From the Morris Educational Foundation:
MORRIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AUDITIONS FOR 2016 MORRISTOWN ONSTAGE!
Talent show at Mayo Performing Arts Center on February 24, 2016 to spotlight the best amateur talent form Morristown, Morris Plains and Morris Township.
Auditions Dec. 12, 2015, at Morristown High School
Morristown, New Jersey, Oct. 29, 2015 – The Morris Educational Foundation has announced that registration is now open for auditions for its ninth annual talent show, Morristown ONSTAGE! The talent show will showcase the best amateur talent from Morristown, Morris Plains and Morris Township. The event will be held on Feb. 24, 2016, at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, New Jersey.
Four distinguished arts and entertainment professionals will judge the competition. Again this year there will be a $1,000 cash prize for 1st place for contestants ages 19 and over, $1,000 cash prize for 1st place for contestants ages 18 and under, and a $500 award for the “Audience Choice” Winner which will be voted on that night at the show.
Auditions are open to anyone who lives, works or goes to school in the towns of Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains. Alumni of Morristown High School are also invited to audition.
Auditions will take place on Dec. 12, 2015 at Morristown High School. Anyone interested in auditioning must register at the event’s website, www.morristownonstage.com. The deadline for registering for auditions is December 2, 2015. There is a $20 audition fee.
“It’s the talent show you have come to love for the past 9 years! Our name has changed, but all the things you love are back! We will have live text voting…the audience will pick a winner and professional judges pick two others with cash prizes,” said Molly Servais, Morristown ONSTAGE event chair and member of the Morris Educational Foundation Board of Trustees.
Last year’s sold-out event was emceed by Tara Bernie, Emmy-nominated Senior Producer of Access Hollywood and a Morris School District parent who will be returning again this year to reprise her role as emcee.
Servais added, “You won’t want to miss this year’s show. Morristown ONSTAGE has become the biggest community event of the year benefiting the Morris Educational Foundation.”
“The Morris Educational Foundation is very excited about Morristown ONSTAGE and is pleased to announce that Atlantic Health System Morristown Medical Center will lead as the event’s headline sponsor. We are proud to give our community’s local amateur talent an opportunity to perform in front of their hometown, and in a top notch facility such as the Mayo Performing Arts Center” said Kim Pistner, Chairperson of the Morris Educational Foundation. “We are anticipating selling out the theater once again this year!”
“The Morris Educational Foundation is a integral part of the Morris School District and this fundraising event will further the Foundation’s ability to distribute financial and other resources to and for the Morris School District for enrichment programs and other projects aimed at enhancing the quality of education and educational opportunities for students in the district,” added Servais.
Last year, the event raised over $75,000 for the Morris Educational Foundation. Tickets for the show will go on sale in early 2016 through The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown.
The Morris Educational Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) that seeks to attract private resources to support a variety of educational programs and initiatives in support of the Morris School District. Through effective solicitation and distribution of funds, the Morris Educational Foundation helps enable the District to continue to be the model of visionary social and educational leadership it has been since its inception. For more information, visit the website at www.morrisedfoundation.org.
