Acting Out

About Acting Out

J Arts & Ideas Acting Out is a professional, touring, theatre troupe that travels to schools and community centers to present educational and relevant musical theatre to audiences of every age.

No buses, no permission slips, no extra chaperones! Acting out brings productions with professional actors, costumes, musicians, sound systems, etc. directly to your facility.  We can perform in any space such as a classroom, gymnasium, library, etc.

 

JEWISH JAMS CAST

                            Madison Case                     Jesse Barfield                              Charity Barton               Joy Beth DeWitt-Riley                        Trent Wong 

Jewish Jams Show Info

Program Length: 45 minutes 

Accommodate up to: 300 audience members.

Experience Description for Schools, Community Centers, and Senior Facilities

You have the audience; we will bring the show to you! Trager Family JCC and Centerstage offer the touring company Acting Out which will travel to your facility with a cabaret style show with live music, dancing, and interactive portions.

The show is centered around Jewish composers from the 20th century with songs written by George Gershwin, Simon and Garfunkel, Stephen Schwartz, Rogers & Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne, George Wyle, Eddie Pola, Peter Yarrow, and Bob Dylan. Songs include (among others) Sound of Silence, I Got Rhythm, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Puff the Magic Dragon as well as the 2015 Eurovision contest winner “Golden Boy” which is a staple with the JCC Summer Camp.

The show includes informational snippets about the space Jewish composers hold in the history of music from the 20th century and today as well as be invited to dance and sing! Get ready to be entertained by this joyous presentation of Jewish Jams. 

About Jesse Barfield

Originally from Louisville, KY, Jesse Barfield earned his BA in Theatre and minor in Dance from Millikin University. He has performed internationally aboard a cruise ship and nationally in California, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, and Kentucky. His current role at Trager Family JCC in Louisville, KY, is Assistant Camp Director/Arts and Ideas Outreach and is the director/music director/choreographer of Acting Out. He owns and operates Talent World, LLC, “improv-ing lives and opening minds,” which brings training through improvisation games and activities to schools and businesses across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. 

Ready to book a show or have questions?

 

Contact Jesse Barfield, jbarfield@jewishlouisville.org, 502-238-2778.

Acting Out

CenterStage Acting Out is a professional, touring, children’s theater troupe that travels to schools and community centers to present educational and relevant musical theater to students at all grade levels.

The 2013/14 season includes And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank and The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and Benjamin Bunny) To learn more information or to schedule a performance, please contact Lenae Price at lprice@jewishlouisville.org or (502) 238-2763.


No buses, no permission slips, no parent chaperones! Acting out brings full productions with professional actors, set, costumes, props, musicians, sound system, etc. directly to your school.  We can perform in any space (classroom, gymnasium, library, etc.). Our programs run 60 minutes and can accommodate up to 1,000 students.


To enhance the educational experience, our actors lead a “talk back” after each performance and suggested activities, lesson plans and study guides are made available 30 days before the performance.

The production and educational opportunities will help schools in their Arts and Humanities Program Reviews and will fulfill core curriculum Arts and Humanities requirements:

AH-EP-3.3.1 Students will understand that the arts fulfill a variety of purposes in Society; sharing the human experience, recreational, artistic expression.

AH-EP-3.1.1 Students will experience music created for a variety or purposes including but not limited to recreational and artistic expression.

AH-EP-3.2.1 Students will experience dance for a variety of purposes including but not limited to recreational and artistic expression.

Public Performance of

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Sunday, March 2nd at 2pm &

Sunday, March 9th at 2pm

in Linker Auditorium at The Jewish Community Center of Louisville (3600 Dutchmans Lane)

Tickets: $7 kids/ $12 adults

 

John R. Leffert, (CenterStage Artistic Director) is currently in his thirteenth season as Artistic Director of CenterStage.  He has worked professionally as a director, designer and actor in the Louisville area for the past 19 years. He has directed and/or designed locally for UofL’s Opera Theatre, Belknap Theatre, Mummers and Minstrels, Not Ready for Shakespeare Players, Story Station Children’s Theatre and Derby Dinner Playhouse. John has also served as a staff director for the Heritage Repertory Theatre in Virginia where he also has performed. He has appeared onstage locally at Derby Dinner Playhouse, Actors Theatre, Story Station Children’s Theatre, CenterStage, and Music Theatre Louisville. John holds an MFA in Costume and Scenic Design from UofL and a BFA in vocal and instrumental music education from WKU.  Prior to a professional career in theatre, John taught public school for nine years.


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