VIDEO: Celebrate Ensembles with 5th Avenue Theatre's F@T5: Essential Ensembles
Hey Musical Theater heads! Fridays @ The 5th doesn't stop just because we're all stuck inside!
Here's Episode 9: The Essential Ensemble with Sophie Franco, Nik Hagen, Rico Lastrapes, and Sarah Russell. This episode originally aired on Friday, May 29, 2020. Learn more about F@T5: Long Distance and register for upcoming sessions here: https://5thavenue.org/education/youth
The ensemble is the backbone of a show-filled with tireless, magic chameleons who are vital to the storytelling and are constantly juggling tracking sheets, quick changes, swing tracks, and alto harmonies-all the while seamlessly inviting the audience to suspend their disbelief and jump into the world of the show.
Panelists Sarah Russell, Nik Hagen, Rico Lastrapes, and Sophie Franco know that being an "ensemblist" takes strength, determination, creativity and patience-and this group of ENSEMBLE ALL STARS gives us the inside scoop. Remember there are no small parts-and most likely it's 50 different exits and entrances, 6-minute dance combinations and miraculous costumes changes... you get the point.
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Barefoot in the Park State Theater (8/21-9/06) |
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Freak The Mighty Seattle Repertory Theatre (7/30-9/06) |
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How to Dance in Ohio Ballyhoo Theatre (10/16-10/25) |
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And Then There Were None Village Theatre (1/12-2/14) |
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Waitress Washington Center for the Performing Arts (6/23-6/24) |
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Love is Dead Village Theatre (6/01-7/03) |
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Much Ado About Nothing Theatre Off Jackson (9/10-9/26) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Taproot Theatre (7/08-8/15) |
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Love is Dead Village Theatre (7/10-8/01) |
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& Juliet First Interstate Center for the Arts(Formally INB Performing Arts Center) (10/13-10/18) |