KALEIDOSCOPE 2008: DREAM OUT LOUD

July 10, 2008 (SARASOTA, FL) - Asolo Repertory Theatre and Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities (CHAC) are honored to announce that the Kaleidoscope musical theatre workshop will be changing lives once again this summer. Kaleidoscope is an innovative partnership between CHAC and Asolo Repertory Theatre.

 

The summer workshop project launched with a special reception for participants in Asolo Rep's main rehearsal hall on Monday, July 7 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Asolo Rep staff, CHAC staff, program volunteers, and Kaleidoscope actors' families and friends were in attendance. The event kicked off the 2008 Kaleidoscope summer musical theatre workshop entitled: DREAM OUT LOUD 

The vision for the show is anchored by the idea that dreaming is the first step towards change.  If you dream it, you can start to see it.  This summer, the amazing Kaleidoscope actors will look into their hearts and open themselves up to the possibility of being changed by believing that their dreams are beautiful, important, and worth sharing.  Please come out and join them as they invite you to do the same.

Performances are scheduled for Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Asolo Rep's Mertz Theatre at 5555 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota.

Tickets to the show, which help pay for program costs, are only $15 and can be purchased by calling the Asolo Rep Box Office at 941-351-8000.

The production will feature the directing talents of Jessi Blue Gormezano, who starred on Asolo Rep's 2007-08 mainstage season. In addition to Gormezano, the Kaleidoscope 2008 team includes: CHAC's President/CEO Peggy Connell;  CHAC Development Director,  Marla Doss ; Asolo Rep Education Director, Brian Hersh  ; Dance/Movement Instructor/Choreographer, Leymis Bolaños Wilmott - Artistic Director of Fuzión Dance Artists;
Vocal Instructor/Musical Director, Liz DeVette; Visual Art Instructor/Kaleidoscope Clinician, Anny Barker-Schefler; Asolo Education Associate, Leah Page; Education Intern, Karen Weberman; Volunteer Coordinator, Natalie Gundrum; and  Kaleidoscope Clinician, Rachael Cammarano.

This year's Kaleidoscope program continues to create an opportunity for groundbreaking theatrical work as Kaleidoscope staff members help the participants grow as performers and individuals. Clinical goals, set for each participant, are achieved through creative exploration, which strengthens a variety of communications skills and ultimately enriches their everyday lives.

Kaleidoscope is sponsored in part by Greenfield Foundation, Betsy Mitchell Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc, and Esther M. Mertz Trust.

Interviews and media appearances are available on request.