(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse has announced casting for its award-winning Broadway Show Choir. The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir is a tuition-free, audition-based, exhibition show choir that stems from Paper Mill Playhouse’s extensive Arts Education and Outreach programs.  The choir consists of 80 singer/dancers between the ages of 15 and 22. The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir is sponsored by Overlook Medical Center/Atlantic Healthcare. 

The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir act as ambassadors for Paper Mill Playhouse with an array of performance opportunities throughout the community and beyond.  Over the last four seasons, the Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir has performed for more than 350,000 people at prestigious venues including: Lincoln Center, Sun Arena in Trenton, Mayo Center in Morristown, Bergen PAC in Englewood, Paper Mill Playhouse, Kean University in Union, and SOPAC in South Orange.  The choir was featured on tour with New Jersey Ballet’s, Ballet on Broadway program and in Vocal Ovation: A Show Choir Extravaganza. 

Students selected to be part of this talented group will have the opportunity to fine tune their craft with FREE, intensive instruction.  The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir runs from October to June and rehearses on Sunday evenings at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Downtown Millburn. The show choir is currently accepting bookings for April, May and June. Please contact Shayne Austin Miller at 973-315-1639 or smiller@papermill.org to book the choir.

“This talented touring troupe allows Paper Mill Playhouse to bring art to the people, while its participants receive professional training by industry professionals,” stated Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director.  “The award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir is a wonderful opportunity for students to perform at impressive venues and share their talents with thousands of New Jersey residents.”

The Cast of the 2016 – 2017 Broadway Show Choir:

Avenel - Victoria Gasper; Bayonne - Joshua Dunn; Bellville - Carl Sayson, Rachel Aquino; Bloomingdale - Katrina Michalewski; Boonton - Nicolette Kelly; Branchburg - Lindsey Kazar; Caldwell - Kate Glennon, Giulia Russo, Will Taylor; Cedar Knolls - Emma Wilcox; Chatham - Liam Driscoll; Colonia - Ryan Campbell; Cranford - Laura Salway, Olivia Orlando, Faith Ricca; Denville - Justine Murray, Zach Torkos; Edison - Nawal Boto; Elizabeth - Georglana Balisage, Jason Wells; Fairfield - Madelin Morales; Garwood - Leah Killmer; Green Pond - Sydney Hammer; Hoboken - Amelia Firestone, Robert Falco; Jersey City - José Fernando González-Vidal; Kinnelon - Jordan Hurfado; Linden - Vanessa Sierra, David Marques, Brian Corona; Maplewood - Hunter Kovacs; Middletown - Jacqueline Hennessy; Millburn - Natalie Aris, Larry Toyter, Erin Hernon; Monmouth Beach - Alexandra Witek, Elizabeth Witek; Montclair - Miles Wright; Montville - Jeff Gallup; Morris Plains - Mia Maccarella; Netcong - Matthew Fralley; New York - Victoria Franco, Emma Park-Hazel; Newton - Alexander McCully; North Arlington - Michael Antonelli; North Caldwell - Paige Wasserman; Nutley - Matthew Rodriguez, David Villa; Parlin - Michael Magielnicki; Pequannock - Liam Arnold; Princeton - Avelyn Simons; Ridgewood - Mia Lowy, Samuel Vana, Sean Zuckerman; Ringwood - Helena Chaves; Short Hills - Simran Sawhney, Steph Stone, Johnathan Charette; Somerset - Ricky Francese; South Orange - Josephus Gordon; Sparta - Olivia Dan; Succasunna - Noelle Cappuzzo, Maginnis Buckley; Summit - Samantha Kelleher, Brooke Nagel; Towaco - Ashley Phillips; Union - Crystal Wright, Alyssa Carbonell, Brianna Rivera, Lisette Serrano, Amanda Wingo, Christopher Erdman, Jason Yanto; West Caldwell - Hunter Halliwell; West Orange - Isaiah Beals; Westfield - Lizzy Allen, PJ Allen, Matt Siroty; Whitehouse Station - Valencio Lazarczyk, Camillo Lazarczyk

The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir is led by a professional staff of artists including: Shayne Austin Miller (Director), Matt Lowy (Music Director), Charles Santoro (Associate Music Director), Anthony Fania (Dance Director) and  Peter Newes (Company Manager). Broadway and industry professionals are brought in to choreograph selections each season. For additional information, please visit www.papermill.org/showchoir. In addition to the show choir, select cast members participate in Voices of Paper Mill, an ensemble specializing in a cappella arrangements.

PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE, a not-for-profit arts organization under the direction of Mark S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director) and Todd Schmidt (Managing Director) and recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, is one of the country's leading regional theaters.  Paper Mill Playhouse programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Council of Stock Theatres, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.