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Written and directed by Ithaca senior BFA acting major Ellen Cribbs, "Waiting for James" won Best Original Production in Virginia's One-Act Festival, and second place in Baker's Plays competition and was subsequently published by them.
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Connors and MTC co-founder Jim Schilling have advised, coached and guided a large number of MTC students through the college process---selection through audition and admission.
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Founded in 1987 by Kevin Connors and Jim Schilling, Music Theatre of Connecticut is a Certified Member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts---the first theatre school in the country to be accepted as a member.
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Founded by Connors and Jim Schilling, Music Theatre of Connecticut is a Certified Member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts---the first theatre school in the country to be accepted as a member.
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Schilling commented, "MTC provides quality performing arts education to children and youth that focuses on the joy of accomplishment, increased self-esteem, personal expression and growth through classroom and performance work."
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The musical will be directed by Kevin Connors, and will feature Jim Schilling in the cast, the two MTC co-founders.
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Founded in 1987 by Kevin Connors and Jim Schilling,
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Jim Schilling, center, teaches an improvisational comedy class at Music Theatre of Connecticut
Improv-edy Tonight! at Music Theatre of Connecticut
"Improv-edy Tonight!," an improvisational comedy showcase loosely based on the television game show, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?," will be presented by Music Theatre of Connecticut on Friday evening, May 13 for two performances, 6 and 8 p.m., in the MTC studio theatre, 246 Post Road East, lower level of Colonial Green, Westport.
Eight MTC students will split into two teams, improvising wild and wacky ideas given to them by the show's host, or "Drew Carey," played by Jim Schilling, co-founder of MTC.Contestants might be asked to sing about an audience member, speak only in questions, become weird superheroes, guess at bizarre quirks, or a wide range of other hilarious challenges.Schilling will award points to the players based on their improvisational expertise.
The cast members, all enrolled in an MTC improv class taught by Schilling, are Darby Searl, Megan Zimmerman, Walter Kosner and Janine Atway, all of Westport; Stephen Autore and Ali Shaw, both of Fairfield; Andrew Schwartz of Weston; and Allison Frank of Trumbull.
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Schilling co-founded MTC in 1987 and over the years has served as instructor, director, general manager, actor, producer and currently as general director of MTC's School of Performing Arts.He directed several MTC Equity mainstage productions and student productions.He acted on stage and film and was Sean Penn's double in "Dead Man Walking."
As an arts educator, Schilling created a number of programs for MTC, both at the School of Performing Arts and for MTC's ArtReach programs in many area schools.He holds a BFA degree in theatre from Otterbein College, in Ohio, with an emphasis on children's theatre, and was also trained at the Actors' Theatre of Louisville and Playwright's Horizons in New York City.He is a graduate of the AMICI Arts Management Program from the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.
Admission to "Improv-edy Tonight!"