Theatre for All Initiative
A very special opportunity for actors with disabilities
Queens Theatre, through its Theatre For All initiative, will provide a free two-week workshop for selected actors with disabilities this September. The program includes workshops on Acting for the Camera, Acting for the Stage, Movement, Voice, Improv, Auditioning, and Commercial Acting and culminates with a showcase, where each student will have an opportunity to get feedback from industry professionals. Now in its second year, the program runs Sept. 8-20 and takes place at Queens Theatre, located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. A team of seasoned and celebrated professionals will teach the courses.
Please note that applications must be in by Monday, July 15 at noon.
For information go to: Queens Theatre
You can hear more about this initiative on the “Bagels and Broadway with Valerie Smaldone” radio show Saturday morning from 9:05-10 when I will be speaking with Gregg Mozgala, the Director of Inclusion at Queens College, about this amazing opportunity.
And, Bagels and Broadway will be celebrating its one-year anniversary this Saturday! I’ll feature a couple of my favorite interviews, including with the incredible Brenda Vaccaro, and the fabulous Stephen Schwartz, composer of Wicked.
Join me for the party, on WNYM-AM Saturday morning. You can also hear it online at www.am970theanswer.com, or on Alexa. If you miss it, no worries. Just a podcast away!
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
