(New
Brunswick, NJ—October 14, 2016) High Tech senior Jake Harrison of Hoboken and High
Tech sophomore and Jersey City resident Amaya Montanez, both of whom had attended
the Rutgers Summer Acting Conservatory (RSAC) this past July, will prepare for
this year’s audition workshop in the winter, along with other High Tech
Performing Arts majors, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High
School.
RSAC, Mason Gross School of
the Arts’ highly selective conservatory for young adults with serious acting
ambitions, offers a four-week program for thirty-eight high school students
from around the country. The conservatory faculty comprises working theater
professionals dedicated to providing students with a challenging, inspiring
learning environment that allows each student to develop as a young theater
artist.
“[High
Tech’s] relationship with Mason Gross School of the Arts and RSAC has been in
place since 2001,” notes Deborah Arters, veteran instructor and head of the
High Tech Performing Arts Department. “Over
thirty drama students have attended RSAC.”
Mason Gross School of the Arts, flagship public arts
conservatory of Rutgers University, gathers arts students in a creative space
within a stimulating research university, an intimate campus setting with easy
access to, and participation in, New York City's dynamic cultural life. The
school instills insights and skills that future generations of arts
professionals require to contribute to a creative and scholarly world, with
undergraduate and graduate degrees in the areas of dance,
filmmaking, music, theater, and visual arts.
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| from left to right: Marshall Jones (Director of RSAC), Deborah Arters, Amaya Montanez, and Jake Harrison |
