![]() Enter Rachael Singer, Brian Muller, and Harry Katzman, three high school seniors closing out their sometimes sheltered Stagedoor experiences and graduating into the real world of industry competition and rejection. At Stagedoor, he tracked a trio of especially talented and determined teen actors through their final session at camp. When Mickey Rapkin, a senior editor at GQ and self-proclaimed theater fanatic, learned about this place, he fled Manhattan for an escape to upstate New York. Some campers have agents, others are seeking representation. (The camp produces thirteen full-scale productions during each of its three sessions.) These kids come from varying backgrounds-the offspring of Hollywood players from Nora Ephron to Bruce Willis work alongside kids on scholarship. ![]() ![]() Founded in 1975, Stagedoor continues to attract scores of young performers eager to find kindred spirits, to sing out loud, to become working actors-or maybe even stars.Įvery summer for the past thirty-five years, a new crop of campers has come to the Catskills for an intense, often wrenching introduction to professional theater. What do Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, and Mandy Moore have in common? Before they were stars, they were campers at Stagedoor Manor, the premier summer theater camp for children and teenagers. ![]()
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