Music Theatre Scholarship Folder 2022

MUSIC THEATRE Fine Arts Scholarships

director of music theatre studies Welcome to Carthage; we are so excited for you to share your talents with us today!

As you visit various schools to decide on your music theatre home for the next few years, you’ll be balancing applications, interviews, the audition – it can all be a bit overwhelming!

Know this first: we want YOU to succeed! Know this second: we’re just as obsessed with music theatre as YOU are! We look forward to getting to know you and discuss how Carthage can help you succeed as a human and in the music theatre genre.

I also hope that today helps you see part of what makes Carthage special. Of course, there is the gorgeous campus, the world-class faculty, the proximity to Chicago and Milwaukee, and the stellar education all students here receive. But I hope your visit also gives you a chance to get to know the type of humans that you will find here at Carthage.

When you are on campus and talking to our students, I think that you find they are hungry for knowledge and continually work at getting better at their craft. They truly balance their skill-building coursework with our real-world application curriculum that is truly unique to each student’s needs and skill levels.

Carthage faculty members are here to help YOU! Our faculty members have been on Broadway and National Tours; worked Regionally and Internationally; and they have decades of combined professional and teaching experience. Our faculty members are consistently working as directors, performers and producers while teaching you the most up-to-date practices in an ever changing industry.

Our Alumni take many different routes after leaving Carthage. Because of our proximity to the Chicago and Milwaukee markets, you can frequently see our alumni on regional stages including Porchlight, Music Theatre Works, Second City, Lyric Opera Chicago and Skylight Music Theatre to name a few. Other alumni can be seen on cruise ships, continuing on to graduate school or taking their knowledge into the classroom!

I hope YOU have the best day today full of wonderful experiences and sharing opportunities. Please know that we are also here to answer your questions - if there is something that arises today, or in the weeks ahead as you make your decision to attend Carthage, please let me know how I can help. Break all the legs!

You have nothing to prove, only to share!

Matthew Hougland Music Theatre Specialist & Assistant Professor of Music mhougland@carthage.edu | 262-551-5975

Scholarship Opportunities scholarship opportunities

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Scholarship Opportunities

Why Choose Carthage?

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Why Choose Carthage?

“Professors really take time to invest in you – they teach you about all the tools you have as an artist.”

– austin winter ’18

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Resident, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Lifelong friendships, industry connections, encouraging rofessors, performance and rehearsal opportunities truly helped me thrive and learn.”

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Regularly performs in New York and has performed in national tours and independent film projects “Carthage gave me tons of opportunities to harness my craft and to perform all around the world, most importantly it taught me the self discipline it takes to be a professional actor.”

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New York Partnerships

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Chicago Internships Carthage music theatre students have opportunities to develop their professional perchicago internships formance skills through internships in the Chicago theatre district. From performing Carthage music theatre students opportunities to develop to arts administration, students have can dive into Chicago theatre!their professional performance skills through internships in the Chicago theatre district. From performing Travel And Performance toInternational arts administration, students can dive into Chicago theatre!

Carthage students travel the world, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), the Smock Alley Theatre (Ireland), and across China. Students have international travel and performance traveled to study performance in Italy, Greece, and the Czech Republic. International Carthage students travel the world, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival travel opportunities provide Carthage music theatre students with global perspectives (Scotland), the Smock Alley Theatre (Ireland), and across China.

Students have traveled and practical skills. to study performance in Italy, Greece, and the Czech Republic. International travel opportunities provide Carthage music theatre students with global perspectives and practical skills.

music theatre at carthage Carthage’s Music Theatre Program features a comprehensive curriculum that includes vocal training, acting training, integrated storytelling, and musicianship, as well as a variety of directing, dance technique and choreography classes. Multiple productions each year enhance the student’s experience and allow for each student to grow at their own pace and match the ever changing field of music theatre.

Exceptional Faculty Our faculty have years of performance experience, having performed and directed on stages across the world, including Broadway, National Tours, Regional Theatres and resident productions in Milwaukee, Chicago and New York. Our faculty have taught extensively outside of Carthage in North America, China, and Europe as distinguished guest faculty, bringing these global performance and teaching experiences – and opportunities – back to our students.

Recognized Excellence Carthage Music Theatre program and students are award winners! Carthage has received regional and national honors with the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) where our students are frequent finalists of the Music Theatre Intensive.

Other awards include the KCACTF Citizen Artist Award for commitment to theatre that is central to the urgent needs of our campus, community and world and in 2019, the Carthage Choir – including many music theatre students – won the Spittal International Choir Competition.

awards and honors The Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) The KCACTF is a national theatre program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide, which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theatre in the United States. The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where theatre departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents. carthage.edu/theatre/awards-honors National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition Founded in 1944 and is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world, with more than 7,000 members in the United States, Canada, and more than 35 other countries. Their mission statement, “To encourage the highest standards of the vocal art and of ethical principles in the teaching of singing; and to promote vocal education and research at all levels, both for the enrichment of the general public and for the professional advancement of the talented,” works to bring musicians together and to represent the diversity of today’s music landscape. carthage.edu/music/news The Spittal International Choir Competition Carthage Choir earned top honors at the 2019 Spittal International Choir Competition, winning first place in the folk song category and the classical/modern choral works category to rank first place overall. The Spittal International Choir Competition was held in Spittal an der Drau in Austria. The competition is sponsored by the regional government of Carinthia, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, the Cultural Department of the municipality of Spittal an der Drau, and the Singkreis Porcia. For the competition, Carthage Choir sang a set of American folk songs a cappella, earning the top spot with a score of 95/100. The second round of the competition was a program of contemporary choral works. The choir earned first place in this category as well, with a score of 95/100. carthage.edu/live/news/25846-carthage-choir-finishes-first-at-international

upcoming productions Something Rotten!

