MRCA Launches Summer Stock Auditions 7/13-8/15

The McCoy Rigby Conservatory of the Arts (MRCA) will launch the nation’s only “Summer Stock” for talented young musical theatre performers, selected by audition from Southern California and throughout the United States, to be held in Orange County, California from July 13 through August 15, 2009. Sixty exceptionally talented young singers and dancers with aspirations for careers on Broadway and in the entertainment industry, ages 14-21, will participate in this intensive five week repertory program consisting of master classes, workshops and rehearsals and culminating in the performance of three fully-staged musical theatre productions.

Under the direction of the MRCA’s Artistic Director, David Green, participants will spend forty plus hours per week in classes and rehearsals with celebrated Broadway performers, writers, directors and choreographers and participate in three musicals, both on stage and “behind the scenes”, including the West Coast non-professional premieres of Curtains, nominated for eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Happy Days - the Musical, fresh off the national tour. Mr. Green has spent the past twenty four years training young people for careers on Broadway and for Film and Television and his alumni include Tony- nominees Susan Egan (Disney’s Beauty and The Beast; Triumph of Love) and Matthew Morrison (The Light In The Piazza and Fox Television’s “Glee”) , Stephanie J. Block (9 to 5; Wicked; The Boy From Oz), Anneliese VanDerpol (Disney’s Beauty and The Beast; Vanities and ABC-TV’s “That’s So Raven”), Allison Mack (WB TV’s “Smallville”) and Columbus Short (Stomp; Stomp The Yard; Cadillac Records) , and more.

Applications are currently available. For further information call 714-779-3545 or visit the MRCA website, www.mccoyrigby.com.

The McCoy Rigby Conservatory of the Arts (MRCA) is a comprehensive training ground in the performing arts --- specifically Dance and Musical Theatre --- located in Yorba Linda, California. Students are selected by audition and come from all parts of Orange County and neighboring communities. The MRCA is fully accredited by The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the faculty is comprised of working professional directors, choreographers, actors, singers, dancers, writers, composers and lyricists. In addition to the Conservatory program, the MRCA offers studio  dance, acting and singing classes for students of all ages and at all levels, beginning through advanced. No audition is required for studio classes.

McCoy Rigby Entertainment combines the talents of musical theatre star Cathy Rigby with Tom McCoy's extensive production and theatrical experience and has become one of the nation's premier theatrical production companies. Credits include Tony-nominated Broadway shows, long-running national tours, multiple-award-winning Los Angeles stage productions, and hit TV specials.The number of major theatrical awards garnered byMcCoy Rigby Entertainment includes 3 Ovation Awards, 25 Drama-Logue Awards, 3 Backstage Garland Awards and 3 Tony Award nominations, 20 Ovation nominations and 8 NAACP award nominations for the touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar.  In addition, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awardedMcCoy Rigby Entertainment an Emmy for Best Scene Design as part of four nominations for the A&E network production of Peter Pan.