CHSMA 2025 Curtains Up Sign-Up Form
A Summer Musical Theater Intensive
August 10-17, 2025 • Chapel Hill, NC
$1200
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CHSMA’s 8-day intensive gives you everything you need to stand out at your next audition.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:
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  • Daily Training – Acting, singing, and dancing sessions led by top performers and educators.
  • Audition Toolkit – Receive a professional headshot, a high-quality audition video, a polished monologue, and two contrasting songs – all essential for upcoming auditions.
  • Exclusive Access – Learn from guest artists and clinicians, including faculty from some of the most prestigious musical theatre programs in the country.
  • Showcase Opportunity – Perform in our student showcase at the conclusion of the intensive.
  • And so much more!
Limited spots available

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Student Information
Student Name *
Student Age *
Is the participant a student at CHSMA? *
If applicable, who is the student's teacher?
How long has the participant been studying music in a serious manner? *
We encourage each student to bring a snack to camp. To ensure everyone's safety, please let us know of any dietary restrictions or allergies by listing them below.
Parent Information
Parent Name *
Parent Phone Number *
Parent Email *
How would you like to make your 50% deposit?  Registration is not complete until that has been recieved. *
Please feel free to ask any additional questions or concerns here! *
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Basic Components of Schedule

Sectionals (approx. 2 hrs/day) - Students will be in group A, B and C.  These groups will rotate between Acting Study, Dance Study, and Private Vocal Coaching (resulting in them spending two days in each group).  Acting and Dance sections will be conducted with a group. 
  • Voice Coaching Session 1 - 1st Vocal Selection
  • Voice Coaching Session 2 - 2nd Vocal Selection
  • Acting Session 1 - Contemporary Monologue Work
  • Acting Session 2 - Classical Monologue Work
  • Dance Session 1 - Basic dance moves and vocabulary
  • Dance Session 2 - Strategies for learning choreo quickly/learn choreo piecE
Lectures/Big Items - (approx. 2 hrs/day) - Students will attend a single subject lecture, roundtable or clinic to include the following subjects/areas of interest:
  • Program Orientation and Icebreakers (theatre games/team building exercises)
  • Voice: Musical Theatre Singing Technique
  • Voice: Acting the Song
  • Acting: Introduction to the Practical Aesthetics Acting Method
  • Acting: Script Analysis and Approaches to Cold Readings
  • Roundtable: Getting an Agent/How to Get Work (w/ Agent and Former Student/Working Actor)
  • Lecture/Clinic: Audition Technique & Making Audition Videos
  • Mock Auditions
Warm-ups (approx. 30 min/day) - Physical and Vocal warm-ups on alternating days, led by different faculty members each day for exposure to various approaches. By spending 30 min on either physical or vocal, students will understand how much warming up is actually required to be prepared to perform professionally.

Other Activities  (approx. 1hr/day) - Headshots, Audition Videos, Showcase Rehearsal (creating segments, rehearsing group selections)

Lunch (approx. 30 min/day) - Most lunches will be open: students may bring their own or go to a local place to pick something up.
Our final lunch will be all together so students can enjoy a moment breaking bread all together while talking about what they’ve learned through directed discussion and celebrating their achievement (1.5 hours).

DETAILED SCHEDULES< FACULTY AND SPECIAL CLINICIANS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON - STAY TUNED!


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