April 29-30 & May 5-7 | 7:30 p.m.

May 1 | 3 p.m.

Wartburg Theatre The Carthage Theatre Department presents Something Rotten, with music and lyrics

by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick and book by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick.

This outrageously hilarious and wildly entertaining musical is directed by Professor Martin McClendon with music direction by Matthew Hougland.

William Shakespeare was the hottest writer during the Renaissance. Women and men alike wanted him, and wanted to be him. Everyone that is, except Nick Bottom. Nick and his brother Nigel run a theatre troupe too, but their efforts are always overshadowed by Shakespeare. Nick hits his last straw when Shakespeare steals their idea of performing “Richard II” before the troupe has a chance to perform it. In an attempt to overthrow Willy’s fame, Nick pays a soothsayer to predict what the next famous play will be, so he can produce it before the Bard does. The soothsayer reveals that the next big theatrical trend will be: a MUSICAL! Something Rotten’s wild hilarity and never-ending tunes allows for a theatrical experience filled to the brim with joy.

Nick and Nigel navigate the writing of a musical, the meaning of love, and the feeling of inferiority, all with a sarcastic edge.

Something Rotten! Originally premiered on Broadway in 2015 with an all star cast, including Brian D’Arcy James, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Heidi Blickenstaff and Kate Reinders. With a booming score, intricate characters, and dancing galore, this show will be sure to have you tapping your toes long after the performance is over. Audience members of all ages will enjoy the upbeat and wild energy of this award-winning musical!

Get tickets 24/7 at www.carthage.edu/tickets or contact the Fine Arts Box Office Tuesday to Friday, noon to 5 p.m. 262-551-6661

2021-2022 Carthage Theatre Department Presents

Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell Music & Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick Book by

Directed by

Martin McClendon

Music Direction by

Matthew Hougland

April 29-30 & May 5-7 * 7:30 p.m.

May 1 * 3 p.m.

Wartburg Theatre * David A. Stratz, Jr. Center Get Tickets 24/7 carthage.edu/tickets Tuesday to Friday, Noon to 5 p.m. | 262-551-6661 2001 Alford Park Drive Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140

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past productions 2021-2022 She Loves Me, Nov. 2021 Last Five Years, Jan. 2022 (student directed) Little Women, Feb. 2022 (student directed) 2020-2021 Ride the Cyclone, Feb. 2021 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, March 2021 Songs for a New World, April 2021 2019-2020 Sister Act, Nov. 2019 Sweet Charity, Jan. 2020 Kiss Me, Kate, April/May 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic) 2018-2019 The Marvelous Wonderettes, Sept. 2018 (student directed) The Addams Family, Nov. 2018 My Real Mother, Jan. 2019 Flora the Red Menace, April/May 2019 2017-2018 Godspell, Oct. 2017 It’s A Woman’s World, Nov. 2017 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Feb. 2018 Into the Woods, April/May 2018 2016-2017 The Wild Party, Oct. 2016 Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jan. 2017 Daddy Long Legs, Feb. 2017 (student directed) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, April/May 2017

2020 - 2021 Carthage Theatre Department Presents

Book by

Jeffrey Lane

Directed by Herschel Kruger

Music and lyrics by

David Yazbek

Music direction by jeremy Ryan mossman

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March 25-26 7:30 p.m p.m.

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2021-2022 Music Theatre Workshop Presents

Written by

Allan Knee Music by Jason Howland Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Directed by

Sophie Michalski ‘22

Feb. 3-5 | 7:30 p.m.

Visual and Performing Arts Lab

Get Tickets 24/7 carthage.edu/tickets Fine Arts Box Office | 262-551-6661 Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 5 p.m.

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2020 - 2021 Carthage Music Theatre Workshop Presents

Music and Book by Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell Directed by Magdalene Spanuello

Feb. 5-6 | 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 7 | 3 p.m.

Pre-Recorded Get Tickets to Watch

Questions?

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Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Directed by Tommy Novak

Choreographed by Mijiang He | Music Direction by Melissa Cardamone

May 14 & 15, 7:30 p.m.

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2017-18 Carthage Theatre Department Presents

Stephen Sondheim book by James Lapine

music & lyrics by

directed by

Neil Kristian Scharnick

music direction by

Jeremy Mossman

April 27-28 & May 3-5 | 7:30 p.m.

April 29 | 3 p.m.

Wartburg Theatre | David A. Straz, Jr. Center

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