Summer Education Program

MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP

About the Program

This professional level five-week program is directed by Rubicon veteran Carolanne Marano (Choreographer for West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Hello My Baby, among others). Students in this course spend seven-hours-a day, six-days-a-week, vigorously training, rehearsing and performing a musical production. During this period, students develop skills related to script analysis, character interpretation, physical movement, vocal production and stagecraft, building a common and supportive bond with their fellow actors. 

About the Show

Move over Barbie! Elle Woods is pretty in pink and appears to have it all. But her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles to find her way.With the support of some new friends, Elle realizes her potential and becomes determined to prove herself to the world.

Characters

ELLE WOODS is the quintessential Valley Girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and realizes that she has more to offer than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality.

EMMETT FORREST is a smart and sensitive law student who takes Elle under his wing. He is charming, quirky, loveable, and friendly.

PAULETTE is A brash, caring, optimistic hair stylist who is friends with Elle. Shelongs to find a man who is right for her.

PROFESSOR CALLAHAN is a pompous, sleazy, and manipulative law professor at Harvard who is highly successful, but completely immoral.

WARNER HUNTINGTON III, good-looking but shallow and pompous, breaks Elle’s heart and heads off to Harvard Law.

VIVIENNE KENSINGTON is a smart, savvy, and uptight law student and Warner’s fiance. She initially dismisses Elle, but grows and becomes her friend.

BROOKE WYNDAM is an exercise video mogul and a former sorority girl. She is energetic and charismatic, yet currently on trial for murder.

ENID HOOPES is a Harvard law student and passionate feminist who regularly organizes protests for Greenpeace and against insensitive cartoons.

KYLE is a smooth-talking delivery man for UPS who regularly delivers parcels to Paulette’s salon. He and Paulette are smitten with each other. It’s later revealed that Kyle has Irish heritage, making him Paulette’s dream guy.

SERENA is an energetic cheerleader who is a member of the Delta Nu sorority house. Alongside Margot and Pilar, she is part of the Greek Chorus who follow Elle’s journey through the musical.

MARGOT is a Delta Nu sorority sister, who is man-obsessed and a little dim-witted. She is present throughout the show as part of the Greek Chorus.

PILAR, sassy and sensible, completes the trio of Delta Nu sorority girls who also form the Greek Chorus that appear during the musical.

ENSEMBLE

GREEK CHORUS; STUDENTS; DELTA NU MEMBERS