Musical Theatre Audition Intensive

This focused intensive is designed to help performers sharpen their audition skills and present their most authentic selves. Students will work on selecting appropriate material, refining 16–32 bar cuts, and developing strong acting choices within their songs. Emphasis will be placed on storytelling through music, active listening, clear objectives, and confident physical presence. Participants will also practice mock auditions, and receive individualized coaching and feedback in a supportive, professional environment. From walking into the room to the final note, students will leave with practical tools, more polished material, vocal technique, and the confidence to shine at their next audition! Culminates in a final presentation for friends and family.

PLEASE NOTE: Class caps at 10 students

FULL SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN:

July 27 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Monday)

July 28 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Tuesday)

July 29 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Wednesday)

July 30 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Thursday)

July 31 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Friday)

ABOUT LAUREN COHN:

Lauren Cohn spent nearly three years as Dancing Queen, Rosie in the Broadway company of Mamma Mia! Other credits include: A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder – Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (2024 Broadway World Awards Best Supporting Performer in a Musical Nominee – Miss Shingle), Fun Home – WPPAC and Phoenix Theatre (Alison), MAME – North Shore Music Theatre (Agnes Gooch), Into The Woods – Theatre Under The Stars (Jack’s Mother), EMMA – TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (Miss Bates), The Drowsy Chaperone – Gateway Playhouse (Chaperone), and 2011 Helen Hayes Awards Best Supporting Performer in a Musical Nominee Glimpses Of The Moon – MetroStage (Coral). TV: “FBI: Most Wanted,” “High Maintenance,” “The Family,” “Royal Pains,” “Deadbeat,” “House,” “Desperate Housewives.” Film: “Morning Glory,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Legally Blonde 2,” “Secretary,” “Solaris.” Paul Gordon’s EMMA was filmed for an inventive streaming platform. In it, Lauren reprises her role as Miss Bates. It is available now at www.StreamingMusicals.com and on Amazon Prime Video. Additionally, she has proudly developed and directed multiple solo shows for exceptional performers, and also coaches young theatre professionals with the critically acclaimed A Class Act NY. Friends call her Coco.

ABOUT ADELAIDE MESTRE:

Adelaide is an actress, singer, writer, and solo show performer. She began her career at The Public Theatre where at 14 she had her first job as an actress in a musical and worked with Joseph Papp. Since then she has performed in numerous theatrical productions, musicals, cabarets and films including Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives. 

Adelaide has written and performed several solo shows including:  Dead Mosquito at Emerging Artists Theatre’s One Woman Standing Festival and Out of Step at Where Eagles Dare Theatre. Her ten-minute play, It’s My Amygdala was produced at the Estrogenius Festival and the SoHo Playhouse. Her award-winning musical memoir Top Drawer was first presented at the Midtown International Theatre Festival as a work in progress, at the New York International Fringe, at The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami and most recently at the prestigious new arts venue The Church in Sag Harbor. 

In 2021, she starred as Rebecca in an online Zoom presentation of David Lindsay Abaire’s Rabbit Hole who said, Truly amazing. The play was so well-served.

Adelaide has been featured in The Miami Herald, Real Simple, The East Hampton Star, HuffPo and The Sag Harbor Express and The New York Post. Her writing has been published in the YourTango, Fatherly and  The Washington Post.