SIX DAYS OF BROADWAY Musical Theater Camp Wraps Current Session this Sunday

Enrollment applications are being accepted now for Segerstrom Center's Six Days of Broadway summer musical theater camp, which returns to the Center's campus June 24 through July 7. Students will participate in week-long intensives that feature classes in musical performance, monologue interpretation, audition technique, scene work, dance and more. Tony Award nominee and Broadway/film star Erin Dilly returns to lead the program along with Broadway veterans Stephen Buntrock, Danny Gurwin, Hank Stratton and other guest instructors.

The summer camp features two sessions based on age groups. Students ages 11 - 13 participate in the June 24 - 29 session and students 14 - 19 participate in the July 1 - 7 session (there will be no class on July 4). All classes take place at the Center's Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Education Center, located in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Sessions are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit SCFTA.org/summercamp or call (714) 556-2122 ext. 4433, option #4. Enrollment is open; payment plans and scholarships are available. To register, please contact classes@SCFTA.org.

"We are very pleased to again offer our Six Days of Broadway summer musical theater camp to many of Orange County's talented young students," said Terrence W. Dwyer, president of Segerstrom Center for the Arts. "We are fortunate to have been able to assemble a teaching team comprised of some of the most accomplished and respected artists in the business. Along with training in all aspects of performing for the stage, program participants will be provided with valuable career guidance. We look forward to welcoming them to the Center and watching their progress during the Six Days of Broadway program. Hopefully, one day we will see our program graduates appearing as part of our Broadway Series."

Erin Dilly most recently originated the role of Mother in Broadway's A Christmas Story and starred in the critically acclaimed Encores! production of Fiorello! Other Broadway appearances include Nice Work If You Can Get It (Billie), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Truly Scrumptious) receiving a Tony Award Nomination and Outer Critics Circle Nomination for Best Actress, Into the Woods (Cinderella), The Boys from Syracuse (Luciana), Follies (Young Phyllis) and the Encores! series Babes in Arms (Billie). She recently finished filming HBO's Too Big to Fail, opposite William Hurt. She starred in Lifetime's The 12 Men of Christmas with her best friend Kristin Chenoweth and had a featured role opposite Meryl Streep in the film Julie and Julia. Other film/TV credits include the independent feature The Diary of Preston Plummer, Everyday People (HBO), Elementary (CBS), The 2-2 (CBS), Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME), Law & Order (NBC), Canterbury's Law (FOX), The Return of Jezebel James (FOX), All My Children (ABC), 3 Pounds (CBS), The Jury (FOX), Law & Order: CSI (NBC) and Law & Order: SVU (NBC). She starred in the national tours of South Pacific (Nellie), Beauty and the Beast (Belle) and Cameron Mackintosh's Martin Guerre (Bertrande) receiving a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Actress.

Stephen R. Buntrock most recently appeared in Broadway starring opposite Bernadette Peters as Fredrik Egerman in A Little Night Music. Earlier in the run, he was honored to play the same role opposite the show's original leading ladies, Catherine Zeta Jones and Angela Lansbury. Other starring Broadway credits include Curly in OKLAHOMA!, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, St. John in the original cast of Jane Eyre, Barrett in Titanic, Enjolras in the tenth anniversary cast of LES MISERABLES, Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera and creating Teen Angel for the latest revival of Grease! He has toured extensively across the United States and Canada as Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) in Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond, originating the role of Arnaud du Thil in Cameron Mackintosh's production of Martin Guerre and The Phantom of the Opera. Buntrock has enjoyed many concert appearances as well, recently performing alongside Dame Julie Andrews in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed with the Louisville Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

Danny Gurwin made his New York debut playing the Nurse in the off-Broadway hit Shakespeare's R & J. Other off-Broadway credits include The Thing About Men, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told,
Manhattan Theatre Club's Captains Courageous, as well as the original companies of Kuni-Leml, A Majority of One, A New Brain at Lincoln Center and Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey. On Broadway, Gurwin made his debut as Hal in The Scarlet Pimpernel. He has portrayed Malcolm in The Full Monty in more than 500 performances. Other Broadway appearances include Urinetown, Laurie in the musical adaptation of the classic Little Women, the Encores! revival of Kismet as the all-mighty Caliph, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (LA Company). TV Credits: The Young and the Restless (CBS), Desperate Housewives (ABC), Law & Order (NBC).

Hank Stratton has appeared as Isaac Reed on the CBS drama The Unit for three seasons, has made numerous appearances on television and in film, including recurring roles in Heroes, American Dreams and Family Law, and many guest appearances which include The Closer, Desperate Housewives, The Practice and Frasier. He has starred in many films made for television, including an adaptation of The Man Who Came to Dinner in which he starred on Broadway opposite Nathan Lane. He had the privilege of playing Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost for the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival. He starred in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall collaboration of Cabaret, the Tony Award-winning production of Michael Frayn's Copenhagen, the ground breaking off-Broadway hit Jeffrey and Lady in the Dark at Encores! His regional theatre appearances include starring roles at the Arena Stage, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre, The ALLIANCE THEATRE and the Huntington Theatre Company.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Education Programs offers a variety of programs to students from elementary school through the university level, teachers, arts administrators and individuals who simply want to broaden their own experiences but not in a structure that is strictly academic. These programs achieve two especially important objectives. First, they develop the audiences of the future. Second, they integrate the arts into the standard curriculum and enhance learning, creative thinking, cognitive and social skills. The Education and Community Programs Department works hand-in-hand with a number of boards of education, providing support and assistance to ensure the success and effectiveness of the Center's programs.

The popular Family Series engages, enchants and inspires youngsters with the magic of live performance. International Artists combine music, dance and theater that can be enjoyed by the entire family, creating experiences that instill an appreciation for the arts and create lifelong memories. For more information about the Center's education programs, please visit SCFTA.org/education.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is unique as both an acclaimed arts institution and as a multi- disciplinary cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages, offering unsurpassed experiences, and engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance and a diverse array of inspiring programs.

Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center traces its roots back to the late 1960s when a dedicated group of community leaders decided Orange County should have its own world-class performing arts venue.

As Orange County's largest non-profit arts organization, Segerstrom Center for the Arts owns and operates the 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall and intimate 250-seat Founders Hall, which opened in 1986, and the 2,000-seat Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, which opened in 2006 and also houses the 500-seat Samueli Theater, the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Education Center's studio performance space and Boeing Education Lab. A spacious arts plaza anchors Segerstrom Center for Arts and is home to numerous free performances throughout the year as part of Segerstrom Center for the Arts' ongoing Free for All series.

The Center presents a broad range of programming each season for audiences of all ages from throughout Orange County and beyond, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza and many other special events. It offers many education programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. These programs reach hundreds of thousands of students of all ages with vital arts-in-education programs, enhancing their studies and enriching their lives well into the future.

In addition to the presenting and producing institution Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the 14-acre campus also embraces the facilities of two independent acclaimed organizations: Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the future home of the Orange County Museum of Art.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is also proud to serve as the artistic home to three of the region's major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale, who contribute greatly to the artistic life of the region with annual seasons at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.