Broadway Ventures is a two-week-long, musical theatre intensive program, where students will perform a “full-length, well-known musical!” Whether this is your first theatrical experience or your tenth, Broadway Ventures is for you! Performers will be fully immersed in every aspect of the stage experience, from singing, dance, stage management, and acting. If you long for the spotlight or are just interested in being in a show, Broadway Ventures will be a transformative experience where you discover your passions, talents, and what it takes to perform a musical!
Due to the intensity of performing a musical in two weeks, BroadwayVentures is now an audition based program. Unfortunately, that means that not every student who auditions will be accepted into the program regardless of past participation in BroadwayVentures. Students interested in auditioning will be asked to sign-up on the Rec. Department website. Payment of tuition will not be required at this time. If you are accepted into the program, you will then be given instructions on how to register and make arrangements to pay tuition costs.
Students accepted into BroadwayVentures will then be invited to callbacks to audition for specific roles in our production.
Musical: Rock of Ages: Teen Edition
Director/Producer: Brycen Nardone
Choreographer/Producer: Andrea Nardone
Music Director: Alicia Dale
Assistant-Director: Sara White
Dates: July 7th through July 19th (two-week session)
Our performances will be on Thursday July 17th, Friday July 18th, and Saturday July 19th.
The BroadwayVentures Award Ceremony will be held Saturday July 19th at 7pm.
Cost: $285/Resident / $305/Non-Resident
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: Lebanon Opera House
Who: Incoming 6th grades to outgoing 12th graders
Summer 2025 Audition Information
Tuition:
Hartford Residents - $285
Non Hartford Hartford Residents - $300
Scholarships available! Contact the Hartford Rec. Department for more information.
BroadwayVentures Scholarship Application - Open to all students, with priority consideration given to Non-Hartford Residents as they are ineligible to apply for scholarships through the Hartford Rec. Department.
AUDITIONS:
Auditions will be held Monday May 12th at 5pm inside the Hartford High School auditorium.
Performers will be asked to prepare 32 bars or 60 seconds of a song (not from this season's show) to be performed a cappella. Additionally, you are asked to perform 1 (one) memorized monologue, no more than 2 minutes long.
After auditions conclude, the director will email you at the address you provided during registration and inform you if you have been accepted into the program. Everyone is emailed, regardless of whether they are accepted or not. Students accepted into BroadwayVentures will then be invited to callbacks to audition for specific roles in our production.
After students audition, they are free to leave. They do not need to wait until everyone has auditioned.
CALLBACKS:
Callbacks will be held Monday May 19th at 5pm inside the Hartford High School auditorium and is open to all students accepted into BroadwayVentures.
Performers will be asked to sing songs from Rock of Ages! Sheet music provided below. Paper copies are available upon request. Performers will sing to a pre-recorded backing-track, which will be found on the broadwayventuresvt.org website soon.
Performers will also be asked to read for a selected character. Callback sides are provided on the broadwayventuresvt.org website soon. Paper copies are available upon request.
The Production Team would like performers to be as prepared as possible for callbacks so please start learning and memorizing the songs and sides provided!
Callbacks tend to run late, but we are hoping to have everything wrapped up no later that 9pm.
RECEIVING PARTS:
Students will be asked to attend a BroadwayVentures Information Meeting and Read Through at the date listed below. Here, students and parents will be provided all the necessary information needed for successful participation in the program. In addition to receiving scripts and program materials, students will be asked to sign a contract, securing their place in the program. Once contracts are signed, students will no longer be able to drop participation in the program.
Students from out of state or who are unable to pick up their materials can make arrangements with Brycen via email. Participating students must be in attendance when picking up their materials, not just parents.
Information Meeting Dates:
Wednesday May 28th at 4pm
Not picking up your materials can result in removal from BroadwayVentures.
OUR SEASON:
BroadwayVentures 2025 Season will run Monday through Friday starting July 7th and ending July 19th. Our performances will be Thursday July 17th, Friday July 18th, and Saturday July 19th. The BroadwayVentures Award Ceremony will be held Saturday July 19th at 7pm. All rehearsals and performances will be at the Lebanon Opera House.
For full camp details, visit hartfordrec.com
Camp Website - broadwayventuresvt.org
CALLBACK SIDES AND SHEET MUSIC FOUND ON THE AUDITIONS/REGISTRATION PAGE AT BROADWAYVENTURESVT.ORG