My Happy Days!

Hey everyone! I'm Mrs. C in the Pines Dinner Theatre production of Happy Days this summer. It opens this Friday, June 10th. The cast is awesome. I can't wait for you all to come out and see it. Don't forget there are show only tickets for those of you on a budget. You can even make a day of it. Come hang at Dorney Park int he morning and head over for some fun at the Pines at night. See you there!

Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! Happy days are here again with Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the unforgettable "king of cool" Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli. Based on the hit Paramount Pictures television series, Happy Days, A New Musical reintroduces one of America's best loved families, the Cunninghams, and the days of 1959 Milwaukee complete with varsity sweaters, hula hoops, and jukebox sock-hoppin'. The famed drive-in malt shop and number one hang-out, Arnold's, is in danger of demolition, so the gang teams up to save it with a dance contest and tv-worthy wrestling match. This perfectly family-friendly musical will have you rockin' and rollin' all week long!

HAPPY DAYS

plays from June 10 through August 21.

Matinee performances

• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Sunday

Evening performances

• Friday
• Saturday

I also have some exciting things going on outside of Happy Days!

1. I'll be teaching a workshop series in Bethlehem, PA through my new company Star of the Day Event Productions. The series in PA will touch on subjects like picking great audition songs, how to master a monologue, cold readings, how to audition properly, and more. The workshop staff consists of me, a professional in the entertainment industry, and other professional artists from PA and NYC. To check out the full details check out our workshop page on our website.
2. I've been asked to teach a four-week musical theater intensive in Chester, NJ at Wings Conservatory. It will be a collaboration between Star of the Day and Ballet Forte at Wings Conservatory. This four week intensive is for students age 10-18 and will cover many topics related to musical theater and we will be learning original Broadway choreography, songs from current Broadway shows, and even visits from Broadway performers. To learn more about this intensive and sign up online click here.
3. I'm teaching a super acting intensive for Accents Model and Talent Center starting Saturday, June 18th and going every other Saturday from 10-4:30pm. The class is $795 for 50 hours of class PLUS a 2 day intensive with two SAG/AFTRA actors from NYC. If you are interested in learning more about this program check out Accents Model and Talent Center.
4. My new company Star of the Day Event Productions will be doing a FREE reading of our new children's musical 'Poppy and the Magic Tutu' on Thursday, June 30th at 7:15PM in Chester, NJ at Wings Conservatory. If you'd like to reserve your spot you do so by filling out a RSVP form on our website.

In other news....

My Godson, Zephyr, is ONE! I can't believe the little muffin is one. He's celebrating in California with Mom, Mim, and Dad, Jason, at Jason's sister's wedding. I can't wait to see them when they return. I hope they are having a great time and that they have safe travels on their way back to the east coast.

Congrats to Ericka Osswald and all her dancers at their recital. And I'd like to personally thank her for raising $250 for Relay for Life at the recital in loving memory of Beth Pacheco Brum, my dear friend who lost her life to melanoma three months ago. Beth was also a dancer and instructor at Ericka's dance studio, Center Stage in New Bedford, MA. Ericka also shared a story about the lights acting wonky all week during their rehearsals for the recital and she asked Beth before the actual performance to give her a sign that the recital would run smoothly. Right in the beginning of the show the lights dimmer and flickered for about 10 seconds and then everything was perfect for the rest of the show. I guess that was the sign Ericka was looking for...and Beth was there getting her dance on. After all, Ericka and her dancers dedicated the finale of the show to Beth.

Michael and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary. We headed to Barnegat,NJ to spend time with his parents and they treated us to a very lovely anniversary dinner at a great restaurant Octopus's Garden. If you happen to be in that area, check the place out. It's absolutely delightful!

Well, folks...after being in rehearsals all day every day for the past week, not much else has been going on. So, enjoy the blog this week and I'll have more to report in the coming weeks.

As always, thanks for following.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."" ~Erma Bombeck

Kirsten Almeida received her B.A. in Theater and Speech from Wagner College. For twelve years, Kirsten doubled as a professional fundraiser for a large non-profit arts organization and an actor, director, choreographer, and playwright. She is currently performing for the Pines Dinner Theatre 2011 season as Sister Hubert in 'Nunsense' and Mrs. C in 'Happy Days The Musical.' She has performed in more than forty shows all over the U.S. She spent four months touring the country with the Omaha Theater Company's production of 'The Little Engine that Could' as the Red Dress Doll. She performed nearly 80 performances in 36 states. In New York City, Kirsten was part of the cast for the award-winning 'Skin Deep' by Mary Lynn Dobson (Fringe Festival winner 2009) which has won top honors from the 2010 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and originated the role of Lavender Blue in the eerily funny 'Professor Von Awesome's Traveling Caravan of Cautionary Warnings.' Kirsten appeared in the U.S. premiere of 'Scandalous! A new musical based on the life of D.H. Lawrence' in New Orleans and appeared at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in the World Premiere musical 'The Butterfly Project' which raised money for children's cancer research. Other credits include Children of Eden (Mama Noah), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(Narrator), Hello Dolly!(Minnie Fay), Beauty and the Beast(Silly Girl & Madame de la Grande Bouche), The Sound of Music(Mother Abbess), Annie(Star-to-Be), Oliver!(Widow Corney), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(Rosemary), My Fair Lady(Featured Dancer), Promises, Promises!(Featured Dancer), Nunsense I & II(Sister Leo), Gypsy(Tessie Tura), Guys & Dolls(Featured Dancer), Back to the 80s(Debbie Cox), Seussical the Musical(Gertrude), Snoopy!(Sally Brown), Pippin(Featured dancer), Carousel, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors(Chiffon), and many more.

In film/tv, Kirsten has appeared in the upcoming comedy 'Big Guns', 'Three Chris'', and filmed the independent short 'Westfield' with Clocktower Productions. She has also appeared in two episodes of 'The World's Most Astonishing News'.

She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Newark Boys Chorus and Triad Ensemble and the Spotlight Cabaret with Allentown Public Theater. She was a founding member of the Boonton Parks & Recreation Theatre Company for young performers where she not only directed and choreographed the shows for the company but also acted as lead fundraiser, costumer, lighting designer, marketing director as well as scenic and props designer. Kirsten also taught dance for the recreation department to children ages 7-12. Kirsten has also dabbled in play writing for children's theater. Her twisted version of "The Three Little Pigs" (a musical from the Big Bad Wolf's perspective) was produced at Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick, NJ.

Kirsten teaches drama classes at the Civic Theater in Allentown, PA to grades Pre-K through 4. She also is the Program Coordinator/Facilitator for the "Reading with Cat in the Hat" literacy promotion program where she tours to at-risk communities and performs as the Cat in the Hat. Kirsten also offers an audition class to high school students which helps students audition confidently. Her effective teaching style is requested by groups in PA and NJ and NY.

She is also the owner and operator of 'Star of the Day' Event Productions. A one-of-a-kind full service entertainment experience.

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