Welcome! We're so excited to spend Spring Break singing, dancing, and learning, and we're thrilled you're interested in joining us! The following form is to help the team gauge interest and build the Intensive/Cabaret around our students and their strengths and individual goals. After you submit this form you'll receive an email with detailed information about camp including how Auditions will work, what our day-to-day will look like, etc as well as answers to any questions you may have!


~Contemporary Musical Theatre Cabaret~

Auditions (for Class Placement): April 2nd & 3rd - 1-3pm
Camp: April 10th - 14th
[Sun 12pm - 3pm & M-Th 9 am - 3 pm]
(Classes end before Good Friday!)
Cabaret Performance: Thursday, April 14th @ 7pm

For Students from 3rd - 12th Grade looking to build a sturdy 'tool belt' of Theatrical Skills

Pricing:

$150 - Five Days of Camp
$25 - Camp T Shirt (wearing for performance)
$10 - Dinner between Camp & Show

Total - $185


We will focus on a healthy mix of developing technical skills in various styles of Dance, Singing, Acting, and general expression AND building a cohesive cumulative performance to show on the last day of Camp! Our team will use our decades of experience to focus on each individual student and help achieve goals and artistic growth. We will split the group into levels of experience to ensure that students of ALL backgrounds are challenged while developing tools to hone their skills.

We'll dive into Audition Necessities, Acting Through Song, Developing Character, Picking up Audition Choreography, Vocal Health, and SO much more.

Our teachers are extremely passionate about building a Trauma-Informed, mutually respectful environment dedicated to everyone's safety and mental/emotional/physical well-being. We aim to model healthy and SUSTAINABLE relationships in the World of Theatre, and to leave exploitation, abuse/mistreatment, and feelings of inadequacy, comparison, and unimportance/irrelevance in the past (the only place where they belong!). We are wholly focused on creating an Educational Theatre space that meets each individual student where they are in order to encourage and assist in creating a container for students to experience growing into their authentic selves, rather than curating an "image" outside of what is genuine. We have faculty who are Mandated Reporters and/or trained in First Aid and Mental Health First Aid.

We will also have various artists from Broadway shows and National Tours stop by/zoom in to answer questions and share their experiences!

ALL Classes will take place at Guzmán's Dance Studio in Fayetteville



About Our Teachers!!

Mary Nickson (they/them/theirs)

Mary is a versatile Artist who has been Acting, Teaching, and working various jobs within the Theatre professionally both in Syracuse and around North America for the last decade. They toured with the First Broadway National Touring Company of "The Spongebob Musical" prior to the COVID shutdown, and had the honor of Co-Directing/Co-Choreographing the FMHS production of the show which closed a few weeks ago. Mary is no stranger to Higher Education, having earned their BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University in addition to working as a Visiting Guest Artist at Heidelberg University, Boston Conservatory, and Nazareth College. After graduating, they spent time living in New York City and auditioning/training for Broadway and various Professional Theaters (where they Box Office/Front of House Managed "Cleopatra"). When not onstage, Mary often works as a Vocal Coach specializing in Music Theatre and "Off-the-radio" styles, as well as College Audition Coaching, teaching Dance, Writing, and is generally a wearer of many different hats. Mary is passionate about fostering environments of mutual respect, personal autonomy, and healthy community dynamics. They thoroughly believe that curating /authentic self expression/ is the foundation Artists need to thrive sustainably. Mary is certified in Mental Health First Aid.

Go to 'marynickson.net' for more information!


Marisa Guzmán (she/her/hers)

Marisa Guzman-Colegrove, co-owner of Guzmán's Dance Studio, is a lifetime member of the CNY dance community. As a teacher she specializes in Flamenco and is one of the only teachers of this dance style in Upstate New York. She also teaches jazz, creative movement, ballet, modern and is certified in Stott pilates. She is an award winning choreographer and her credits including Syracuse Contemporary Dance Company, Syracuse Opera and Syracuse Symphony as well as Fayetteville-Manlius High School Musical and Town of Manlius summer show. She is currently performing with Alegre Flamenco throughout the Upstate Region.


Laura Enslin (she/her/hers) - Voice Teacher

Go to 'singinggarden.org' for more information!