Lied Center Triple Threat Broadway Intensive

LIED CENTER TRIPLE THREAT BROADWAY INTENSIVE

Join us for our annual Lied Center Triple Threat Broadway Intensive, Sunday, June 25-Thursday, June 29, 2023! Start your summer off with a transformative experience with the Lied Center.

APPLICATIONS OPEN IN FEBRUARY 2023!

The Lied Center is excited to provide young talented performers with our annual Summer Broadway Intensive.

This Intensive is for high school students, from freshman to recent high school graduates.
This Intensive is geared towards intermediate-advanced students interested in a professional career in musical theatre. Learn from professional artists in a high-paced environment!
Three Broadway and professional theatre artists will lead classes to strengthen skills in voice, dance and acting with the goal of developing specialized skills and tools for a career in the performing arts.

The Lied Center Triple Threat Broadway Intensive is thrilled to bring back Tony Award winning Broadway Music Director, Jason Michael Webb for a fifth year. Mr. Webb will work with each student personally, sharing his expertise of what it takes to have a successful career in the musical theatre industry.

Tuition for the 5-day intensive is $315 per participant (includes all processing fees). Need-based Scholarships for tuition are available!

We will also be offering housing on campus with UNL housing for an additional cost of approximately $205 (includes all processing fees).

HOW THE INTENSIVE WILL BE STRUCTURED

We will cap enrollment at 50 students. We will be dividing students up into 4 different groups of 13 students max. These groups will be divided based on dance ability and experience.

Classes will take place from 8:00am-6:00pm daily at the Lied Center for Performing Arts with plenty of breaks built in.

Most of the sessions will be small groups. Each student in the group will receive primarily one on one instruction with the instructor.

For voice, we are asking that each student come prepared with 2 contrasting musical theatre songs. Each student will get one-on-one time in vocal master classes with Jason Michael Webb.
For acting, Student will be working with a guest instructor who will focus on acting techniques!
For dance, each of the 4 groups will learn different musical theatre choreography based on dance experience and ability with Katie Pohlman.

SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE

8:30-8:50am: Morning greeting, announcements and social time with counselors and students - ALL STUDENTS
8:50-9:00am: BREAK
9:00-9:45am: Mini-session learning led by counselors and Lied Center staff - SMALL GROUPS*
9:45-10:00am: BREAK
10:00-11:30am: Master classes in voice, acting and dance - SMALL GROUPS*
11:30-12:15pm: LUNCH BREAK
12:15-1:45pm: Master classes in voice, acting and dance - SMALL GROUPS*
1:45-2:00pm: BREAK
2:00-3:30pm: Master classes in voice, acting and dance - SMALL GROUPS*
3:30-3:45pm: BREAK
3:45-5:15pm: Master classes in voice, acting and dance - SMALL GROUPS*
5:15-5:30pm: BREAK
5:30-6:00pm: Good-bye, announcements and social time with counselors and students - ALL STUDENTS

*All students will be divided into 4 small groups. Each small group will take turns working with each of the 4 instructors throughout the day.

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The Application Process

Applications open in February!

All students interested in participating must submit an application, along with a brief audition video of themselves performing either a cut or full musical theatre song. This video CANNOT be from a production! The applicant must be the ONLY one on camera. Please note, to submit your video on the google form application you will need to either provide a link to a You Tube video or upload a video file through a google account. Videos do not need to be high quality and you can choose to sing acapella or with accompaniment.

In addition, each student can submit an OPTIONAL second video showcasing either your dance or acting talent. These second optional videos must be either a solo dance piece or a solo monologue. The applicant must be the ONLY one on camera.

Applicants will receive an email confirming that we have received your materials. Review of applications will begin April 1 and applicants can expect to receive decision emails by the end of April. Full payment of tuition and housing is expected by May 22, 2023.

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Tuition & Scholarships

Tuition for the intensive is $315 per participant (includes all processing fees).

For an additional cost of approximately $205 (includes all processing fees), student have the option to stay on campus at UNL. This includes housing in the dorms on campus as well as all meals.

A limited number of scholarships are available and can cover up to 100% of the cost of the tuition and housing. Scholarships are need-based and should be requested at the time of application.

