Millburn, Short Hills Students Selected For Paper Mill Playhouse's Summer Musical Theatre Program

Millburn, NJ - The New Jersey-based nonprofit theater Paper Mill Playhouse announced that it has selected multiple students from Millburn and Short Hills to be a part of its prestigious Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory for 2016.

According to a theater news release, members of the competitive Conservatory who earned spots in the Senior (ages 15-18), Junior Plus (ages 13-14), and Junior Companies (ages 10-12) will be directed and choreographed by Paper Mill Playhouse’s professional artistic staff on their way to producing an original concert on the Paper Mill mainstage, “New Voices of 2016: Everything Old Is New Again!”

Learn more about the concert here.

In Millburn and Short Hills, selected students included:

• Amanda Heckmann, Millburn
• Halle Just, Millburn
• Tahlia Bernstein, Short Hills
• Sydney Brenton, Short Hills
• Jonathan Charette, Short Hills
• Judith DiMinni, Short Hills
• Rachel Gesner, Short Hills
• Veronica Gonzalez, Short Hills
• William Kaiser, Short Hills
• Alexa Kerner, Short Hills
• Aashni Sawhney, Short Hills
• Simran Sawhney, Short Hills

Students selected to the program will participate in intensive classes including musical theater performance, acting, dance, and improvisation, while also attending guest workshops led by professional actors, directors, and casting agents, theater staff said.

“It’s gratifying when [our students] 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,” stated Lisa Cooney, Paper Mill Playhouse Director of Education.

Selected students included:
Matthew Sahadi, Basking Ridge

Helen Shen, Basking Ridge
Hannah Skokan, Bedminster
Adam Cantor, Berkeley Heights
Victoria Rivard, Berkeley Heights
Ellie Kallay, Bloomfield
Jennifer Brady, Bound Brook
Hannah Sky Caldwell-Pretlow, Bound Brook
Maeve Touhey, Bridgewater
Mollie DeFilippo, Caldwell
Francesca Catrone, Cedar Grove
Emma Wilcox, Cedar Knolls
Liam Driscoll, Chatham
Andrew Palmieri, Chatham
Teax Armijo, Chester
Garrett Forrestal, Cranford
Dominique Diggs, East Orange
Carmine Mastrokostas, Eatontown
Gabby Gomez, Elizabeth
Arwen-Vira Marsh, Elkins Park
Trevor Braun, Fair Lawn
Alexa Aquino, Franklin Lakes
Claire Wolfson, Frenchtown
Jacob Lesser, Gillette
Stephen Hoebee- Elardo, Glen Ridge
Sofia Fusco, Glen Rock
Serena Brown, Hackettstown
Caleb Hafen, Hackettstown
Victoria Duffy, Hawthorne
Wasif Sami, Hillsborough
Sarah Coleman, Holmdel
Jacob Canderozzi, Jackson
Thomas Short, Jersey City
Alexa Karp, Kenilworth
Melody Stubbs, Kenilworth
Lauren Medina, Lebanon
Andrew Plinio, Lebanon
David Marques, Linden
Vanessa Sierra, Linden
Anna McCarthy, Madison
Molly McCarthy, Madison
Ben Sadowski, Madison
Sam Chuck, Mahwah
Alex Iozzio, Maplewood
Hunter Kovacs, Maplewood
Georgia Post-Lipnick, Maplewood
Charlotte Post-Lipnick, Maplewood
Milo Shields, Maplewood
Lila Zinner, Maplewood
Maya Karp, Marlboro
Elizabeth LeClerc, Martinsville
Joseph DeGrandpre, Mendham
Deidre Thompson, Mendham
Wyatt McManus, Mickleton
Jordan Reina, Milford
Amanda Heckmann, Millburn
Halle Just, Millburn
Justin Comini, Montclair
Ella Fine, Montclair
Will Flamm, Montclair
Julia Ravenna, Montebello
Jeffrey Gallup, Montville
Matt Adamo, Morristown
Andrew Goren, Mount Laurel
Toleeya Napolitano, Mountain Lakes
Michele Roman, Neptune
Justin Flores, New Milford
Mikayla White, Old Bridge
Amaya White, Old Bridge
Megan Bodmer, Oxford
Bill Fitzpatrick, Park Ridge
Taylor Leigh Bera, Parlin
Nicole Streger, Peapack
Michael Akakpo, Rahway
Brandon Grajales, Rahway
Najah Hetsberger, Rahway
Katelynn Perez, Rahway
Arionna Sterling, Rahway
Kate Mazza, Red Bank
Alexander Birchwale, Ridgefield
Sarah Thorn, Ridgefield
Spencer Gonzalez, Ridgewood
Mia Lowy, Ridgewood
Angelina Boris, River Edge
Victoria Csatay, Rivervale
Mackenzie Schaefer, Rockaway
Alyssa Shoemaker, Rockaway
Valentina Zazzali, Saddle River
Caitlyn Kops, Scarsdale
Sara Miller, Scotch Plains
Tahlia Bernstein, Short Hills
Sydney Brenton, Short Hills
Jonathan Charette, Short Hills
Judith DiMinni, Short Hills
Rachel Gesner, Short Hills
Veronica Gonzalez, Short Hills
William Kaiser, Short Hills
Alexa Kerner, Short Hills
Aashni Sawhney, Short Hills
Simran Sawhney, Short Hills
Naomi Fisch, South Orange
Olivia Pryor, South Orange
Olivia Row, Sparta
Maginnis Buckley, Summit
Caroline Collins, Summit
Samantha Kelleher, Summit
Sydney Veloso, Summit
Charlotte Wesson, Summit
Brooke Nagel, Towaco
Jonathan Duvelson, Union
Crystal Wright, Union
Maya Fortgang, Verona
Gary Bowman, Voorhees
Luke Berninger, Wayne
Nick Berninger, Wayne
Timothy Thompson, Wayne
Duncan Cook, Westfield
Madeline Hudelson, Westfield
Sarah Rappoport, Westfield
Emma Stern, Westfield

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