For more years than I have been at the Project (which is A LOT!), this glorious house has hosted 270 kids and 270 adult partners (and hundreds of other adult volunteers!) and enabled and inspired them to create beautiful, hilarious and wondrous musical plays which were then performed back in New York. After 27 years, the beloved Biaggi house (also known as the Sea Change) on Block Island has been sold. Well, it is the end of an era at The 52nd Street Project. She sang to her bear, he sang to his monkeyįor an encore Jonathan rapped Amish Paradise Imani & Jonathan perform Someone Like You Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Susan Blackwell performed a piece from their show Now. Mary-Mitchell Campbell came out from behind the piano to join Jonathan on Homeward Bound … Jonathan mashed up Britney Spears and Stephen Sondheim in multiple ways Laura told a story about doing Peter Pan as a child and then sang Never Never Land. Jonathan used a snake puppet to stand in for Cinderella’s fox buddy. Jonathan chose Tom Schall from the audience and gave him a chance to dress up.īroadway’s Cinderella, Laura Osnes came by to sing “In My Own Little Corner” ![]() The Age of Not Believing/World of Imagination Project youngster Imani Lewis & Jonathan Groffīoard Co-Chair Louis Friedman and family with Jonathan Groff Jonathan Groff & Board Co-Chair Cathy Dantchik I’m thankful that even through the “whirligig of time” we still love each other. (Armando Cosme, freshman Pace University. Brought HIMSELF!! (we didn’t think he’d be able to make it, but he did!) (Melissa Rebolledo, senior Talent Unlimited. I’m thankful for the constant bond, even after the Teen Ensemble was “over” we still managed to keep in contact so it’s not really “over.” I’m thankful for being able to share old memories and making new ones. Thank you for giving me the best moments of my life. But now that I’m reunited with all of you I finally feel complete. I felt lost and hopeless when I was gone. (Alvin Garcia, senior Manhattan Village Academy. ![]() Be good, and I hope you have the best forever more. Late nights at Calgary is what I’m thankful for. I’m thankful for everyone in the ensemble, better yet my ensemble “family!” Below are all of the teens’ statements of gratitude, along with the food they brought to share at our communal table. We then took a moment for each person to write down a simple expression of thanks. “Bark”, as well as their latest addition Redfield aka, Red, a most cozy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel whose namesake is Edward Willis Redfield, after one of New Hope’s most notable impressionist painters.Corn bread, rice and beans, pernil, and thanks. Mandee and her husband William Hammerstein, ESQ, live in New Hope, PA, where they enjoy their creative, Bucks County lifestyle with a combined family with 6 kids, a countryside-loving Sheepadoodle Pearl S. With a hands-on attitude and passion for the arts, from time to time, you’ll even find Mandee teaching the occasional art class, hoping to inspire and bring the community together. Mandee has proudly volunteered for Mercer County’s Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center and is an advocate for charitable causes that contribute to enriching the lives of others. In addition, Mandee has served as a Board member for both the Bristol Riverside Theatre and the Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County and is an arts & cultural contributor at WDVR 89.7 FM. Mandee Hammerstein holds her BFA in Visual Arts and her Master’s Degree in Business Communications from Philadelphia’s La Salle University. Current day, she enthusiastically runs her boutique creative business consulting firm, working with award-winning talent, business visionaries, and artful contributors, primarily in the creative breeding ground of the Bucks County area. From the beginning of her career over twenty-five years ago, MKH was a full-time creative professional working on national campaigns for International companies (Royal Doulton & Marks & Spencer/Kings Supermarkets). ![]() Her work has been seen in local and international news, from Bucks County’s best news sources through the Wall Street Journal to the Monaco Channel. ![]() Mandee has worked with and media coached award-winning Broadway talent, entrepreneurs through to everyday kids. Info Once from New York, Now in New Hope, PA Most identified locally in Bucks County for her arts and new business launching publicity & photography work, Mandee Kuenzle Hammerstein (MKH) has created strategic public relations & advertising programs that best introduce and emotionally connect high-profile and emerging organizations to the public, regionally and nationally.
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