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Requirements for Participation in the Intensive

The Lied Center Triple Threat Broadway Intensive is designed for intermediate to advanced students interested in pursuing a collegiate and/or professional career in musical theatre, and will feature fast paced workshops and classes taught by theatre artists with real Broadway and professional experience. Professional artists will lead classes to strengthen skills in music, dance, and acting, as well as to develop more specialized skills, helpful for a career in the performing arts. Previous experience in at least two of these fields (acting, singing, dancing) is necessary.

Please contact Sasha Dobson, Lied Education Outreach Manager, at sdobson3@unl.edu with questions.

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Application

If you want to participate this summer, PLEASE DO NOT DELAY with submitting your audition video and application! There are limited spots and we typically have a wait list of students wanting to participate!

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Featured Instructor: Jason Michael Webb

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Featured Instructors

Teaching Artists

Jason Michael Webb
Broadway Music Director, Arranger, and Composer

Jason Michael Webb

Broadway Music Director, Arranger, and Composer

Biography:

2019 Special Tony Award recipient and Drama Desk winner, Jason Michael Webb is a composer, lyricist, musical director, producer and arranger. From conducting orchestras in Broadway pits to writing and arranging music for a President’s inauguration, Jason has dedicated his life to using music to heal, uplift and encourage.

Mr. Webb’s early musical training consisted of formal classical study, playing in small churches and listening to pop music. By 21, he had a degree in classical piano, played in the biggest churches in New York City and made his orchestral solo debut with the Queens Symphony.

He then went on to become Musical Director of the six-time Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle, for whom Mr. Webb co-wrote and produced four albums for The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, leading to two Stellar Award nominations and a Dove Award win. His arrangement of BTC’s “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was featured at the 2013 inauguration of President Barack Obama and simultaneously heard by over one billion people worldwide.

Mr. Webb wrote music and lyrics for Kenny Leon’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, running currently in Central Park (Shakespeare in the Park, The Public Theater) (also Music Supervisor/Incidental Music). His writing can also be heard on the hit TV series “Empire” (Fox), Netflix film “Juanita” (starring Alfre Woodard), recording projects and original musicals, including the new South African musical “WiLDFLOWER” (currently in development with NBT/Apollo Theater).

Mr. Webb will receive a 2019 Special Tony Award for his "outstanding arrangements" in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s breathtaking play “Choir Boy” (MTC). He is also a Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Original Music.

He served as Musical Director of the gorgeous Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning 2016 Broadway Revival of "The Color Purple", directed by John Doyle and based on the timeless novel by Alice Walker. Mr. Webb is now currently Music Director/Arranger for Cynthia Erivo, who won a 2016 Tony Award as Celie in the Broadway Revival.

Other credits include Associate Production Music Supervisor for The Greatest Showman (20th Century Fox); Musical Director and Arranger/Adaptor for Disney’s “Frozen: Live at the Hyperion” (Anaheim, CA); and Associate Musical Director of Broadway shows including Berry Gordy’s “Motown: The Musical”, Alan Menken’s “Leap of Faith” and Jeanine Tesori’s “Violet” (also Additional Arrangements).

Mr. Webb has appeared as a Pianist onstage with Dame Shirley Bassey, Michael Bolton, Cece Winans, and Chaka Khan. He has conducted live and recording orchestras from New York to LA, including internationally acclaimed pianist Lang Lang’s 2016 love letter to NYC, “New York Rhapsody” (PBS), which featured performances by Rufus Wainwright, Regina Spektor and Suzanne Vega.
Katie Pohlman
Featured Instructor

Katie Pohlman

Featured Instructor

Biography:

Katie Pohlman is a professional dancer, actor, and singer from Omaha, NE. She graduated from Oklahoma City University with her Bachelor of Performing Arts in Dance Performance and trained in New York City at Broadway Dance Center in their Professional Semester program. Katie has spent the past several years performing around the country at Music Theatre Wichita and The Muny. She was most recently seen as the swing and dance captain on the first national tour of Bandstand. Katie is over the moon excited to be sharing her passion and knowledge of dance with the musical theater students in Nebraska!

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