Broadway debut! (not really). Josh is not really fond of how bios always begin with "INSERT-NAME-HERE is..." (as they are so commonly begun), so instead he started it with a different, though still common, word for the commencement of a personal autobiography. In addition, Josh has never really written a paragraph about himself in this style before, so he currently has the bios from the playbills of Billy Elliot, West Side Story, Dame Edna, and Patti LuPone's Gypsy sprawled out on his desk for inspiration.  "Holy haggis!" that woman is full of herself. Josh began his theatrical career as the stage manager for his middle school's 8th grade production of Peter Pan. Since then, he has appeared in such masterpieces (because without him, they would simply be your ordinary evenings at the theater) as Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Cabaret, The Fantasticks, Imperfect Proposal, and Singin' in the Rain.  He has also worked on tech crew for Steel Magnolias and Bye Bye Birdie, and was the student director for Cahoots. When he is not in the theater (which is next to never), Josh is busy with co-leading the a capella group Notorious, collecting penguins, playing the Xylophone or Glockenspeil in the school band, extreme underwater-basket-weaving, or sleeping. Some of Josh's other special skillzz include being able to raise his eyebrows inexplicably high, do an infallible kermit impression, and recall any and all bits of theatrical/Broadway information from the last decade or so. This is usually the part of the bio where the author mentions where they are going to college and what they will be studying, but you see, Josh is going to travel to Loompa Land and start a chocolate factory immediately after high school, so college is not really applicable.

Dave Grossman                                                                            Teacher /Voice Director

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  Dave hails from the very close town of North Reading where it's usually cold, but he spends most of his time at Ithaca College in upstate New York, where it's always cold. Entering his fourth year in the Fall of 2009, he studies vocal music education and theatre and takes on far too many projects every semester. In his spare time which he rarely has, Dave likes to play sports such as lacrosse and frisbee, as well as play far too many video games. He also runs an a cappella group known as "Henry Fonda & The Falsettos." His theatrical credits have included playing a gangster, a gangster motorcyclist, a dragon who eats people, a creepy father, a salesman and Rolf in The Sound of Music. Dave really is a nice guy, and has no idea why he always gets cast as a bad person. One time he played Snow White at CTW in rehearsal because the actual Snow White wasn't there yet.  

 

  

 

 

 Jackie Mailey                                                                       Teacher/Dance Camp Director 

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Jackie Mailey is a senior at Wilmington High School and will be attending Wheaton College in the fall of 2009. She hopes to study Elementary Education and become a teacher. Jackie plays tennis at Wilmington High School along with many other community service clubs. More than anything though Jackie loves to dance. She is on the competitive Senior Dance Team at Lorraine Spada School of Dance where she has been dancing for thirteen years. Jackie also loves music and has been playing the violin in Strings Attached for nine years. She has traveled to Italy and France with this orchestra. This will be Jackie's second year working at Children's Theater Workshop and she can't be more excited for another fun-filled summer!

  

"Life is a dance, from one stage to the next."-

-Anonymous

 

"Great dancers are not great because of their technique. They are great because of their passion."

--Unknown

 

  Mark McGillavry                                                Teacher/Pizza & A Play 

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 Emerging the nearby town of North Reading, Mark stumbled upon Children's Theatre Workshop in the Fall of 2008, bright-eyed and full of dreams. When he's not doing his thang at CTW, he acts throughout the school year in various productions at North Reading High School (Class of '10), as well as previously performing with North Shore Music Theatre's Stage 4 program. Past shows include Singin' in the Rain (Roscoe Dexter), Imperfect Proposal (Andrew - MHSDG Best Actor Award), The Fantasticks (Henry), Into The Woods (The Wolf), as well as The Rocky Horror Show, West Side Story, Cabaret, Bye Bye Birdie, and Peter Pan. He also played Mama in Maddy's (Pizza & A Play Student!) play "Snip Snip Salon" here at CTW. When he's not living in a theatre, he sings bass in 'Noteorious', the school's a capella group, and will be attending Emerson College's acting program for the summer, 2009. Once he's out of adolescant drudgery, he hopes to go to college and major in either film production or acting, he hasn't decided which. He eats far too much pizza and has a teddy bear named Mr. Roosevelt.