HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO BE A PERFORMER?

From the moment you wake up to the minute you hit the stage, everything you do leads toward that special moment. In this workshop, we'll guide you through the same exercises and warmups we use as theatre professionals, and we'll coach masterclass participants through an audition song of their choice.

DETAILS:

Tuesday, December 23 4pm-7pm

Maui OnStage Education & Youth Studio in the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center

Ages 12+ (Children under 15 yrs old must be accompanied by an adult)

HOW THIS WORKS:

• All registered will participate in the large group exercises, warmups, and activities.

• A select number of participants will have the opportunity to be coached by Lawrence and Q. on a cut of a song of their choice.

• All other participants will have the benefit of watching the masterclass coaching.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE COACHED:

‣ Below, you must select "Yes" when asked "Would you like to be considered for the Masterclass coaching?"

‣ You will need to prepare a 16-bar or 32-bar cut of a song of your choice. Please be memorized and ready to perform your piece.

‣ You will need to provide sheet music in the correct key. If you need assistance with this, please email connect@waveofharmony.org

**No need to print out tickets purchased online**

For questions or financial aid requests, please email: connect@waveofharmony.org

About the Artists:

LAWRENCE STALLINGS is an actor on both stage and screen from Detroit, MI. Recent credits include the world premieres of a new play and a new musical, American Rot at La Mama and Goddess at the Berkeley Rep respectively. He also recently brought iconic jazz musician Robert Johnson to life in the one-man show Me and The Devil at the Lantern Theater Company. Lawrence was an original company member of two Tony Award-winning musicals: The Book of Mormon and Passing Strange. Other Broadway and Regional credits include: HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical; My Mañana Comes; Family Album; The Best of Both Worlds; Sizwe Bansi is Dead; Sam Cooke: Forever Mr. Soul (solo show) and From My Hometown.

Film and TV: The Rebound, Couple's Therapy, Black Face, A Boy Like That, Crutch, Grey's Anatomy, Diagnosis X, and Dirty White.

Lawrence has also produced and starred in two web series: Circling The Drain and I Take Thee Zoe.

Q. SMITH created the role of Hannah and others in the Tony Award winning musical (for Best Director) Come From Away. She is also in the film version on AppleTV+. Q. has toured with the North American Broadway show A Night With Janis Joplin, playing the roles of Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone. Before Come From Away, Q. closed the Broadway production of Mary Poppins. She was the first African American to have a leading role in the history of Mary Poppins. Also on Broadway, Q. was in the 1st revival of Les Miserables and Off-Broadway she performed the role of Mabel Washington and recorded the soundtrack for Fame: On 42nd Street.

Other noted credits include Abyssinia: A Gospel Celebration with Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center, Showboat in concert at the renowned Carnegie Hall, guest soloist for Hillary Clinton's Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards at the Kennedy Center, and guest soloist Barack Obama's inaugural ceremonies. She has shared the stage with Gladys Knight, Rita Coolidge, and Gary U.S. Bonds in Smokey Joe's Cafe, as well as Ledesi and Loretta Devine, and has traveled the world with various productions including Central America, Germany, and the entire USA. Not only is she an entertainer, but a passionate educator. Q. and her husband Lawrence created a coaching company called Your Stage. Your Moment! Where they offer workshops, private coachings, and masterclasses for all ages and levels across the country.

Her goals are to build a performing arts school integrated with the juvenile system, travel the world, continue her concert work and voice-over career, and publish her book Queens of the Theatre.