Jay Johnson Camps – Texas Center for Arts + Academics

ABOUT JAY JOHNSON SUMMER CAMP:

Grades 3rd – 8th

June 11 – Friday, June 14, 9AM – 12PM

Join Broadway star and FWAFA alum Jay Johnson for a half day of musical theatre instruction. Sing, dance and act with other student performers! Students will work together and with Jay to put together a piece of musical theatre repertory. Join us for this creative and fun performing arts experience! This camp will fill up, don’t delay to sign up!

Grades 9th – 12th

June 11 – Friday, June 14, 1PM – 4PM

Musical Theatre Audition Prep Intensive (for students entering grades 9-12 and students entering their freshman year of college in the Fall of 24)

Calling all high schoolers with a serious passion for musical theatre! Join Broadway star and FWAFA’s own Jay Johnson for 4 days of audition prep. Each day Jay will focus on a different part of a typical college professional musical theatre audition: vocal auditions, dance and movement calls, and monologues and cold reads. Students will receive one on one coaching and feedback each day. On the final day students will perform in a showcase of the material they worked on during the week. This camp is limited to 10-12 students. Interested students should email their performance resume to Krista.Langford@fwafa.org. Once the resume is received and reviewed, students will be contacted about camp payment and registration.

MORE DETAILS:

Grades: 3rd -12th

Days: Tuesday, June 11 – Friday, June 14, 2024

Times: 9am-12pm (grades 3-8) or 1pm – 4pm (grades 9-12)

Location: Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts

Address: 3901 S Hulen Street Fort Worth, TX 76109

Cost: $300 per student

Supplies Needed:

Students will bring their own water bottle and snacks each day.

Dress Code:

Students should dress in clothes they can comfortably move in. Sneakers are recommended.

Bio:

JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON FWAFA class of 2005. Broadway: PARADE, On the Town, Hands on a Hardbody, Catch Me If You Can, HAIR, Phantom of the Opera. Off Broadway/New York: PARADE (NYCC), To My Girls (2ST), Scotland, PA, Darling Grenadine (Roundabout), A Chorus Line (City Center), Candide (NYCO), Sweeney Todd (NY Philharmonic), The Most Happy Fella (Encores!), Fire and Air (CSC), Working (Drama Desk Award), 35mm: A Musical Exhibition. Concert: Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Theatre Orb. TV/Film: QUANTICO, Sex & the City 2, Law & Order: SVU. Jay is a co-founder of Bridge Arts Project and the executive producer, creator, and star of Broadway’s biggest annual Halloween party, I PUT A SPELL ON YOU benefitting the Ali Forney Center @Jay_A_Johnson

• Coaching and Feedback from Broadway performer and FWAFA alum, Jay Johnson

• Vocal, Acting, and Dance Instruction

• Other camps available too for a full summer of fun!