Saturday, May 10 | 1 p.m.
For students in grade 9 through college age. Early-bird tuition: $360. Scholarships available for those who qualify.
After a break due to Hurricane Ian, VT SummerStock is back! This high-energy musical theatre “boot camp” is geared to high school and college-aged students planning to move into the world of professional theatre. Acceptance is by audition only.
AUDITIONS: Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 1 p.m.
REHEARSALS: June 9 – July 18, 2025. From 3 to 9 p.m. through June 27, then from 5:30 to 9 p.m. thereafter.
PERFORMANCES: July 18 – August 3, 2025 in the Pinkerton Theatre, dark on Mondays with a double on August 2, 2025
Summer Stock members will also perform in a cabaret with the Teen Improv Troupe on July 20 and 27, 2025. Additionally, cast members will have workshops on audition prep and building a cabaret.
Calendar for SummerStock AUDITIONS
Brad Wages
Director/Choreographer
An award-winning actor, director and choreographer, Brad’s work has been seen across the United States and Canada. He holds a B.F.A. from the University of Oklahoma and served as assistant director to Broadway directors Fran Soeder and Joe Layton. He has been seen in a number of national theatre tours and national commercials. He is thrilled to call Venice Theatre “home” and to have the privilege of guiding the next generation of young actors to the stage.
Michelle Kasanofsky
Music Director
Michelle Kasanofsky has been playing piano for almost 56 years and is a professional musician as well as a music educator. Michelle received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston and studied jazz piano there as well as classical at Boston University. She has a B.A. cum laude from Dowling College, a Master of Science in Music Education from C. W. Post Long Island University and an Education Leadership Specialist degree from Nova Southeastern University.
Michelle is originally from New York and spent most of her life on Long Island. While in New York she music directed many off-Broadway productions which included Always, Patsy Cline and has performed all over the world in Europe, Japan and Korea. Since moving down to Florida in 1998, Michelle has taught chorus, drama and dual enrollment music classes. In 2014, she was selected as Charlotte County’s Teacher of the Year. Since 2000 Michelle has performed and music directed at Venice Theatre. Her productions have included Hair, Mamma Mia, Cabaret, Toxic Avenger and Dreamgirls to name a few. She has also Music Directed at Sarasota Players, Manatee Players, Charlotte Players and the Dingbat Theatre Project.
Michelle has played for national touring companies at venues such as Barbara B Mann and Ruth Eckerd Hall for shows including A Chorus Line, Legally Blonde and West Side Story as well as accompanying artists such as Bernadette Peters and The Irish Tenors. In 2021 Michelle became the resident music director at Venice Theatre.
Lisa Million
Stage Manager
Lisa started at Venice Theatre as a stage manager in the TTAP program where some of her favorite credits include Spring Awakening, Jesus Christ Superstar, The King and I, 42nd Street, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Always…Patsy Cline, and Greater Tuna. She is a graduate of The University of Central Florida’s B.F.A. Stage Management Program.