Elevate your acting for maximum star quality!
Advance your musical acting with one of Broadway’s finest singing actors. Explore new techniques to soar your acting to new heights, and learn industry insights from a mentor with decades of professional experience. Each singer will polish one song and one monologue to perfection!

Musical Theatre
Acting for Teens
w/ Abby C. Smith

The Curriculum

  • Meet your instructor and fellow singers, learn new acting techniques, and perform a song or monologue for the group. You’ll receive specific feedback on your performance and will gain tools to practice during the week.

  • Share your monologue with the group: introduce the piece, the circumstances of the larger work, and fine-tune your delivery. Abby will coach each singer on how to best interpret and deliver the piece. WD Studio will provide documents for assigned monologues as needed.

  • Share your song with the group: introduce the piece, the circumstances of the musical, and deliver the text as a monologue. Abby will coach each singer on how to best interpret and deliver the piece. WD Studio will provide sheet music and tracks for assigned songs as needed.

  • This is your final draft! Learn new ways to strengthen and polish your performance while collaborating with your peers to discover new expressive possibilities. Present your material from memory, integrating the feedback and techniques from the previous classes. Learn how to best present these pieces in different settings (live audition, self-tape, cabaret, etc.) and plan for your final performance.

  • It’s showtime! Present your song and monologue to the class in your chosen mock setting (audition or performance). Dress for the part and receive final feedback from Abby and the class. After this class, you’ll be ready to perform your material wherever you go - from recitals to auditions to competitions! Celebrate your progress and plan which piece you’ll conquer next.

Who
Ages 12-18
When
September 16 to October 28, 2024
Mondays, 5:30pm ET - 6:45pm ET
Where
A quiet, comfortable, and connected space of your choice.
The Zoom Meeting link will be sent before the first class.
How
Registration is now open!
Enrollment is limited to six singers.
Workshop Fee: $275*
*We are committed to creating an accessible and equitable environment where all singers can develop their craft. Please get in touch with us at info@wdstudio.org if the workshop fee will prevent you from participating.

The Details

In 2017, Abby made her Broadway debut originating the role of Mrs. Puff in SpongeBob SquarePants at the Palace Theater. Abby is based in Chicago and returns often to NYC for new projects. She enjoys a thriving professional career, performing in theaters in NYC and across the country (James and the Giant Peach National Tour), as well as making appearances in TV and Film (CBS, NBC, Netflix). Abby received a BA in Vocal Performance from Harding University and continued her education to receive a MM in Music Theatre at Oklahoma City University.

Meet Abby