East Cobb Students are Talent Search Finalists

Thanks once again to Patti Folio for this update from Act3 Productions in Sandy Springs:

Five students from East Cobb schools will compete in ShowStoppers 2013, an Atlanta area-wide youth talent search that is part of the annual ArtSSprings celebration of the arts in Sandy Springs. 

Organized and hosted by Act3 Productions, this year's competition features 45 acts from over 30 different schools. Each act has qualified for the competition by audition and has been coached by the Act3 staff.   

They will perform in three show on Saturday, May 4, at Act3 Playhouse in Sandy Springs Plaza. Finalists in kindergarten through 5th grade will compete at 11 a.m., middle school finalists will take the stage at 3 p.m., and high school entrants will wrap up the day at 7 p.m. 

Judges from Atlanta's entertainment community, including representatives from the Alliance Theatre and Jan Smith Studios, will award cash prizes to three winners at each show. Tickets are available at www.act3productions.org.

The local students participating are: Matt Alea, 5th grade at Tritt Elementary; Emma Chandler, third grade at East Side Elementary; Katie Hollenshead, 11th grade at Walton High School; Ian Kelso, 10th grade at Walton; and Nicholas Moody, fifth grade at Mount Bethel Elementary.

Act3 Productions, a 501(c)3 non-profit community theater, offers a full season of dramas, Broadway musicals, improv and new works in its state-of-the-art blackbox theater, The Act3 Playhouse. The Act3 Arts Academy offers a wide range of classes, workshops, intensives and performance opportunities for students ages pre-k through high school.