College Prep Program

Appropriate for anyone applying for a performing arts college program

One of the most rewarding, yet challenging, part of a student’s journey in musical theatre is the college audition process. At ATMTC we have a team of award-winning professional performing artists and educators ready to help students through the process. As this is considered a tutoring program, it is by appointment only.

FALL SEMESTER: $2500

Private Lessons in Acting the Song, Monologues, and Dance. These disciplines will have a total of 6 coachings each, for a total of 18 sessions.
Each session is scheduled by the teacher and student in agreed upon available times. All coachings will take place at our Wintergreen Plaza location.
Conference with the Academy Director for overview/focus on the college process, building lists, spreadsheets, and timelines as you get ready for Pre-screen and in-person auditions.
A professional, customized, edited video of the Pre-screen audition performance.

SPRING SEMESTER: (Optional) $600

Six additional “brush up” coachings in preparation for the in-person auditions at your selected schools.

PLUS! One-on-one coaching is available! Is your pre-screen video sent, and now you are waiting for those invitations for the live audition? Come let our experienced team help you polish that song and monologue. We have ½ hour and 1-hour slots available for private coaching to help you land the college of your choice!

FACULTY

ATMTC hires the most educated and talented musical theater education professionals in the D.C. and New York regions. Among our staff for the current program year, we are proud to employ qualified individuals who are:

Graduate degree holders in musical theater, theater, and youth education from top national institutions
Musical theater professors at prominent regional universities
Professional and award-winning musical theater choreographers, singers, and directors

Note: Faculty is subject to change, without notice.

Evan Casey has worked as an actor, director, and teacher for over two decades. In addition to his extensive stage work — which has allowed him to perform in DC, New York, and numerous regional theaters across the country — his most recent television work includes roles on HBO’s We Own This City, and FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story. His voice can be heard on numerous audio book recordings for Graphic Audio, and on the recent hit podcasts Circle Round and Who, When, Wow!. He has taught acting for Howard Community College, National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Theatre Lab, Signature Theatre, and Adventure Theatre-MTC, among others. His most recent directing credits include multiple promotional short films for the Nevada Department of Education, and the online production of the world-premiere play Holler with The Clear Branch Collective.

Angela Ingram, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, is a life-long dancer and for the past 20 years has taught dance educator is a master instructor. Starting ballet at the age of 9 where she was trained in the Cecchetti Style of Ballet, Jazz,Tap, and Hawaiian. Angela built her dance experience through training in New York City which included the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater , Fred Benjamin, Frank Hatchet, Luigi, Bob Fosse Styles of Jazz, and Martha Graham, Angela then became interested in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian dance, upon seeing how folkloric dance influence contemporary dance styles, such as jazz. She traveled to Havana, Cuba and Bahia, Brazil several times studying Folkloric dance.

She applies traditional and folkloric techniques, and her experiences to her instruction of Ballet, Modern , Fosse and Luigi-styles of Jazz. Angela encourages her dancers to understand the cultural context of their dance style to reach a higher quality of movement and to connect with the experiences that originated the dance technique they are bringing to life.

Boehm joins Adventure Theatre MTC after two decades of experience as an award-winning Director, Choreographer, Teacher, and Actor based right here in Washington, D.C. He is proud to have had a long relationship with ATMTC having worked under Michael Bobbitt, previous Artistic Director. Since 2008, you have seen his work in Productions such as Goodnight Moon, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Ella Enchanted, The Snowy Day, Spot’s Birthday Party, Harold and The Purple Crayon, among others. Boehm joins our team while currently serving as the Resident Casting Director & Manager of Patron Services at The Keegan Theatre in Dupont Circle. He has extensive experience as a teaching artist centering his career as an educator and looks forward to carrying the mission of ATMTC through to the next generation of theatre makers. Across the DMV, he has worked as an educator at The Catholic University of America, Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre, George Mason University, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, Kids In Dramatic Study, Centennial High School, Alice Deal Middle School, and ATMTC. Boehm has also Directed & Choreographed for The Keegan Theatre, Imagination Stage, The Mac-Haydn Theatre in New York, Washington Savoyards, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, and ATMTC. As a Helen Hayes nominated Actor, his work has expanded to Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, The Broad Stage in LA, ArtsEmerson in Boston, and at home in the DMV. You have seen his work on our stages at The Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Imagination Stage, The Keegan Theatre, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, & Monumental Theatre Company. Boehm earned his Bachelors of Music from The Catholic University of America and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Boehm will center his work at ATMTC around our core values of Equity, Engagement, Innovation, Growth, & Wonder.

From the desk of Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Cultural Council and Former Artistic Director, Adventure Theatre MTC: “I am thrilled to know that our Adventure Theatre MTC is in the artistic hands of a favorite Adventure artist. I have had the pleasure of working with Kurt as an artist, student, choreographer, assistant, teacher, collaborator and friend!

Additionally, Kurt brings with him two decades of connections to the DC theatre scene – a huge asset to the Adventure family.

Lisa Carrier Baker (Academy Director) Director of Education at the Musical Theatre Center (now Adventure Theatre MTC) from 2009-2011, and Director of the Pre-Professional Program from 2003-2013. Managing Director/Music Supervisor at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre from 2014-2023. Lisa was a stage director of SDT productions from 2000-2004 and has directed 10 main stage productions for Montgomery College. She is a former adjunct professor of voice at American University and Montgomery College. Her students have been heard on the Broadway stages of Wicked, Bring It On, Dear Evan Hansen, and A Man of No Importance, among others. They can currently be seen in national tours, regional theatres, and are local Helen Hayes Award winners and nominees.

Performance (selected): National Tours: La Boheme (Musetta), L’Elisir D’Amore (Adina), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Anne), and L’Italiana in Algeri (Elvira). Ohio Light Opera: Margot in The Desert Song, Gretel in Christopher Columbus (American Premiere). In concert, Lisa has been a featured performer with many symphonies in the US and Canada, including four seasons with the Indianapolis Symphony’s “Yuletide Celebration” under the baton of Jack Everly. She again joined Maestro Everly when she made her Baltimore Symphony debut in their staged concert of “Hairspray” alongside John Waters, George Wendt, and Beth Leavel. Favorite musical theatre roles: Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: Young Sally in Follies, Zelda Zanders in Singin’ In The Rain with Tony Award nominee Lara Teeter, and Mona in Dames at Sea directed by original Broadway cast member, Tamara Long. DC: Kennedy Center: created the role of The Narrator in the world premiere (cast recording) and national tours of The Nightingale, Reyalto in The Emperor’s New Clothes, and several readings of new works with Page To Stage Festivals. American Century Theatre: Nina in Dear World, Washington Savoyards: The Mikado (Yum Yum), The Merry Widow (Valencienne) Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess), Trina in the critically acclaimed Falsettos at Ganymede Arts, and Jacqueline in La Cage Au Folles at ArtsCentric.

Education: BM in Musical Theatre, Master of Education. Post graduate: 3 seasons as an Artist in Residence with the Fletcher Opera Institute at North Carolina School of the Arts (formerly National Opera Company).

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For more information or to sign up for the College Prep Program contact Juliana Quirino at jquirino@adventuretheatre-mtc.org

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