Paper Mill to Welcome 122 Regional Stars for NEW VOICES OF 2015: HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! Concert

Paper Mill Playhouse will welcome 122 of the of the region's most talented young performing artists from Paper Mill Playhouse's Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory in a fully produced, original concert on the Paper Mill mainstage titled New Voices of 2015: Hooray for Hollywood! This year's New Voices concert is a tribute to the magical partnership between the Silver Screen and the Great White Way.

Members of the competitive Conservatory who earned coveted spots in the Senior (ages 15-18), Junior Plus (ages 13-14), and Junior Companies (ages 10-12) are directed and choreographed by Paper Mill Playhouse's professional artistic staff in this concert which is the culmination of the five-week program. Also appearing are numerous winners and nominees of the 2015 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards, who won scholarships to attend the Conservatory.

Performances of New Voices of 2015: Hooray for Hollywood! will be held on Friday, July 31st at 7:30pm and Saturday, August 1st at 1:30pm and 7:30pm at Paper Mill Playhouse, 22 Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ. Single tickets range in price from $25 to $45. Tickets may be purchased by calling (973) 376-4343, online at www.papermill.org, or visit the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office at 22 Brookside Drive in Millburn. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are accepted.

"New Voices is an amazing opportunity to see the stars of tomorrow," stated Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill's Producing Artistic Director. "This fully produced, original concert features more than 120 incredible performers. It is amazing to see these young performers grow into professional artists and grace our stage with an inspiring, heartfelt performance."

The Paper Mill Playhouse Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory is a program of rigorous study allowing students to enhance their individual performance potential while developing a broad base of theater experience and knowledge. Students participate in intensive classes including musical theater performance, acting, dance, and improvisation, while also attending guest workshops led by professional actors, directors, and casting agents. The final weeks are devoted to rehearsals for the New Voices Concert, performed annually on the Paper Mill Playhouse stage. The Conservatory offers the unique opportunity for gifted and talented young performers to work at their own level and challenge themselves to achieve new goals and learn new skills. Key to the curriculum is the development of self-discipline, respect, and a commitment to excellence that will serve these young artists throughout their lives.

"From the first day of class all the way through opening night of New Voices, we require our students to rise to the demands of this rigorous program," stated Lisa Cooney, Paper Mill Playhouse Director of Education. "We ask them to work harder than they ever have before as young performers, and we strive to build an incredible ensemble company, while each student hones their own individual performance skills. Our faculty pushes the students to believe in themselves as professional artists and treats them as such. We find summer after summer that our students meet our expectations and more. When they move on to college or the professional world, they are ready for the challenges they'll face, and time and again they thrive and ultimately live their dream of being a professional performer. It's gratifying when they make a name or themselves on Broadway or in Hollywood, but even if they do not, the skills they learn and the work ethic they develop will serve them in any field."

Students from Paper Mill Playhouse's Conservatory have gone on to appear in numerous Broadway productions, film, television, and regional theater.

Conservatory Alumni include:

Matt Ban - Broadway: Rock of Ages (Dennis)

Laura Benanti - Broadway: Gypsy (2008 Tony Award winner), Into the Woods, The Wedding Singer, Swing!

Connor Buckley - Star of Fox-TV's Surviving Jack with Chris Meloni (role of "Jack Dunlevy")

Joshua Dela Cruz - Broadway's Disney's Aladdin (Aladdin Understudy)

Jared Gertner - 2014 Olivier Award nominee West End, Broadway & National Tour of The Book Of Mormon (Elder Cunningham)

Elizabeth Egan Gillies - Nickelodeon's Victorious; Broadway: 13! The Musical

Anne Hathaway - Twelfth Night, Film: LES MISERABLES (2013 Academy Award Winner), Rachel Getting Married (2009 Academy Award & Golden Globe nominee), Get Smart, Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada, & Disney's The Princess Diaries

Daisy Hobbs - Broadway: Disney's Aladdin

Nikki M. James - Broadway: LES MISERABLES, Book of Mormon (2011 Tony Award winner), All Shook Up

Julia Knitel - Broadway: Beautiful (Carol King-Understudy)

Collin Kelly-Sordelet - Broadway: The Last Ship (Young Gideon)

Veronica J. Kuehn - Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Xanadu; Off Broadway: Avenue Q

Neil McCaffrey - Broadway: Mary Poppins (Michael Banks), Bye, Bye Birdie (Randolph Macafee), Billy Elliot (Michael)

Rob McClure - Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas, Chaplin, Avenue Q

Monette McKay - Broadway: Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, Memphis, Mamma Mia!

