Our 2019 Production will be James and the Giant Peach! 🍑

Shows will be August 1, 2, 3, 9, & 10 at Bloomfield High School.

Information on auditions will be released next week!

#SawyerJaneAndTheGiantPeach

 

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are proud and excited to announce our Orchestra Director, Allan Daleus.

A Bloomfield Native, Allan Daleus is a sophomore music education major at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. He studies his primary instruments, clarinet and bass clarinet, under Professor KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle and plays in the MSU Symphonic and Campus Bands, the MSU Wind Symphony, and the MSU Clarinet Choir. Allan is currently the Vice President of MSU’s National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Collegiate Chapter. Recently, he began his work at the John J. Cali School of Music Extension Division where he teaches theory and clarinet lessons. Outside of the music school, Allan is still very involved in his craft by arranging, conducting, and providing private instrumental and theory lessons in communities around New Jersey. Previously, Allan was the Music Director for Bloomfield High School’s Spring Productions from 2015-2017 where his responsibilities included arranging/composing the music and putting together, rehearsing, and conducting the pit orchestra. He also founded and served as the Bloomfield Middle School Wind Ensemble’s conductor from 2016-2018. As a freelancing musician, Allan has played shows such as Once Upon A Mattress, All Shook Up, Seussical, The Pajama Game, Legally Blonde, The Wiz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Annie, Shrek, Guys and Dolls, and others.

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are excited and proud to announce our Music Director for our 2019 Production, Tom Russo.

Tom Russo is happy to be back for his 5th summer with The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players. Tom has assistant musically directed and musically directed the past 4 shows for Talent Time which include, Legally Blonde, Footloose, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Shrek. He loves coming back year after year to help raise money for a person in need. He would like to thank the Executive Board, Matt and Courtney, and Gabbyi for giving him the opportunity to Music Direct again this summer. He is excited to be working alongside such talented and dedicated people to raise money for Sawyer Jane.

 

The Charles Seller Foundation and Talent Time Players are proud and excited to announce our Co-Directors for our 2019 Production, Courtney McManus and Matt Vaccaro!

Courtney McManus is a 6th grade English teacher in Rutherford, and a current student in the M.A. Theatre Studies program at Montclair State. She has directed and choreographed multiple musicals in the Rutherford school district, including most recently Mamma Mia! at RHS. She studied Irish step dancing with the Ardmore Academy, and has dabbled in other forms of dance such as hip hop and ballroom. She is excited to be working with CSF this summer to raise money for such a wonderful cause.