We are so excited to announce that all season long, we will be producing virtual sessions designed to engage young musical theatre performers and enthusiasts alike. Whether diving into the making of an award winning show, learning choreography from some of the hottest musicals right now or connecting with professional performers, there is so much to learn at every session!
The sessions continue to be FREE and are open to anyone aged 11-24 plus Mainstage Alumni.
Our 2020-2021 Virtual Sunday Sessions are provided with the generous support of the Peter Mansbridge and Cynthia Dale Foundation.
The sessions continue to be FREE and are open to anyone aged 11-24 plus Mainstage Alumni.
Our 2020-2021 Virtual Sunday Sessions are provided with the generous support of the Peter Mansbridge and Cynthia Dale Foundation.
Sunday May 16th at 2:00pm.
Join us for a special session in which we are reuniting the three actors who shared the role of Jane Banks in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins! Join us on Sunday May 16th to learn how “anything can happen when you let it” and just how young Broadway dreams came true for Katherine Leigh Doherty , Kathryn Faughnan and Delaney Moro!
All interested young artists will have the opportunity to attend the digital session, ask questions and hear advice and tips from these young professionals. They’ll understand how youth work professionally in theatre and what it was like to be part of recent popular Broadway shows including Mary Poppins, 13 the Musical and A Little Night Music. Register here.
Join us for a special session in which we are reuniting the three actors who shared the role of Jane Banks in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins! Join us on Sunday May 16th to learn how “anything can happen when you let it” and just how young Broadway dreams came true for Katherine Leigh Doherty , Kathryn Faughnan and Delaney Moro!
All interested young artists will have the opportunity to attend the digital session, ask questions and hear advice and tips from these young professionals. They’ll understand how youth work professionally in theatre and what it was like to be part of recent popular Broadway shows including Mary Poppins, 13 the Musical and A Little Night Music. Register here.
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Kathryn Faughnan is a native New Yorker who began performing at age 5 after singing along in the back of the theatre during her sister's audition for Meet Me in St. Louis! She began her training in community theatre with Random Farms Kids Theatre, started a professional career in film and television beginning in 2nd grade and landed the role of Jane Banks in Mary Poppins on Broadway in 2006. She went on to perform throughout high school, having the opportunity to compete in the Jimmy Awards in NYC after winning Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role for Princess Winnifred in Once Upon A Mattress and graduated from NYU with a degree in Theatre, Anthropology and Entertainment Business. After discovering a love for developmental work, Kathryn transitioned from acting to working behind-the-scene for ABC Television, Special Events at Disney and now, Fender Guitars, in Los Angeles, CA where she currently resides, hikes, and soaks up the sunshine.
Katherine Leigh Doherty grew up in the suburbs of Massachusetts suburbs performing in community and regional theaters. She made her professional debut in Irving Berlin's White Christmas as Susan Waverly at Boston's Wang Center. Doherty then joined the original cast of Mary Poppins on Broadway as Jane Banks while attending the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. She returned home to Boston where she continued acting at Wheelock Family Theater and summers at Stagedoor Manor. As a sophomore in high school, Doherty returned to Broadway as Fredrika Armfeld in the original revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music alongside Catherine Zeta Jones and Angela Lansbury. She later majored in Theater Arts and American Studies at Brown University where she graduated in 2016. Though not onstage, Doherty continues her pursuit of storytelling as a reporter for Bloomberg News in New York. You can occasionally find her returning to her performing roots at Feinstein's 54 Below. |
Delaney Moro, a native New Yorker, began performing in community and regional theatres in the greater New York area at age 6. She performed Off-Broadway in the American Girls Revue and Circle of Friends at the American Girl Doll Store on 5th Avenue. In 2006, she performed in the 30th Anniversary National Tour of Annie and made her Broadway debut as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins. She went on to originate the role of Kendra in 13 the Musical and recurred as Erica Purcell in the FX series Damages. Delaney has appeared in several national commercials and print campaigns and has worked extensively for Nickelodeon. A proud graduate of the University of Michigan, she currently resides in Washington, DC and works at Snowflake, the Data Cloud company.
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Thanks to the support of the Peter Mansbridge and Cynthia Dale Foundation, we have been able to keep the Virtual Sunday Sessions free of charge to all participants. To help support this and future programming, we rely on donations from our community. Please consider making a donation to Mainstage Theatre Company and help us keep arts training accessible to youth.
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