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MILLBURN, NJ - Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Michael Stotts- Managing Director), recipient of the Tony Award for Regional Theatre, announces the World Premiere of New Voices of 2020: Pure Imagination, a musical theater montage featuring students of the 2020 Summer Musical Theater Conservatory.  New Voices of 2020: Pure Imagination will premiere on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 7:00 pm on Paper Mill’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. 

In March of 2020, Paper Mill Playhouse, like every business and school in the state of New Jersey, was forced to close temporarily in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  The theater’s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory - a professional training program for the next generation of musical theater performers - made the decision not to cancel classes and moved the program to an online format.  Paper Mill faculty and creative staff used new ways to deliver musical theater instruction via Zoom, and our video-savvy students were empowered to tell their musical stories using an entirely different medium – film.  The annual New Voices concert, which has helped to launch the careers of many notable alumni, has been reimagined from a live stage concert to an inspiring video montage of work conceived and proudly performed by our students.  

Paper Mill Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee noted, “This summer’s student company, in particular, has persevered despite many recent disappointments and obstacles.  I look forward to sharing their incredible work with the world.  We couldn’t be more proud of their effort and dedication”

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The theater’s prestigious Summer Musical Theater Conservatory prepares students for professional theater industry.  The program of rigorous study allows 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, dance, private voice and monologue coaching, and improvisation, while also attending guest workshops led by Broadway industry professionals.  The final weeks are devoted to rehearsals for the New Voices performance. 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 performing for 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.”

Many of the students from Paper Mill Playhouse’s Conservatory have gone on to appear on Broadway, in regional theater productions, in film and on television.

Conservatory Alumni include:

Anne Hathaway - Twelfth Night, Film: Les Misérables (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

Ali Stroker – Tony Award winner for Oklahoma, Broadway: Spring Awakening, Oxygen’s The Glee Project: Season 2; Paper Mill’s 25th   Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive Ostrovsky)

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

Julia Knitel – Broadway: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (u/s Carole King); Bye Bye Birdie

Robert McClure - Broadway: Something Rotten, Honeymoon in Vegas, Chaplin,    Avenue Q

Shanice Williams- NBC’s The Wiz Live!

Jelani Remy: Broadway’s Ain’t To Proud, The Lion King, Smokey Joe’s Café

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

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

Avery Espiritu: Broadway: The King and I

Daisy Hobbs – Broadway: Disney’s Aladdin

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

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

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

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

Neil McCaffrey – Broadway: Mary Poppins (Michael), Bye, Bye Birdie (Randolph), Billy Elliot (Michael)

Monette McKay – Broadway: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, 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)

Darius Jordan Lee:  Broadway’s Ain’t To Proud

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

Lael Van Keuran – Broadway: Sister Act

Matt Ban – Broadway: Rock of Ages (Dennis)

2020 CONSERVATORY STUDENTS BY TOWN

Libby	Schmitt	Basking Ridge	NJ
Rachel	Cabrera	Belleville	NJ
Aidan	English	Berkeley Heights	NJ
Alex	Vacchiano	Boonton Township	NJ
Alaina	Gust	Bridgewater	NJ
Alyssa	Tanti	Cedar Grove	NJ
Brooke	Raughton	Chattanooga	TN
Jessica	Bracken	Clifton	NJ
Gabe	Waits	Colorado Springs	CO
Ana	Monteiro	Denville	NJ
Rachel	Perl	Fair Lawn	NJ
Lauren	Hertzig	Flanders	NJ
Leina	Staudinger	Green Brook	NJ
Gracie	Nagle	Hackettstown	NJ
Violet	Pyatt	Highland Park	NJ
Chloe	Hreha	Howell	NJ
Evan	Gray	Kinnelon	NJ
Katie	Nieto	Kinnelon	NJ
Caroline	Nieto	Kinnelon	NJ
Olivia	Terpin	Lebanon	NJ
Zoe Dee	Lento	Livingston	NJ
Jonah	Ruderman	Livingston	NJ
Avery	Benjamin	Madison	NJ
Anna	McCarthy	Madison	NJ
Sophia	Bernstein	Mahwah	NJ
Annie	Caravella	Manahawkin	NJ
Luzita	Avila	Maplewood	NJ
Ben	Halperin	Maplewood	NJ
Mitchell	Pressel	Maplewood	NJ
Lindsay	Waldman	Marlboro	NJ
Juliana	Johnston	Metuchen	NJ
Amanda	Heckmann	Millburn	NJ
Benjamin	Levine	Millburn	NJ
Leilani	Westfall-Kwong	Millburn	NJ
Olivia	King	Montclair	NJ
Will	DeLargy	Morristown	NJ
John	Shea	North Brunswick	NJ
Samantha	Alper	Nutley	NJ
Valeria	Flores	Nutley	NJ
Olivia	Costanzo	Oak Ridge	NJ
Gianna	Trivisani	Oakland	NJ
Adrielle	Perde	Orange	NJ
Kendall	Langevine	Piscataway	NJ
Timmy	Gaffney	Raritan	NJ
Ben	Harris	Ridgewood	NJ
Liam	Fahey	Ringwood	NJ
Katelyn	McGovern	Rockaway	NJ
Lexi	Ciardella	Roseland	NJ
Amanda	Lombardo	Saylorsburg	PA
Abigail	Bera	Sayreville	NJ
Elizabeth	Bera	Sayreville	NJ
Gavin	Lesnivich	Scotch Plains	NJ
Bailey	Edelman	Short Hills	NJ
Olivia	Shannon	Short Hills	NJ
Anton	MacLachlan	South Orange	NJ
Ethan	Flanagan	Stroudsburg	PA
Callie	Chae Pyken	Studio City	CA
Ava	Reitz-Bouren	Summit	NJ
Elyana	Barroqueiro	Union	NJ
Karum	Bhawnani	Union	NJ
Gerald	Cetrulo	Wayne	NJ
Lillian	Kopacz	Wayne	NJ
Kyan	Bashkoff	West Orange	NJ
Madison	Gough	West Orange	NJ
Riley	Hahn	West Orange	NJ
Evan	Leone	Westfield	NJ
Kayla	Louison	Westfield	NJ
Bryan	Fortunato	Wyckoff	NJ

Paper Mill Playhouse Education & Outreach are generously sponsored by The Goren Family and the Harmony Helper App.  New Voices and the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory are supported by the Investors Foundation.

PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE, a not-for-profit arts organization under the direction of Mark S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director) and Michael Stotts (Managing Director) and recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, is one of the country's leading regional theaters. Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theater, the Council of Stock Theaters, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

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