Current Course Offerings
PERFORMANCE PREP with Final Showcase
With Broadway & Cabaret Legend JASON GRAAE
Mondays & Wednesdays, May 5th – 28th (7-10pm) + Final Showcase (Date TBA)
Performance Prep is a dynamic course designed for musical theatre performers looking to strengthen their connection to material, sharpen audition technique, and grow as confident, expressive artists. Taught by celebrated Broadway and cabaret performer Jason Graae, the class offers a supportive, high-energy environment where students explore truthful storytelling, vocal interpretation, and performance presence.
Through individual coaching, group work, and Jason’s signature humor and insight, students develop both their technical and artistic skills. The course culminates in a final showcase performance, giving participants the chance to share their work in front of an invited audience and apply what they’ve learned in a live performance setting.
Jason Graae has been featured on Broadway in A Grand Night For Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, Snoopy!, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Off- Bway shows include Hello, Muddah, Hello Fadduh (Drama Desk Nomination- Best Actor in a Musical) , Forever Plaid, Olympus On My Mind, Spamilton, etc. Jason recently played the Wizard of Oz in the National Tour of Wicked. Jason has performed his one man show all over the U.S.,including NYC’s Rainbow and Stars, Birdland, 54 Below, The Green Room and more. He has won 4 Bistro Awards and 2 New York Nightlife Awards. The Prince and the Showboy, his critically acclaimed show with Faith Prince also won a Nightlife Award and a Robby. Happily Ever Laughter, his show with Liz Callaway, has won no awards but his Mom loved it. His numerous LA credits include Forbidden Hollywood and Forbidden Bway Y2KLA! (Ovation Award) as well as Jerry Herman’s The Grand Tour at The Colony Theatre, The Merry Widow and The Grand Duchess with L.A. Opera, and The Music Man & Guys and Dolls at The Hollywood Bowl. Jason originated Houdini in the US premiere of Ragtime at The Shubert Theatre. ( Remember the Shubert Theatre?) He won a special LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding contribution to Musical Theatre.
TV shows include Six Feet Under, Rude Awakening, Friends, Frasier, Sabrina, etc. On PBS, he guest starred twice on Evening at Pops, as well as Holiday for the Troops with Marvin Hamlisch, and Words & Music by Jerry Herman. For 5 years he was the voice of Lucky for Lucky Charms Cereal, a balanced part of your complete breakfast. Movie appearances include Home on the Range, On Edge, Awakening of Spring, etc. He can be heard on over 70 original cast, studio and solo recordings. Recent credits include directing “Follies” at the Broad in Santa Monica for Musical Theatre Guild, and a tribute to Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall.
Dates: May 5, 7, 11, 13, 19, 20, 26, 28 (Showcase date TBD)
Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tution: $600
