: The Musical," "Arsenic and Old Lace," and "Spamalot." Wishing to further support keeping theater in schools, Robert is the President of the Board of Trustees for the Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts, a public school, in Somers Point, NJ.

When asked about directing ELTC's workshop, Robert said, "Not only does it give me a chance to share my experiences and passion of and for the performing arts, but is also an opportunity to learn and grow with the next generation of actors and theater lovers."

ELTC's production assistant Megan Beres, who is pursuing a degree in Technical Theater at Rider University, will be assisting, along with Lee O'Connor, ELTC's Technical Director.

The workshop is for ages 9-16, and the times are 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. on the following days: Tuesdays through Fridays, June 20-23 and June 27-June 30; and Monday, July 3. On the first day, June 20, parents and guardians may arrive a little early to talk to the workshop staff, but class will begin at 12:30 p.m.

On Monday, July 3 at 8:00 p.m., students perform "Robin Hood" in front of an audience, open to the public, and admission-free.

ELTC has a long-standing tradition of working with students and is the only nonprofit in South Jersey that has consistently conducted in-school and after-school theater residencies in Cape May County for the last seventeen years. Our artists-in-residence have taught acting and playwriting to fourth grade through high school students, culminating in admission-free performances for the community, in venues in Lower Township, Middle Township, Ocean City, Whitesboro, Cape May, West Cape May, and Wildwood.

The location for the workshop and the performance is The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St. (corner of Decatur and Hughes) in Cape May, where the company is in residence, and the fee is $200. To receive an application form, visit www.eastlynnetheater.org or call the office at 609-884-5898 to receive one via snail mail. For questions, contact artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth at eastlynneco@aol.com or call the office. ELTC's Mainstage Production Season opens on June 14 with Tom Byrn starring in "Will Rogers' U.S.A."

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