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Releasing Yourself from Performance Anxiety

Learn effective strategies to release yourself from the grips of performance anxiety so that you can play better, feel better, and lean into the joy of performing.

Storytelling in Song

Sara Bareilles has received two Tony Award nominations, three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and eight Grammy Award nominations, garnering a 2020 Grammy in the category of Best American Roots Performance for her song “Saint Honesty”. On Broadway, she composed music and lyrics for Waitress and stepped into the lead role in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Other musical credits include a song on the Tony Award-nominated score for SpongeBob SquarePants and Emmy Award-nominated appearance as Mary Magdalene in NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live. Bareilles produced original music and executive produced the musical drama series Little Voice, teaming up with Jessie Nelson, J.J. Abrams, and Apple. She plays Dawn Solano on the Emmy-nominated musical comedy series Girls5eva, and recently starred as The Baker’s Wife in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods.

Self-Educating and Skill-Building From Home

Broadway music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell leads a workshop on self-educating and skill-building from home.

Navigating Collaborating

A workshop about the importance of communication, collaboration agreements, cultivating space for happy accidents, knowing when you don’t know and knowing when to pick your battles whether you’re working with someone from the ground floor or you meet on the first day of rehearsal.

Getting Unstuck: Developing Your Motivation

In this workshop, we will explore what motivation is and how it works, how it can help you, and learn specific, practical ways to develop it.

Deconstructing Criticism

In this workshop we will discuss how to sift and refine feedback using practical tools of engagement that center the needs of your piece and your process as a writer.