STAGE TUBE: Broadway Dreams Foundation Auditions in Philadelphia

This August, from the 18th through the 21st, the Broadway Dreams Foundation (BDF) will host its Summer Performing Arts Intensive in Philadelphia! During the intensive, attendees will receive first-rate training in acting, dance and vocal performance daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. by savvy Broadway veterans who will share their invaluable insider knowledge on the skills needed to make it in show business. Students will also learn how to improve their audition skills (song selections and cold readings) and attend classes geared toward college and career planning (headshots and resumes). At week's end, all participants will have the opportunity to perform alongside their Broadway idols in a "one night only" concert event.  Tony-winner Alice Ripley (Next To Normal) will participate as the guest teacher for the intensive.

BDF has brought its unique program to Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, and San Diego, among others. In 2010, BDF will travel to more than one dozen cities. Former BDF faculty include Tony Award winners Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) and Jarrod Emick (Damn Yankees), Tony Award nominees Jodi Benson (Crazy for You), Laura Bell Bundy (Legally Blonde), Gavin Creel (Hair) and Broadway favorites Nick Adams (A Chorus Line), BDF Artistic Director Paul Canaan (Legally Blonde), BDF alum Blake Daniels (Spring Awakening), Eden Espinosa (Wicked), Billy Porter (Miss Saigon), Nikki Snelson (Legally Blonde), as well as television personalities Diana DeGarmo ("American Idol"), Mark Indelicato ("Ugly Betty") and Nicholas Rodriguez ("One Life to Live").

Over one thousand students have participated in the BDF program and some have gone on to perform in regional, national and Broadway productions including Disney's The Lion King and Spring Awakening, pursue careers in the arts or attend prestigious theatre programs in universities throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit www.mybroadwaydreams.com.