Constantine Rousouli - Broadway: Hairspray (Link), Ghost the Musical, Wicked

Jonathan Schwartz - Broadway's Disney's Aladdin (Omar)

Matthew Scott - Broadway: Jersey Boys, A Catered Affair (Ralph), Sondheim on Sondheim

Ali Stroker - Oxygen's The Glee Project: Season 2; Paper Mill's 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive Ostrovsky)

Lael Van Keuran - Broadway: Sister Act

2015 CONSERVATORY PERFORMERS BY TOWN:

Quinn	Surdez	Aberdeen
Emily	Decker	Annandale
Danielle	Baran	Bayonne
Samantha	Kobryn	Bayonne
Julianna	de Diego	Bedminster
Hannah	Skokan	Bedminster
Adam	Cantor	Berkley Heights
Victoria	Rivard	Berkley Heights
Ellie	Kallay	Bloomfield
Katie	Kallay	Bloomfield
Hannah	Krivulka	Bloomsbury
Jennifer	Brady	Bound Brook
Hannah Sky	Caldwell-Pretlow	Bound Brook
Francesca	Catrone	Cedar Grove
Brielle	Raddi	Cedar Grove
Liam	Driscoll	Chatham
Andrew	Palmieri	Chatham
Alexa	Rojek	Chatham
Garrett	Forrestal	Cranford
Natalie	Pastrof	Cranford
Lee	Rosenthal	Cranford
Avery	Espiritu	East Hanover
Gabby	Gomez	Elizabeth
Brianny	Santos	Elizabeth
Ryan	Drobner	Englewood
Trevor	Braun	Fair Lawn
Danny	Polevoy	Franklin Lakes
Maggie	Barilka	Freehold
Julia	Lupi	Freehold
Brianna	Stoute	Freehold
Jacob	Lesser	Gillette
Cole	Canzano	Glen Ridge
Stephen	Hoebee-Elardo	Glen Ridge
Katie	Shults	Glen Ridge
Serena	Brown	Hackettstown
Jenna	O'Neill	Hamilton
Victoria	Duffy	Hawthorne
Vanessa	Tarabocchia	Ho-Ho-Kus
Sarah	Coleman	Holmdel
Melody	Stubbs	Kenilworth
Lauren	Medina	Lebanon
Andrew	Plinio	Lebanon
Anna	McCarthy	Madison
Molly	McCarthy	Madison
Meghan	Durkin	Maplewood
Hunter	Kovacs	Maplewood
Lila	Zinner	Maplewood
Ruby	Zinner	Maplewood
Sophia	Geisser	Marlboro
Maya	Karp	Marlboro
Elizabeth	LeClerc	Martinsville
Graham	Helfrick	Mendham
Joseph	DeGrandpre	Mendham
Meghan	Johnson	Metuchen
Wyatt	McManus	Mickleton
Paulina	Hill	Midland Park
Jonathan	Tanigaki	Midland Park
Amalia	Crevani	Milford
Samuel	Dantowitz	Millburn
Amanda	Heckmann	Millburn
Halle	Just	Millburn
Bobby	Axelrod	Montclair
Ella	Fine	Montclair
Sam	Groisser	Montclair
Amanda	Harris	Montclair
Jeffrey	Gallup	Montville
Justin	Chimoff	Morris Plains
Matthew	Adamo	Morristown
Andrew	Goren	Mount Laurel
Erin	Bender	Mountain Lakes
Kathryn	Christy	Mountain Lakes
John	Ertman	New Providence
Stephanie	Ticas	New Providence
Amilia	Shaw	New York City
Tyler	Moscaritola	Nutley
Kevin	Buckley	Old Bridge
Stephanie	Garofalo	Old Bridge
Amaya	White	Old Bridge
Mikayla	White	Old Bridge
Christopher	Coniglio	Park Ridge
Bill	Fitzpatrick	Park Ridge
Ashley	Granados	Parlin
Mia	Lowy	Ridgewood
Miranda	McKeon	Ridgewood
Trey	Plutnicki	River Edge
Victoria	Csatay	Rivervale
Tahlia	Bernstein	Short Hills
Sydney	Brenton	Short Hills
Rachel	Gesner	Short Hills
William	Kaiser	Short Hills
Charlotte	Post-Lipnick	Short Hills
Georgia	Post-Lipnick	Short Hills
Simran	Sawhney	Short Hills
Jessica	Stier	Short Hills
Adina	Triolo	Skillman
Brett	Jones	South Amboy
Joseph	Nasta	South Hackensack
Lily	Lindstrom	South Orange
Caroline	Haskins	Springfield
Caroline	Terens	Springfield
Maginnis	Buckley	Summit
Keenan	Buckley	Summit
Caroline	Collins	Summit
Donald	Grennon	Summit
Michael	Kelleher	Summit
Samantha	Kelleher	Summit
Zach	Kessel	Summit
Sean	McManus	Summit
Sydney	Veloso	Summit
Charlotte	Wesson	Summit
Carmine	Mastrokostas	Tinton Falls
Kristian	Adap	Union
James	Frazier	Union
Maya	Fortgang	Verona
Jared	Cowley	Washington
Luke	Berninger	Wayne
Marcus	Shacknow	Wayne
Rachel	Berger	West Orange
Duncan	Cook	Westfield
Sarah	Rappoport	Westfield
Julia	Singer	Westfield
Matthew	Carp	Wyckoff

PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE, a not-for-profit arts organization, is one of the country's leading regional theaters. Paper Mill Playhouse programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of Theatre Communications Group, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Council of Stock Theatres, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

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