SHOWCASE
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June 30-July 5, 2025 | SHOWCASE is a one-week theater intensive and performance opportunity open to students ages 16-22 years old. Our mission is to provide an immersive and collaborative production experience to promote artistic autonomy, in-depth scene study, and build confidence in advanced theater makers.
Registration begins April 1. Once registered, the creative team will cast a custom program based on the talents in the group. Casting information will be released by June 1 and participants are expected to arrive to the first rehearsal memorized. Each student will receive a combination of featured songs (solos, duets, small groups) and ensemble roles (full cast numbers). Over the course of the week, the material is coached to highlight each performer at their best and to access new skills and perspectives. The culminating performance takes place at the Round Lake Auditorium on Saturday, July 5.
2 weeks after the initial performance in Round Lake, the cast of Showcase will make their NYC debuts on Saturday, July 19 at an intimate matinee performance presented by The Green Room 42.
We have reached capacity (as of 3/13) and can no longer guarantee participation for new sign ups on our interest form. If you submit the form going forward, we will be in touch directly to confirm whether or not there's availability. Folks who have previously filled out the interest form will be guaranteed an opportunity to register by April 1, when we will then be able to evaluate opening up additional slots to those on our wait list.
Owning Your Artistry
Working with the Pros
Working with the Pros
Showcase is a program designed to put the students at the center of their own creative process. This opportunity provides each participant with professional dramatic and vocal coachings for material that explores themes and skills they're interested in. As opposed to be being a character in a musical, this program showcases each participant exactly as they are!
Working with the Pros
Working with the Pros
Working with the Pros
Broadway and other industry professionals will stage and conceive the production, leaving the students to work together and execute the shared vision for the show. Our guest faculty each year pour their expertise into the bright young talents in our cast so they leave feeling empowered with new skills!
NYC Encore
Working with the Pros
NYC Encore
Two weeks after the initial performance in Round Lake, NY, Showcase students will have the opportunity to travel to New York City for an encore performance. On July 19, industry professionals that work in casting and at the city's top performance institutions will join friends and family for a one-of-a-kind performance at The Green Room 4
Two weeks after the initial performance in Round Lake, NY, Showcase students will have the opportunity to travel to New York City for an encore performance. On July 19, industry professionals that work in casting and at the city's top performance institutions will join friends and family for a one-of-a-kind performance at The Green Room 42. Trip details will be coordinated in the late spring with participating families.
2025 STAFF
Stage Director & Dramatic Coach: Nick Ong
Choreographer & Movement Coach: Emma Alteri
Stage Director & Dramatic Coach: Nick Ong
Nick Ong is an NYC-based actor, originally from the Bay Area. He is beyond grateful to be back working with Carpe Diem this summer! Some favorite theatre credits include: Lysander/Flute in Midsummer (Tiltyard), a radical Shakespearean remix that performed in NYC and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Fedotik/Ferapont in Madeleine George's world-premiere translation of Three Sisters (Two River Theater); Actor 1 in Lauren Yee's King of the Yees (Profile Theatre); and Henry in Another Revolution (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Nick received his B.A. in Theatre from The George Washington University. He is also a hat wearer. A ramen enthusiast. A believer in the top button. A theater aisle sitter. And an amateur lyricist. nickong.com
Music Director & Vocal Coach: Brady Walsh
Choreographer & Movement Coach: Emma Alteri
Stage Director & Dramatic Coach: Nick Ong
Brady Walsh is CDT's Artistic Director and an experienced educator with degrees in Music Education and Music Business from the Crane School of Music. His teaching and speaking engagements have included the Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Opera Saratoga, and more. He currently teaches private voice students in the Capital District, hosting a monthly in-person studio class in Ballston Spa for collaboration and performance practice. As an actor, he has performed leading roles with regional and community theaters in the New York City area, including A Streetcar Named Desire (Stanley Kowalski), Into the Woods (Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf), and Ragtime (Tateh). Additionally, Brady has completed a course of study in libretto writing through Einhorn School of Performing Arts and gone on to write an original full-length musical about Georgia O’Keeffe (The Artist) currently in development with collaborator Hannah Corneau.
Choreographer & Movement Coach: Emma Alteri
Choreographer & Movement Coach: Emma Alteri
Choreographer & Movement Coach: Emma Alteri
Emma is a NYC-based actor, originally from Upstate New York. She is a Carpe Diem alum and is thrilled to be returning as 2025 Showcase's Choreographer and Movement Coach! Emma graduated from Wagner College with a BA in Theatre Performance and a BS in Arts Administration. She recently returned from a year out on the road with the First National Tour of The Cher Show (Ensemble, u/s Babe). Regional: Bright Star (Margo), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Pickles), Saturday Night Fever. Proudly represented by Pantera/Murphy the Agency. emmaalteri.com
PREVIOUS STAFF
2023 DIRECTOR: HANNAH CORNEAU
Hannah Corneau made her Broadway debut as Elphaba in Wicked. She recently starred as Edna St. Vincent Millay in the critically-acclaimed Transport Group production of Renascence. Previously, she traveled around the country as Yitzhak in the First National tour of Hedwig and The Angry Inch. Her Off-Broadway and regional credits include Daddy Long Legs, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Harmony (Ovation nomination), Les Miserables (Joseph Jefferson Award), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and A Little Night Music. She is also a founding member of RANGE a cappella.