Tonight and two times tomorrow, the performers from the Arkansas Rep’s Summer Musical Theatre Intensive will perform Singing’ on a Star.  It is this year’s Young Artists’ Production, an annual performance by The Rep’s SMTI (Summer Musical Theatre Intensive) theatre training program. The Summer Musical Theater Intensive, under the direction of Nicole Capri, The Rep’s Resident Director and Director of Education, is an audition-based theatre training program designed for motivated young artists who are serious about musical theatre.

The SMTI staff is comprised of professional directors, choreographers, musicians and designers. Daily rehearsals are structured similarly to a professional summer stock experience and include instruction in musical theatre techniques, multi-media, costume and stage makeup, dance and vocal coaching. Each session culminates in a public workshop performance of a selected musical or musical revue on the Arkansas Repertory Theatre MainStage.

Following the summer workshops, the production is refined, reworked and remounted at The Rep in the fall for patrons of all ages. This fall’s production is conceived and directed by Capri, and it’s all about the actor’s journey from stardust to stardom. With song selections from the pop charts and the Great White Way, The Rep’s young artists sing about big dreams in the Big Apple this fall!